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Special Announcements
Holiday Hours 2025
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. will be closing at 2pm on Wednesday, December 24th. The book shop is closed on Thursday, December 25th. We will resume regular business hours (10am-6pm) on Friday, December 26th. In observance of New Year's Day, Day, Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. will be closed on Monday, January 1, 2024. Additional modifications are pending. Please check back. Everyone ... Read More
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A Look at Lakeside Classics
Richard Robert Donnelley opened his Chicago printing company in 1864. In 1870, he changed the name to Lakeside Printing and Publishing Company. Rising from the ashes of the 1871 fire, by 1901 they moved into their own building. Located in today's Printer's Row neighborhood, the building is architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's very first design of a commercial building. The ... Read More
