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This is the story of the late Richard J. Daley, politician and self-promoter extraordinaire, from his inauspicious youth on Chicago’s South Side through his rapid climb to the seat of power as mayor and boss of the Democratic Party machine. A bare-all account of Daley’s cardinal sins as well as his milestone achievements, this scathing work by Chicago journalist Mike Royko brings to life the most powerful political figure of his time: his laissez-faire policy toward corruption, his unique...
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lost City is a 2004 novel by Clive Cussler. It tells of Kurt Austin's dealings with the Fauchard family, which has dominated the weapons industry for several thousand years, their secret past, the monsters they have created, and the plague they have unleashed on the worlds oceans, all in a quest for immortality.
The biography of John Peter Altgeld whose courage makes him an inspiration to those who still believe in the American dream.
de Jack and Mortimer, Lee Lait
de St Clair Drake and Horace R Cayton
de Upton, Illustrations By Fletcher Martin and A New Sinclair
Illinois Libros & Coleccionables
de Carter, Clarence Edwin
de Douglas, Robert J Casey and W a S
New York: Rizzoli. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0847808424 . Foreward by Bill Kurtis, publisher's blue linen, gilt lettering on spine. . Hinge torn, else tight, square and clean. . Color Photographs. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 247 pp .
1952. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1952. Very Good/Very Good. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Black cloth covers with Dj in protective cover. Stated First Edition. Light edge wear on Dj. 8.5x6 with 300 pp. plus index. Price on Dj of $4.00 net.
de [Homeopathic Medicine]
Chicago, 1906. Very good.. 27pp. Original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Slight separation at spine ends, corners and edges bumped and lightly chipped. Light wear and soiling internally. An interesting combination of death announcement, biography, and medical advertisement. The work opens by stating that Dr. Sarah DeLoss died November 14, 1906, and her medical practice has passed to her capable son-in-law, Dr. W.F. Hormann (who also speaks German, very useful for the Chicago populace of the time). The...
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Strong and square copy with no markings. Lightly rubbed at the corners. Illustrated. 267 pages including index. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1917.
Heritage Books, Inc.. New. The bulk of the book is made up of charts The first few charts list Illinois regiments according to date and place of organization, name of commanding officer, number of men, and dates of departure for the field The longest chart lists, by regiment and company, the name of every commissioned officer in the Illinois forces, including those who had resigned or been mustered out of service since the war began An 1860 census of the free-white population in each county shows the...
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New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0312131798 . Publisher's full navy cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W and color photographs and floorplans. . Bottom corners of boards lightly stained, tops of boards lightly sunned, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear, spine lightly sunned. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . B&W and Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 221, (2) pp .
de Alvord, Clarence Walworth
Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library. 1920. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good+ with acidic front free endpaper detached (but present, ) front hinge damaged.; Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library Volume XV Biographical Series Volume I; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 435 pp .
Paperback, light wear, text clean
Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms / Taylor and Hessey. Strong, crisp binding. No markings. 114 pages. Reprint of the 1818 edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1968.
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co, 1971. First edition, humorously inscribed on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy; some light edgewear to jacket. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 215 pages. Original cloth; picotiral dust jacket.
Independently Published. Near Fine. 2020. Softcover. Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 100 pages .
Ex-library book has usual marking, stamps, stickers, writing, card holder. DJ has slight bumping, on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges has slight tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Little blue remainder dot on tail outer edges by spine. A twenty-six-year-old widow with no experience in practical politics, Jane Byrne was puzzled when Chicago's autocratic Mayor Richard Daley, Sr., brusquely asked her to stop by his office in early 1964. In the surprising scene that ensued, she gained unusual...
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J. Nick Perrin. Mustard cloth with black lettering. Very lightly soiled. Strong copy with no markings. 231 pages including index. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1904.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, an Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st Edition, 1952, 395 pages including index. Signed by author on first blank page; gift inscription opposite title page. Red boards look good with one discolored section on spine. Binding is tight and square. Pages very clean. Dust jacket has been sorely abused with large section missing from spine area, much chipping along edges, back flyleaf separated from back.
de Linedecker, Clifford L
New York: St. Martin's Press. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good with mild soiling in very good dust jacket with a little rippling from water damage at the foot of the front panel. Water stain is visible on verso of DJ.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pp .
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Limited edition. Quarto. 174pp. Blue pictorial cloth stamped in pink, white and gilt, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. Introduction by Ernest Boyd. Spine faded, else near fine and housed in a good only slipcase with scuffing and chipped edges, spine detached but present. Printed by Lakeside Press. This is number 1004 of 1500 numbered copies and Signed by Sauvage.
New York: Random House. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in very good+ dust jacket lightly soiled and a bit sunned with a few short tears. Written by a long-time newspaper man, Chicago's history is told in an engaging and colorful manner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 359 pp .
Boson: Houghtom Mifflin Company. As New in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0395207266 . First Edition, First Printing. Publisher's full brick cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, reproduction of drawing of early (1853) Chicago on endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 200 B&W drawings, prints, and photographs. Includes Sources and Notes on Illustrations, and detailed Index.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The...
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J. L. Chapman, 1867. First Edition. Broadside. Advertising broadside, 8 x 10 inches, printed in black on white, List of hides for sale: 'Green Cured Trimmed Cow/Steer/Kip/Calf Hides; and Dry Flint Light/Heavy/Kip/Calf Hides' with prices. Business located at 188 Washington Street, Chicago, March 1st, 1867. In Wells' Commercial Express, 1860, page 362, J. L. Chapman is identified as 'Commission Merchant' dealing in leather goods, et al., offices at 147 S. Water St., warehouse at N. Water St. Not in 'Check...
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Attica Editions, 2005-02-01. Paperback. Good+. . 8x5x1. Signed. GOOD+. *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by author Constance M. Constant with note inscribed to Olympia in ink on flyleaf. Yellow photo-illustrated wraps, bagged for protection, creases and dog-eared corners of covers and beginning pages, light spine lean/roll, small chips to corners and spine ends, yellowing paper..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.
de Lawrence County Historical Society & Museum
Lawrence County, IL: Lawrence County Historical Society & Museum. The book and the dust jacket are bright and crisp. There are no markings. Over sized hardcover. 160 pages, including index. Profusely illustrated with photos. . Fine. Hardcover. 2011.
de Bowen, Louise de Koven
Paperback. Very Good.
de The Chicago Historical Society
Chicago: Chicago Historical Society. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1993. 1st Edition. First Printing. Magazine. 0805095365 . Publisher's illustrated stiff card wraps. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Includes articles by Susan Talbot-Stanaway, Janice Rosenberg, and Richard Lindberg. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. Number 2 Series. Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 72 pp .
de Mayer, Harold M.; Richard C. Wade
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1970. Second Printing. Hard Cover. 0226512738 . Second Impression (1970). Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over ivory linen boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Profusely illustrated with over 1,000 photographs and 50 maps, including four fold-out panoramic views of Chicago in 1858, 1913, 1937, and 1969. This is the story of Chicago and how it grew. In a little over a century it rose from a mere...
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Touchstone Books, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.