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• CHICAGO DAIUY TRIBtJNE: :MONDAY. DECElVIBElt '6. 1937. est a Perfect olution of all your· Gllt "For the Finest of Gifts · whether you want to spend one dollar or one thousand dollars ..• for the most appropriate and pleasing of gifts ••. whether for a relative, [riend or acquaintance ... at Kroch' s you will find exactly the gift you are looking for." F OR 30 years Kroch's has been the Christmas shopping center of intel- lectual Chicago. Years of experience in catering to Q variety of literary tastes, the friendly, competent service of real bookmen and bookwomen, and a newly enlarged bookstore completely stocked will make your Christmas shopping a joy! At Kroch's you have the whole world of exciting new literature to choose from! You will find the newest of the new in biography, art, travel, fiction-the latest and best books on every subject imagin- able. You will find, as well, old favor- ites-classics-beautifully printed and illustrated, in fine bindings. 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•CHICAGO DAIUY TRIBtJNE: :MONDAY. DECElVIBElt '6. 1937.
est aPerfect olution of all your· Gllt
"For the Finest of Gifts · whether you want to spend onedollar or one thousand dollars ..• for the most appropriate and pleasing ofgifts ••. whether for a relative, [riend or acquaintance ... at Kroch' s youwill find exactly the gift you are looking for."
FOR 30 years Kroch's has been theChristmas shopping center of intel-
lectual Chicago. Years of experience incatering to Q variety of literary tastes,the friendly, competent service of realbookmen and bookwomen, and a newlyenlarged bookstore completely stockedwill make your Christmas shopping ajoy!
At Kroch's you have the whole world ofexciting new literature to choose from!You will find the newest of the new inbiography, art, travel, fiction-the latestand best books on every subject imagin-able. You will find, as well, old favor-ites-classics-beautifully printed andillustrated, in fine bindings.And remember, it costs no more to shop
at Kroch's, yet you get vastly more foryour dollar in service and personal at-tention.Come in, phone or write us today andlet us help make your Christmas shop.ping a real pleasure!a7~
MacKINLAY KANTORThe Romance of Rosy Ridge
The thousands who cried andthrilled over "The Voice of BugleAnn" will love this new legend ofthe Missouri hills. $1.25
BEST PLAYS 1936·37Ed. by Burns Mantle
The Season's 10 most representa-tive plays. A varied, sparkling col.lection as readable in book form asplayable. Illus, 549 pp. $3.00
ELEAHOR ROOSEVELTThis Is My Story
The First Lady of the Land tellssimply and fearlessly the story ofher own eventful life. Profuselyillustrated. 365 pp. $3.00
MADAME CURIEBy Eve Curie
The definitive biography of the dis.coverer of Radium, only womanever to receive two Nobel Prizes.
$3.50EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAYConversation at Midnight
Lovers of her poetry consider thisher most mature and deepest work.Long to be remembered. $2.00
MARY ROBERTS RINEHARTTish Marches On
After eleven years this classical,fun-loving perennial spinster ap-pears again in lovable, humorousadventures. 271 pp. $2.00
LLOYD C. DOUGLASHome for Christmas
A tender novel by the author of"Magnificent Obsession" of broth.ers and sisters who return hometo relive childhood Christmas. $1.35
YAN WYCK BROOKSThe Flowering of
New EnqlandWinner of 1937 Pulitzer Award!First book in fascinating Americanliterary history series. 550 pp, Giftedition, boxed. $5.00
THE COLLECTED POEMSOF SARA TEASDALE
This new definitive volume con-tains all the popular poems thelate poet desired preserved. 311pages. $2.50
JOURNALIST'S WIFEBy Lilian T. Mowrer
20 exciting years of adventure andromance with her husband, EdgarAnsel Mowrer, America's famousforeign corres. 414 pp, $3.50
SHOLEM ASCHThe Mother
A new translation of this greatJewish author's most appealingnovel. The sympathetic story of amother's love. 295 pp. $2.50
KATRINA By Sally SalminenWarm, glowing novel (winner ofHelsingfors Prize) of a courageousFinnish girl that will make thereader stronger, richer in spirit.367 pp. $2.50
WINSTON S. CHURCHILLGreat Contemporaries
21 matchless pen portraits of recentand present world figures from Earlof Rosebery to George V. A sweep-ing picture of modern history.299 pp. $4.00
THIS ONE MAD ACTBy Izela Forrester
John Wilkes Booth's granddaughtertells the tragic, hitherto unknownlife story of Lincoln's assassin. 500pp. Il1ustrated. $3.00
LOUIS ZARASome For The Glory
A dynamic novel that takes a "wardheeler" step by step up the Amer-ican political ladder to the door ofthe White House. 569 pp. $2.75
CONCORD RIVERBy William Brewster
Sportsmen and nature lovers willenjoy this simple journal so mag.nificently illustrated by Frank W.Benson. 259 pp. $3.50
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FINE RARE BOOKSFrom the finest English and American book craftsmen have come thethousands of fine bindings for which Kroch's has become world famous.
Rare books, too, that will warm the heart of every book lover havebeen collected from all parts of the world. Krech's Rare Book &Fine Binding Department offers unusual book delights for every purse.Prices from $5.00 to $1,000.
OLD LONDONBy E. F. Benson
An enchanting four volume set de-picting with rare charm early daysin the city of London. Attractivelyboxed. $5.00
PHILIP GIBBSOrdeal in England
Europe's foremost reporter's brtl-Iiant, candid portrait of a nationconfronted by a world of gatheringchaos. lllustrated. 286 pp. $3.00
AN AMERICAN DOCTOR'SODYSSEY by Vietor Heiser. M. D.Remarkable autobiography of a dis.tinguished doctor's adventures in45 countries in a war against dis.ease. 544 pp. $3.50
CAPTAIN HENRY LANDAUThe Enemy Within
Now the amazing inside story ofGerman wartime sabotage in Amer-ica is fully revealed by the famousBritish secret agent. 323 pp. 1I1us-trated. $3.00
THE GUGGENHEIMSBy Harvey O'Connor
The author of "Mellon's Millions"tells the amazing and dramatic storyof the making of a great Americandynasty. 496 pp, Illus. $3.00
JEFFERSON DAVISY Robert McElroy
Definitive biography of a dual char-acter-conspirator, rebel and greatstatesman-who left his mark onU. S. history. 783 pp. 2 vols, $8.00
HEINRICH HEINEBy Louis Untermeyer
Life and poems of Germany's greatpoet exiled after his death from thecountry he so loved. 2 volumes,boxed. 847 pp. $6.00
JAMES KEELEY NewspapermanBy James Weber Linn
Fascinating biography of the mostpicturesque and mysterious figurewho dominated Chicago news scenefrom 1890 on. lllustrated. $3.50
ASSIGNMENT IN UTOPIABy Eugene Lyons
In this timely autobiography a for-mer U. P. chief correspondent re-veals reasons for current unrest inRussia. 658 pp. $3.50
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