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264* WASHINGTON, GEORGE Document signed (“Go Washington”), as president of the Potomac Company, November 14, 1787, Alexandria, John Potts receipt for 28.18.9 pounds to “26 days attendance on the Board . . . as allowance” and “cash expended at [illeg.] Times in going to George Town and the Great Falls . . .” Signed on the verso by Washington, George Gilpin and John Fitzgerald. Matted with an engraved portrait of Washington, and framed in a double-paned window frame. Size of frame 17 x 10 inches. Property from the Collection of Baroness Kimberly von der Trenck, Newtown, Pennsylvania $6,000-8,000

265 (HANCOCK, JOHN) FARRINGTON, THOMAS Autographed letter signed (“Tho. Farrington”), Cambridge, November 5, 1781. 1 page, To John Hancock.

Farrington writes “To His Excellency John Hancock Esq.,” requesting that his company, the first Artillery Company in the County of Middlesex in the Town of Cambridge, who have procured uniforms and learned the cannon exercises, be reenlisted under the present form of Government. Presented by William Forsythe. Silked with some repair to tears; otherwise fine. $400-600

266 TAFT, WILLIAM A group of two typed letters signed (“Howard Taft”), to H. V. Jones at the Minneapolis Journal. (1) 2 pages, on a bifolium, on White House letterhead, July 20, 1911. Jones has sent Taft a petition signed by American and Chinese citizens of San Francisco pertaining to the Immigration Bureau at San Francisco. Taft responds that he expects the situation to improve under a new commissioner. (2) 1 page, on a bifolium, on White House letterhead, April 27, 1909. Concerning recommendation of an appointment. Both with postmarked envelopes. $150-250

267 WILSON, WOODROW Partially printed document signed as President, 1 page, folio, on vellum, Washington, March 27, 1917, a naval appointment of Quartermaster Clerke for Harry V. Shurteff. With blue presidential seal intact. Countersigned by Josephus Daniels. Warping to the page; portions of seal detached; otherwise sound. $200-400

268 (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of five books.

When Cork is King. New Crossfire Conversations, End Gags and Retorts for Male, Female and Mixed Minstrels; Monologues, Skits and Stump Speeches. By Wade Stratton. Chicago: T. S. Denison, (1921). Negros Poets and Their Poems. By Robert T. Kerlin. Third edition. Washington, DC, (1935). The Song of the Cotton Picker. By Madeline Horres Hantske. Clinton, SC: Jacobs Press, 1942. Signed by the author on title page. Cavalcade of the American Negro. By the Workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois. Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. My Life in the South. By Jacob Stroyer. Salem: Observer Book and Job Print, 1890. $100-200

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269 (AFRICAN AMERICANA) AIKMAN, WILLIAM The Future of the Colored Race in America: Being an Article in the Presbyterian Quarterly Review, of July, 1862. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1862.

Thin 8vo, rebound in black cloth with original printed wrap pasted to front cover. Some soiling to wrap; otherwise fine. $100-200

270 LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. Boyhood on the Upper Mississippi. A Reminiscent Letter. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1972.

Thin 8vo, pictorial boards. Inscribed by Lindbergh to Tay and Lowell Thomas. Together with an autographed letter signed (“Walter”) regarding how the inscription was obtained from Lindbergh. Rubbing to boards with some splitting at the hinges; otherwise fine. $400-600

271* THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Boston: Ticknor and Fields; London: Trubner and Company, 1862-1867.

12 vols., comprising vols. 9 (no. 51) - 20 (no. 122). 8vo, 3/4 calf over cloth and marbled boards; titles stamped in gilt to spines, marbled endpapers to vols. 11-14 and 17-20. Wear to boards with rubbing to spines and some chipping to edges; foxing to all vols.; hinges starting on some vols. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 272* BANCROFT, GEORGE History of the American Revolution. London: Richard Bentley, 1852.

3 vols. 8vo, full mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with American Eagle design and giltlettered maroon spine labels, marbled endpapers. Extra illustrated edition with frontispiece map and numerous engraved portraits. Minor edgewear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

273 (CIVIL WAR, VIRGINIA) Military Operations in Jefferson County Virginia (and West V. A.) 1861-1865. Published by the authority of Jefferson County Camp U. C. V., Farmers Advocate Print, 1911.

Thin 8vo, original gray soft cover lettered in gilt. 1/2inch tear to map; some soiling to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

274 (DAVIS, JEFFERSON) BURNS, ROBERT Jefferson Davis’ personal copy of The Works of Robert Burns. Philadelphia: J. Crissy and J. Grigg, 1830.

8vo, contemporary calf. Presentation inscription signed (“Jefferson Davis”): “Presented to (in different ink - ‘Elisa Davis, 1840’) by Jefferson Davis.” Eliza Davis was Jefferson Davis’ sister-in-law. Further inscribed on f.f.e.p. “Presented to BCHS [Boone County Historical Society] 1979 by T. J. O.” Wear to boards; f.f.e.p. starting to detach; foxing throughout; otherwise fine. $400-600 275 FRANKFURTER, FELIX The Commerce Clause. Under Marshall, Taney and Waite. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1937.

8vo, blue cloth-backed boards lettered in silver. Inscribed and dated by the author on the f.f.e.p. Minor wear to boards; spine faded; otherwise fine. $100-200

276* (FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN) VAN DOREN, CARL Benjamin Franklin. New York: Viking Press, 1938.

3 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth-backed boards, maroon gilt-stamped pastedown upper title to boards, red and gilt leather spine labels, frontispiece portrait to vol. 1. First edition. Limited edition, one of 625 copies signed by the author. Rubbing to spines with some loss to labels; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

277* FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN Works. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, et al., n.d.

3 vols. 8vo, full contemporary mottled calf, with red gilt-lettered spine labels, marbled endpapers. Engraved title pages and frontispiece portrait to vol. 1. Very minor spotting; light rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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278 HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL By His Excellency Samuel Huntington, Esquire, governor and commander in chief of the state of Connecticut. A proclamation . . . Thursday, the fourteenth day of November next, to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving . . . Given at the Council chamber in New-Haven, the twenty-second day of October, anno Domini, 1793. New Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1793.

Printed broadside. Even browning; creased at the bottom; rough edges; otherwise fine. 19 1/2 x 15 inches. $300-500

279 LEVINE, DAVID Uncle Sam, 1988. Original pen and ink sketch, signed in ink lower left recto (“D. Levine”). Framed and matted. Size of frame 12 x 8 1/2 inches. $200-400 280 MACKAY, CHARLES History of the United State of America, Continued to the Southern Secession. London and New York: James S. Virtue, n.d.

