Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos of Community?
New York: Bantam, 1968. Paperback. 12mo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback copy of Dr. King's last book, published the same year of his assassination. More
New York: Bantam, 1968. Paperback. 12mo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback copy of Dr. King's last book, published the same year of his assassination. More
New York: Monacelli Press, 1994. Paperback. Large 8vo. Wraps. Many photos and illustrations throughout. Minor shelf wear. This is a reprinted book about architecture and urban culture in Manhattan. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 208 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a first printing of Kozol's critical examination of the American public school system. More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jackets. Slipcase. Some shelf wear to slipcase and dust jackets. Tight and clean. This is a vintage boxed set of two American history books. More
Harcourt, 1979. Chester, Mark. Cloth. Missing dust jacket. Signed by Kuralt on title page: "For John- with best wishes! Charles Kuralt, Sep. 6, 1979" More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a social history of indigenous people in Chicago in the 20th century. More
London: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1835. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Contemporary cloth with floral design in blind. Vol. I: xi, 321. Vol II: viii, 336. Binder's copy. Spine coverings removed, so boards detached. Scuffing to edges and corners. Interiors excellent, clean and complete. This is the first edition of..... More
New York: Vintage, 1973. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback book of primary source writings about Black women in America. More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1849. Hardcover. 8vo. Publishers cloth with gilt lettering and embossment on spine and cover. Many illustrations and 2 folding maps. [9], (2), xiii, 14-509, [3], 4 (ads), [39] (ads). Tearing to cloth at hinges, and 1" chip at header of spine. Previous owner's stamp on front..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's cloth with pastedown on spine. Frontispiece plus 7 full-page illustrations plus folding map. 199 pp. Jacket is taped to boards. Ex-library with sticker on jacket spine and cover, stamp on top and bottom block edges..... More
Albany, NY: Joel Nunsell, 1867. 2nd edition. Boards. 8vo. Contemporary boards. Hand-pressed paper. Deckle edge. Printer's device on title. 204 pp. plus errata leaf. Front board detached. Rear board split but attached. Interior is excellent. Tight and clean. Pasted inside the front boards is an envelope containing a 4-page manuscript..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Many color plates. 232 pp. Jacket has some wear to edges and several chips at corners and spine. Book is very good with some occasional toning. This is a first edition collection of paintings of the old American..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 94 pp. Shelf wear. This is an uncommon book memorializing President William McKinley. More
New York: Bantam, 1961. Paperback. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback nonfiction book about the election of President Kennedy. More
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1956. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. 257 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine and cover, bookplate inside front cover, and card pocket on front free endpaper. This is a...... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 90 pp. Shelf wear. Frontispiece loose and laid in. Large damp stain on rear cover. This is an uncommon book memorializing California Senator Miller. More
New York: Publishers Company Inc., 1968. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. Cloth. Many photographs throughout each volume. Minor shelf wear. This is a set of 3 volumes of the vintage International Library of Negro Life and History series. This set includes the following: The History of the Negro in Medicine..... More
Chicago: Fergus, 1889. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated plates and maps throughout. 551 pp. Front hinge splitting and threatening to detach. Rear cover detached. Cloth covering of spine loose on left edge but attached on right. Attractive bookplate of previous owner (Chalkley Jay..... More
New York: Putnam, 1895. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt illustration, author and title on front cover. Gilt top edge. Text illustrations. 566 pp. Minor edge wear, with some loss to cloth at header and footer of spine. Ex-library, with mark on spine, stamp on bottom block edge, card pocket..... More
[New York]: New York Times, [1922]. Boards. Folio. 16"x10.75". Staple-bound block laid in paper boards. Unpaginated. Boards are brittle and have some loss and small tears around edges. Interior has some small tears, creases, and fingerprints throughout, but good and sound. This is a souvenir treasury of the New York..... More
Ozark Music Company, 1915. Pamphlet. Edges are curled, and the linen has come away at the bottom of the spine. Binding is sound however. Staining and soiling throughout as this was printed quite cheaply and staple bound with a linen cover. This is a turn-of-the-century song book of evangelical Christian..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1869. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 425 pp. Scuffing to edges and corners. Several closed tears to spine covering. Both hinges overopened but attached. Three leaves of front matter (including the map) loose and laid in. Some tears to..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1968. First Edition, 3rd Printing. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage collection of essays about race relations in America. More
St. Louis: James R. Albach, 1851. 2nd edition, 2nd printing. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Contemporary sheep. 818 pp. Spine professionally rebacked with cloth and hinges secured with tape. Rubbing to board edges. Ex-library with card pockets pasted inside front cover and front free endpaper. Minor foxing throughout. Tight and clean..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1931. Cloth. Large folio. Publisher's cloth. Hand-pressed paper. Very many lithographs throughout, many in color, including several pastedowns. 415 pp. B oards need to be re-glued to block. Cloth at header and footer of spine torn. Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside front cover, and card..... More