| Dates: | 1886-2013 |
| Size: | 16.25 linear feet in 13 boxes, includes 203 titles |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-r00102 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Donated by Mrs. Rochelle Trotter, 2016. |
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| Finding Aid Author: | Debra Orellana, 2019. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2022 |
Abstract
The Charlie Trotter Personal Library contains a selection of books owned by Chicago chef, Charlie Trotter, that reflect his wide range of interests.
Historical/Biographical
Charles Hugh Trotter (1959-2013) was born on September 8, 1959 to Dona-Lee and Robert Trotter and grew up in Chicago’s northern suburb of Wilmette. It was only after earning a bachelor’s degree in Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982 that he began his pursuit of cooking in earnest. Trotter considered himself a self-taught chef. He briefly attended the California Culinary Academy, but spent most of his time between 1982 and 1985 working at approximately 40 restaurants before embarking on a trip to Europe to eat and learn in 1985. During his European trip he met Chef Frédy Girardet who he considered a philosophical mentor and discovered Fernand Point, whose book, Ma Gastronomie, ranks high on his list of important culinary books. These lessons contributed to Trotter’s innovative cuisine. He would be among the first to apply French techniques with American ingredients and bring Asian flavors into the mix.
In August 1987, a 27-year-old Trotter, with funding from his father and help from his family, opened his $1.5-million restaurant, Charlie Trotter's, in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. He would later expand the 66-seat brownstone with the acquisition of an identical structure next door. Trotter initially thought he would offer superior dining at reasonable prices, but within months, the Chicago Tribune sent over a three-star review. His business grew faster than anticipated and he would continue to redefine the dining experience. By 1989, he added a dining table in the kitchen along with innovative tasting menus, including one for vegetables. In 1990, he decided to stop serving distilled spirits that could dull the palate. Instead, he and his highly rated sommeliers built a wine selection that held more than 1,300 selections designed to pair with the food. In 1995 he had his walk-in cooler removed during a $750,000 kitchen renovation because his reliance on fresh ingredients negated the need. In 2002, he took foie gras off the menu due to ethical concerns over the production of the dish.
Trotter’s culinary vision rested on merging the four elements of food, wine, service and hospitality into a totality that he referred to as “excellence.” He would win the Outstanding Chef Award from the James Beard Foundation in 1999 and later claim eight additional Beard Awards, including “Best Restaurant.” This vision was not without demands and Trotter has been characterized as a taskmaster and perfectionist. An astonishing number of nationally acclaimed chefs who began their careers working for him, however, credit that experience as foundational to their later success. Trotter’s reputation of excellence contributed to his rise as a celebrity chef and his other culinary ventures.
As a restaurateur, Trotter opened Trotter’s To Go, a high-end delicatessen and catering store at 1337 W. Fullerton, also in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago in 2000. He ventured into the luxury spa market with a restaurant called, C, in the One&Only Palmilla resort in Los Cabos, Mexico in 2004. This restaurant closed four years later in 2008 despite good reviews. In 2008, Trotter opened his second namesake restaurant in Las Vegas known as Restaurant Charlie. The restaurant received the Michelin Guide One Star award in 2009 and included a private bar known as Bar Charlie that allowed diners to overlook the kitchen preparation. This venture lasted two years and closed in March 2010. His plans for a seafood restaurant in New York City in 2005 never materialized.
Charlie Trotter became a celebrity chef before the days of social media. In 1999, Trotter launched his cooking program, The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter, on PBS. He is the author of over a dozen cookbooks and 3 management books. He developed a line of organic and all-natural gourmet foods and products for national distribution and through a boutique at Marshall Field’s department store.
Other ventures were more charitable in nature. From the beginning, Trotter hosted dining events at his restaurant to raise money for the James Beard Foundation and other charities. These events featured guest chefs that he admired from restaurants around the world who enticed diners to a cause. Trotter, however, also recognized these chefs as an invaluable resource and turned these visits into educational opportunities for culinary students and chefs around the city to learn from these various masters. Closer to home, he invited groups of Chicago public high school students into his restaurant two to three times per week as part of his Excellence Program. The students were served a fine dining meal and learned about the motivations of those preparing it. For students interested in a culinary career, the Charlie Trotter Culinary Education Foundation was created to provide grants and scholarships.
After 25 years, Trotter decided to close his successful Chicago restaurant in August 2012. That same year, he won the Humanitarian of the Year award from the James Beard Foundation.
He died suddenly from a stroke in 2013 at the age of 54. The Charles and Rochelle Trotter Culinary Endowment was established to carry on his Foundation’s legacy. The program is administered by the Illinois Restaurant Association.
Mrs. Rochelle Trotter donated the collection to Chicago Public Library in 2016.
Scope and Contents
The Charlie Trotter Personal Library contains a selection of books owned by Charlie Trotter.
The following titles were either identified as meaningful to Trotter by his wife, Rochelle Trotter or contain inscriptions from friends and authors or his own notes.
