Race and Law in Great Britain
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 491pp. Brief ink ownership signature to front endpaper, else fine in lightly edgeworn jacket, Near Fine. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 491pp. Brief ink ownership signature to front endpaper, else fine in lightly edgeworn jacket, Near Fine. More
London: Fabian Society, 1969. Revised Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial thick paper wrappers; 40pp. Near Fine. Revised edition of a pamphlet first issued in 1967, being the selected proceedings of a 1967 Fabian Society conference titled "Policies For Racial Equality," with contributions by Eric Butterworth, Roger Bell, Jack Jones, Dipak..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 228pp. Neat ownership signature, else Fine in Fine dustwrapper. A new-appearing copy. More
Bloomington: Indiana University, [1974]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.25cm.); original grey printed glossy card wrappers; mixed pagination; facsimiles throughout. About Fine. Addendum loose in manila folder mounted inside rear wrapper as issued. A Latino Affairs Publication. Case study based on the author's own experiences searching for an apartment in Evanston..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth, [1927]. First Edition. The German-American author's most enduring work, a scathing critique of Jewish-American assimilation which found its roots in Lewisohn's own experiences with anti-semitism within the American academic community . Published in America under the title "The Island Within," however the London edition preceded the American..... More
Washington DC: James C. Dunn, 1833. First Edition. Slim octavo (20.5cm.); disbound; xxii,[2],40pp. Final four leaves partially detached, else fairly sound; occasional spots of foxing, minor creasing to first and final leaves, generally just Very Good. Report by the Society which founded the colony of Liberia with the intention of..... More
[Nairobi]: East African Publishing House, [1967]. 12mo (18.5cm). White paper wrappers; 208pp. Lightly rubbed with mild dustsoil, old Scribner price label to rear wrapper, else Near Fine. Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a distinguished South African writer and literature professor. Lauded as one of the founding figures in modern African literature..... More
Perfection Micro-Classic, [1970] n.d. Reprint. Later Edition. (20.5cm); white illustrated wrappers in orange and black; 37pp.; minor wear only; Near Fine. "I met him first in a hurricane. And though we had been through the hurricane on the same schooner, it was not until the schooner had gone to pieces..... More
Johannesburg: S.A. Institute of Race Relations, 1946. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's grey printed staplebound card wrappers, French flaps; [2],29pp. Minor toning to wrapper extremities, else Fine. At head of title: Hoernlé Memorial Lecture 1946. Address delivered by the South African educator shortly after the end of World War II..... More
Hanover: Brandeis University Press, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; xiii,354pp. Fine and unmarked in crisp, unworn dustwrapper, Near Fine. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Edited volume, with contributions by Eugen Weber, Michel Abitbol, Nancy L. Green, Zeev Sternhell, others. More
[London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd., n.d., ca. 1970]. Third Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original white photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 24pp. Fine. Oft-reprinted text of Mandela's speech delivered during his defence at the Rivonia Trial, June, 1964. More
Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1958. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 23pp. Clean and tight; VG or better. Presidential address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Council of the South African Institute of Race Relations, 13 January 1958. More
New York: New York Society for Ethical Culture, 1980. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; [16pp]. Fine. Memorial tributes for the great California radical journalist and civil rights activist. Contributions by Navasky, Leonard Boudin, Joseph Aidlin, others. More
Marfa, TX: by the Author, [1975]. First Edition. Boldly inscribed by the author, "Regards, Buck," inside front cover. Red leatherette hardcover, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 177pp; illus. Tight, clean copy, Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, slightly worn and soiled; just Very Good. Colorful, but..... More
N.p. by the Author, 1921. Offprint. Scarce offprint, surveying the current state and future of educational opportunities for Blacks. "...While the mass of the race remains in the South, the educational center of gravity will be shifting towrad the North. Ambitious youth will flock to the centers of the best..... More
Washington DC: National Magazine, 1905. Offprint. Offprint from the February, 1905 issue of National Magazine. Octavo. Staple-bound self-wrappers; [6]pp. Binding holes in left margin. Somewhat worn copy, with general soil to outer leaves; partial split at bound edge; still Good or better. Scarce offprint; the article attacks Thomas Dixon's anti-miscegenation..... More
London: Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1969. Pamphlet by the Honorary Secretary of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, a position Minty held from 1962 to 1995. This account of the defense strategy of apartheid South Africa would galvanize the organization of a campaign to terminate the Simonstown Agreement between South Africa and Britain, a naval..... More
Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1959. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 17pp. Mild external dusting, else a Near Fine, apparently unread copy. More
Pretoria: Voortrekkerpers, 1965. First Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); original blue pictorial staplebound wrappers; 35pp. Light rubbing to spine, else About Fine. Author's complaint against anti-South African sentiment in foreign reportage, in which "Practically all elements of South Africa's racially plural society are sympathetically reported upon by the foreign correspondents with the..... More
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1963. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's green staplebound card wrappers; vii,[1],27pp. Spine edge a bit rubbed, else Very Good to Near Fine. More
Moscow: Novostii Press Agency Publishing House, 1974. First Edition. Narrative of a 1971 tour of the Soviet Union by an interracial delegation of American intellectuals and business leaders. The author, a 1929 graduate of Dickinson College (where he was the only African-American student at the time), was a long-time editor..... More
Madison: Madison House, 1990. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xi,[1],212pp.; illus. throughout. A hint of wear to jacket extremities, shallow crease to upper rapper, else Fine. A study of race relations in the post-Revolutionary United States. More
Tokyo: The World News and Publishing Co., [1955]. 12mo (18.5cm). Printed color wrappers; [ii],124pp; publisher's ad to rear wrapper; black and white illustrations throughout. Stamped "Paid" on rear wrapper, over printed price. Lightly rubbed at edges, toned at spine, but generally sound and clean: Very Good. Racist and misogynistic cartoons..... More
Detroit: News & Letters, 1970. Large octavo (25.5cm). Staple-bound, pictorial thick paper wrappers; 41pp; illus. Publisher's "Note New Address" stamps to first and final leaves; a Near Fine copy. Direct reprint of the1963 second edition, adding a new introduction and a brief essay, "Black Caucuses in the Unions" by Charles..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. First Edition. Second printing, with later binding in gilt only. Octavo (19.5cm). Green cloth stamped in gilt; plain endpapers; [xvi],584,[2],4pp; 4pp of publisher's ads at rear; halftone illustrations on inserted plates. Straight and bright with very slight rubbing, Near Fine. Page's writings, which were..... More