New York: Individual Psychology Association New York, 1956. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's blue decorative staplebound card wrappers; 26pp. Just a hint of toning to spine edge, else Fine. More

[Washington, D.C.]: President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, 1963. First Edition. Summary progress report on Kennedy-era anti-delinquency initiatives in New York, Cleveland, New Haven, Boston, and seven other American cities. Quarto. Side-stapled sheets; printed cover-wrappers; 83pp. Slight external wear; ownership signature ("Return to Wyckoff") to front cover; Very..... More

Fort Worth: Leo Potishman Foundation, 1946. First Edition. Presentation, lengthily inscribed: "To Edward Hopper / Assistant Superintendent of a work that is more than mere prevention of disaster in young peoples' lives - it is a program of building creative personalities - with the best wishes always," signed, undated but..... More

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1929. Very nice copy of this classic of juvenile criminal psychology. Burt achieved great eminence during his lifetime, in 1946 becoming the first British psychologist to be knighted as a reward for his research. Burt's methodologies came into question after his death, however, and..... More

San Francisco: Frank Reynolds / Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, 1968. First Edition. Quarto (26.75cm); twelve (12) five-color broadsides (measuring 20cm X 26cm), printed on rectos only and housed in an illustrated portfolio on glossy cardstock. A few stress creases and some subtle toning along the spine-fold of the portfolio, else..... More

New York: Hastings House Publishers, Inc., 1982. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in white on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [ii],[4],5-126pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $9.95), showing light shelfwear, and a faint diagonal crease to lower right..... More

New York: The Free Press, 1967. Twelfth Printing. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's charcoal grey cloth, titled in silver gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 198pp. A clean, fresh copy, with the lightest of wear to the cloth, and some light marginal scuffing and rubbing to the dustjacket, with one small triangular chip to..... More

Concord: Amos Hadley, 1856. First Edition. Octavo (22.25cm.); original tan wrappers printed within triple rule; 23pp. Light wear to wrapper extremities, folding plate neatly excised, else Good to Very Good, partially unopened copy. Apparently the only report issued by the Commissioners, whose members included the future Governor of New Hampshire..... More

N.p. S.i., 1965. An outtake from Lyon's 1968 debut The Bikeriders, his attempt at recording and glorifying American motorcycle culture. "McHenry, Illinois" depicts a member of the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle club of Cicero, Illinois, mounting his girlfriend in a field of grass and wildflowers. Lyon lived and traveled with the..... More

New York: Woman's Press, 1949. First Edition. Volume by the former director of the Los Angeles Youth Project, detailing the program's effectiveness in the wake of the Zoot Suit Riots. "The Los Angeles Youth Project was boldly conceived as a frontal attack by the major youth-serving agencies on the problem..... More

Rockville, MD: National Institute of Mental Health, Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency, 1976. Reprint. Octavo (23cm.); original white decorative staplebound wrappers printed in green; x,98pp. A Fine copy. Forms part of Crime and Delinquency Issues: A Monograph Series. More

Brooklyn: Teen Challenge, (1967). Edition not stated. Staple-bound pamphlet, 8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 30pp; illus. Chips to wrapper edges, covers slightly toned; about Very Good. Recruiting pamphlet, aimed at teenage readers, for the teen-outreach evangelist Dave Wilkerson and his ministry, which was aimed at providing Bible-centered rehabilitation of teen substance abusers..... More