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New Arrival
The Novel for A Generation
Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
First Edition in dust jacket.
Author's first book
$6,000
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A Fin de Siecle Landmark
The Savoy
A complete set in 8 parts.
"The Savoy preserves and presents perfectly repre-sentative examples of the variety of literary forms--aesthetic, symbolist, decadent, realistic, and naturalistic--experimented with in English literature during the 1890s" -Ann Margaret Daniel. Contributors include Dowson, Yeats, Arthur Symons, Fiona Macleod, Conrad, Olivia Shakespear, Shaw, Beerbohm, and Havelock Ellis, among many others. Covers for each issue were illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. $2500.
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Animation Cel
Original Hand-Inked Production Cel on Hand Painted Courvoisier Background of Pinocchio & Jiminy Cricket from the 1940 Disney Feature Film "Pinocchio"
Includes certificate of authenticity. Cel is approx. 9 1/4 inches wide by 7 inches high. Handsomely matted and framed. $8500
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We buy books!
We buy books, one or many.
You can contact us by email or phone (847-328-2132). If you have many books to sell, a list is often helpful to us, with title, author, publisher, date -- and if a 20th/21st century book -- the presence or absence of a dust jacket .The importance of a book, its physical condition, and the "collectibility" of a title, are other considerations. Consignment is an option with higher-priced books. Visit our store in Evanston, IL
703 Washington StreetStore Hours:Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.Closed MondaysTues. - Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Other times by appointment
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Dear Booklover,
Welcome to our first email newsletter! We hope you enjoy reading about what's on offer. Please call (847) 328-2132 or email us for more information about any item listed here. All items in the newsletter are subject to prior sale but were available at the time of this mailing.
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Children's Classics
We hope that everyone had a chance to see the Newberry Library's recent children's book exhibit. Many treasures from Puritan times through the Golden Age of children's books were beautifully presented.* Chicago Rare partner, Ann Dumler, collector, Laura F., and illustrator, Sue Shanahan, toured the exhibit with much glee and enthusiasm.  Chicago Rare Book Center has many collectible children's books, but also many inexpensive copies of classics. Several books of Peter Newell's were huge favorites at the exhibition. We have on hand a 100th year anniversary edition of Newell's The Topsy Turvys priced at $4.95 and in mint condition. This is a good buy for a gift, or just fun reading. In a slightly more expensive range we have a fine example of a small paper reading book from Ginn and Co., 1922. The Beacon Reading Chart is a pre-cursor to Dick and Jane, has wonderful pictures, and is in Fine condition ($60). Other collectible children's books in stock include first American editions of Winnie the Pooh ($250), and Now We Are Six ($80)Hopefully, all of you who love children's books will have a chance to visit us at our Evanston store, where we have many children's books that we have not yet listed online.*Note: We hope in the future to let you know about exhibits like this before they happen, not after. However, our newsletter wasn't up and running yet at the time of the exhibit. You can view some information and images from the exhibit here)
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Photography Books
 We have over 150 photography titles at the store including books by Skrebneski, Mapplethorpe, Galen Rowell, and Leni Riefenstahl. Photography, like no other medium, captures and preserves a specific period in time. A good example of this is the book: Goodbye Baby & Amen: A Saraband for the Sixties by David Bailey and Peter Evans. The photographs in this book record many of the notables that congregated in swinging London in the 60s. First ed. $100Pictured above is Paul Strand's Living Egypt with text by James Aldridge (1969). A fine first edition in dust jacket. $250 |
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Signed Books
Cowboys North and South by Will James. Scribner's, NY, 1925.First edition, second printing. Illustrated by Will James. James's first book, and a seminal treatment of the life of the cowboy -- bygone. Inscribed to "Mr. Hal Marchbanks -- a Tejano / With best wishes from / Will James / III -25 " Octavo, 217 pages, Very Good, grey cloth covers, spine darkened, penguin(!) bookplate. $300.00
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes by Vincent Starrett. (NY, 1932) First edition. A classic, by the man who knew more about Sherlock Holmes than anyone except for Dr. Doyle. Inscribed by Starrett to Don Colvin "There can be no grave for / Sherlock Holmes or Watson..." Very Good in dust jacket with light dampstaining on rear cover and jacket. $300.
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American Guide Series
 "For eight turbulent years, the New Deal kept literally thousands of writers from starvation in one of the most massive and explosive cultural aid programs the United States has ever devised -- the Federal Writers' Project." from Jerry Mangione's book The Dream and the Deal: The Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943.The American Guide series, part of the Project, produced 48 state guides, plus guides for D.C., Puerto Rico, and Alaska; about 30 guides to cities such as New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. There were also other book length guides, such as U.S. One, which followed Highway One from Maine through to Florida. There were also books and pamphlets published which dealt with small-town America, such as a guide to Galena, authored by Nelson Algren. The state guides were usually divided into sections: the first part were essays dealing with the history, setting, and culture and commerce in the state; the second part dealt with the cities; the third and longest part has tours that follow the highways through many parts of the state. Most original editions have folding maps in a back pocket in the book. Reprints often have the maps on the endpapers. Chicago Rare has quite a few of the state guides in stock. You can check what's available by entering "WPA" in the search box on our web site www.chicagorare.com |
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Vintage Chicago Crime-buster
 TWENTY YEARS A DETECTIVE / In the Wickedest City in the World. By Clifton R. Wooldridge, "The World-Famous Criminologist and Detective," and "The Incorruptible Sherlock Holmes of America." (c. 1908, Chicago Publishing Co.) Includes black and white photo reproductions and other black and white illustrations as well. Pages are starting to brown with age. Book is subtitled: "20,000 Arrests Made/ 2,900 Convictions on State and City Laws / 200 Penitentary Convictions / The Devil and the Grafter / and / How They Work Together to Deceive, / Swindle and Destroy Mankind / An Army of 600,000 Criminal At War With / Society and Religion." "This Work Also Contains / Detective Clifton R. Wooldridge's 'Never-Fail' System / For Detecting and Outwitting All Classes of / Grafters and Swindlers. " $150
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Sincerely,
Ann, Paul, Tom, & Pat
Chicago Rare Book Center
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