8 vols. 4to, original blind-stamped red cloth-backed boards, a.e.g. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates with tissue guards. Hinges tender; wear to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

281 (MIDWEST) A group of five books.

Motoring in Wisconsin. By Victor F. Pettric. S.l.: Wisconsin Motorists Association, 1922. With foldout map. The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated. By Henry Lewis. Translated from German by A. Hermina Poatgieter. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, (1967). Iowa’s Fair. Photographs by Bill Woolston. Genesee, ID: Thorn Creek Press, (1975). Minnesota’s Timber Lands. Minnesota State Board of Immigration, n.d. (c. 1913). The Predicament of Minnesota. By Paul Latzke. St. Paul, MN: Webb Publishing, 1904. $100-200 282 MILLENNIAL HARBINGER, (THE) Edited by Alexander Campbell (1830-1866) and Bethany, VA: By the Editor, 1830-1870.

21 vols. of the First, Fourth and Fifth Series. 8vo, various bindings, mostly original red cloth and quarter leather over marbled boards. First edition of Campbell’s monthly Restorationist newspaper, including vol. 2 (no. 2, February 1831), an antiMormon tract entitled Delusions! An analysis of the book of Mormon, the first printed article on Mormonism in book form (reprinted in pamphlet form in 1832), where Campbell calls founder Smith an “ignorant and impudent liar,” and describes the Book of Mormon as the “meanest book in the English language.” [Howes C87]

Alexander Campbell was a leading figure in the Second Great Awakening reform movement and, with his father, founded the Disciples of Christ, a purest religion headquartered in West Virginia. Campbell and his followers, called “Campbellites,” quickly butted heads with Joseph Smith and early Mormons, who shared, or borrowed, many common restorationist beliefs.

Issued in monthly parts, the present series comprises vols. 1-4 (complete), vol. 5 (lacking no. 12), vol. 7 (complete) and Millennial Harbinger Extra nos. 2-3 and 9 of the First Series; vol. 1 (lacking no. 12), 4 (nos. 2-9 only), vols. 5-6 (complete), and vol. 7 (lacking nos. 11-12) of the Fourth Series (duplicates of vol. 6, no. 6, and vol. 7, no. 6); vol. 1 (nos. 2-9 only), vol. 3 (nos. 2-6 only) of Fifth Series; and vol. 37 (complete, 1866) and vol. 40 (complete, 1869) of an unstated series.

Front board detached to vol. 1; rubbing to boards; foxing throughout; intermittent brownspotting. $3,000-5,000

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286 283* NIXON, RICHARD The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1978).

8vo, blue cloth gilt-stamped boards and backstrip in publisher’s slipcase. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Light fading to spine and slipcase; otherwise a fine copy. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

284* REID, (THOMAS MAYNE) The Rifle Rangers; or, Adventures of an Officer in Southern Mexico. London: William Shoberl, 1850.

2 vols. 12mo, rebound, retaining original red blind-stamped cloth and spines, gilt over recent matching red cloth-backed boards, decorated endpapers. First edition of the author’s first book. Illustrated with frontispiece lithographs by R. J. Hammerton. Soiling to boards; minor intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

285 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE A group of two typed telegrams to H. V. Jones at the Minneapolis Journal, unsigned, New York, dated May 13, 1912 and May 10, 1912.

Together with a significant collection of typed correspondence from White House secretaries and officials, mainly from the Roosevelt cabinet, ca. 1905-1911. (approximately 20 items) $100-200

286* ROOSEVELT, THEODORE The Winning of the West. New York: Current Literature, 1905.

6 vols. 12mo, tan suede over buckram. Fading and soiling to suede and spine; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

287 SANDBURG, CARL Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years; The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1926) and (1939).

6 vols. 8vo, original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Inscribed by Sandburg to half-title of vol. 1, The War Years, and vol. 2, The Prairie Years. Hinges tender; wear to boards; otherwise fine. $300-500

288 SANDBURG, CARL A group of 11 books by and about Carl Sandburg, two of which are signed. By Carl Sandburg unless otherwise noted:

Always the Young Strangers. New York, (1953). Signed. Cornhuskers. New York, 1918. Smoke and Steel. New York, 1929. First edition. Slipcased. Slabs of the Sunburndt West. New York, (1922). First edition. Rootabaga Stories. New York, (1926). Home Front Memo. New York, (1943). Address of Carl Sandburg Before a Joint Session of Congress. February 12, 1959. New York, (1959). Limited edition. Carl Sandburg. By Harry Golden and Carl Sandburg. New York and Cleveland, (1961). A Great and Glorious Romance. By Helga Sandburg. New York and London, 1978. Signed by the author. And two others pertaining to the life and writings of Carl Sandburg. $200-400

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289 SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY, R. Journal of a Tour into the Interior of Missouri and Arkansaw, from Potosi, or Mine a Burton, in Missouri Territory, in a South-West Direction, toward the Rocky Mountains; Performed in the Years 1818 and 1819. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1821.

Thin 8vo, half calf over marbled boards. With foldout map (13 x 14 1/2 inches) of “Countries Bordering on the Mississippi and Missouri,” depicting land between Lake Erie in the Northeast to San Antonio in the Southwest. Remnants of detached bookplate of former owner to front and rear pastedowns; some light browning and minimal foxing; map split at three folds with browning along the edges and archival tape repair to the verso; ex-libris stamp to verso of map and blind-stamp to title page; 3-inch tear to lower right corner of title page; wear to boards; renewed endpapers; otherwise fine. $200-400

290 WILSON, JAMES GRANT, ed. The Memorial History of the City of New York. From its First Settlement to the Year 1892. New York: NewYork History Company, 1892.