Arrangement
The titles in Charlie Trotter’s Personal Library are organized into 2 series:
- Series 1: Titles Identified as Personally Meaningful, 1886-2010
- Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subject Headings
Private libraries
Related Materials
- Charlie Trotter Collection
- Charlie Trotter Cookbook Collection
- Chicago Food Collection
- Chicago Menu Collection
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Books Identified as Personally Meaningful, 1886-2010
Scope and Contents
Series 1 contains titles that were identified as personally meaningful to Charlie Trotter. His wife, Rochelle Trotter, created this list. Many of the volumes contain inscriptions from friends and authors or his notes. The bibliography is annotated to reflect this information.
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 1 | Berlin, Isaiah. Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas, New York: Viking Press (gift to Charlie Trotter from Scott Turow with a note and mailing label), 1980 |
| Box 1 | Burns, Robert. Representative Poems of Robert Burns, edited by Charles Lane Hanson, Boston: Ginn and Company (inscription and notes by Hugh Trotter), 1897 |
| Box 1 | Cohen, J.M. and M.J Cohen. The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotables, revised ed., Penguin Books, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Davis, Frederisck C. The Night Nemesis: The Complete Adventures of the Moon Man - Volume One, edited by Garyn G. Roberts and Gary Hoppenstand, Bowling Green, OH: Purple Prose Press (number 262/1000; signed by the editors), 1984 |
| Box 1 | Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov, revised translation by Constance Garnet, introduction by Avrahm Yarmolinsky and illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg, New York: The Heritage Press, 1949 |
| Box 1 | Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying, New York: Vintage (missing cover; front pages torn from title page through pg. 24), [1957] |
| Box 1 | Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1886 |
| Box 1 | History of Political Philosophy, edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, Chicago: University of Chicago Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Gordon), 1987 |
| Box 1 | Keller, Timothy. The Reason for God, New York: Riverhead Books, 2009 |
| Box 1 | Man and the State: The Philosophers of Science, edited by Saxe Commins and Robert N. Linscott, The World’s Great Thinkers series, New York: Random House (copy 1 has annotations in the margins), 1947 |
| Box 1 | Miller, Henry. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder, New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation (inscribed by Charlie Trotter to his wife, Rochelle Trotter), 1974 |
| Box 1 | Moralia, volume IX, translated by Edwin L. Minar Jr., F.H. Sanbach and W.C. Helmbold, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961 |
| Box 1 | Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th edition, Merriam-Webster Incorporated (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by his wife, Rochelle Trotter), 2005 |
| Box 1 | Pippin, Robert B. Nietzsche, Psychology, & First Philosophy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press (note that reads, “The book he [Charlie Trotter] was reading @ death,” laid in), 2010 |
| Box 1 | Po, Li. The Selected Poems of Li Po, translated by David Hinton, New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1996 |
| Box 1 | Post Ranch: Looking Back at a Community of Family, Friends and Neighbors, edited by Soaring Starkey, Big Sur, CA: Post Ranch Inn v, 2004 |
| Box 1 | Ramo, Joshua Cooper. The Age of Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About It, Boston: Little, Brown and Company (inscribed to Charlie and Rochelle Trotter by the author), 2009 |
| Box 1 | Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead, Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1943] |
| Box 1 | Smith, Jo Durden. 100 Most Infamous Criminals, New York: Metro Books, 2007 |
| Box 1 | Topps Company, Inc. Wacky Packages, New York: Abrams, 2008 |
| Box 1 | Turow, Scott. Innocent, New York: Grand Central Publishing (inscribed to Charlie and Rochelle Trotter by the author), 2010 |
| Box 1 | Turow, Scott. Personal Injuries: A Novel, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 1999 |
| Box 1 | Turow, Scott. Reversible Errors, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2002 |
| Box 1 | Von Mises, Ludwig. Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (signed by the author; news clipping and memorial citation laid in), 1949 |
| Box 1 | Xenophon: The Shorter Socratic Writings, edited by Robert C. Bartlett, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains a selection of titles that were collected by Charlie Trotter. The titles reflect Trotter’s wide range of interests and their arrangement retains the organization used in his home library. Many of the volumes contain inscriptions from friends and authors or his notes. The bibliography is annotated to reflect this information.
