Published by Winnebago County Bicentennial Commission, 1975
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Winnebago County Bicentennial Commission, c1975. 258pp., index, black and white photographs. 4to. Brown cloth with gold titles on front cover and spine. Upper corner of front cover bumped, else fine bright hadcover, Very Good d/j.
Published by Gay Community Center, Seattle, 1977
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, resources, articles, reviews, news, events, lightly-toned else very good on newsprint. Cover story on Gay Baseball Players and the Rights Bill. Also: getting outdoors in spite of bad weather. Gay Cops in Seattle.
Published by Winnebago County Bicentennial Commission, Mendota, IL, 1975
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 258pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Quite minor jacket edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Superb first edition of this bicentennial-inspired quasi-couinty history for this northern Illinois region (county seat Rockford), with chapters by Nelson and other local notables covering many facets of its history but focusing on its ethnic mix -- chapters addressing "English, Scotch, Irish," "German, Dutch," "Italian," "Polish, Lithuanian," "Blacks," "Jewish," "Greek," "Mexican" and "Oriental.".