4 vols. 4to, original red cloth, spine stamped in gilt. First edition. Profusely illustrated with plans, maps, and steel engraved in-text and plate portraits. Cloth worn with spine ends chipped on all vols.; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $100-200 291 (WWII POSTERS) A group of 16 posters issued by the U.S. government, comprising: Do Your Part to Win the War. Buy More War Savings Stamps, (U.S. Government Printing Office); “You Buy ‘Em We’ll Fly ‘Em!” Defense Bonds Stamps, (U.S. Government Printing Office); America Calling. Take Your Place in Civilian Defense, (U.S. Government Printing Office); Masked Men. . . with Guns! (The American Legion Magazine, June 1943); United States Army Insignia, (U.S. Army Recruiting Service); Action! Air-borne Infantry, (U.S. Army). With 10 others. Size of largest 38 1/4 x 28 inches. $100-200

292 (WWII POSTERS) A group of 19 posters issued by the U.S. government, comprising: Back the Attack, (U.S. Government Printing Office); Now is the Time! Apply at the nearest U.S. Army recruiting and induction station, (U.S. Army); Keep ‘Em Flying, (U.S. Army); Construction Workers can volunteer now. . ., (U.S. Army); Aviation Cadet Training, (U.S. Army Air Forces); Take YOUR place in the ranks, (U.S. Army); You fight by giving! (Los Angeles Area War Chest); Overhead Store Display for Los Angeles Area War Chest. With 10 others. Size of largest 52 1/4 x 38 3/4 inches. $100-200 293 (AMERICANA) A group of seven early imprints, many anti-slavery.

Kanzas and the Constitution. By “Cecil” [Charles Edwin Fisher]. Boston: Printed by Damrell & Moore, 1856; Two disbound Congressional documents, comprising Defence. By Mr. Commissioner Bogy, Before the Committee on Indian Affairs of the House of Representatives . . . Thirty-Ninth Congress - Second Session. (Washington: Government Printing, c. 1870) and Speech of Mr. G. Davis, of Kentucky, on the Mexican War and the President’s Message . . . House of Representatives of the U.S., Dec. 22, 1846. (Washington: Government Printing, c. 1846); An Act to Incorporate the Hoboken Land and Improvement Co. Supplements and Other Acts. Hoboken, NJ: Hudson County Democrat Print, 1859; A Word About Indians. (By George Maypenny). (Columbus, OH, January 31, 1867). Disbound. Letter to the editor of unknown publication; Religious Liberty in Danger: A Vindication of the Whig Party from the Charge of Hostility to Catholics and Foreigners. By A Catholic Layman. S.n., n.d.; The Nation’s Trial: The Proclamation: Dormant Powers of the Goverment: The Constitution a Charter of Freedom, and Not “A Covenant With Hell.” By Edward F. Bullard. New York: C. B. Richardson; Albany: W. C. Little, 1863. $100-200

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294 (CHICAGO) BURNHAM, DANIEL The Plan of Chicago. Chicago: The Commercial Club, 1909.

4to, original black cloth, lettered in gilt, t.e.g. First edition. Illustrated throughout with color plans and illustrations, some fold-out. Number 392 of 1,650 copies printed for the Commercial Club of Chicago, this one presented to William D. Barge. Despite large printing, Burnham’s seminal plan remains a scarce Chicago item. Dampstaining to the bottom of boards; edgewear with minor loss; hinges slightly tender; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000 295 (CHICAGO, CENTURY OF PROGRESS) PRESENTATION ALBUM A Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago, 1933-1934. Chicago: Kaufmann-Fabry Photographers, n.d. (c. 1934)

Large 4to, full blue pebbled leather, gilt decorations to spine and front board, moire silk endpapers. One of a small number of copies printed for major contributors to the World’s Fair, this copy for James Simpson, president of Marshall Field Company and a director of the Federal Reserve Bank, “in grateful acknowledgement of valuable support.” Each photograph is a silver-gelatin print on thick mat paper showing scenes from the Fair annotated in pencil by the photographers. Slight fading to spine; lacking slipcase; otherwise a fine copy. $1,500-2,500 296 (CHICAGO, CENTURY OF PROGRESS) A collection of approximately 165 small black and white photographs of scenes from the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. $100-200

297 (CHICAGO) THE CHICAGO MAGAZINE The Chicago Magazine of Fashion, Music, and Home Reading. Vol. 1. Chicago: W. Hatch, 1870-1871.

8vo, 3/4 morocco, four raised bands, giltstamped. Illustrated throughout with numerous in-text engravings and fold-out plates, many color lithographic, sheet music and advertisements. First issue of this post-Civil War periodical devoted to bringing Northeastern culture to the Midwestern heartland. The periodical also includes poems, short stories and serials. Hinges starting; wear to boards; some chipping to pages. $500-700

298 (CHICAGO) CURRIER AND IVES The City of Chicago, 1892. Color print after the 1874 original. Birds-eye view of Pre-Fire Chicago. Framed and matted. Size of frame 35 x 45 inches. $400-600 299* (CHICAGO FIRE) A group of ten books pertaining to the Chicago Fire.

The Great Conflagration. Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future. Chicago, Cincinnati and Philadelphia, 1871. With fold-out maps; The Great Chicago Fire. Introduction by Paul M. Angle. New York, Toronto and London, 1958. First edition; The Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Ashland: Lewis Osborne, 1969. Limited edition; Papers in Illinois History and Transactions for the Year 1940. Contents include “The Great Chicago Fire, October 8-10, 1871,” by H. A. Mushan. Springfield, Illinois: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1941; The Great Fire. By Jim Murray. New York: Scholastic, 1995; The Great Chicago Fire. The Human Account. Chicago, Illinois: The Chicago Historical Society, 1946. The Great Chicago Fire. October 8-10. Described by Eight Men and Women Who Experienced the horrors and Testified to the Courage of its Inhabitants. Chicago: The Chicago History Society, (1971); and three others. (10 total) Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200 300* (CHICAGO FIRE) A group of early accounts of the Great Fire of Chicago. Various places, 1871-1925.

Chicago Relief: The First Special Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society. Chicago: Culver, Page, Hoyne, 1871; The Great Fires of Chicago and the West. History and Incidents, etc. By A Chicago Clergyman. Chicago, New York, etc.: Goodspeed, (1871); Full Account of the Great Fire in Chicago. Sunday and Monday, Oct. 8th and 9th, 1871. Racine: Wm. L. Upley & Son, 1871; A Letter from the Fire. By Thomas D. Foster. N.p.: Torch Press, Christmas, 1949; Reminiscences of Chicago Fire of 1871. By Mrs. A. H. Miller. S.l., n.d.; Memories of the Chicago Fire. By M. E. and E. W. Blatchford for their Children. Chicago: By the Authors, 1921; Personal Experiences During the Chicago Fire. By Frank J. Loesch. Chicago: Privately printed, 1925. Inscribed. New Chicago. The Uses of Adversity. A Splendid City Rising from the Ashes - Western Energy - Growth of the Commercial Districts. S.l.: New York Daily Tribune, 1872. 1 p. Newspaper triple sheet, dated Aug. 8. Folded in thirds; some light soiling; manuscript inscription in pencil to top edge; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

(CHICAGO FIRE) A group of three early books pertaining to the Chicago Fire.

Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of Disbursement of Contributions for the Sufferers by the Chicago Fire. Chicago: Riverside Press/ Chicago Relief and Aid Society, 1874. With foldout maps and diagrams; The Great Conflagration. Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future. By James W. Sheahan and George P. Upton. Chicago, Cincinnati and Philadelphia: Union, 1872; Chicago and the Great Conflagration. By Elias Colbert and Everett Chamberlin. Cincinnati and New York: C. F. Vent; Chicago: J. S. Goodman, 1871. With fold-out map and engraved plates. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

302* (CHICAGO FIRE, PRINTED BOADSIDE) Evening Journal Extra. Chicago, Monday, October 9, 1871. “The Great Calamity of the Age!/Chicago in Ashes! . . . The Conflagration Still in Progress!” Three columns. First issue.

The only Chicago newspaper printed during the fire as a broadside. A copy owned by the Chicago Historical Society has an inscription: “The original form . . . was three columns, but the press broke, & the balance of the edition was printed on a proof press, by hand. The proof press could only accommodate two columns,” etc. Size of frame 18 x 14 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $400-600 306* (CHICAGO, CLUBS) INDUSTRIAL CLUB A bound collection of caricatures by John McCutcheon, with photograph portrait heads of members of the club, including Robert R. McCormick, set against cartoon bodies and scenes with appropriate verses for each character by Mr. Angus S. Hibbard relating to the club members’ business vocation. According to the history of the club, the book was presented February 22, 1907. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

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(CHICAGO FIRE, PRINTED BROADSIDE) CRONAN, JEREMIAH Lines Written on the Most Dreadful Fire that Broke Out in Chicago In America. Dublin: P. Brereton, (1872). Oblong printed broadside with woodcut. Framed. 11 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

304 (CHICAGO, CLUBS) CAXTON CLUB The Crockett Almanacks. Nashville Series, 1835-1838. Edited by Franklin J. Meine. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1955.

4to, original illustrated cloth boards. Presentation copy to W. B. Scott signed by all members present on December 9, 1972. Some wear to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

305* (CHICAGO, CLUBS) CHICAGO LITERARY CLUB A group of three books pertaining to the history of the Chicago Literary Club, comprising The History of the Chicago Literary Club, 1874-1924, by Frederick William Goodkin (Chicago, 1926), 1924-1946, by Payson Sibley Wild (Chicago, 1947) and a bound collection of In Memoriam 1890-1901. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200 (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) Chicago Times Portfolio of Midway Types. Chicago: American Engraving, 1893.

12 issues, sewn into boards as a set. Oblong 8vo, spine rebacked, each issue with original printed wrappers. First editions of these controversial photographic publications each with descriptions of individuals representing ethnic groups at the Midway of the World’s Columbian Exposition. (Dybwad & Bliss, 1590) Wear to boards; some soiling to wrappers; some detached from string binding; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

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308* (CHICAGO, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION) PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION A Hand Camera at the Fair, 1893. Privately bound collection of black and white photographs of the World’s Columbian Exposition, possibly after William Henry Jackson. Oblong 8vo, morocco, giltlettered spine (“Mr. W. A. Prentiss”), a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Unlisted in Dybwad & Bliss, 1992. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $400-600

309 (CHICAGO) DARROW, CLARENCE The Story of My Life. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1932.

8vo, original cream cloth-backed boards, red painted spine label. Limited edition signed by the author, this one out of series and unnumbered. Previous owner’s presentation inscription to f.f.e.p.; soiling to boards; hinges slightly tender; spine faded; otherwise fine. $600-800

310 (CHICAGO) LEOPOLD, NATHAN Life plus 99 Years. Garden City: Doubleday, 1958.

8vo, gray cloth, dust jacket. With a typed note signed (“Nathan F. Leopold, Jr.”) laid into the front. Contemporary newspaper clipping tipped in preliminaries with some glue remains to other pages; fading and chipping to dust jacket; otherwise fine. $100-200 311* (CHICAGO) HEFNER, HUGH That Toddlin’ Town: A Rowdy Burlesque of Chicago Manners and Morals. Chicago: CHI Publishers, (1951).

8vo, original pictorial wraps. First edition, first printing, of Hefner’s first book, illustrated with numerous cartoons by the young Hefner himself, published before his Playboy Magazine. Rubbing to spine with some loss; bookplate tipped in front wrap; some darkening to pages; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

312* (CHICAGO, ATLAS) MARSHALL, W. L. Atlas Containing Maps of Chicago River, Illinois and Its Branches, Showing Result of Improvement by the U.S Government Under Direction of Major W.L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers U.S.A. in 1896 to 1899. (Washington), 1899.

Atlas folio, 3/4 calf over marbled boards. Complete with 29 partially colored maps, showing the details of the Chicago River and the adjacent roads, rail lines, canals, and buildings. Issued to accompany the report made by Marshall. Boards detached but present; contents unsewn; some light wear to edges of maps; otherwise fine. 22 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches each. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $300-500

313 (CHICAGO, MAPS) CRAM, GEORGE F. Cram’s Township and Rail Road Map of Illinois. Chicago: George F. Cram, n.d. (c. 1887)

16 mo, original blue printed boards. Engraved colored pocket map, together with index to the state of Illinois. Wear to boards with some soiling; otherwise fine. Together with The Chicago Weekly Dry Goods Price List and Journal of Western Textile Manufactures. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1876. Chicago, 1873. 16mo, original printed blue paper wraps. Contents detached from backstrip; some loss to wraps; otherwise fine. $100-200 313A* (MAP) COLTON, J. H. The City of Chicago Illinois, 1855. The Plans of Chicago & St. Louis are Upon the Same Scale. New York: J. H. Colton, 1855.

Full color engraved pocket map, trimmed from Colton’s Atlas of the World, Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, New York, 1855, and tipped to custom blind-stamped red cloth lettered in gilt (“Coltons Map of Chicago”). Some foxing; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

314* (CHICAGO, MAPS) MITCHELL, AUGUSTUS The Tourist’s Pocket Map of the State of Illinois: Exhibiting Its Internal Improvements, Roads, Distances, etc. By J. H. Young. Philadelphia: Augustus Mitchell, 1835.

