Softcover. Chicago, Illinois, Galleries Maurice Sternberg, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. White stapled wrappers, 8 full-color and b&w plates. Light rubbing to wrappers; otherwise a very clean, tight catalog. Record # 808112
Softcover. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: None, Previous owner's signature on title page. 130 pages. Softcover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. . Record # 467479 Record # 467479
Hardcover. DeKalb, IL, Northern Illinois University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Covers are very lightly bumped at the top corner. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This groundbreaking book is the first to study the cultural history of advertising in imperial Russia. The emergence of Russian advertising and consumer culture played a formative role in unsettling traditional tsarist society by promoting the aspirations of self-fulfillment through consumption. West's original study will appeal to scholars and students of advertising and Russian history, as well as those working in gender studies, folklore, and cultural history. Previous owner underlined some text throughout. Record # 33969
Hardcover. Guilford, CT, Globe Pequot Publishing, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 117 pages, hardcover. Velum dust jacket has a chip and a closed tear along the bottom edge, but is still in good condition overall. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book devoted to Illinois contains fifty archival maps from the Library of Congress' unrivaled collections. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34193
Softcover. US, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1993-07-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 237 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to wrappers with light sun-fade to spine. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Record # 465532
Softcover. Illinois/Indiana, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois/Indiana University Art Museum, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. White wrappers with stamped titles to front, perfect binding, red endpapers, introductory essay, profusely illustrated with b&w plates, biographical notes on featured artists, catalogue. Slight rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very neat, tight copy. Record # 808206
Softcover. US, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1986-07-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Light shelf-wear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 465150
Softcover. US, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 2000-04-20, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 165 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 464043
Softcover. Chicago, Illinois, Poetry East, DePaul University, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three softcover volumes in a clothbound slipcase: "The Last Believer in Words" (translated poems), "They Say This" (essays), "Who Are The Rich, And Where Do They Live?" (contemporary American poems), from the periodical Poetry East, 863 pages total, review slips laid in, very clean, tight copies, like new. Record # 800724
Softcover. Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Exhibition catalog. White stapled covers with orange and black titles, introduction by Esther Sparks,15 b&w prints, Light wear to covers; a clean, tight copy. Record # 805860
Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 134 pages, b&w illustrations. Like new in dust jacket. Record # 600930
Softcover. Evanston, Illinois, Terra Museum of American Art, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. Exhibition catalog. Stapled wrappers, 67 color and b&w plates including illustration to front cover, foreword by Ronald McKnight Melvin, essay by David M. Sokol. A very clean, tight catalog, in great condition. Record # 808211
Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, Ten Speed Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 297 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is worn along the top edge, but is still in good condition overall. Gray cloth covers have minor bumping to the corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. In this book, Paul Virant presents expert preserving techniques, sophisticated recipes, and seasonal menus inspired by the award-winning fare at his restaurant, Vie, in Western Springs, Illinois. It encourages and explores the limitless possibilities of capturing the seasons in a jar. Author's inscription on the title page reads: "Happy Birthday, Preserve it! -PV" This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34096
Hardcover. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been lightly bumped at the top edge, but is still in very good condition overall. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a critical examination of the theories of R. P. Blackmur, its purpose being to make Blackmur's essays more available by summarizing and systematizing them. Clean copy. Record # 34252
Softcover. US, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1998-06-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages. Light edgewear to wrappers with slight creasing to spine. Record # 464956
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