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188135591881. FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER. PRESIDENT GARFIELD ASSASSINATION PRINT 1881. An original print from the July 23 1881 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The engraving shows Garfield in in his bed at the White House being comforted by his wife and daughter. The caption reads: "The Attempted Assassination Of The President- A Morning Greeting By The President's Wife And Daughter." Text on verso related to the assassination. $45.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
188135611881. FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER. PRESIDENT GARFIELD ASSASSINATION PRINT 1881. An original front-page print from the July 16 1881 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The scene depicts Garfield lying on the floor right after being shot. The caption reads "Washington DC- The Attack On The President's Life- Mrs. Smith Supporting The President While Awaiting The Arrival Of The Ambulance." $45.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
1974754Brussels: Pour: Un Journal Libre au Service du Peuple 1974. First Edition. SIGNED and numbered 36/70 by Joseph Beuys on the front cover. A collection of the first year of Pour a radical/anarchist French-language magazine in Brussels for 1973-74. Beuys was a supporter of Pour and sometimes raised money on behalf of the magazine which at first appeared twice monthly and then became a weekly. 14x11 inches in wrappers with some soiling to the wrappers and mild toning to the pages. Otherwise Fine. The cover is stamped in German and English with the contact details for Beuys's organization in Düsseldorf the Organization for Direct Democracy Through Referendum. RARE. <br/><br/>The collection contains a sort of prospectus at the front laying out the aims of the magazine as well as details on circulation and financing. Pour: Un Journal Libre au Service du Peuple unknown books
198726180San Francisco: Pop Void Publications 1987. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paperbound quarto. First and possibly only issue of this pop culture journal edited by Jim Morton with assist by Barry Alfonso and Boyd Rice. 112 pp. Illustrated with grainy black and white photographs. This magazine poses the important questions of the times such as Whatever happened to Goofy Grape Why is a 54 Buick like a P-38 Is there Life after Rod McKuen and more. Very good condition. Pop Void Publications paperback books
1930D14181930. Very Good. Cloth-covered boards 12 x 10.5 inches; contains 30 grey heavy cardstock leaves. Nicely preserves silver-gelatin photographs in sepia and b/w average size is 2 x 4 inches passenger lists postcards telegrams newspaper clippings pamphlets a few manuscript entries and more tipped-onto the rectos and versos of every leaf or laid-in at rear. Boards a bit scuffed with a scattering of tiny bleached spots. Binding a bit shaken as expected as the volume is near-to bursting with keepsakes and treasures. <br/><br/>Photographs of landmarks landscapes streetscapes and some wonderful images of the clothing interior design and cars of the period. Postcards mostly b/w with a few colored include but are not limited to Stonehenge Tunbridge Wells Warwick Castle Shakespeares Birthplace Anne Hathaways cottage and lovely garden Raglan Castle Gloucester Cathedral Blarney Castle a portrait of Lenin a portrait of Stalin The Paramount Hotel of New York City. Here and there throughout this travelogue includes quite a few interesting pamphlets. All of them are clean and legible though adhered to the scrapbook by their rear covers and as such not removable without causing damage. They are: A guide to The Duke of Cornwall Hotel Plymouth; The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ; Canterbury: A Handbook for Pilgrims; Guide to the High Rocks One Mile from Royal Tunbridge Wells; A Short Guide to Battle Abbey; A Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original Paintings and Drawings Made to Illustrate Books Published at the Bodley Head New Burlington Galleries 1930; A guide to Compton Wynyates History of Blarney Castle; A Guide to Glebe Hotel Lakes of Killarney Ireland; Kate by Mary McCartie staple-bound illustrated wraps printed by The Veritas Company Dublin; The University Collection of Antiquities Short Guide-Books I. The Oseberg-Ship and The Oseberg-Room Oslo: A. W. Broggers 1930; Authorised Guide to the Tower of London. The final leaf introduces a new cruise aboard the S. S. George Washington to Hamburg Southampton and Cherbourg and Cobh Queenstown with a passenger list menu and one tiny photograph of the Statue of Liberty. Though no details of this journey are provided one legend is recorded in manuscript: A one-page telling of The Seven Sluggards in the Courtyard of the Paula Becher Modersohn House in Boettcherstrasse in which