![Democracy and Desegregation [The New Leader - April 21, 1958]. CIVIL RIGHTS, Sidney HOOK](/pictures/medium/54452.jpg?v=1641872794)
New York: The New Leader, 1958. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 20pp. Faint horizontal crease, light wear along the spine-fold; Very Good+. Special issue of The New Leader, sponsored for publication by the Tamiment Institute, written by Hook (1902-1989), a professor of Philosophy at NYU. Contents deal..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1977. First Edition. "This report examines the effects of the 1974-75 economic recession on the effort to ensure equal employment opportunity for the Nation's minority groups and women" (from introduction). Quarto (26cm); printed card wrappers, stapled; [vi],89,[1]pp. Light wear to extremities, faint splash..... More
[New Mexico: 1939-40]. Oblong quarto souvenir album (8" x 12"); 20 leaves, of which 11 used. Contents include 48 original photographs and two printed postcards. Most of the photos are small-format Brownie snapshots, 2-3/4" x 2"; a few larger (up to 3" x 5"); two are captioned in the image..... More
[Pittsburgh]: Know, [1970]. First Edition. Octavo (21.75cm.); original yellow printed staplebound wrappers; 22pp. Fine. More
[Pittsburgh]: Know, [1970]. First Edition. Octavo (21.75cm.); original yellow printed staplebound wrappers; 22pp. Fine. More
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1967. First Edition. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). Corner-stapled wrappers; 17pp. Fine. Major statement, in the wake of the riots of the summer of 1967, by the influential African-American psychiatrist and civil rights leader, later first African-American president of the American Psychological Association. "...During the past few..... More
New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1933. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm.); original blue printed wrappers; ix,[1],82pp.; tables throughout. Extremities a bit dust-soiled, some rubbing to spine, else Very Good and sound. Study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree of Doctor of Philosophy at..... More
Lawrence: Conservative Political Centre, 1948. Third impression. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 38pp; illus. Covers a bit soiled and toned; text complete and unmarked; Very Good. A "re-statement in terms of the post-war world of the principles on which Conservative policy should rest..." (from foreword). More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1966]. Second Revised Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in photo-illustrated price-clipped dust jacket, orange topstain; 227pp.; tables and charts in rear. Jacket extremities a bit worn, splitting along top inch of rear jacket flap fold, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good and..... More
[New York? The Feminists? 1969]. First Edition. Continuation of Notes from the Lower Classes by The Feminists member Rosalind Schwartz, criticism of the white upper-middle class majority of the women's liberation movement. Cleary argues that "Since the goal of our group is the destruction of every existing institution sired by..... More
New-York: T. and W. Mercein, 1815. First Edition. Calls for the collecting of geographical and economic data on the state to be relayed back to the Society, providing a list of twenty-nine relevant subjects. These included the names of the contributor's town and county (no. 1); fences ("materials and modes..... More
Cape Town: by the Author, 1956. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 31pp; errata sheet tipped in at title page. Critique of republicanist proposals in South African government. More
Washington, D.C. Public Affairs Press, 1965. Blue cloth (hardcover); 260pp. A universal history of greed. Scarce. Ownership signature inside front cover; small ink mark to bottom edge of text block, else about fine in striking pictorial dustjacket mildly rubbed. Nice copy of this uncommon and invaluable book. More
New York: Doubleday, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 464pp. Fine, unmarked copy in lightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper with original price on front flap. Remainder speckle on bottom edge of text block. No first edition statement, as usual for this title (an exception to Doubleday's usual practice, possibly because this..... More
![A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America [Review Copy]. Patricia Cline COHEN](/pictures/medium/38340.jpg?v=1641872358)
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1985]. First Paperback Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's red pictorial card wrappers; x,271pp. Just a hint of wear, rear cover a bit toned, else Near Fine. Review copy with slip laid in. More
Marengo, IL: Colcord Institute of Professional Sales Training, (1944). First Edition Thus. Christmas keepsake from this popular motivational author of the Thirties and Forties. The author rhapsodizes on the glories of Free Enterprise, using as his objective correlative the Carnegie Steel Corporation and its long history of elevating "common labor"..... More
[Baltimore]: Genealogical Publishing Company, [1992]. First American Edition. Octavo (24cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 188pp; includes bibliography. Mild evidence of use, including slight bowing to covers, still a tight, Very Good or better copy in the pictorial dustwrapper. This is a revised and much-expanded version of the article "History of Transportation"..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. First Edition. Compilation of women-related cartoons culled from major American periodicals. Grouped into chapters by subject ("Fashion and Beauty," "Love, Sex, and the Pursuit of the Male," etc.) Includes works by Currier & Ives, William Steig, James Thurber, and Art Young, among many others. Large..... More
New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1953. First Edition. An examination of the forms of blight which have attacked major cities, appraising new conditions, including transportation problems and defense considerations, and examining promising experiments in cities such as Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Octavo (20.25cm); brick red cloth, with titles stamped..... More
Washington DC: National Planning Association, [1956]. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm.); original blue and white decorative card wrappers; xii,203pp. Wrappers a bit dust-soiled, lighter portions of spine toned, else Very Good or better. Special Report no. 41. More
[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (26cm.); original white pictorial staplebound card wrappers; ix,[1],22pp. Fine. More
Paris: Présence Africaine, [1960]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); original grey printed staplebound wrappers; 15,[1]pp. Textblock a bit toned, else Fine. Issued by the Committee of African Organisations "as the first of a series intended to provide a forum for discussion of the future..." (p. 3). More
Arlington: Historical Documentation Committee, Asia Books Periodicals, 1976. Reprint. Octavo. Yellow card wrappers; 95pp. Slight wear to spine; ownership signature on front page; else clean, tight copy in very good condition. More
San Francisco: School Initiatives Program / Community Board Center for Policy and Training, 1986. First Edition. Quarto (28cm). Comb-bound wrappers; 47+35pp. Includes bibliography. Unmarked and fine but for a bit of toning to front wrapper. Teacher's manual for establishing and administering a Conflict Management program in secondary schools. More
New York: Community Council of Greater New York, n.d. First Edition. "This is a report about the employment problems of the older worker: the man or woman who has reached or passed a forty-fifth birthday." A pamphlet discussing age discrimination, and what is being done to meet the problem. OCLC..... More