Arrangement
Series 2 is arranged into 16 Subseries:
- Subseries A: Architecture and Landscape, 1991-2006
- Subseries B: Art and Photography, 1984-2010
- Subseries C: Biography, 1976-2012
- Subseries D: Business, 1993-2009
- Subseries E: Essays, 1976-2010
- Subseries F: Fiction, 1935-2013
- Subseries G: History, 1946-2008
- Subseries H: Miscellaneous, 1974-2005
- Subseries I: Music, 1983-2011
- Subseries J: Philosophy, 1964-2005
- Subseries K: Poetry, 1985-2006
- Subseries L: Political Science, 1975-2006
- Subseries M: Religion, 2003-2007
- Subseries N: Science, 1975-2006
- Subseries O: Sports, 1994-2004
- Subseries P: Travel and Geography, 1991-2012
Subseries A: Architecture and Landscape, 1991-2006
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 5 | Chappellet, Molly. A Vineyard Garden: Ideas from the Earth for Growing, Cooking, Decorating, and Entertaining, New York: Viking Penguin (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 1991 |
| Box 3 | CORE. Work, Shop, Eat: The Architecture of CORE, New York: Edizioni Press, Inc., 2003 |
| Box 2 | Graves, Michael. Michael Graves:Buildings and Projects 1990-1994, edited by Karen Nichols, Lisa Burke and Patrick Burke, essay by Janet Abrams, New York: Rizzoli (sketch by Michael Graves on front flyleaf), 1998 |
| Box 2 | Graves, Michael. Michael Graves:Buildings and Projects 1995-2003, edited by Karen Nichols, New York: Rizzoli (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Michael Graves; includes a sketch by Michael Graves on front flyleaf), 2003 |
| Box 9 | Lake Forest Media Group. Chicago Luxury Home & Condo: The Ultimate Source for Designing, Building, Remodeling, Landscaping, Decorating, and Furnishing Chicagoland’s Finest Homes and Condos, premier edition, Lake Bluff, IL: The Lake Forest Media Group, 2006 |
| Box 2 | Rockwell Group. Pleasure: The Architecture and Design of Rockwell Group, New York: Universe (restaurant design), 2002 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries B: Art and Photography, 1984-2010
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 3 | Alt, Jane Fulton, and Michael A. Weinstein. Look and Leave: Photographs and Stories from New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward, Chicago: The Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Jane Fulton Alt; letter to Charlie Trotter from Brandy Savarese laid in), 2009 |
| Box 12 | Brandstätter, Christian. Wiener Werkstätte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932, translated by David H. Wilson, New York: Harry N. Abrams (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]; note to Charlie Trotter from [illegible] laid in), 2003 |
| Box 4 | Elledge, Paul, and Michael Noble. Luna Bella Luna: A Portrait of Vesale, Italy, edited and translated by Alba Rosso Dwass, photographs by Paul Elledge, Cohoes, NY: Mohawk Paper Mills, Inc., 1997 |
| Box 4 | Gorman, Greg. Greg Gorman: Perspectives, Milano: Electa, [Leonardo Arte] (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 1999 |
| Box 4 | Kataoka, Drue. The Paintings of Drue Kataoka, exhibition catalog, Stanford, CA: Drue Kataoka (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the artist), 1997 |
| Box 2 | Kimbrell, Andrew. Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture, Washington, D.C.: The Foundation for Deep Ecology by arrangement with Island Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rob [illegible]), 2002 |
| Box 3 | Lanting, Franz. Life: A Journey Through Time, edited by Christine Eckstrom, Cologne, Germany: Taschen (card to Charlie and Rochelle Trotter from Paulo [illegible] laid in), 2006 |
| Box 2 | Larsen, Jack Lenor, and Molly Chappellet. Jack Lenor Larsen’s LongHouse [sic], San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Molly [Chappellet), 2010 |
| Box 3 | Letinsky, Laura, et al. Laura Letinsky: Hardly More Than Ever: Photographs 1997-2004, Chicago: Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Laura Letinsky and by Toni Marie Cox), 2004 |
| Box 4 | Lykouria, Yorgo, and Helmut Jahn. Jahn Lykouria Design, Volume I, London: Flash Press, 2003 |
| Box 5 | Marlow, Tim. Schiele, New York: Mallard Press (inscribed to Lynn and Charlie Trotter by Scott), 1990 |
| Box 4 | Missing Peace: The Dalai Lama Portrait Project: Artist Project Proposals, Spring 2005, no place: no publisher (book mock-up), 2005 |
| Box 4 | Morris, Burton. Burton Morris: Pop!, foreword by Donald Miller, introduction by Stan Lee, 1st ed., [USA]: Alan Smith and Burton Morris (front and back pages are inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Burton Morris), 2007 |
| Box 3 | Museum of Contemporary Art, et al. Between the Museum and the City, Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art; College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago (a swatch of material that was used to construct a “Fabric Cloud” laid in, p. 43), 2003 |
| Box 4 | Nieman, LeRoy. LeRoy Neiman: Five Decades, New York: Harry N. Abrams (inscribed to Charlie Palmer [sic] by the artist), 2003 |
| Box 4 | Neiman, Leroy. Leroy Neiman: The Culinary Arts: Paintings, Drawings, and Serigraphs 1960-1998, exhibition catalogue, Beverly Hills, CA: Timothy Yarger Fine Art (edition of 2,000; inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the artist), 1998 |
| Box 6 | Porto, Tony, et al. Blue Aliens!: An Adventure in Color, New York: Little, Brown (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Tony Porto, Mitch Rice and Glenn Deutsch; note to Charlie Trotter from Tony Porto laid in), 2003 |
| Box 6 | Porto, Tony, et al. Get Red!: An Adventure in Color, New York: Little, Brown (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Tony Porto, Mitch Rice and Glenn Deutsch), 2002 |
| Box 6 | Rockwell, David, and Bruce Mau. Spectacle, London and New York: Phaidon Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by David Rockwell), 2006 |
| Box 5 | Seynes, Sophie de. Paris a encore des chevaux: Horses Are Still in Paris, illustrated by Sophie de Seynes, Paris: Éditions Hermès (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [Sophie de Seynes?]), 1996 |
| Box 4 | Skrebneski, Victor. Skrebneski Seduced, essay by Tony Jones, 1st ed., [Chicago], IL: Victor Skrebneski, printed by Schiele Group (inscribed to Charlie trotter by [Billy Del] and last page by [Victor Skrebneski]; number 762 of 2500), 2007 |
