NELSON ALGREN'S CHICAGO (Visions of Illinois) by Arthur Shay - 1988

University of Illinois Press, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Illinois Press, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Illinois Press, 1988-11-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x0x12. Featuring 117 quality black and white reproductions. The binding is tight, corners lightly bumped. Text and images unmarked. The glossy dust jacket shows some light handling and scratching, in a mylar cover. 4to. 122pp.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 025201586X . In VG+ DJ (in protector) ; Black cloth hardback. Xxii + 122 pp. B&W photos. Notes, index. Collaboration between photographer, Art Shay, and novelist Nelson Algren to depict the darker side of life in Chicago between 1949 and the mid-1960s; 4to; xxii + 122 pages .

University of Illinois Press, 1988-11-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

U.of Illinois Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. LG Hardcover, photographs. 025201586X . Book and DJ As New. No notes or ANY markings. Unclipped, unpriced DJ; Visions of Illinois; 122 pages .

Urbana/Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1988. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., very slight toning to some upper white areas, hard to say - that is how faint it may be. no odor. dj has equally negligible signs of use in very few spots. no other flaws, clean and unmarked, a near fine copy.; signed by art shay and dated december, 1988 on title page, with no other inscription. first printing.; xxii-122pp., numerous b/w photographs.; art shay, a photojournalist and longtime friend of writer nelson algren, photographed algren over the years as well as the areas and streets that were part of his chicago.. Signed by the Photographer. First Edition /First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Photographs By Art Shay. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Book. Very Good. Signed by the Photographer. 122 pages, signed by the photographer. The book is mildly bumped, mildly rubbed dust jacket..

University of Illinois Press, 1988-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxii, 122pp. Frontispiece, extensive full-page illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of the noted Chicago photographer's images of his friend and collaborator, famed novelist Nelson Algren (1909-81) -- black and white photos often portraying the seamy side of life in Chicago, an aspect often depicted in Algren's fiction. Not only has Shay (1922-2018) signed the title page in blue ballpoint, but this special copy bears a fine autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a heavy stock 6" X 4" picture postcard (picturing "Danse et Magie" French theatre poster). Neither addressed nor mailed, the message/address side bears an Autograph Note Signed from Algren in his huge script and usual later life thick green marker: Dear Carol, / I hope the season / brings every happiness / to you and yours / Nelson / Algren," and at lower left he sketches the back side of a seated cat… Read More