Lake Front by Ruth Russell - 1931

Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell, 1931. 1st . hard. vgood+. Chicago history told in fictional framework. Striking artwork. Nonames, clean text, tight & solid Ruth Kellogg b/w woodcuts. vgood+, no dj, gold-stamped skyline to blue patterned cloth 291 pgs

Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell Company. Very Good+ in Fair dj. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid copy, top edge darkened but patterned cloth covers clean & attractive; jacket is missing an irregular strip (about six inches long and 1/2" wide at its widest) along the fore-edge of the front panel, and a couple of small pieces along the top edge]. (woodcuts) A sort of kaleidoscopic-historical-fiction kind of a thing, set in Chicago and environs, with stories, or vignettes, or whatever they are, presented chronologically and dated from 1675 through 1894. The author, a native of the city, was a newspaper reporter whose extensive knowledge of its history began with recollections of "long twilight-hour discussions with my grandmother, who came here in 1836." .

Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Ruth Kellogg's woodcuts. 8vo, 291 pages, blue art deco cloth; dj chipped at tips, spine darkened James O'Mara grows up in Chicago against the background of the Haymarket Riot, and the 1894 Pullman Strike. It carries the disclaimer, "since this is a story of a city, truth to the lives of individuals has been subordinated to truth to the life of the city -CHICAGO IN STORY, p. 238." With striking woodcuts by Ruth Kellogg. Russell was a newspaper reporter from the South Side. She has autobiographical comments on the dust jacket. Her grandmother was a pioneer in Chicago, having arrived in 1836.

Chicago: Thomas Rockwell, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Good/poor. Ruth Kellogg's woodcuts. 8vo, 291 pages, worn cloth, cracked hinges, portion of dj pasted in James O'Mara grows up in Chicago against the background of the Haymarket Riot, and the 1894 Pullman Strike. It carries the disclaimer, "since this is a story of a city, truth to the lives of individuals has been subordinated to truth to the life of the city -CHICAGO IN STORY, p. 238." Inscribed by the author. With woodcuts by Ruth Kellogg.