| Box 5 | Smolan, Rick, and David Cohen. America 24/7: 24 Hours, 7 Days, Extraordinary Images of One American Week, New York: DK Publishing (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Anne), 2003 |
| Box 3 | Sotheby’s Art at Auction, 1999-2000, London: Sotheby’s (notes to Charlie Trotter from Michael and [illegible] laid in), 2000 |
| Box 4 | Steadman, Ralph. Ralph Steadman: Between the Eyes, New York: Summit Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Michael), 1984 |
| Box 4 | Strathmore Paper Company. Seeing: Doubletakes, photographs by François Robert, East Granby, CT: Strathmore Papers (inscribed to Lynn and Charlie Trotter by François Robert), 1998 |
| Box 5 | Warncke, Carsten-Peter. Picasso: 1881-1973, translated by Michael Hulse, Köln and New York: Taschen (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 2001 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries C: Biography, 1976-2012
Arrangement
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 6 | Bennett, Jr., Lerone. What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968, Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company (signed by the author), 1976 |
| Box 7 | Coen, Jeff, and John Chase. Golden: How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself Out of the Governor’s Office and Into Prison, Chicago: Chicago Review Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Jeff Coen and John Chase), 2012 |
| Box 6 | Crowley, Michael, and Dan Goldman. 08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail, illustrated by Dan Goldman, 1st ed., New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009 |
| Box 13 | Dyson, Michael Eric. I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr., New York: Free Press (signed by the author), 2000 |
| Box 7 | Fargnoli, A. Nicholas, and Michael Patrick Gillespie. James Joyce A to Z: An Encyclopedic Guide to His Life and Work, London: Bloomsbury Publishing (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Dave Farkas), 1995 |
| Box 5 | Fisher, M.F.K., and Dominique Gioia. A Welcoming Life: The M.F.K. Fisher Scrapbook, Washington, DC: Counterpoint (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [Norman Van Aken]), 1997 |
| Box 8 | Millard, Candice. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, New York: Broadway Books (note to Charlie Trotter from Dona-Lee Trotter), 2005 |
| Box 6 | Powell, Colin, and Joseph E. Persico, My American Journey, New York: Random House (signed by Colin Powell), 1995 |
| Box 7 | Steinberg, Neil. Don’t Give Up the Ship: Finding My Father While Lost at Sea, 1st ed., New York: Ballantine Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author; letter to Charlie Trotter from the author laid in), 2002 |
| Box 6 | Steindling, Dolly, et al. Hitting Back: An Austrian Jew in the French Résistance, Bethesda, MD: University Press of Maryland (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Larry), 2000 |
| Box 7 | Terkel, Studs. And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey, New York: The New Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2005 |
| Box 6 | Williamson, Edwin. Borges: A Life, New York, New York: Viking (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rochelle Trotter; newspaper clipping about Jorge Luis Borges laid in), 2004 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries D: Business, 1993-2009
Arrangement
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 13 | Arnove, Robert F. Talent Abounds: Profiles of Master Teachers and Peak Performers, Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2009 |
| Box 13 | Barlow, Jean, and Claus Moller. A Complaint is a Gift: Using Customer Feedback as a Strategic Tool, 1st ed., San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 1996 |
| Box 7 | Belasco, James A., and Ralph C. Stayer. Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead, New York: Warner Books (Flight of the Buffalo workshop materials laid in), 1993 |
| Box 7 | Culinary Institute of America. Remarkable Service: A Guide to Winning and Keeping Customers for Servers, Managers, and Restaurant Owners, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2001 |
| Box 7 | Ferrazzi, Keith, and Tahl Raz. Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time, 1st ed., New York: Currency Doubleday (inscribed to Charlie and Rochelle Trotter by Keith Ferrazzi), 2005 |
| Box 8 | Gallwey, W. Timothy. The Inner Game of Work, 1st ed., New York: Random House (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 2000 |
| Box 12 | Johnson, M.D., Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese? New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 1998 |
| Box 8 | Levitt, Steven D., and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, 1st ed., New York: Harper Collins (Michael Graves quote for Charlie Trotter’s New York restaurant laid in), 2005 |
| Box 7 | Miller, Larry, and James Redfield. Exploring the Zone: The Mysterious Phenomenon of Spontaneous Excellence, Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Larry Miller), 2001 |
| Box 7 | Mitchell, Jack. Hug Your Customers: The Proven Way to Personalize Sales and Achieve Astounding Results, 1st ed., New York: Hyperion (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author; letter to Charlie Trotter from John Gabrysiak laid in), 2003 |
| Box 8 | Rich, Laura. The Accidental Zillionaire: Demystifying Paul Allen, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons (uncorrected advance proof; email to Charlie Trotter from Matthias Merges laid in), 2002 |
| Box 12 | Roberts, Harry V., and Bernard F. Sergesketter. Quality is Personal: A Foundation for Total Quality Management, New York: Free Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Bernard F. Sergesketter), 1993 |
| Box 7 | Shore, Bill. The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life By Giving Something Back, New York: Random House (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 1999 |
| Box 10 | Sullivan, Jim. Mind Your Own Business: The Heart and Soul of Hospitality: People, Performance, Profits, New York: Lebhar-Friedman Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 1999 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries E: Essays, 1976-2010
Arrangement
Subseries E is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 6 | Allen, Woody. Getting Even, New York: Warner Books (signed by Charlie Trotter), 1976 |
