Author: CHAMBERLAIN, William H. (editor)
Title: Illinois Blue Book: 1963-1964
Description: Springfield, State of Illinois, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black blind-embossed pebble-grain leatherette with gilt spine lettering, rules and device. xv, 1005pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color), tables, maps. Fine. Superb, tight first edition of this every-other-year "state of the state" -- a hefty compilation of persons, facts, figures, etc. This pristine copy hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. senator from Illinois (1969-81), and bears his full name gilstamped on the front board; a blank sheet of his Chicago letterhead is tipped to front flyleaf. At the time of this book's publication Stevenson was candidate for his first elective office, running as Democrat to the Illinois House of Representatives -- which he won, serving with distinction from 1965 to 1967. .

Keywords: Illinois & Midwest


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