Full color engraved pocket map, with original 16mo gilt-stamped red calf binding. Detached from boards with some loss to top center; four small tears at intersecting folds and one 3-inch tear at top fold; boards detached; otherwise sound. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

315* (CHICAGO, MAPS) GRAHAM, JAMES DUNCAN Map G. No. 58. Chicago Harbor and Bar. Illinois. From Survey made between the 17th of August & the 2nd of September 1858. (Chicago, c. 1858) Large doublesheet plan showing the North Loop and Chicago Harbor, extending north to Chicago Avenue, east to Wells Street and South to Monroe Street. 35 1/2 x 41 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $300-500

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316* (CHICAGO, MAPS) COLTON, J. H. New Sectional Map of the State of Illinois. Compiled from the United States Surveys. Also exhibiting the Internal Improvements, distances between Towns Villages & Post Offices: the outlines of Prairies, Woodlands, Marshes & the lands donated to the State by the Den. Govt. for the purpose of Internal Improvements. By J. M. Peck, John Messinger, and A. J. Mathewson. New York: J. H. Colton, 1854. Engraved by S. Stiles, New York.

16mo, full color engraved pocket map, in original red leather boards stamped in blind and lettered in gilt (“Colton & Co. Map of Illinois Exhibiting the Sections. By Peck & Messinger”). Rubbing to boards; early bookseller’s sticker to front pastedown (Portland Map Depository); some small tears at the meetings of folds; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $600-800

317* (CHICAGO, MAPS) MILLER AND CO. LITHOGRAPHY Map of Lots at Chicago for Sale by Franklin & Jenkins on Friday 8th of May, 1835, at 12 O’Clock at the Merchant’s Exchange. (New York: Miller & Co., 1835).

The third printed map of Chicago. (Danzer, Chicago History, XII.1, 1984; Conzen, 1984) Drawn from memory by Gurdon Hubbard and printed by Miller & Co. All 40 acres of plots, part of the Russell & Mather edition were sold on the day of the auction for $80,000. (Wendt, 1986, p.164) Creased in thirds with some browning at meeting of folds; brownspotting to upper left corner; otherwise fine. 18 x 17 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $2000-4000 318* (CHICAGO, MEDICINE, PRE-FIRE) NORTH-WESTERN FEMALE COLLEGE A collection of six pre-fire imprints pertaining to North-Western Female College and N. W. University Preparatory, Evanston, Chicago, 1855-1860. Unlisted in AII. Contents include a Certificate of Agency, Enrollment Announcement, a Scholarship Bond, Annual Circular (Bulletin), Certificate of Tuition, and a Commencement Program (for to Northwestern University).

Founded in 1855 by William P. Jones, the college was the alma mater of Francis E. Willard, a famous reformer and suffragette. Willard would become president of the college in 1871 (then called the Evanston College for Women), until it merged with Northwestern University in 1873, where she became the first Dean of Women at the University.

Certificate of Agency: 2 pp., 1857. Presented to S. Guyer, certifying him to sell Scholarships and obtain loans for re-building an establishment of North-Western Female College. Signed by President “William P. Jones.” With original blind-stamped seal. (2) Enrollment Announcement: 4 pp., October 29, 1855. Printed announcement of the establishment of the Northwestern Female College and N. W. University Preparatory, and solicitation of “Young Ladies through the Northwest.” With original blindstamped seal. (3) Scholarship Bond. 1 p., n.d. Printed broadside announcement of Scholarship Bond, this one unallocated. With original blind-stamped seal; split at fold. (4) Annual Circular: 4 pp., 1860. Sixth Annual Circular . . . detailing faculty, senior class, courses of study, and rules and regulations. (5) Certificate of Tuition: 1 p., n.d. Printed certificate, this one unallocated. With original blind-stamped seal. (6) Commencement Program: [Northwestern University]. 4 pp., June 28th, 1871. Commencement lists 15 male graduates. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $800-1,200 319* (CHICAGO, MEDICINE, PRE-FIRE) FAHRNEY, PETER Original manuscript account book kept by Dr. Peter Fahrney of Oak Park, Illinois. Thin 4to, comprising 119 linen-backed leaves of manuscript notations and pastedown documents, bound in custom smooth calf morocco boards, gilt-lettered spine, and matching slipcase.

Dr. Peter Fahrney, president and founder of Fahrney & Sons Co., Chicago, Illinois, made millions off his discovery of Blood Purge, or “Dr. Peter’s Blood Vitalizer.” Although he began practicing medicine in Pennsylvania, he moved to Chicago to open his laboratory and was an important member of the early Oak Park community, commissioning Frank Lloyd Wright to build a home for his daughter Emma. His pharmaceutical manufacturing firm flourished until the laboratory burned down in 1871 in the Great Chicago Fire.

The accounting book mainly comprises pages of patients’ invoicing, but also includes costs of building an office, an original order form for Dr. Fahrney’s blood vitalizer and a list of debts.

Accompanied by a tipped in signed affidavit from Edward J. Ryan, stating the book was found among records belonging to Fahrney, John E. Burget, confirming and listing the names of patients from Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania noted in the account book (surnames Brumbaugh, Dilling, Wineland, Maddocks, etc.), and one other affirming Fahrney’s employment in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

320* (CHICAGO) INTER-STATE INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago, 1874. Length of Building 1000 feet - Width 200 feet. (Chicago): National Lithographic Institute, (1874).

Rare black and white lithograph perspective view of the iron and glass exposition building in 1874. Framed. The first Inter- State Industrial Exposition of Chicago was undertaken the year after the Great Fire in 1871 by leading businessmen of the city mainly to generate tourism revenue, but also to spur the interest of wealthy industrialists eager to invest in the city’s rebuilding. The Inter-State Industrial Expositions of the 1870s (the present print being of the second), were precursors to the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, which epitomized the entrepreneurial spirit of post-fire Chicagoans.

Together with another lithograph print, after Jevne and Almini, Chicago University 1874. Cottage Grove at Thirty Fifth Street, n.d. Size of largest 21 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

321* (CHICAGO) AUTOGRAPH BOOK A group of two volumes of printed autographs books entitled Ghosts of My Friends, arranged by Cecil Henland (New York, n.d.). The directions indicate individuals are to sign their names along the fold of the individual sheets of paper with a full pen of ink and then double the page over without using blotting paper. The result is a “ghostly” image, which is then signed and dated by the owner.