| Box 8 | Bukowski, Charles. There’s No Business, illustrated by R. Crumb, Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1995 |
| Box 6 | Chatwin, Bruce, et al. Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989, 1st American ed., New York: Penguin (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by John Raynolds), 1996 |
| Box 7 | Dostoevsky, Fyodor. A Writer’s Diary, Volume Two 1877-1881, translated and annotated by Kenneth Lantz, Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Deborah Dard), 2000 |
| Box 7 | Holroyd, Michael, and Paul Levy. The Shorter Strachey, London: Hogarth Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Jane), 1989 |
| Box 13 | Journal of Ordinary Thought, “Different Doors: JOT Writers on Place,” Chicago, IL: Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Summer 2003 |
| Box 13 | Journal of Ordinary Thought, “Footsteps: JOT Writers on Generations,” Chicago, IL: Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Fall 2005 |
| Box 13 | Journal of Ordinary Thought, “Instead of Sleeping: Writing from Hall, King, and Mabel Manning Branch Libraries; and Project Hope, PAUSA,” Chicago, IL: Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Winter 2005 |
| Box 13 | Journal of Ordinary Thought, “Lessons Outside: JOT Writers on Formal and Informal Education,” Chicago, IL: Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Summer 2007 |
| Box 13 | Journal of Ordinary Thought, “Twenty-Four Hours: JOT Writers on Work and Labor with Oral Histories from Chicago Workers,” Chicago, IL: Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Spring 2005 |
| Box 7 | LaMotte, Jr., John V. Night Water Reflections, Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2010 |
| Box 6 | Levy, Paul. Moore: G.E. Moore and the Cambridge Apostles, Oxford: Oxford University Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter from the author), 1981 |
| Box 7 | Tanizaki, Jun′ichirō. In Praise of Shadows, translated by Thomas J. Harper and Edward G. Seidensticker, New Haven, CT: Leete’s Island Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Paul Gregory; letter to Charlie Trotter from Paul Gregory laid in), 1977 |
| Box 7 | Thoreau, Henry David. Walden or Life in the Woods: and, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, New York: Signet Classic (signed by Charlie Trotter), 1980 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries F: Fiction, 1935-2013
Arrangement
Subseries F is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 13 | Amis, Martin. Time’s Arrow, or the Nature of the Offense, 1st ed., New York: Vintage International (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Dave Jenkar), 1992 |
| Box 13 | Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky, translation and introduction by David Magarshack, New York: The Modern Library (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Bob Dvorak), 2001 |
| Box 7 | Borges, Jorge Luis. Jorge Luis Borges: Collected Fictions, translated by Andrew Hurley, New York: Penguin (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 1999 |
| Box 10 | Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books (annotated; Trotter written on the fore edge), 1973 |
| Box 13 | Butler, Robert Olen. Hell, 1st ed., New York: Grove Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2009 |
| Box 8 | Cendrars, Blaise. Moravagine: A Novel, translated by Alan Brown, 1st ed., New York: Blast Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 1990 |
| Box 8 | Cendrars, Blaise. To the End of the World, translated by Alan Brown, London: Peter Owen Publishers (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Tom and Amy; postcard from Tom laid in), 1991 |
| Box 10 | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Idiot, illustrations by Boardman Robinson, translated by Constance Garnett, New York: Random House, 1935 |
| Box 8 | Fante, John. 1933 Was a Bad Year, Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by P.), 1999 |
| Box 13 | Fenzel, John. The Lazarus Covenant, 1st ed., Greensboro, NC: Breathe Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2009 |
| Box 10 | Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons (annotated; Trotter written on the fore edge), 1953 |
| Box 8 | Mann, Thomas. Death in Venice, translated by Kenneth Burke, New York: Bantam Books (postcard to Charlie Trotter from Scott laid in), 1971 |
| Box 6 | Thompson, Hunter S., et al. The Fear and Loathing Letters, Volume One: The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967, 1st ed., New York: Villard (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Mike), 1997 |
| Box 13 | Turow, Scott. Identical, 1st ed., New York: Grand Central Publishing (inscribed to Rochelle and Charlie Trotter by the author), 2013 |
| Box 13 | Turow, Scott. Limitations, 1st Picador ed., New York: Picador (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2006 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries G: History, 1946-2008
Arrangement
Subseries G is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 9 | Homer. The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Garden City, New York: Anchor Books (annotated; Trotter written on the fore edge; hand-drawn flipbook animation), 1963 |
| Box 6 | Lincoln, Abraham, et al. Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings, edited with critical and analytical notes by Roy P. Basler, preface by Carl Sandburg, 1st ed., Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company (signed by Roy P. Basler; number 26 of 650), 1946 |
| Box 10 | Shlaes, Amity. The Forgotten Man: A New History Of the Great Depression, New York: Harper Perennial (cards to Charlie Trotter from Ami and Bill; and from Tom Terrill laid in), 2008 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries H: Miscellaneous, 1974-2005
Arrangement
Subseries H is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 10 | Armstrong, Lance, and Sally Jenkins. It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, New York: Berkley Books (note to Charlie Trotter from Wendi laid in), 2001 |
| Box 10 | Asgedom, Mawi. Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard, 1st paperback ed., edited by Dave Berger, New York: Little, Brown and Company (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author; note to Charlie Trotter by the author laid in), 2002 |
