This is the archive page for the category [CCLaP Rare]; below you should see headlines and summaries of all entries found here on the subject. Click the appropriate link at each to read the entire entry.

CCLaP Update: 21 May 2013 | May 21, 2013
In today's CCLaP Update: Lauryn Allison wins an major new award; Mason Johnson and Meera Lee Sethi get official book covers; Maureen Foley announces a release party in southern California; and Judy Blume and gay prison sex, together at last! Click through for all this and more! | Read entire entry

Personal essay: Regarding the realities of book collecting and the delicious sadness of 'Market Warriors.' | April 23, 2013
Why do I find the new PBS show "Market Warriors" deliciously sad? What secret truth about book collecting have I learned in recent years that a dealer will never tell you? And how are these connected? Check out this personal essay for the answers, in which I address echo chambers, post-Recession realities, and why baseball cards will always be better than rare books for flipping a fast profit. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: The "Millennium" Trilogy (first edition, first printing), by Stieg Larsson | February 13, 2013
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in our rare-book service: First American editions, first printings of the three novels in Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy (you know, "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" et al), a worldwide phenomenon that kickstarted Scandinavia's current crime renaissance. Only $100 OR YOUR BEST OFFER! Click through for more! | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "The Loser" (first edition), by Peter Ustinov | October 25, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in our rare-book selling service: A first edition, first printing of actor Peter Ustinov's surprisingly intense novel about the rise and fall of the Nazi Party, 1960's "The Loser." | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "Dodsworth" (first edition), by Sinclair Lewis | October 16, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in our rare-book selling service: A first edition copy of Sinclair Lewis' 1929 "Dodsworth," the last of the big popular novels from this "Jonathan Franzen of the Roaring Twenties." Now on auction at eBay! Click through for more and to make a bid right now! | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion" (1929 edition), by L.C. McCollum | October 1, 2012
Today, a new listing in CCLaP's rare-book selling service: A 1929 edition of the World War One memoir "History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion," by surviving member L.C. McCollum, a tribute to their steady-minded commander Charles Whittlesey who sadly committed Jazz Age suicide just two years after the war ended. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: Newberry Library Bulletin, December 1948, Sherwood Anderson Memorial | September 24, 2012
CCLaP's newest rare-book auction is up at eBay! This time it's the special 1948 issue of Chicago's "Newberry Library Bulletin," marking the public opening of their famed Sherwood Anderson Papers, in LIKE NEW condition (literally in a sealed box from then until now). Bidding starts at only $20, and there's no reserve! Please help us spread the word about our new eBay store! | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "Death Kit" (first edition), by Susan Sontag | July 25, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in our rare-book selling service: A first-edition copy of Postmodernist icon Susan Sontag's 1967 experimental novel "Death Kit," a sort of "Kafka for hippies" that was a big hit among countercultural intellectuals. Click through for details, lots of photos, and to purchase it right this moment. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "A Bell for Adano" (first edition), by John Hersey | July 5, 2012
Today, a new addition to CCLaP's rare-book selling service: a first-edition copy of war correspondent John Hersey's 1944 "A Bell for Adano," a charming Pulitzer winner from the man whose eventual hauntingly poetic coverage of Hiroshima for "The New Yorker" would single-handedly kick off the entire era of "New Journalism." Click through for details, photos, and to purchase it this moment. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "The Robots of Dawn" (first edition), by Isaac Asimov | April 27, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in our rare-book selling service: A first-edition copy of Isaac Asimov's 1983 "The Robots of Dawn," the second book of his new tear of novels in the '80s that aimed to narratively and conceptually unify the "Robots," "Empire" and "Foundation" series from way back in the '50s. Click through for more, lots of photos, and to purchase it right this moment. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "First Aid Textbook for Juniors" (first edition), by the American Red Cross (UPDATE: SOLD) | April 9, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in our rare-book selling service: A first-edition, second-printing copy of the 1949 American Red Cross's "First Aid Textbook for Juniors," their first attempt at offering such a guide to teens which would explode in popularity in the following decade, as the popularity of the Boy Scouts also exploded. Click through for details, lots of photos, and to purchase it right this moment. (UPDATE: Sold on April 9, 2012.) | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "Prairie Avenue" (first edition), by Arthur Meeker Jr. | April 4, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in our rare-book selling service: A first-edition copy of the fascinating 1949 historical melodrama "Prairie Avenue" by once famous Chicago author Arthur Meeker Jr., telling the long-term story of that formerly rich neighborhood as it slowly fell into ruin over the early 20th century. Extra-long description today, simply because this book and author are so interesting! | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: Whitney Museum 1961 Annual Exhibition catalog | March 27, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in the center's rare-book selling service: The official catalog from the 1961 Annual Exhibition of the Whitney Museum of American Art, featuring dozens of the leading lights of the Mid-Century Modernist scene. Click through for details, photos, and to purchase it right this moment. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "In Someone's Shadow" (first edition), by Rod McKuen (UPDATE: SOLD) | March 20, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in the center's rare-book selling service: A first-edition, first-printing copy of the 1969 poetry collection "In Someone's Shadow" by writer and pop musician Rod McKuen, an artist much maligned in his time but also a Grammy winner, Pulitzer and Oscar nominee, and one of the biggest selling poets in all of human history. Click through for details, photos, and to purchase it right this moment. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "Pictures of Fidelman" (first edition), by Bernard Malamud | March 16, 2012
Today at CCLaP, a new listing in the center's rare-book selling service: a first-edition, first-printing copy of Bernard Malamud's 1969 "Pictures of Fidelman," his first book after winning both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award for "The Fixer" two years previous, controversial at the time for its playful, sexy, countercultural tone and subject. Click through for details, lots of photos, and to purchase it right this moment. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "The Startling Exploits of Dr. J.B. Quies," by Paul Celiere | March 8, 2012
Today, a new listing in CCLaP's selling service of rare and unusual books: An 1887 edition of the fascinating and funny "anti-Jules Verne" tale from French author Paul Celiere, "The Startling Exploits of Dr. J.B. Quies," including 120 delightful illustrations and an interesting eight-page Victorian ad supplement in the back. Click through for details, photos, and to purchase it right this moment. | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "The Anatomy Lesson" (first edition), by Philip Roth | March 7, 2012
Today, a new listing for CCLaP's selling service of rare and unusual books: A first-edition copy of Philip Roth's 1983 "The Anatomy Lesson," the third book in his remarkable autobiographical "Nathan Zuckerman" series, written from the '70s to the 2000s and looking at the entire Postmodernist Era in general. Click through for details, photos, and to purchase it right this minute. | Read entire entry

Announcing CCLaP's new rare-book selling service! | March 6, 2012
I'm excited to announce that starting today, CCLaP is adding a brand-new service for its visitors, the selling of rare and unique books! We're starting with a collection of around 50 titles, most of them first editions (sometimes signed) of Postmodernist novels from the 1960s through early 2000s, but with a growing collection of Modernist and even Victorian titles as well. Click through for a lot more! | Read entire entry

CCLaP Rare: "Der Rosenkavalier" libretto and program, Chicago Civic Opera Company | March 6, 2012
A new listing for CCLaP's selling service of rare and unique books: A libretto and souvenir program for a Chicago Civic Opera Company production of "Der Rosenkavalier," circa 1922-1931. Click through for details, photos, and to purchase it right now. | Read entire entry