Many notable Chicagoans have contributed their “ghost” autographs, including the Ryersons and McCormicks. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

322* (CHICAGO, POLITICS) MIKE MCDONALD POLITICAL POSTER The Tiger’s Prey: Shall Mike McDonald Rule the County as Well as the City? Chicago: W. Y. Barnet, Des., (c. 1910). Original black and white lithograph campaign poster. 28 x 42 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $400-600

323* (CHICAGO, RAILROAD) A group of six early pamphlets pertaining to the Chicago railroads.

Trust Deed of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company, disbound, n.d. (c. 1865). By-Laws of the Chicago and Rock Island Rail Road Company. Adopted June 9th, 1852. New York: Benjamin F. Corlies, 1858. Charter of the Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co., disbound, n.d. (c. 1859). Documents Relating to the Organization of the Illinois Central Rail-Road Company. (Third Edition). New York: G. Scott Roe, 1855. Chicago Car Trust. Articles of Agreement. Chicago: Press of Beach, Barnard, 1881. Report of the Committee on Bridges and Street Railways of the Citizens’ Association of Chicago. September, 1884. Chicago: Geo. K. Hazlitt, 1884. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

324* (CHICAGO, PRINTING) STONE & KIMBALL The Green Tree Library. For Sale Here. Published by Stone & Kimball. Original color lithograph poster designed for Henry McCarter. Chicago: Printed by Stromberg, Allen, n.d. (c. 1895) 16 x 12 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

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325* (CHICAGO, PRINTING) STONE & KIMBALL An extensive collection of 111 books published by Stone and Kimball, Chicago.

Each 8vo, all in original pictorial cloth boards, many first editions. The Electric Automobile. By C. E. Woods, 1900. Inscribed “With compliments of the author & A. Wight Newmann,” dated April 1900. Main Travelled Roads: Being Six Stories of the Mississippi Valley. By Hamlin Garland, 1893. Prairie Songs. By Hamlin Garland, 1893. First edition, stated. The Building of the City Beautiful. By Joaquin Miller, November 24, 1894. Third edition. The Holy Cross. By Eugene Field, 1893. A Lover’s Diary: Songs in Sequence. By Gilbert Parker, 1894. Second edition so stated. Crumbling Idols. By Hamlin Garland, 1894. The Ebb Tide: A Trio & Quartette. By Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. March 8, 1895. Third edition. The Ebb Tide: A Trio & Quartette. By Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. October 5, 1895. Fourth edition. The Land of Heart’s Desire. By William B. Yeats, 1894. Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. By Gilbert Parker, 1894. Second edition so stated. In Russet and Silver. By Edmund Grosse, 1894. Little Eyolf. By Henrik Ibsen, 1894. Old Pictures of Life. By David Swing, 1894. 2 vols. A Sawdust Doll. By Mrs. Reginald De Koven, 1895. With 95 others. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $4,000-6,000

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326* (CHICAGO, PRINTING) R. R. DONNELLY BUILDING A collection of 24 original black and white photographs of the Chicago plant of R. R. Donnelly publishers in the first quarter of the twentieth-century. W. R. Bowes’ copy, housed in a custom blue folding chemise and slipcase, gilt-lettered (“W. R. Bowes”) to spine.

Views show the Memorial Library, Memorial Corridor, private offices, apprentice facilities, the exterior, and many showing individuals at work on the presses at the Chicago Plant. 12 are numbered and stamped “Trowbridge Photographs,” and each bear a pencilled description on the verso. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $600-800

327 (CHICAGO, CLUBS) CHICAGO LITERARY CLUB A collection of 24 books pertaining to the Chicago Literary Club and the Caxton Club of Chicago, including Robert Hunter Middleton: The Man and His Letters, signed by all members present at the meeting. $100-200

328* (CHICAGO, RAILROAD) CHICAGO LAND COMPANY Articles of Association of the Chicago Land Company, organized May 2, 1853. Original manuscript articles of agreement pertaining to the extension of the Chicago Northwest Railroad. Later printed in the Daily Democrat in 1855. (AII-CHI133)

In 1853, William Ogden, Mahlon Ogden, and Edwin R. La Bar, together with 11 shareholders, formed the Chicago Land Company, to acquire and develop land with the intention of building the Terminal Depot of the Illinois and Wisconsin Rail Road that eventually became the Chicago and North Western Railroad. The capital stock of the combined lands of the trustees and shareholders consisted of $1,800,000, which was divided into 18,000 shares of $100 each, equaling the expected increased land value following the completion of the railroad.

4to, bound in contemporary gilt-stamped red leather account book, comprising 23 pp. “Indenture and Articles of Agreement and Association,” May 2, 1853; signatures of shareholders (Robert Walker, Eli Chittenden, A. Hyatt Smith, Charles Butler, William Sloan, John Bradley, Jacob P. Eastman, John P. Chapin, Edwin S. Johnson, Albert A. Bliss and William B. Hotchkiss) and trustees (William B. Ogden, Mahlou D. Ogden and Edwin R. LaBar), each with affixed colorful seals; autographed document signed (“John Bradley”) stating that Bradley holds 3,750 shares of the Chicago Land Company per the enclosed articles of agreement, 2 pp., New York, May 6, 1853; 4 pp. autographed document stating that Daniel Elston, having agreed to the aforementioned articles, has conveyed to Ogden, Ogden and LaBar forty-nine acres of his land.

Also included on separate matters are 12 pp. of account records for “Fox Meadow Garden,” January, 1866, to January, 1868; to rear in reverse, 29pp. of account records for “Evergreen Farm Account,” January, 1866, to November, 1868. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $2,000-4,000

329 (CHICAGO) REBUILT CHICAGO The Merchants and Manufacturers of Chicago. Being a Complete History of Our Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests, and Their Progress Since the Fire. Chicago: J. M. Wing, 1873.

Folio, original gilt-stamped brown cloth, rebacked. 107 (of 116) illustrations; professional repair to hinges, corners and spine renewed; wear to boards; front free endpapers detached; chipping to the fore edges of many pages with some detached; intermittent browning and some dampstaining. $300-500

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Tinted lithograph. Laid down on thick paper with large portions missing from margins; 5-inch tear to top extending slightly into the image, repaired; 2-inch repaired tear to top right; otherwise fine. 19 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

331* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) JEVNE AND ALMINI A group of two tinted lithographs from Chicago Illustrated, comprising Rush Street Bridge and Cor. State and Washington. Size of largest 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

332* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL Michigan Avenue Looking North, 1863, with a View of Michigan Terrace. Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son, August 1929.

