Washington Square: New York University Press, 1960. First American Edition. An examination of post-war West Indian politics and government, economic and social commentary, written by an Associat Professor of Government at NYU. Octavo; bluish-gray cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 258pp. Top edge foxed, else..... More
Onitsha: Chike Mbadugha Ziksway Bookshop, [1960?]. First Edition. Innaugural address of Nigeria's first indigenous President, who would serve from 1963-1966. With 9pp of detailed biographical data. Slim octavo (20.75cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp. Light foxing and a few soil spots to extremities, else Near Fine. More
[Berkeley: UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive], 2006. First Edition. Two volumes; 16mo (15cm.); staplebound printed card wrappers; color photographic illus. Fine condition. Bilingual text in English and Spanish. Volume 1: Worker-Controlled Factories / Fábricas de Control Obrero, exhibition dates March 26 - May 28, 2006; Volume 2..... More
[Ithaca, NY]: Society for Applied Anthropology, 1959. First Edition. Quarto (ca. 28cm.); publisher's blue printed staplebound card wrappers; 52pp.; text printed in double columns. Wrapper extremities and textblock a bit toned, old pencil price to upper wrapper, else Very Good and sound. Issued as the Society's Monograph no. 1. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, [1991]. First Edition. Octavo (22.25cm.); publisher's cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket; xiv,[2],308pp.; illus. Two tiny closed tears at top edge of rear jacket panel, spine a hint sunned, else Fine. More
[New York]: Published by the Author, 1889. Written during the author's 5-year sentence in Clinton Prison, New York, and self-published in the hopes that "If I can sell enough of my books to earn a living, the temptation that sometimes drives ex-convicts back to crime will, in my case at..... More
Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company, 1858. First Edition. Collection of short essays and musings, about half of which were first published in various periodicals. Among the topics laid under Baker's microscope are the rise of Mormonism ("The mistake made by our Government was that it did not nip in the..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. First Edition. Considered the muckracking journalist's most controversial work, a collection of articles written during his travels through the American South, garnering praise from Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Jane Addams, and others. Baker's work includes an account of the Atlanta riots..... More
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New York: Vista Publishing Corporation, 1948. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (21.75cm.); original grey pictorial dust jacket; xv,[1],331pp.; green map endpapers. Jacket extremities rather chipped and worn with shallow losses along edges and spine ends, a few affecting text without loss of meaning, dampstaining to jacket very faintly affecting cloth..... More
[Firenze]: Regione Toscana / Consiglio Regionale, [1998]. First Edition. Two volumes; octavo (24cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 426; [2],437-774pp. Corners a bit bumped, a hint of dust-soil, else Very Good or better. Complete despite error in pagination. Collected articles first published in the Tuscan Resistance newspaper "La Nazione del..... More
[Firenze]: Edizioni Polistampa, [2008]. New Edition. Two volumes; octavo (24cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers housed in matching pictorial card slipcase; 390; [2],[391]-744pp. Corners a bit bumped, a hint of dust-soil, slipcase worn, else Very Good overall. Collected articles first published in the Tuscan Resistance newspaper "La Nazione del Popolo"..... More
London: Routledge, 2009. First Edition. Octavo. Printed boards (hardcover); 279pp. Bit of dust-soiling to upper edge of text block, else a tight, Near Fine copy, about as-new. Issued without dustwrapper. More
London: C.W. Daniel Company, [1930]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); original tan cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, dark brown topstain; 86,[2](ads)pp. Contemporary ownership inscription on half title, minor foxing to preliminaries and textblock fore-edge, else Near Fine. Brief study of the cities of Great Britain in the early years of the economic..... More
Rome: Donzelli, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. Paper-covered boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 395pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustwrapper. More
Bologna: Il Mulino, 1998. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial card wrappers; 179,(4)pp. Fine. Text entirely in Italian. More
Bologna: Il Mulino, 1984. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 553p. Fine in unworn jacket; a new-appearing copy. Text entirely in Italian. More
London: Barclay's Bank International Ltd, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; 42pp; illus. Fine. Map, 4pp photographic illustrations. On the economic development potential of the newly-formed democracy, at this time five years into its independence. Updated versions would continue to be published through the mid-1980s. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition. Experiences of a husband-and-wife team of British doctors working in a small native hospital in Zululand, "seeking to communicate with their patients - medically, spiritually, personally." Octavo; 3/4 orange paper over brown cloth, with titles stamped in off-white on spine; dustjacket; 175pp..... More
New York: International Pamphlets, 1932. Second Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; 31pp; lightly splitting along bottom of front hinge; age-toned; else in good or better condition. More
New York: Redfield, 1855. First Edition. Uncommon first printing of Barnum's oft-revised and much-reprinted autobiography. DAB: "Barnum published his Life... (1855) as part of his prolific advertising. Thereafter it was often revised, reprinted, and continued to date. It is generally accurate in matters of fact..." First printing. 12mo (19cm). Publisher's..... More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1977. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 362pp. Mild external wear and soil; jacket slightly rubbed; Very Good. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Edited volume of articles by Baron, Yohanan Aharoni, Ben Halpern, Yuval Ne'eman, David Schers, and others. More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1948. Third printing. Three octavo volumes (complete); publisher's blue ribbed cloth, titled in gilt on spines; 374+366+572pp. Slight external dusting and wear; text clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good set. More
Pittsburgh: Know, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 10pp. Fine. Paper presented at the Symposium on Behavioral Sciences, American Psychological Association, September 3, 1969. More
Chicago: Atomic Age Publishers, [1954]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's yellow card wrappers; [2],111pp.; illus. A hint of wear from handling, else Fine. Collection of satirical Congressional hearings " which may someday take place," written in the style of the McCarthy-era anti-communist fear-mongering. More
[Milano]: Guerini e Associati, [2000]. First Edition. Two volumes; large octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's teal gilt-lettered cloth in matching cloth slipcase; 348; 317pp. Large dampstain to upper panel of slipcase somewhat bleeding onto upper covers and spines of both volumes, some wear to slipcase extremities, else a Very Good of better..... More