| Box 13 | Asgedom, Mawi. Of Beetles and Angels: A True Story of the American Dream, 1st ed., edited by Dave Berger, Chicago: Megadee Books (2 copies inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2001 |
| Box 13 | Asgedom, Mawi. The Code: The Five Secrets of Teen Success, 1st ed., New York: Little, Brown and Company (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2003 |
| Box 9 | Barthelme, Frederick, and Steven Barthelme. Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Dave Jenken), 1999 |
| Box 7 | Castaneda, Carlos. Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan, New York: Pocket Books (signed by Charlie Trotter), 1974 |
| Box 10 | Gilson, Jamie. 4B Goes Wild, illustrations by Linda Strauss Edwards, 1st ed., New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 1983 |
| Box 8 | Meyer, Harold E. Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters, revised and expanded, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall (postcard of Charlie Trotter with his staff in front of his Chicago restaurant laid in), 1992 |
| Box 10 | National Society of Film Critics on Movie Comedy, edited by Stuart Byron and Elisabeth Weis, New York: Grossman Publishers (inscribed to Chuck by Uncle Don), 1977 |
| Box 10 | Perkowitz, Sidney. Universal Foam: From Cappuccino to the Cosmos, New York: Walker & Company, 2000 |
| Box 10 | Trotter, Ronald. Hasten with Care: The Story of a Pioneer Family, Aotearoa, New Zealand: Published RR Trotter in association with Steele Roberts Publishers (signed by Ronald Trotter; note to Charlie Trotter from Bill Trotter laid in), 2005 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries I: Music, 1983-2011
Arrangement
Subseries I is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 13 | Bazan, M.D., Nicolas G. Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind, Chandler, AZ: Five Star Publications (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2009 |
| Box 8 | Crouch, Stanley. Flying Home, Lionel Hampton: Celebrating 100 Years of Good Vibes, Ann Arbor, MI: State Street Press (card to Charlie Trotter from Ed laid in; includes audio CD), 2008 |
| Box 11 | Cuscuna, Michael, et al. The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff, New York: Rizzoli International Publications (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the Lucini Italia Company), 1995 |
| Box 12 | Dubal, David. The Essential Canon of Classical Music, illustrated by David Dubal, 1st ed., New York: North Point Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2001 |
| Box 10 | Dylan, Bob. Bob Dylan In Concert, limited-edition program, #007.04, [2004] |
| Box 9 | Gray, Michael. Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan, London; New York: Continuum (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Roger Metter), 2002 |
| Box 6 | Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory, illustrated by the author, New York: Plume (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Mary [illegible]), 1983 |
| Box 9 | Hajdu, David. Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña, and Richard Fariña, 1st ed., New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rog [sic]), 2001 |
| Box 9 | Heylin, Clinton. Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited, 1st U.S. ed., New York: William Morrow (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rog [sic]), 2001 |
| Box 13 | Kahn, Ashley. Kind of Blue: The Makings of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, New York: Da Capo Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [Norman Van Aken]), 2000 |
| Box 4 | Leibovitz, Annie. American Music, 1st ed., New York: Random House (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 2003 |
| Box 9 | Marcus, Griel. Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes, 1st Owl Books ed., New York: Henry Holt and Company (2 copies; copy 1 inscribed to Charlie and Liz by Rog [sic]; copy 2 inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rog [sic]), 1998 |
| Box 10 | Sawyers, June Skinner. Bob Dylan: New York, Berkeley, CA: Roaring Forties Press (letter to Charlie Trotter from publisher Deirdre Greene laid in), 2011 |
| Box 6 | Sidran, Ben. Ben Sidran: A Life in the Music, New York: Taylor Trade Publishing (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2003 |
| Box 9 | Sidran, Ben. Talking Jazz: An Illustrated Oral History, 1st ed., Petaluma, CA: Pomegranate Artbooks (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author; letter to Charlie Trotter from the author laid in), 1992 |
| Box 9 | Sounes, Howard. Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, 1st ed., New York: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rog [sic]), 2001 |
| Box 6 | Troupe, Quincy. Miles and Me, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press (inscribed to Willie and Gigi by Quincy Troupe), 2000 |
| Box 6 | Wilentz, Sean. Bob Dylan in America, New York: Doubleday, 2010 |
| Box 12 | Williams, Paul. Bob Dylan, Performing Artist: 1969-1973, The Early Years, London: Omnibus Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rog [sic]), 1994 |
| Box 12 | Williams, Paul. Bob Dylan, Performing Artist: 1974-1986, The Middle Years, London: Omnibus Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rog [sic]), 1994 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries J: Philosophy, 1964-2005
Arrangement
Subseries J is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 6 | Ackerman, Diane. A Natural History of the Senses, New York: Vintage Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [unknown]), 1995 |
| Box 8 | Arendt, Hannah. The Human Condition, 2nd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Mikhail), 1998 |
| Box 8 | Cohen, Ted. Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters, Chicago: University of Chicago Press (note to Charlie Trotter from D. Keith laid in), 2001 |
| Box 10 | Equality and Preferential Treatment: A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader, edited by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and Thomas Scanlon, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977 |
| Box 8 | Gibran, Kahlil. The Prophet, New York: Knopf (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]; card to Charlie Trotter from [illegible] laid in), 2000 |
