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173 (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES A group of two books, both rebound in library buckram.

Transactions of The Chicago Academy of Sciences [Robert Kennicott]. Chicago: Published by the Academy, 1869. Volume I. Part II. Engraved portrait of Kennicott, no plates, pp. 133-226. Represents extracts from Kennicott’s journals. Chipping and marginal browning to first few pages, including portrait of Kennicott; book plate tipped in front pastedown of W. L. Necker, an associate of the Academy.

The Chicago Academy of Sciences Records: 18611893. Norman Bridge, recorder. W.L.N., n.d. (1893) Thick 4to. 286 typescript pages. According to the preamble, all of the original records of the Chicago Academy of Sciences were destroyed by the Great Fire of 1871. The present volume consists of restored records, as far as could be made possible from “published documents, newspaper files and the memory of the Members.” An essential resource - no other copies have been located - for the history of this important institution. p. 8, for example, lists all of the “Life Members” of the Academy as of September 20, 1864. With numerous pastedown articles and autographed notes (see pp. 82, 128, 132, 170, 205, 212). $600-800

174* (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) CHICAGO SCHOOL SYSTEM Department of Public Instruction, City of Chicago. Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Education, for the Year Ending December 31, 1861. Chicago: Chicago Times Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1862.

8vo, original printed wraps, 100 pp. Includes report of the Superintendent, the Principal of the Chicago High School, a listing of the Dr. John H. Foster medal awardees since 1858, the awards of life scholarships at Bryant and Stratton’s Commercial College and Sloan’s Commercial College, the officers of the Board of Education and a listing of all the teachers in the system with their salaries. The rules of the Board of Education are included along with the text books to be used and the school boundaries. Some browning to pages and wraps; light chipping to spine; very minior dark spotting; otherwise a fine and comprehensive report of the school system in Chicago in 1862. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois Reference: AII 597 $100-200

175* (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) CHICAGO SCHOOL SYSTEM Partially printed document signed by the Superintendent of Public Schools, W. A. Wells, 1 page, on Office of Superintendent of Public Schools letterhead. Chicago, January 30, 1864.

The broadside describes the rules for attendance in the schools, attempts to establish uniform rules of conduct for student’s attendance that will be uniform in different cities. Creased from folds; some light browning to lower right corner; manuscript notation to verso; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois Reference: American Imprints Inventory 780 $50-100 176*

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(PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) FREE SPEECH - FREE PRESS Free press. Free speech. Unparalleled scenes in Chicago. Meeting of 20,000 Freemen in Court-House Square Last Evening. Glorious Vindication of the Cause of Popular Liberty ... A Petition to the President . . . Chicago: The Chicago Times, 1863

Printed newspaper broadside. 28 x 20 ½ inches. Regarding the events surrounding the general order by Major General A. E. Burnside to suppress publication of the Chicago Times because of its policies supporting some issues of the South during the Civil War. On the evening of the order’s issuance, the newspaper reports 20,000 Chicagoans gathered in the court house square in protest. Troops were called to quell the disturbance, but the order was subsequently rescinded, following proceedings, by President Abraham Lincoln, thus preserving the rights and privileges of free press in the U.S. Chipping to edges of the pages; creased from folds; large circular dampstain to center; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois Reference: American Imprints Inventory 710. Not located; title from Heartman Cat. 242, Oct. 1, 1932, No. 36 $1,000-2,000

177* (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) SUPPRESSION OF THE CHICAGO TIMES The Suppression of the Chicago Times. Chicago: The Chicago Times, 1863.

8vo, paper wraps, string bound, 32 pp. Regarding the events surrounding the general order by Major General A. E. Burnside to suppress publication of the Chicago Times. The speeches that were presented by prominent Chicago citizens at the assembly the next day are reported in full within the newspaper and in this booklet. The court proceedings resulted in a rescinding of the Burnside order by President Abraham Lincoln thus preserving “the freedom on the press.” Not in American Imprints Inventory, but mentioned as having accompanied AII 710 at auction. Heartman Cat. 242, Oct. 1, 1932, No. 36. Partial Chicago postal stamp on the back cover; mild dampstaining to corners; creases from folds; some chipping to edges of pages and browning; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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178* (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) EVANS, JOHN Address to the Graduating Class of Rush Medical College on the Natures, Utility, and Obligations of the Medical Progession. Delivered February 7, 1850. Chicago: Rush Medical College Class, 1850.