seven brothers dig a spring because theyre too lazy to fetch water from the well build a dyke around their house because theyre too lazy to fend off flood pave a road because theyd rather not dig their wagon out of the mud in general perform any number of laborious feats so that they can enjoy their laziness in comfort. Some rather brittle newspapers a love letter in which a very particular engagement ring is demanded a few stray postcards and photographs and manuscript see below are laid-in at the rear. Manuscript: 5 folded leaves comprising 17 pages. Hastily records a series of charms spells superstitions and omens undated not offering a location. If you see leaves and dust suddenly rise in a little whorl wind bless yourself and leave there is a passage there i e the fairies are going by hardcover books
195323577New York: Newspaper Guild of New York. Very Good. 1953. "20th Anniversary". Hardcover. pictorial paper label on front cover; no dust jacket as issued shelfwear and bumping to bottom edges some fraying to cloth at top of spine a few tiny stains adjacent to spine on both front and rear covers B&W photographs cartoons ads etc. Commemorative yearbook issued to coincide with the "Page One Ball" an annual shindig at which the Big Apple's newspapermen and probably a few women gathered to make merry give themselves awards and generally congratulate one another for being well New York newspapermen at a time when NYC boasted no fewer than seven daily papers. Numerous reporters and columnists contributed short pieces many of a humorous nature and quite a few having to do with the vicissitudes of the journalistic racket and/or aspects of New York life. The cover illustration is by Fred L. Packer and among the cartoonists whose work appears in the book are Milton Caniff Irving Hoffman Bernard Seaman Chic Young and Virgil Partch VIP. And of course there are the ads: product ads for cigarettes airlines restaurants liquor hotels etc. and also numerous "tribute" ads mostly from showbiz figures "Best wishes from Sid Caesar" that sort of thing. This particular copy was personalized via the gold-embossment of his name at the lower corner of the front cover for film director Fred Zinnemann and laid in is a presentation letter to him from Ted Nelson Director of the Page One Ball; unfortunately whoever did the cover-embossing omitted the final "n" from Zinnemann's name. The high spirits documented in this publication unfortunately didn't quite survive all the way to the end of 1953: on November 28 six of the city's seven daily papers went on strike the photo engravers wanted a raise and better working conditions and for eleven whole days readers had only the Herald Tribute available to them for their regular news fix. NOTE that although the cover illustration references the "20th Anniversary" this would appear to be a reference to the Newspaper Guild of New York itself; I've found no evidence that this sort of commemorative "Page One" volume had been published prior to 1951. In any event an OCLC search turns up less than a handful of library holdings of this publication. . Newspaper Guild of New York hardcover books
194737886San Francisco: Worth Hale 1947. 1st edition thus. Stiff tan paper wrappers with brown & orange lettering/ design printed to spine and covers. Two light stains to bottom of front wrapper. A Near Fine copy. 56 pp. Many intratextual color & b/w photographic images and illustrations. 12" x 9" <br/><br/> Worth Hale unknown books
5678Vintage newspaper printed during the Civil War. The New York Times December 13 1864 issue New York NY. The entire front page of this historic war-dated paper has stories of the War including "The War in Tennessee." In part: ".Seventy-four shots were fired at it doing however no damage.Our troops attacked and routed the enemy. The Federal loss was four killed and forty wounded. The enemy's loss is unknown." Slight wear and light foxing. Overall in excellent condition. unknown books
196724349Los Angeles: Open City 1967. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Tabloid newspaper format. Issue number 34 of John Bryan's underground newspaper a new weekly review of the Los Angeles Renaissance. Includes a Notes of A Dirty Old Man column by Bukowski. 16 pp. This is the so-called Rock and Rule Issue with features by or on Country Joe Richie Havens Phil Ochs and more. Folded for mailing else a superb copy. Slightly darkened at fold. Paper tanned as expected. Open City paperback books
196722712Los Angeles: Open City 1967. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tabloid newspaper format. Scarce third issue of John Bryan's underground newspaper a new weekly review of the Los Angeles Renaissance. Includes a Notes of A Dirty Old Man column by Bukowski. 16 pp. Folded for mailing else a very good copy. Slightly darkened at fold. Paper tanned as expected. Open City paperback books
