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Reference books
All books are in Very Good or better condition, except as noted.
Cahan, Richard and Williams, Michael, Richard Nickel's Chicago Photographs of a Lost City, 2006. Signed by the author.
New. Richard Nickel's Chicago captures the late photographer's love of Chicago. With more than
250 never-before-seen photographs taken by Nickel during the 1950s, ‘60s and early ‘70s, it tells
the inspiring story of his dedication to preserving a record of great buildings which led to his
tragic death in the rubble of the Stock Exchange Building. The superb duotone images capture
Nickel's experience in the city he loved from Riverview and children playing in the streets to the Garrick Theater
and the John Hancock Building. 10" x 10." 192 pp. (CityFiles Press, Chicago) $39.95
Holland, Robert, Chicago in Maps, 2005. Signed by the author. Chicago in Maps is a fresh look at
Chicago's history told through maps. Numerous full color illustrations; foreword by Gerald
Danzer (Mary McM. Ritzlin contributed the section on Mrs. Kinzie's map of the Ft. Dearborn
Massacre). 208 pp. 10½" x 9." $50.00
 Manasek, Collecting Old Maps, 1998. 320 pp. 250 illustrations, several in color. New. Practical
advice on understanding catalog descriptions, condition and conservation, facsimiles and
forgeries, building a collection, how the market works and more. Should be on the shelf of every
collector. Additional information! An online price guide keyed to the illustrations in this book can now be viewed
at www.collectingoldmaps.com. Out Of Print
[America] Burden, The Mapping of North America 1511-1670, 1996. Folio. 568 pp. 409
illustration; 19 plates. New. An important carto-bibliography describing and illustrating every
early map relating to North America north of Mexico. Essential for collectors of American
maps. $195.00
[America] Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, 2001. 10½ x 11. 363 pp. 354 illus.,
84 in color. A standard reference for collectors of maps of America. A classic. $40.00
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