Pamphlet, 16pp. Presentation copy from author. First edition. 5 3/8” x 8 3/8”. Printed paper covers, pamphlet, good condition, 16 pages, presentation copy from author. Cover title, “Prof. Evans’ valedictory address.” C. A. Swan, Printer, Chicago. Marked foxing throughout; personal inscription on front cover, “Miss Ann Evan with kind regard of her brother the author.” Two copies noted in Douglas C. McMurtrie’s, “The First Printer’s of Chicago,” 1927. Copies owned by Rush Medical College library and the U.S. Surgeon General’s library. This copy was sold to noted book critic Van Allen Bradley at the Lawrence Dicke auction of Chicago Americana for $375.00 in 1976. Evans was a founder of Northwestern University and the town of Evanston, Illinois, cradle of Northwestern University. Evans invested in railroads and became the Governor of Colorado territory and later elected a senator to the U.S. Congress. A 159 year old rare association piece of Chicago medical ephemera. Byrd 1566, McMurtrie 213. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $400-600

179* (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) MEMORIAL PROPOSAL Memorial to the Government of the United States from the Citizens of Chicago, Ill. Setting Forth the Advantages of that City as a Site for a National Armory and Foundry. Novembery, 1861. Chicago: Beach & Barnard, 1861.

Thin 8vo, original printed paper covers, 22 pp. With fold-out color lithograph map of Chicago, by Ed Mendel. Manuscript ex-libris Thomas S. McClelland, Chicago, November 11, 1896, to title page. Disbound, with some pages detached but present; book plate tipped in front pastedown; some brown spotting and creases to map; otherwise sound. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois Reference: AII 537 $50-100 180* (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY The Illinois Central Railroad Company Offers for Sale of 1,500,000 Acres Selected Farming and Wood Lands in Tracts of Forty Acres and Upwards, to Suit Purchasers, on Long Credits and at Low Rates of Interest, Situated on Each Side of Their Railroad, Extending All the Way From the Extreme North to the South of the State of Illinois. Chicago: Illinois Central Railroad Office, 1857.

8vo, original printed paper wraps with engraved vignette, two engraved maps, numerous in-text engravings. 80 pp., with 4 pp. of advertisements. Wear to wraps with some brown spots and chipping to edges of pages; some scattered browning throughout; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois Reference: AII 263, lists only four copies $200-400

181* (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) TRIBUNE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT No. 1. Spirit of the Chicago Convention. Extracts from all the Notable Speeches Delivered in and out of the National Democratic Convention. A Surrender to the Rebels Advocated - A Disgracehul and Pusillanimous Peace Demanded - The Federal Government Savagely Denounced and Shamefully Vilified, and Not a Wod Said against the Crime of Treason and Rebellion. [Chicago, 1864].

Thin 8vo, modern white wrappers, stitched, 16 pp. Some browning to pages; renewed wrappers and end papers; some light foxing and minor brown spotting; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois Reference: AII 808, only two copies located. $50-100 (PRE-FIRE IMPRINT) TRIBUNE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT No. 2. Issues of the Campaign. Shall the North Vote for a Disunion Peace? [Chicago, 1864].

Thin 8vo, modern paper wrappers, stitched, 16 pp. Includes a biased article on the responsible parties for the war. Also includes letters from General B. McClellan, General Ulysses S. Grant, Stephan A. Douglas and General William T. Sherman. Not in American Imprints Inventory. Some minor foxing to pages; intermittent marginal pencil notations; renewed wrappers and end papers; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $50-100

183 (COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES A group of two glass plate negatives of popular scenes from the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, (1893). Together with a fold-out souvenir booklet (worn, dampstained, pages starting to detach).

(1) “Looking N from Colonnade.” Soule Photograph Co., 338 Washington St., Boston. 3 1/2 x 4 inches. (2) “Electric Building. Interior. Looking South.” 3 1/2 x 4 inches each. $200-400

184 (COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION Minutes of the Meeting of the Council of Administration of the World’s Columbian Exposition Held at Jackson Park. Chicago: Henson, 1893.

Multiple sessions bound in one volume. 8vo, 3/4 mottled calf over brown morocco, gilt-stamped covers and spines gilt in compartments, marbled edges. Comprising the minutes from the meetings held between May 2, 1893 - May 31, 1893. Boards splitting at front and rear hinges; rubbing to boards; library stamp to some title pages; otherwise interior is tight and pages are in good condition. $100-200

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185 (COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) BANCROFT, HERBERT The Book of the Fair. An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World’s Science, Art, and Industry, as Viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Chicago and San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1895.

2 vols. Folio, 3/4 leather over gilt-embossed boards, a.e.g. Wear to boards; endpapers slightly loose; otherwise fine. $100-200

186* BION, J. ARNOLD Maps on the Chicago Transportation Problem. Chicago: s.n., 1902.

Folio, contents loose as issued in green cloth-backed boards. With 14 folding maps. Meant to accompany the report of the local transportation committee of the City Council of the City of Chicago. Boards stamped John Creer Library in gilt; boards worn; small tears to fore edges of most maps; library stamps to verso of all maps; fold-out map reinforced at the hinge. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200 187A

186A* MEITES, HYMAN L., ed. History of the Jews of Chicago. Chicago: Jewish Historical Society, (1924).

