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Published by Park Ridge, Illinois: Philip G. Reed, 1936., 1936
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very good. - A superb 11 inch high by 7-3/4 inch wide color woodcut on a 21-1/4 inch high by 15-3/4 inch wide sheet of fine creamy paper. The image depicts Tony Weller, the father of Sam Weller who works for Mr. Pickwick in Dicken's "Pickwick Papers". A large fat man, Tony Weller is a coachman here attired in 18th or early 19th century garb, with a long open black coat exposing a wool scarf over a checkered shirt and tight pants over which are drawn black turned-down boots. A black hat adorns his jolly-looking coachman's head and a thin long-stemmed pipe with a diminutive bowl nearly disappears in his extended large beefy hand. The image is very much reminiscent of 19th-century caricature. Signed and dated in pencil by the artist under the image at right: "Philip Reed 1936". Brown paper tape is mounted from the verso along the top edge of the print and there is a tiny tear to the left edge near the top, all of which can be easily matted out. A very attractive broadside print.
Published by Park Ridge, Illinois: Philip G. Reed, 1937., 1937
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Condition: Very good. Park Ridge, Illinois: Philip G. Reed, 1937. 1937. Very good. - sc A superb 11 inch high by 7 inch wide color woodcut on a 21-1/4 inch high by 15-3/4 ingh wide sheet of fine creamy paper. The image depicts a skinny bookish long-nosed man attired in striped vest over blue collarless shirt, long white gaiters drawn up the calf over brown pants. With the look of a school-teacher about him, the character is holding an open book extended out in his right hand while a switch is held at his side in his left hand. The image is very much reminiscent of 19th-century caricature. Inscribed, signed and dated in 1947 in pencil by the artist under the image at right: "Philip Reed for Frank Cowles - 1947". There is a tiny tear to the left edge near the top, else near fine. A very attractive broadside print.
Publication Date: 1890
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
Hampton, Illinois: S.n., [February? 1890]. (illustrator). Hampton, Illinois: S.n., [February? 1890]. A Fatal Fall Through Thin Ice [Broadside]. [Accidental Death]. [Illinois]. $50.00 Reward! The Above Reward will be Paid for the Recovery the [sic] Body of Miss Jennie Warren, Who was Drowned by Breaking Through the Ice at Hampton, Saturday, February 1st. Hampton, Illinois: S.n., [February? 1890]. 13" x 9-1/2" broadside. Light browning, some wear and chipping to edges, vertical and horizontal fold lines, some with clean tears, which are mended on verso with archival tape, tiny hole near center where fold lines cross. A curious, and poignant, item. $350. * The victim was "17 years of age, short, dark completed, weight about 115 pounds." This appears to be an unrecorded broadside.
Publication Date: 1861
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
Springfield, IL, 1861. 25" x 14". (illustrator). Springfield, IL, 1861. 25" x 14" An Unrecorded Illinois Broadside? [Broadside]. [Illinois]. Twenty-Second General Assembly. An Act to Incorporate the Town of Dekalb. [Springfield, IL, 1861]. 25" x 14" broadside, dense text in five columns. Complete as issued. Light browning, fold lines, a few chips to each edge, isolated spots to wear at centerfold touching five words, all easily inferred. A rare item. $750. * As far as we can determine, this broadside printing of the act founding this northern Illinois town, home of Northern Illinois University, is unrecorded. This appears to be an unofficial printing. The anonymous printer ran out of space at the end of the fifth column of text. Omitting the penultimate Article 44, on filling the vacancy of the office of the constable, the printer assigned that number to the final pro-forma two-line article, "This act shall be deemed a public act. &c.," but then omitted the date, "Approved Feb. 21, 1861." No copies listed on OCLC or in the state-wide catalogue of the Illinois State Library.