19253070Richmond VA 1925. One year diary bound by Fidelity and Deposit Company of Richmond. Comprised of 271 pages handwritten by Beatrice E. Smither a young woman working in a law firm five years after the 19th Amendment's passage. The majority of passages are written in longhand with scattered shorthand throughout. Beatrice's daily diary reveals an incredibly active life and gives a strong sense of the kind of independence that women of her generation were experiencing.<br/><br/>Employed in Richmond Virginia at the law firm of Williams and Mullen founded 1909 and still operating Beatrice Smithers is the embodiment of a flapper. Throughout the year of 1925 she reports daily on her work at the law firm where she frequently stays til 6:00 or later on meetings of her multiple church and civic clubs and on her romances with two men Cy and George who rival for her affection. She even reports on political events such as board local and presidential elections in which she participates. The diary is clearly a safe space for her where she can sort out ideas and emotions. <br/><br/>"Quite busy at work today" she reports on January 5 "Lunch at noon with Mae Burton - at night trying to work up some plan for Junior Council Meeting - Cy talks to me early - does not bring me home from work - John D. calls me up and wants me to attend a meeting of the Sunday Night Club." In entries like these we get a sense of the busy rhythm of Beatrice's days. In others we get a sense of her ability to manage and lead groups and how seriously she takes community engagement. "Leave office at 5:25 to ride up.to Public Library & look over same & I take out our membership card to get a book for my Sunday leading exercise -- Mae brings me home & I work for awhile on preparing to lead Sunday morning exercises" she reports on January 22. We also get regular glimpses into Beatrice's private life and her family. "Dear Diary" she writes on February 18 "As if we are not all worried enough to kill us with father's craziness drunk nearly all the day since he got back from Westbrook I had to turn my ankle while walking." The next day "Father home - who is again as usual drunk with liquor and not himself." The addiction issues in her family drive Beatrice to pursue financial independence -- and to think seriously about her choice of a mate as she debates between Cy "so dear and devilish" and George "so sweet and faithful"; she even despairs "I wonder if I am a traitor to my own self loving two men at the same time" and "I wish I could die!.Everything is a mess." There are even entries that cryptically suggest she had a pregnancy scare or was using the rhythm method to avoid it: "Menstruation begins" October 8 and "Menstruation ends" Oct 14 the only two such in the whole book. In the course of the year she ultimately breaks with Cy gets engaged to stable and supportive George and decides to continue working.<br/><br/>A densely packed manuscript with research potential including but not limited to women's employment history gender studies post-suffrage literature the history of reading the history of social and civic clubs in America the history of tourism paleography family addiction and mental illness and sexuality. unknown books
1861333Cleveland: G. F. Lewis Publisher 1861. Single Issue. Broadside. 440 x 300 mm. 17 1/4/ x 11 1/2 inches. Printed in four columns. Folded some minor separation at folds edges folded and chipped some discoloration from tape at top margin otherwise good and sound. Old Soldier's Advocate was published from 1858 through Reconstruction when it ceased publication in 1878. As the title suggests its' cause was the enlisted man the veteran and war widows and orphans. Many of its articles include information about pressuring government to insure pensions and benefits to military families. This issue includes a description of General Fremont's removal from Command by President Lincoln a synopsis of his address to his troops reports from the field on Fremont's removal report about various Union troop movements in the West the resignation of General Winfield Scott a column on payments to war widows and heirs and a military pension report. One notice reads: "Apocryphal Report: Gen Beauregard is reported to have resigned his command of the rebels. Guess not." The editor Col. G. F. Lewis was the owner of the Bank of Cleveland as well as editor of the Old Soldier's Advocate and a woodcut illustration of the Bank appears in the fourth column. OCLC list a number of scattered issues of Old Soldier's Advocate in Americana collection around the country but this issue is not cited on any of the library catalogues we visited. A look online at Newspaper.com shows that many of the article which appear in Old Soldier's Advocate were picked up by other paper especially in the Midwest although runs of the newspaper are not cited. 333. G. F. Lewis Publisher unknown books