| Box 8 | Hanh, Thich Nhat. Being Peace, edited by Arnold Kotler, illustrated by Mayumi Oda, Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rochelle Trotter), 1987 |
| Box 7 | Hayek, F. A. The Road to Serfdom, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Keise; note to Charlie Trotter from Keise laid in), 1972 |
| Box 8 | Kant, Immanuel. Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, translated by Thomas K. Abbott, 1st ed., Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Educational Publishing (highlighted sentences throughout; annotated on pp. 21, 44, 45, 50, 52, 69), 1979 |
| Box 9 | Kulvinskas, Viktoras. Survival Into the 21st Century: Planetary Healers Manual, illustrated by Peter Max and Jean White, Woodstock Valley, CT: 21st Century Publications (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Viktoras Kulvinskas and Jay), 1999 |
| Box 13 | Marriner, Mike, et al. Finding the Open Road: A Guide to Self-Construction Rather Than Mass Production, Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Nathan [Gebhard?]), 2005 |
| Box 8 | Marriner, Mike, et al. Roadtrip Nation: A Guide to Discovering Your Path in Life, 1st ed., New York: Ballantine Books (letter from Allison H. Dickens laid in), 2003 |
| Box 8 | Palmer, Parker J. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Sharon), 2000 |
| Box 8 | Rand, Ayn. The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism, New York: Signet (signed by Charlie Trotter), 1964 |
| Box 8 | Scully, Matthew. Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy, 1st ed., New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002 |
| Box 8 | Sector, Mondo. I Ching Clarified: A Practical Guide, Boston, MA: Charles E. Tuttle Co. (letter and postcard to Charlie Trotter and Mary Hegeman from the Mondo Sector and Ari Tomita laid in), 1993 |
| Box 8 | St. James, Elaine. Inner Simplicity: 100 Ways to Regain Peace and Nourish Your Soul, 1st ed., New York: Hyperion (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Rochelle Trotter; note from Rochelle Trotter laid in), 1995 |
| Box 10 | Thoreau, Henry David. Wild Fruits: Thoreau’s Rediscovered Last Manuscript, edited and introduced by Bradley P. Dean, illustrations by Abigail Rorer, 1st ed., New York: W.W. Norton & Company (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Odessa), 2000 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries K: Poetry, 1985-2006
Arrangement
Subseries K is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 13 | Bukowski, Charles. Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit, Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1999 |
| Box 8 | Bukowski, Charles. Sure: The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, no. 2, edited by Edward Smith, Ojai, CA: Ojai Valley Book Co., 1991 |
| Box 10 | Madhubuti, Haki R. Run Toward Fear: New Poems and a Poet’s Handbook, Chicago: Third World Press (signed by the author), 2004 |
| Box 6 | Madhubuti, Haki R. Yellow Black: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet’s Life, Chicago: Third World Press (signed by the author), 2006 |
| Box 7 | Schiller, Friedrich, and Schiller Institute. Friedrich Schiller:Poet of Freedom, 1st ed., New York: New Benjamin Franklin House (letter to Charlie Trotter from John [illegible] laid in), 1985 |
| Box 8 | Vallejo, César. The Black Heralds, translated by Rebecca Seiferle, 1st ed., Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Veronica Laramie), 2003 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries L: Political Science, 1975-2006
Arrangement
Subseries L is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 10 | Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, NY: W.W. Norton (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 1999 |
| Box 13 | Michigan Journal of Race & Law, “The Color of Perspective: Affirmative Action and the Constitutional Rhetoric of White Innocence,” vol. 2, issue 2, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Law School (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Cecil), 2006 |
| Box 8 | Rakove, Milton L. Don’t Make No Waves-Don’t Back No Losers: An Insider’s Analysis of the Daley Machine, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, [1975] |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries M: Religion, 2003-2007
Arrangement
Subseries M is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 13 | Collins, Francis S. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, New York: Free Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Don Nyilsner), 2007 |
| Box 7 | Foxman, Abraham H. Never Again?: The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism, 1st ed., San Francisco: Harper Collins (letter to Charlie Trotter from Abraham H. Foxman laid in), 2003 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries N: Science, 1975-2006
Arrangement
Subseries N is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 12 | Darwin, Charles. From So Simple a Beginning: The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin, edited with introductions by Edward O. Wilson, New York: W.W. Norton & Company (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 2006 |
| Box 10 | Smith, Adam. Powers of the Mind, New York: Random House, 1975 |
Series 2: Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries O: Sports, 1994-2004
Arrangement
Subseries O is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 12 | America’s Elite 1000: The Ultimate List, 2001 Edition, edited by Trevor White, New York: Cadogan Publications (Charlie Trotter’s Chicago restaurant, p. 87), 2001 |
| Box 8 | Jordan, Michael. I Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence, edited by Mark Vancil, photographs by Sandro Miller, 1st ed., San Francisco: Harper Collins (letter to Charlie Trotter from Howard L. Alt, M.D., S.C., laid in), 1994 |
| Box 7 | Kilmeade, Brian. The Games Do Count: America’s Best and Brightest on the Poser of Sports, 1st ed., New York, NY: Regan Books [sic] (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Molly), 2004 |
| Box 6 | Lazenby, Roland. Bull Run: The Story of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls: The Greatest Team in Basketball History, Lenexa, KS: Addax Publishing Group, 1996 |
Series 2: By Subject Areas, 1935-2013
Subseries P: Travel and Geography, 1991-2012
Arrangement
Subseries P is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or title.
