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New Arrival
 Plan of Chicagoby Daniel H. Burnham &
Edward H. Bennett This is the granddaddy of modern city planning books, recognized globally in 2009 for its hundredth anniversary.
There are 142 numbered plates, of which 12 are double-paged plates, and 3 are triple-paged plates.
The plan derived from the Beaux Arts School training, had an immediate impact on city planning and inspired numerous other city plans. Burnham and Bennett's theories and designs have incited debates for a century, with no signs of exhaustion.
Published by The Commercial Club, Chicago, 1909. First limited edition. Jules Guerin Color Plates. Quarto. Copy 171 of 1650 copies, with the presentation bookplate to original subscriber William H. Bush. W.H. Bush headed the Bush & Gerts Piano Company which became the famed Bush Temple Conservatory just north of Chicago's Loop (Note: p. 99 has the ownership embossment of his daughter, Caroline Gentry Bush, discretely in the top margin). Edgeworn with some flecking to the covers, hinges are tight. Erratum slip at p. 85. $4,000
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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
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Book Collecting !
ABC For Book Collectors
By John Carter &
Nicholas Barker
8th edition, completely revised and reset, with additional information by Nicholas Barker. An indispensable book for book collecting -- over 490 alphabetical entries. $29.95
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More Book Collecting!
A Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions
Sixth Revised Edition Handy alphabetical guide to most publishers' methods of identifying first editions. Measures only 1 3/4 inches wide by 6 inches high. $15.95 |
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Dear Booklover,
Perhaps the combination of spring weather and our selection of Chicago architectural books will lure you on an architectural walk!
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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Blues and Jazz Books
Chicago played a fundamental role in the development of jazz and blues, both in terms of stylistic evolution and in the history of recording. Musicians from the South frequently migrated to Chicago, sometimes on passenger trains (riding the cushions) and sometimes hoboing on freights (riding the rods). Many of the early record labels had studios here, too. Luckily for us, all this history has been taken down in print, and books on both blues and jazz are a popular genre throughout the world. Chicago Rare Book Center has one of the largest stocks of rare and out of print books on blues and jazz, and we invite you to drop in and browse.King Joe Oliver by Walter C. Allen and Brian Rust. London, published by Sidgwick and Jackson. $85
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Chicago Architecture Books
 Chicago is known for its architectural richness and variety -- and we have the books to prove it!
Pictured at left is Chicago Churches and Synagogues, a lavishly illustrated survey of religious architecture. $18
We also have in stock Hyde Park Houses which features the work of Dwight Perkins, George Maher, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Henry Ives Cobb, among others. $35
Architectural Ornamentation in Chicago has 676 black and white photographs which document an amazing variety of ornament on Chicago buildings, from lion's heads to grotesquerie, eagles to vasery, and everything in between. $20Chicago Architecture 1872 - 1922: Birth of a Metropolis. Edited by John Zukowsky. Many photographs. Includes essays by leading architects. Catalogue for the 1988 exhibition at the Art Institute. $25David Adler: The Architect and His Work. by Richard Pratt. First edition 1970. Very Good in a chipped dust jacket. $350 |
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Judy Bolton and Series Books
The Judy Bolton mystery series featured auburn-haired detective Judy Bolton and her newspaper reporter brother, Horace Bolton. The first book in the series was published in 1932 and the last in 1967.
Author Margaret Sutton based each book on a true-life incident. And unlike most series book characters, Judy ages as the series progresses and even gets married. We currently have available a nice collection of Judy Boltons in dust jacket.
We also carry other juvenile series books, including Walter Farley's Black Stallion series, the Twin series by Lucy Fitch Perkins, the Cherry Ames nurse series, Nancy Drew mysteries, and Tom Swift, as well as many others.
The Warning on the Window. A Judy Bolton Mystery by Margaret Sutton. $20
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Cookbooks for Every Taste
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Bible in Unusual Binding
 Pictured at left is an example of a dos a dos (back to back) binding.
The book is Biblia, das ist die gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments. Four parts in two volumes. Translated by Martin Luther. Published in Wittenburg in 1699. Illistrated with engraved frontispieces.
Bound with Der Propheten, 1706; Neuen Testament, 1707 and Christlichen Gesang-Buchlein. All edges are gilt and gauffered. Contemporary full calf extra gilt spines and covers. A bit scuffed. $500
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Sincerely,
Ann, Paul, Tom, & Pat
Chicago Rare Book Center
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Please take 20% off your purchase during your next visit to Chicago Rare Book Center, excluding items in glass cases, when you present this coupon. Valid May 5, 2009 through May 31, 2009
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