198220584Cincinnati: Obzene 1982. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folded tabloid newspaper format. The April 1982 issue possibly the third issue. Edited by Ann Onymous and Lu Linden. 16 pp. Includes a cartoon panel by Tuli Kupferberg and J. Crawford. Articles photos and more on the Ohio music scene punk and otherwise of the early 1980's. Very good condition. Folded once for mailing. <br/><br/> Obzene paperback books
198120585Cincinnati: Obzene 1981. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folded tabloid newspaper format. The August 1981 second issue Edited by Ann Onymous and Lu Linden. 16 pp. Articles photos cartoons and more on the Ohio music scene punk and otherwise of the early 1980's. Very good condition. Folded once for mailing. <br/><br/> Obzene paperback books
1934134565Oakland CA: San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Newspaper Guild 1934. Single 6.5x10.75 inch leaflet very good printed on one side. Asks readers to cancel their subscriptions after publisher Joseph Knowland's firing of three employees for joining the American Newspaper Guild. San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Newspaper Guild unknown books
197128023New Orleans: Southern Louisiana Media Corp 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Single issue #91 of this long-running underground newspaper published out of New Orleans. Folded tabloid newspaper format. Includes a Notes of a Dirty Old Man column by Bukowski plus an article on Ginsberg in New Orleans Jean-Paul Sarte Jack Minnis and more. Cover picture by Linden Waguespack. Pages tanned as often seen else a solid very good copy. 32 pp. Southern Louisiana Media Corp paperback books
1901471551901. NEWSPAPER. NEW YORK TIMES JUBILEE SUPPLEMENT. Vol. L. No. 1. Sept. 18 1901. Folio chromolithograph full colour wrappers. 36pp. Just good copy with wrappers detached which also shows some edgewear chipping and light soiling at the wraps. unknown books
1975WRCLIT50093Berkeley: Turtle Island 1975. Whole number one. Pictorial wrappers. Pale green wrappers a bit sunned and smudged very good. Edited by Bob Callahan. Published in association with the Nezahaulcoytol Historical Society. Cardenal Olson et al. Turtle Island unknown books
1861344431861. NEW JERSEY: CIVIL WAR. FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER. "CAMP PRINCETON." An original 10.5-inch by 15-inch hand-colored print from the July 18 1861 issue of "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper." The print depicts three scenes and a bust of Gen. Runyon commander of the 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th New Jersey Regiments at Camp Princeton in VirginIa subtitled "Camp Princeton Virginia The Headquarters Of Gen. Runyon's New Jersey Brigade." Very nice & uncommon! $85.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
201048760Poughkeepsie NY: The Poughkeepsie Journal 2010. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A Pictorial Reflection of Our History. Poughkeepsie NY: The Poughkeepsie Journal 2010. Copious b/w photographs. 128 pp. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Black cloth. Silver lettering to spine. Bumped and rubbed at head heel and corners; interior bright clean and tight. A nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good/Very good. The Poughkeepsie Journal hardcover books
18993640Pittsburgh: Mercantile Journal and Pennsylvania Grocer 1899. 30.5 x 23.5 cm 24 pages. Illustrated advertisements throughout. Single issue of this periodical for Pittsburgh grocers featuring market prices news of retail associations and obituaries. In printed wrappers some creasing and chipping otherwise very good. Mercantile Journal and Pennsylvania Grocer unknown books
10118ORIGINAL May 7 1945 NEWSPAPER the day the war ended in Europe of the Daily Advance published in Lynchburg Virginia. Lynchburg is quite close to Bedford Virginia a small town which lost a record number of servicemen in proportion to its population on D Day. The headline story begins "Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Western Allies and Russia at 2:41 A.M. French time today." There is also an interesting separate article on the front page with the headline NAZIS BURNED HITLER HOME." There is also a reference in a front page article to Britain and her old WWI mandates such as Palestine. An article on an inside page reports on Oswiecim concentration camp in Poland where over four million people of various nationalities were killed. Very good condition with folds. unknown books
