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[CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE]. [KOHL, Charles Edward (1855–1910)]. In Memoriam… [cover title]. [Chicago?]: Privately printed, 1911. 8vo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece, numerous vignettes in sepia. Original full morocco gilt; card slipcase (light wear). FIRST EDITION, printed on Japan vellum. Kohl was a partner of the firm Kohl & Castle Amusement Co., with offices in the Majestic theatre building in Chicago. The firm was identified with the Western Vaudeville Managers’ association in the Orpheum Circuit, controlling the Haymarket Theatre, Chicago opera house, Majestic and Olympic theaters in Chicago, as well as operating a chain of vaudeville houses throughout the Midwest. OCLC located only one copy institutionally (Chicago History Museum).