Original color aquatint, wide margins, 38/125, signed in pencil (“R. Varin”). Framed. 20 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

333* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL LaSalle Street from Court House Square in the Year 1865. Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son, March 1927.

Original color aquatint, wide margins, 9/100, signed in pencil (“R. Varin”). Framed. 26 x 37 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

334 (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL The Corner of Lake and La Salle Streets, Chicago. Marine Bank Building in the Year 1864. Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son, January 1927.

Original aquatint print, 36/100, signed in pencil (“R. Varin”), framed and matted. Size of frame 21 1/2 x 30 1/4 inches. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

335 (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL S. E. Corner of La Salle and Washington Streets, Chicago. Showing the Chamber of Commerce in the Year 1864. Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son, April 1927.

Original aquatint print, 43/100, signed in pencil (“R. Varin”), framed and matted. Size of frame 21 1/2 x 30 1/4 inches. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

336 (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL N. W. Corner of Dearborn and Monroe Streets Chicago. Showing the Post Office Building in the Year 1865. Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son, August 1927.

Original aquatint print, 21/100, signed in pencil (“R. Varin”), framed and matted. Size of frame 21 1/2 x 30 1/4 inches. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

337* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL A group of four original color aquatints, comprising views of the junction of the north and south branches of the Chicago River in 1833, 1865, 1871 (The Great Fire) and 1928, each 72/100 and signed in pencil (“R. Varin”) to lower right recto. Chicago: A. Ackermann, 1928. Framed and matted in original frames from the Arthur Ackermann Gallery (gallery sticker to verso). Size of frame 18 x 21 inches each. From the Estate of Marcia T. Kreyling for the benefit of the Marcia T. Kreyling Charitable Foundation. $800-1,200

338* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL First House Built in Chicago as it appeared in 1827. Residence of John Kinzie 1804-1828. Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son, 1930.

Original color aquatint, signed in pencil (“R. Varin”). Framed and matted. 16 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

339* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL, after Northwest Corner of Dearborn and Monroe Streets Chicago. Showing the Post Office Building in the Year 1865. Hand-colored lithograph with full margins by Sydney Z. Lucas after the aquatint by Raoul Varin, n.d. (c. 1920)

Together with a hand-colored photograph after the tinted lithograph View of Clark & Wells St. Bridges, Chicago, (after 1861), from Edwin Whitefield’s Views of Chicago, and a reproduction color print of La Salle and Randolph Streets 1864, after Jevne and Almini. All framed and matted. Size of largest 18 x 23 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

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340* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) VARIN, RAOUL Michigan Avenue from Park Row in the Year 1865. Trial Proof Copy. Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son, 1926.

Original color aquatint. Trial Proof Copy, signed in pencil (“R. Varin”) to lower right recto. Removed from frame. Together with two other signed color aquatints by Raoul Varin, both from an edition of 125. Chicago: A. Ackerman, 1929. Chicago in 1841 With a view of Fort Dearborn and John Kinzie’s Residence, 7/125, and Chicago Water Works 1868, 121/125. Both framed and matted. Size of largest 17 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches. From the Estate of Marcia T. Kreyling for the benefit of the Marcia T. Kreyling Charitable Foundation. $1,000-2,000

341* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) WHITEFIELD, EDWIN View of Illinois and Michigan Train Depot &c. From the Corner of Madison St. and Michigan Avenue. Chicago: Published by E. Whitefield at D. B. Cooke and Co., 1860.

Original tinted lithograph from Whitefield’s Views of Chicago, lithographed and printed by Charles Shober after Edwin Whitefield. Minor marginal dampstaining; some rubbing to lower margin; lower right corner soiled; otherwise fine. Framed and matted. 13 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $800-1,200

342* (CHICAGO, VIEWS) WHITEFIELD, EDWIN Michigan Terrace, Michigan Avenue, Looking toward the Central Depot. Chicago: Published by E. Whitefield, 1863.

Tinted lithographed from Whitefield’s Views of Chicago, lithographed and printed by Charles Shober after Edwin Whitefield. Some marginal soiling; three dark spots; otherwise fine. Framed and matted. 14 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $800-1,200

343* (CHICAGO, VIEW BOOKS) A group of four books. Souvenir of Chicago in Colors. Chicago: V. G. Hammon, 1910.

Oblong 8vo, original tied printed wrappers. With numerous color postcards laid into corresponding pages. Together with One Hundred and Twenty-Five Photographic Views of Chicago, Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally, n.d., and The New Chicago Album, New York: Aldolph Wittemann, 1886. Both oblong 8vo, original gilt-stamped boards. Merchants and Manufacturers Illustrated Chicago Guide for 1880. Chicago: Fox, Cole, (1880). 8vo, original blue cloth bind-stamped boards stamped in gilt. Numerous illustrations. Light rubbing to boards with some slight fraying at spine; hinges tender; f.f.e.p. detached and torn; light intermittent soiling; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $300-500 344* (CHICAGO) WATER WORKS Plan & elevation of vrell curb & dredging machine. Designed and executed by Dervit I: Cregnier. 1867. Engraving, by Charles Shober, Chicago. Drawn by A. R. Vitilson. Broadside. (AII-CHI1169) 18 x 14 inches. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $200-400

345 (CHICAGO, ART) ARTISTS EQUITY ASSOCIATION Improvisations 1954. Chicago, 1954

Oblong folio, spiral bound. A collection of original lithographs by Chicago artists. Light wear to edges of boards; light soiling to boards; dampstaining to upper edge of first page; lithographs are clean. $100-200

346 (CHICAGO, BASEBALL) Baseball in Old Chicago. Sponsored by the Forest Park Baseball Museum. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1939.

Thin 8vo, original color pictorial wraps. First edition. Together with two other tourist guide books for 1930s-40s Chicago, with colorful illustrated wrappers. (3 total) $100-200 347 (CHICAGO) A group of eight books.

Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago. By Walter D. Moody. Chicago: By the Author, 1912. 8vo, green cloth-backed boards with black lettering. Numerous in-text photographs. Soiling to boards; spine ends frayed slightly; otherwise fine. Beautiful Scenes of the White City. A Portfolio of Original Copper-Plate Half-Tone Engravings of the World’s Fair. Farewell Edition. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1894. Folio, red clothbacked boards lettered in black and gilt, decorative endpapers. Numerous photographs. Soiling to boards; some light intermittent soiling; otherwise fine. Olcott’s Land Values Blue Book of Chicago. Chicago: Geo. C. Olcott, 1930-1957. 4 vols. 8vo, blue leather boards with title stamped in gold and silver to covers. Numerous illustrations, plans, and original advertisements. Minor wear to boards; otherwise fine. Picture Book of Illinois. By Bernadine Bailey. Pictures by Kurt Wiese. Chicago: Albert Whitman. Revised edition, 1949. Thin 8vo, original pictorial printed dust jacket and acetate. Illustrated. Fine. Chicago Album. s.l., n.d. (c. 1890). Thin 8vo, original gilt-decorated boards. Numerous photographs. Pages uncut; disbound; some minor soiling; otherwise fine. $100-200

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348* (CHICAGO CRIME) DILLINGER DEATH MASK Original plaster cast from the Coffman negative, the first death mask made from John Dillinger’s body, this being the only cast produced from that negative.

After the body of John Dillinger was taken to the Cook County morgue on July 22, 1934, at least four “death masks” were created. The first, and perhaps the crudest, was made by Kenneth “Doc” Coffman, who, having obtained permission from authorities, poured plaster directly onto Dillinger’s face creating a deep impression. Having prepared the face with vaseline and oil the plaster dried in about five minutes and came right off. Coffman immediately poured plaster into the impression to create a negative, a process which, unfortunately, destroyed the first casting. The present cast is the original negative created by Coffman at the Cook County morgue. No other casts were created from Coffman’s negative.

The cast remained in the possession of Kenneth Coffman until his death in 1983, when it was subsequently auctioned off by his widow, Mariette Van Den Steene-Coffman and purchased by the present owner. The present item, which has been featured in various media, is accompanied by the original receipt of purchase, a photograph of Coffman with the mask, newsclippings, FBI xeroxes and a typed summary of the history of the death masks from William J. Helmer, author of Dillinger: The Untold Story, December 1, 1994. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $2,000-4,000

349 (CHICAGO CRIME) CAPONE, ALPHONSE Silk scarf monogrammed (“A.C.”), black with silver stripes, frayed ends.

Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Mae Capone dated December 20, 1958, in which she describes a number of items which she had to sell due to “ABC TV.” Mae Capone unsuccessfully sued ABC due to the way in which Alphonse Capone was portrayed in a TV program. She sold many of her late husband’s items to make up for the court costs, includingt he present monogrammed scarf. $2,000-4,000

350* (CHICAGO CRIME) BROWNE, HOWARD The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Story and Screenplay. Revised Final: 1966. The Corman Company/Twentieth Century Fox, 1967.

Original typed screenplay for the 1967 film, “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre,” by novelist Howard Browne; Roger Corman (producer/director); starring Jason Robards, George Segal and Ralph Meeker. Signed by Howard Browne and Jason Robards to title page.

4to, original red printed wrappers, 153 typescript pages on tinted paper. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; some wear to wrappers; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

351* (CHICAGO CRIME) BLACK HAND A threatening extortion letter, 1 page, on a bifolium, penned in crude print: “Dear Sir / If Wolter is killed it will cost your life. Black Hand,” with the original symbol of a cupped right hand clipped from a printed drawing and pasted down.” Later script in pencil to top right states: “Murder threat (From FBI files).

The Black Hand, or La Mano Nera in Italian, was a type of extortion popularized in Chicago in the early twentieth-century prior to the organized crime gangs of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200 352* (CHICAGO CRIME) LINGLE, ALFRED “JAKE” Original printed wanted poster, seeking the murderer of Alfred [“Jake”] Lingle, shot in the Illinois Central Railroad tunnel, Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, Chicago, June 9, 1930. Reward totals $55,725, including $25,000 offered by The Chicago Tribune. 1 p., printed broadside.

Jake Lingle was a reporter for the Chicago Daily Tribune whose work largely centered around organized crime and figures such as Johnny Torrio, James Colosimo and, most notably, Al Capone. The public was unaware of Lingle’s later-revealed underworld dealings and were thus shocked when he was gunned down in the public train station on June 9th. Wanted posters, such as the present item, were quickly circulated to the public and in the newspapers. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200

353* (CHICAGO CRIME) HINKY DINK’S SALOON An original 28 oz. beer schooner from Hinky Dink’s Saloon, known as the original “Workingmen’s Exchange.”

The famous Hinky Dink Saloon, owned and operated by Michael “Hinky Dink” Kenna, opened in 1881 in the First Ward of Chicago, a working-class district rampant with corruption, prostitution and gambling. Kenna, who was sober his whole life, was highly involved in both city and underworld politics. Business declined during Prohibition and the saloon closed its doors in 1937. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $50-100 353A (CHICAGO, CRIME) HOLMES, H. H. The Arch Fiend, or: A Carnival of Crime. The Life, Trial, Confession and Execution of H. H. Holmes. Twentyseven Lives sacrificed to this Monstrous Ogre’s Insatiable Appetite. Cincinnati, OH: Barclay, n.d.

Thin 8vo, original pictorial paper wraps. First edition. With numerous illustrations and advertisements. Some soiling to wraps with chipping to edges and spine; some pages uncut; otherwise fine. $100-200

354* (CHICAGO CRIME) DIME NOVELS A collection of 13 “Dime Novels” all pertaining to Chicago, mainly 8vo, original printed wrappers, circa 1890, comprising short stories of detective heroes battling both fictional criminals largely based on notorious historical figures.

Seven numbers of Old Cap. Collier Library, New York, 1884-1896, with titles including “A House of Mystery; or, Jack Sharp in Chicago,” by Mark Merrick, “Jack Breeze, the Chicago Sleuth; or, the Langdale Case,” by F. Lusk Broughton, and “Old Lightning, the Man Battery; or, Solving the Chicago Viaduct Mystery,” by Anthony P. Morris; “A Corner in Corn; or How a Chicago Boy Did the Trick,” by a Self-Made Man, Fame and Fortune Weekly, no. 3, October 20, 1905; Two numbers of Wide Awake Library, New York, 1886 and 1887; “Dead Shot Dave in Chicago,” by Jim Bowie, New York Five Cent Library, New York, August 12, 1893; Two numbers of Secret Service, New York, 1903 and 1922. Property from the Collection of Aah! Rare Chicago, James Conway, Glenview, Illinois $100-200