New York: George P. Putnam, 1851. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's blind-embossed plum cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [2],iii,[1],iv,214pp. Corners bumped, spine toned to tan, endpapers and rear cover dampstained, though not bleeding into textblock; Good, internally sound. Critical description of Jamaica following abolition, written by an editor of the New York..... More
Berlin: Philo Verlag, 1935. First Edition. First printing. Square octavo (18cm); tan linen boards, lettered in brown on spine and front cover; vii,[1]-799pp. Some soiling to cloth, with brief spot of fraying at crown of spine; Very Good. Encyclopedic guide to Jewish culture, noteworthy for being published in the second..... More
![Some Educational Problems of Africa [Africa Bureau Anniversary Address]. Robert BIRLEY](/pictures/medium/20340.jpg?v=1641872125)
London: Africa Bureau, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 14pp. Fine. Address delivered to the annual general meeting of the Africa Bureau, 11 November 1968. More
Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, [1974]. First Edition. Slim octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth in purple dust jacket lettered in white; 61pp. Light shelf wear, ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good or better. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First English Language Edition. Two volumes; octavo (22cm.); contemporary red polished double-ruled calf, heavily gilt spines in six compartments, morocco gilt spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; [4],viii,627; [2],viii,656pp.; folding map frontispiece in Vol. I. Boards a bit scuffed and corners bumped, tiny chip..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1918]. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original buckram in white printed dust jacket; 253pp. General dust-soil and toning to jacket, some wear to extremities, including tear to bottom inch of front jacket flap, else Very Good or better. World War I-era study, uncommon in..... More
[Washington, D.C.]: Division of Publications, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); original pictorial wrappers; vi,[2],72pp.; illus., facsimiles throughout. Fine. More
![The Jews of the United States 1790-1840. A Documentary History [Irving Levitas' Copy]. Joseph L....](/pictures/medium/55794.jpg?v=1641872893)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. First Edition. First printings. Three octavo volumes (24.5cm) in glassine and publisher's slipcase. From the library of the noted scholar of Jewish history Irving Levitas, with his printed bookplate to each volume. A Fine set in Very Good slipcase. More
Guelph: The Library [of] University of Guelph, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); original orange printed spiral-bound wrappers; [6],41 typescript leaves. Top edge of upper wrapper a bit toned, else Near Fine. Bibliography Series no. 1. More
London: Conservative Political Centre, 1954. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Octavo (22cm). Pictorial stiff card wrappers; 55pp. Light rubbing to covers, else clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. Post-War study of British city planning from a Conservative viewpoint, emphasizing slum clearance, containing sprawl, and preserving agricultural properties. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania / The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards; dustjacket. Variously paginated. Tight, unmarked Near Fine copy in lightly worn, Very Good jacket. Sixth volume in the publisher's series "Studies of Negro Employment". Compiles three previously-published works, each with separate..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1928. First Edition. Octavo (20.25cm.); original cloth in red and tan dust jacket; x,591pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped, spine darkened; Fine in Very Good jacket. Guide to the inter-war peace movement by suffragist and Director of the National Center for Prevention of War. More
![The United States Neutrality Policy [cover title]. Florence Brewer BOECKEL](/pictures/medium/26361.jpg?v=1641872214)
Washington DC: National Council for Prevention of War, 1937. First Edition. Outline for the prevention of the United States entering a second World War, by the Director of the Council. Wisconsin Historical Society only in OCLC as of May, 2015. Octavo (21.5cm.); original staplebound self-wrappers; 15pp.; printed from typescript on..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 496pp. Tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper; near-new. Publication of the German Historical Institute. More
Battle Creek, MI: Wages, Wealth and Welfare Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; viii,760pp. Shows signs of being ex-library, with minor spine label residue and redacted rubberstamp to front free endpaper; spine quite darkened, else Very Good and sound. More
![It's All Right Doc, I'm Only Dying [drop title]. Susan BONDURANT](/pictures/medium/29437.jpg?v=1641872255)
Seattle: Radical Women, n.d., ca. 1970. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); two typescript leaves staplebound at top left-hand corner. Fine. Personal essay by an "ADC welfare mother" getting sterilized: "it damn near killed me." OCLC locates 7 copies as of Sept.2019 (UC Davis, Duke, UVA, Central Connecticut, Wisconsin Hist. Soc., U.Waterloo..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 319pp. Fine in dustjacket; a new-appearing copy. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. More
Munich: Prestel, [1994]. First English Language Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket; 167pp.; color illus. throughout. Some minor wear along top jacket extremities, else Fine in Very Good or better jacket. Translated from the original French. More
[Tuscaloosa]: University of Alabama Press, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (24.25cm); russet cloth, blocked and titled in gray and gilt on spine; dustjacket; xviii,380,[2]pp. Light wear to crown, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with some trivial wear to extremities and gentle sunning to spine. A history of Balkan and..... More
Bridgetown, Barbados: Caribbean Ecumenical Consultation for Development, [1971]. First Edition. Issued as "Study Paper No.7," dealing chiefly with health issues in developing Caribbean nations in two main areas: health problems which actually cause sickness and death, and "those which are related to the services that the governments have set up..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1925]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth, printed spine label, yellow topstain; xiii,[1],298pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece of Mary Todd Lincoln, five additional plates. Very Near Fine, albeit lacking jacket. Short biographies of seven "wives," including Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Benedict Arnold, Mrs. James Madison..... More
New York: British Information Services, 1955. First Edition. Oblong octavo (17.5x22.5cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 31pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Vertical fold affecting entire pamphlet, else Very Good and sound. Positive take on Britain's policies in its African colonies. More
New York: Family Service Association of America, [1977]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pinkish-red decorative dust jacket; xv,[1],216pp. Some wear along top jacket extremities, else Very Good or better. More
New York: Social Science Monographs and Institute for Holocaust Studies of The City University of New York / Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1985. First Edition. Review Copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo (23.5cm); dark blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,154pp. Fine in..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. First Edition. Thick octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's blue gilt-embossed cloth, top edge gilt; xxiv,490pp.; folding color map frontispiece, additional engraved frontispiece and title page, 19 leaves of two-toned (pale yellow and black) plates, additional text illus. throughout. Boards a bit rubbed along extremities, spine gilt..... More