1851WRCAM40376Primarily at sea 1851. 34pp. in a highly legible hand. Folio. Dbd. Lightly foxed. Several pages torn out. Doodles on blank versos of some leaves. Good. First-person narrative of a young man's sea voyage from Boston to Palermo and back. Though serving as a hand the young man seems to be of fairly good breeding and education having determined to teach himself the art of navigation while on board and often waxing poetic and sentimental. Departing on Oct. 21 1850 the author says the ship is "a very good looking vessel" and that the Captain and mates are "very fine men;" regarding the rest of the crew he says: "I have not been with them long enough to judge of their characters as yet." While his journal is filled with weather and wind and resetting the rigging it also has very contemplative passages: <br> <br> "At eight PM I went to the wheel it was a beautiful night the full moon shone in all her glory casting a mellow light on all around so light was the breeze that it scarce ruffled the surface of the Ocean our ship was gliding through the water with scarcely any perceptable sic motion ah who would not go to sea were it always thus. I have been thinking of home and friends this watch which I may never see again but I hope before many months are passed I shall return to my native land and grasp the hand of friends once more." <br> <br> He writes often of seeing friends and home again and of spending his future days more profitably than his past ones. On Nov. 18 he turns twenty and writes: "I must say that but a small portion of that time has been spent as it should have been but it is passed and cannot be recalled and I have only to try to do better in future and hope for success." The ship arrives at Palermo on Nov. 30 and the crew are let ashore on Dec. 8 having finally passed quarantine. The author writes at some length about Palermo and the sights seen including the King's gardens and the catacombs "where are the remains of some twenty thousand people of both sexes and all ages from the infant to the gray headed old man." But for all the sights of Palermo he is nevertheless eager to be underway again for home. One of the tasks the crew has been set to is the painting of the ship which the author finds quite enjoyable: "We have been painting the spars today which is hard work but I have a fancy for painting so I have got along very well." <br> <br> Impatient to be home he is not sorry when they set off from Palermo on Dec. 21: "I do not think I shall regret leaving here though I have nothing in particular to complain of respecting the town or the inhabitants." Light winds hamper their return journey and at times the ship is entirely becalmed. When they finally reach Gibraltar on Jan. 14 squalls are upon them and they have to anchor there for some days. While in port the author begins to be peevish with the Captain: <br> <br> ".the Capt. has found plenty of what I call humbuging sic or unnecessary work for us to do it seems strange to me that a man professing to be a gentleman should stoop to such low acts of meanness merely to show his authority and gratify a malicious spirit but so it is with some who wish to exercise a sort of tyranny over those who have not the power to defend themselves however we shall soon be on an even footing and can say and do as we please and then I shall express myself more freely." <br> <br> Things eventually settle out though with the Duchess arriving in Nantucket on Feb. 22 1851 ending the journal. An interesting and personal account of a trip to sea. unknown books
02972612mo 361 pages of manuscript entries plus 16 pages of memoranda and cash accounts at rear pocket diary bound in original dark blue leather wallet style binding some minor wear to binding few old tape repairs to wallet flap entries in a good clear legible hand. The entries are dated January 1st through December 31st 1865. Accompanied by mid-twentieth century typescript transcription compiled by a Michener family descendant. Manuscript diary of Philip Fie Michener a carpenter and resident of Duncannon Pennsylvania. Michener was born July 30 1821 and died July 22 1889. The entries record the daily activities of Michener the work he was engaged in news of the Civil War the death of Abraham Lincoln and his experiences on a trip west across Iowa to Sioux City Iowa and into Nebraska Territory looking at various properties with a view to purchasing a homestead in that Territory. Michener was a correspondent of Rev. Samuel Aughey 1832-1912 a Lutheran minister and natural scientist and former Pennsylvanian and who had been in Nebraska since 1864 who acting in the role of promoter and booster seems to have induced a number of residents of Duncannon to Dakota Nebraska Territory to seek homesteads. Aughey was appointed in 1871 by the regents of the University of Nebraska to a chair of natural history at the new university. The only scientist on a faculty of five Aughey acquired the title of “Honorary State Geologist.” He was possibly the best known member of the university faculty during the 1870’s Aughey became a well-known Nebraska booster. He promoted the richness of the state’s soils the idea of increasing precipitation by cultivating