| Box 11 | Arscott, David, and Annabelle Hughes. Amberly Castle 1103-2003: A Celebration of 900 Years, Stanbridge, Wimbourne, Dorset: Dovecote Press, Ltd. (signed by Joy and Martin Cummings; card from Joy and Martin Cummings and family laid in), 2002 |
| Box 2 | Burnham, Daniel Hudson, and Edward H. Bennett. Plan of Chicago: Centennial Edition, edited by Charles Moore, Chicago, IL: The Great Books Foundation (presented to Charlie Trotter and Charlie Trotter’s Restaurant by the Burnham Plan Centennial Committee; letter to Trotter from Erin Roberts laid in), 2009 |
| Box 10 | Cahan, Richard. Chicago: Rising from the Prairie, 1st ed., Carlsbad, CA: Heritage Media Corporation (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Maggie Daley and Mayor Richard M. Daley), 2000 |
| Box 9 | Calatrava, Santiago. The Chicago Spire, Chicago, IL: The Chicago Spire, 2007 |
| Box 3 | Cook, Kathleen Norris. Spirit of the San Juans, photographs by Kathleen Norris Cook, 2nd ed., Ouray, CO: Western Reflections, Inc. (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by George Bigley), 1999 |
| Box 5 | Cross, Robert. Henry Miller: The Paris Years, Big Sur, CA: Peeramid Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Norman Van Aken; signed by the author; a menu from A Mano restaurant laid in), 1991 |
| Box 12 | Downie, David. Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light, photographs by Alison Harris, 1st revised ed., New York: Broadway Books (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by the author), 2011 |
| Box 2 | Hammarström, Tommy, and Per Wästberg. True North: The Grand Landscapes of Sweden, photographs by Tore Hagman, translated by Kim Loughran, Stockholm: Max Ström (note to Charlie and Rochelle Trotter from Eva and [illegible] laid in), 2004 |
| Box 11 | Hopkins, David L. This is Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia: Taswegia Pty Ltd. (signed by the Rockliff family; signed by the Honorary Tony Rundle, MHA), 1997 |
| Box 13 | Jackson, Robert E., and Cynthia Nelson. Lost Cabos: The Way it Was, San Diego, CA: Lost Cabos Press (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Baja Bob), 2002 |
| Box 13 | Jones, Wilbert, et al. Chicago’s Gold Coast, photographs by Bob Dowey, Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing (inscribed to Rochelle and Charlie Trotter by Wilbert Jones), 2012 |
| Box 11 | Krob, Miroslav, and Miroslav Krob, Jr. Praha, Praha, Czech Republic: Kvarta (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]; photograph of a fisherman laid in), 1999 |
| Box 11 | Lewis, Russell. Historic Photos of the Chicago World’s Fair, Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Company (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by [illegible]), 2010 |
| Box 11 | One&Only Royal Mirage, Dubai. Magic of Arabia, Volume II, photographs by Katy Donaldson, Dubai: North 55 (signed and inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Olivier P. Louis), 2004 |
| Box 3 | Piro, Nicholas de. Mdina: The Old Capital City of Malta, illustrations by Joseph Scerri, photographs by Daniel Cilia, Sliema, Malta: Miranda Publications (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Justin [illegible]), 1997 |
| Box 3 | Potton, Craig. New Zealand: Aotearoa, Nelson, New Zealand: Craig Potton Publishing (letter to Charlie Trotter from Nicholas James Brown of Stephan’s Restaurant and County Café laid in), 2004 |
| Box 11 | Rossi, Guido Alberto, and Jean-Louis Houdebine. France from the Air, Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishers (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Chef Marc from Dobbs [restaurant]), 1999 |
| Box 11 | Rúriksson, Björn. The Westman Islands, translated by Dr. Georg Douglas, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland: Geoscan Publishing, Inc. (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Siggi), 1995 |
| Box 11 | Snowden, and Gwyn Headley. London: Sight Unseen, London: Seven Dials, Cassell & Co. (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Bill, Allison and Emory Brigden), 2000 |
| Box 12 | Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert. The London Encyclopaedia, revised ed., London: Macmillan (inscribed to Charlie Trotter by Fergus and Margot), 1995 |