Folio, full gilt-stamped black morocco with gilt titles to spine and decorations to both boards, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., custom cloth-backed slipcase with gilt-stamped leather spine label. Number A-194 of the Members’ Numbered Edition, each with the subscriber’s portrait matted as frontispiece; this copy belonged to Abraham Epstein. Very light shift to text block; otherwise a very fine copy of this rare history, of which even the 1990 reprint is out of print. Property from the Collection of Raymond Epstein, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

187* TRIBUNE TOWER DESIGN COMPETITION The International Competition for a New Administration Building for the Chicago Tribune. MCMXXII. Chicago: The Tribune Company, 1923.

4to, original brown burlap over cloth-backed boards, gilt-stamped label to front board and title to spine. First edition. Introduction by Louis Sullivan. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of architectural proposals for the Tribune Tower, including designs by Adolf Loos, Walter Gropius, Bruno Taut, Daniel Burnham and many others. Rubbing to foot of spine; otherwise a fine copy. Property from the Collection of Raymond Epstein, Chicago, Illinois $600-800 BENCH AND BAR OF CHICAGO The Bench and Bar of Chicago. Biographical Sketches. Chicago: American Biographical Publishing Company, n.d. (c. 1883)

4to, quarter morocco over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers. Illustrated throughout with portraits of historical members of the Chicago legal community. Together with a typed letter signed by 33 members of the Chicago bar to Hon. George Gardner, undated. The members of the bar beg Gardner to consider an immediate vacation, “at the risk of breaking down all together,” presumably due to age and ill health. Edgewear to volume; some browning to TLS; otherwise fine. $100-200

188* (BROOKS, GWENDOLYN) ALGREN, NELSON Autographed note signed (“Nelson”), 1 page on the back of the invitation to his February 27, 1965 wedding to Betty Bendyk.

Algren invites Gwendolyn Brooks and her husband, Harry, to have drinks with him, his fiance and friends, including “The Terkels” (i.e. Studs Terkel), Friday the 26th (the evening before his wedding), “any time after 5,” and includes his telephone number. A fascinating association item, bringing together three icons of Chicago literary history. Property from the Personal Collection of Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

189* (BROOKS, GWENDOLYN) PRIEBE, KARL Two inscribed postcards with original drawings of birds (one pen and ink, one watercolor), signed (“Karl”) to (“Gwen”), addressed and postmarked July 20 and 26, 1950. Property from the Personal Collection of Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

190* BROOKS, GWENDOLYN An Original Drawing by Gwendolyn Brooks. Inscribed in pencil (“Somebody to Baby. By G.E.B. July 12, 1934”). Hand-colored in crayon. Property from the Personal Collection of Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

191* BROOKS, GWENDOLYN Four autographed draft poems signed (“Gwendolyn Brooks”), 4 pages, various dates, comprising four versions of The Beauty in the Forest, December 1968, and For Sara Miller, Sculptor, dated Thursday, May 19, 1994, the latter of which was published in In Montgomery: And Other Poems. (Chicago: Third World Press, 2003) Property from the Personal Collection of Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 192 DARROW, CLARENCE A group of two typed letters signed.

Autographed letter signed (“Clarence Darrow”), 1 page, on official Darrow, Sissman, Holly & Carlin letterhead, Chicago, dated January 26, 1924 and October 25, 1924. Concerning a loan. Light offsetting; minor creases along the folds. $200-400

193 DARROW, CLARENCE A group of two typed letters signed. Chicago. Dated January 26, 1924 and October 25, 1924. Each 1 page, on official Darrow, Sissman, Holly & Carlin letterhead. Each concerning loan obligations. Light offsetting; minor creases along the folds. $800-1,200

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194 SANDBURG, CARL A group of two signed limited editions, in three volumes, both in original slipcases.

Always the Young Strangers. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1953). 8vo, blue cloth, original mylar, original slipcase. First edition, first printing. 560 of 600 copies signed by the author. Wear to slipcase with some loss at the extremities; chipping to mylar.

Remembrance Rock. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1948). 2 vols. 8vo, blue cloth, original slipcase. First edition. 532 of 1,000 copies signed by the author. Wear to slipcase; lacking original mylar. $200-400 195 SANDBURG, CARL Chicago Poems. New York: Henry Holt, 1916.

8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, title stamped in gilt. First edition, first issue. Signed by Sanburg to the f.f.e.p. Wear to spine ends; some fading to gilt; otherwise fine. $100-200 196 SANDBURG, CARL A group of three books.

Carl Sandburg, Philip Green Wright, and the Asgard Press, 1900-1910. A Descriptive Catalogue of Early Books, Manuscipts, and Letters in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library. Compiled by Joan St. C. Crane. Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, (1975). 4to, cloth spine over decorative boards. Letter to Carl Sandburg. By John C. Weigel. New York: Joseph Halle Schaffner, 1968. Henry Horner: Governor of Illinois, A Tribute. Privately Printed, 1941. 4to, in custom slipcase. $100-200