more acres and the prospects for coal fuel in that state with few trees. Sample Quotations: Sunday January 1 1865. “Sunday the weather fine and clear at Sunday School at 1 o’clock. School opened by P. F. Michener Sup’t and closed by Father Sylvanus Green with a few appropriate remarks we did get the news of the death of M. B. P. Stewart who was seriously wounded and died from the effects on the 27th of November 1864.” Monday January 2 1865. “… received from A. G. White twelve dollars for making sleigh and one dollar & half from A. Miller for repairing sausage cutter John McLain is very sick and he is at John Jones no person is allowed to go into see him save the family …” Monday January 9 1865. “This morning the coldest this winter. This evening somewhat warmer… Received a letter from Rev. Samuel Aughey from Dakota Nebraska Territory he gives much information about the country…” Wednesday January 25 1865. “This morning clear and very cold and has been all day and this is going to be a very cold night. The boys have a fine time sliding down the hills on their sleds. I was told today that the Smithsonian Institute at Washington has been partly destroyed by fire very lately which did contain many things that can never be replaced Such as paintings and so forth which is a great loss to the country.” Wednesday February 1 1865. “This morning cloudy and not so cold as it has been the sleighing is first rate yet. 18 years today since I did commence business. Chickens are crowing and it is but 9 o’clock. This evening is cloudy. I did today send my application with some certificates and a partition to Provost Marshall General for to try and get back my commutation and also a letter to the Hon. Jas. Bailey member of congress. Slavery is forever done with in the United States.” Wednesday February 22 1865. “This morning clear and pretty cold about 9 o’clock … There is a ball up at Bloomfield. I think it would be better for them here and hereafter if they would turn it into a prayer meeting and ask God to have mercy on their souls. Received the Governor’s message from Nebraska Territory I suppose sent by Bro. Aughey. Some very good things in it.”write for fuller description unknown books
1839WRCAM42383Joliet Il. 1839. 5pp. Folio. Old folds. Separation at many folds most repaired with tape. Light soiling and foxing. Some small paper loss due to wax seals. Still quite legible. About good. In a green half morocco and cloth clamshell case spine gilt. A manuscript purchase agreement for the JULIET COURIER the Chicago area's oldest newspaper and the sixth oldest paper in Illinois. The JULIET COURIER was founded April 20 1839 by thirteen investors in Juliet Illinois changed to Joliet in 1845. They hired an editor named Balch variously referred to as P.O. Balch O.H. Balch and C.H. Balch who abandoned the project a few months later resulting in the present document. The paper was then edited by David L. Gregg a local attorney who rose to prominence and later served as Illinois Secretary of State; in 1853 Gregg was appointed United States Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands where he served for the next ten years. The paper was published as the JULIET COURIER until 1843 when the name was changed to the JULIET SIGNAL later the JOLIET SIGNAL with the change in the town's name. The paper is published to this day under the banner of the JOLIET HERALD NEWS. <br> <br> The document opens: <br> <br> "Whereas the JULIET COURIER lately under the management of P.O. Balch has been abandoned by the said Balch without any provision for its further publication. And whereas the said COURIER is likely to be discontinued unless funds be provided immediately for purchasing stock paying journeymen &c. And also whereas it is both necessary and expedient for the democracy to keep in existence a press of sound Democratic principles devoted to the best interests of the people - Therefore we the undersigned do promise & agree to pay for the purposes above specified to the committee of stockholders owning the printing establishment of the aforesaid COURIER the amount set opposite to our respective names with the express understanding & consideration that the same shall be refunded from the rents & profits due to the aforesaid establishment." <br> <br> It is signed by fifteen individuals or establishments with notes that each has paid the amount stated generally five dollars. The remainder of the document discusses the continuation of the paper's operation signing the responsibility over to David L. Gregg and W.P. Hudson. It is signed at the end by the twenty shareholders noting how many shares each owns in the company. <br> <br> An interesting and early piece of Illinois newspaper history. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS OF ILLINOIS p.207. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHICAGO online. hardcover books
