Champagne, IL: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, 1971. First Edition. Square quarto; original white pictorial double folder (19cm) containing twenty-seven (27) design elements (six colors, eight shapes, six lines, and seven textures) as well as one folded table of contents. Folder worn especially along spine with long closed tear..... More

Highland, IL: 1983-1985. Two black three-ring binders (29cm) filled with manuscript and printed recipes and accompanying chromogenic snapshots. Some wrinkling and soil to contents from use, else Very Good. Binding I: Relating entirely to the Bouquet Garni School of Cookery founded by Joy Bullivant, a graduate of the..... More

[Sullivan, IL: 1972]. Quarto (25cm); comb-bound vernacular photo album, heaavy coated cardboard with collaged covers and black and white photos pasted to every page, including cover versos; [12]pp. Comb missing the first single and last two teeth, otherwise intact. Superficial scratches and light soiling to covers with toning and foxing throughout;..... More

New York: The Nation, 1966. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's staplebound self-wrappers printed in black and pink; [233]-263pp.; illus. throughout. Stock uniformly toned and a bit brittle, a few short closed tears at top margin of rear leaf only just touching text, old mail label to upper cover; Very Good... More

Washington: H. Peters, 1887. Folio (30.5cm.); ribbon-bound engraved self-wrappers, wax-sealed and accomplished in manuscript; [8]ll. of photo-engraved plans printed on versos only, followed by [3]pp. text printed in double columns on rectos only. Previous mail folds, extremities a bit chipped and toned, ribbons slightly frayed, else Very Good, internally clean..... More

Washington, DC: Howard University Gallery of Art, 1941. First Edition. Bifolium (28x20cm); illustrated wraps. Folds, soiling, light chipping, else Very Good and sound. Quite uncommon exhibition catalog for a show held at Howard University's Gallery of Art and celebrating artists from the Chicago Black Renaissance, including a young..... More

Chicago: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co., ca. 1875. Small pictorial broadside flyer. (16.5x33cm) printed in black. Stock worn, toned, and chipped, with a few instances of soiling, extensive splitting along old folds with tape repair to verso. Good only.  Promotional broadside for the Chicago, Rock Island &..... More

Chicago, IL: Black Cat Press, 1937. First Edition Stated. Slim octavo; publisher's brown cloth, printed paper paste-on to upper cover; 69pp.; title page vignette by Rex Cleveland. Shallow damp stain along bottom edge of rear cover slightly affecting upper cover, corners bumped, contemporary ex libris to front pastedown, else a...... More

Illinois: Frank's Fine Art Car, n.d., ca. early 1890s. Original albumen cabinet card of a serious young woman with her multi-thong riding whip (13x10cm) affixed to card mount (16.5x11cm) captioned along bottom edge "Frank's Fine Art Car." Image and mount a bit foxed along top edge, brief peeling from mount..... More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. First Edition. Octavo. 316 pages. Dark red boards stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards and some chewing along edges of rear panel. Three stain rings from a glass to front panel. Binding is sound..... More

Chicago, IL: Poetry &, 1976-1978. Seventeen tabloid-format volumes (29cm); photo-illustrated self-wrappers; illus. throughout. Textblock uniformly toned as usual, else a Very Good to Near Fine set. Publication sequence as follows: Vol. 1, nos. 1-5,7-11; Vol. 2, nos. 1, 3-8. Substantial if incomplete run of this scarce Chicago-based poetry monthly. More

[Chicago, IL]: [Rally Program Committee], 1964. First Edition. Octavo six-paneled brochure (21cm); halftone portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. to upper panel. Previous folds; fortunately for the cause, though unfortunately for this example, the top half of the rear panel, which featured an order blank to "Pledge to Work for..... More

Chicago, IL: N.A.M.E. Gallery, 1974-1976. Three original halftone posters (see below). Previous folds, else Near Fine. Posters to three early exhibitions mounted at the Chicago-based artist-run alternative space movement gallery. The collection includes: 1. "A Drawing Show at N.A.M.E. Gallery," Nov. 29-Dec. 22, 1974. 21.5x35.5cm. 2..... More