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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket. First Edition (so stated). New York:: Harper & Brothers, 1939. A bright, square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. With 8 plates -- stage sets designed for the play by Albert Johnson, and 8 pages of musical score by Jacques Wolfe. The first page is the original cast listing for Sam Byrd's Broadway musical production, directed by Anthony Brown. Among the actors listed are Paul Robeson as John Henry; Ruby Elzy as Julie Anne, and Joshua White in the role of Blind Lemon. Handsome double title-page printed in red and black. Bound in the original oatmeal-color cloth, stamped in black and bright red on the spine and front cover. First Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./No jacket. 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 008130

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's maroon cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket not priced or clipped. First Edition. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1991. Fine condition in bright, shiny Near Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. With 30 illustrations, including a frontispiece. Appendix (correspondence on the issue of equal pay). Index. From the Dust Jacket: "On February 14, 1863 twenty-six-year-old seaman James Henry Gooding volunteered to serve in the Massachusetts 54th, one of the first regiments of black soldiers recruited for the Union Army. Over the next twelve months, he posted a series of remarkable letters. [His] letters provide a vivid portrait of the war as seen through the eyes of a black volunteer.". First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's maroon cloth/Jacket not priced or clipped. 8vo. xxxvii, 139pp.

Seller Inventory # 002825

Hardcover. Condition: Original black cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Not Price Clipped (5.00). First Printing of the First Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1956. Very Good condition in Near Very Good Dust Jacket (light soil and fraying to extremities of jacket). No owner's name or bookplate. Square and tight. Includes sections on North American Eskimo/Indian music; and African and "New World Negro" music. Chapter notes. Index. There is a 22-page annotated bibliography, and a 17-page section with 60 short examples of music illustrating typical styles. From the Preface: "The purpose of this book is to introduce the music of primitive people to students, scholars, and laymen. It is not intended to interest the specialist in non-Western music, who will find little here that is new to him. I have not covered systematically the music of all primitive cultures. It has been my purpose, rather, to show the kinds of phenomena that occur in primitive music, to give examples, and to indicate how they have been studied and to what general conclusions they have led." From the Dust Jacket: "Mr. Nettl considers methods of research, primitive musical instruments, and techniques of primitive performances of music. He discusses such things as the criteria used by natives to determine 'good' singers and songs." Keywords: Ethnomusicology. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped (5.00). 8vo. xviii, 200pp.

Seller Inventory # 001939

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. First American Edition. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959. 5" wide by 7.5" tall. A bright, square, tight copy. Dust Jacket is price clipped. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, clean, and crisp. Bound in the original pale green cloth, lettered in black (or possibly very dark blue) on the spine. First U.S. edition from sheets printed in Great Britain. By the author of TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE and CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY. Paton offers historical background on South Africa's diverse citizens: British, Afrikaans, African and Indian; his political philosophy and hopes for reconciliation; his thoughts on the country's future and why he is optimistic. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./Very Good dust jacket. 94pp. .

Seller Inventory # 004800

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. Ladwig, Tim (cover art) (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: African American Family Press, 1994. Near Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped ($14.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Trade Paperback. 6" wide by 9" tall. Biblical studies. Theology / Religion. Bible. Christianity. African American Religion. Black Studies. Black Bible Chronicle Series, The Gospels. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 9876543210). . First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Ladwig, Tim (cover art). xiii, 169pp.

Seller Inventory # 013377

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. Later printing of the 1962 original. New York: Penguin Books, 1977. 5" wide by 7.75" tall. Appears unread. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. Not price clipped (3.95). No remainder marks. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated. Maps. Annotated Bibliography. Index. Keywords: Slavery Middle Passage American History Africa African Americans Negroes Plantations Civil War . Later printing of the 1962 original. Trade Paperback. Near Fine condition. xiv, 306pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 010430

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Near Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($25.00). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photo illustrated. From the Dust Jacket: "On June 11, 1963, in a dramatic gesture that caught the nation's attention, Governor George Wallace physically blocked the entrance to Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama's campus. His intent was to defy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, sent on behalf of the Kennedy administration to force Alabama to accept court-ordered desegregation. After a tense confrontation, President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard and Wallace backed down, allowing Vivian Malone and James Hood to become the first African Americans to enroll successfully at their state's flagship university. In The Schoolhouse Door, E Culpepper Clark provides a riveting account of the events that led to Wallace's historic stand, tracing a tangle of intrigue and resistance that stretched from the 1940s. to the post-Brown v. Board of Education era." Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 305pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 012256

Hardcover. Condition: As New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: As New dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2002. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (18.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with photos, some previously unpublished. A 'people's history' of the landmark August 1963 civil rights march on Washington. Based largely on eye-witness accounts. Includes analysis of what led up to it; who the leaders were; the political intrigues; the unheralded contributions of the women; the impact the march continues to have on people of color. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. 8vo. 157pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 012442

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Edition. New York and London: New York University Press, 1997. Fine condition in a Fine Dust Jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Foreword by Richard E. van der Ross. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original red cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the publisher: "In recent years, dramatic increases in racial intermarriage have given birth to a generation who refuse to be shoehorned into neat, pre-existing racial categories. Energized by a refusal to allow mixed-race people to be rendered invisible, this movement lobbies aggressively to have the category multiracial added to official racial classifications. While applauding the self-awareness and activism at the root of this movement, Jon Michael Spencer questions its ultimate usefulness, deeply concerned that it will unintentionally weaken minority power. Focusing specifically on mixed-race blacks, Spencer argues that the mixed-race movement in the United States would benefit from consideration of how multiracial categories have evolved in South Africa. Americans, he shows us, are deeply uninformed about the tragic consequences of the former white South African government's classification of mixed-race people as Coloured. Spencer maintains that a multiracial category in the U.S. could be equally tragic. Further, splintering people of color into such classifications of race and mixed race aggravates race relations among society's oppressed. A group that can attain some privilege through a multiracial identity is unlikely to identify with the lesser status group, blacks. It may be that the undoing of racial classification will come not by initiating a new classification, but by our increased recognition that there are millions of people who simply defy easy classification.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xvi, 214pp.

Seller Inventory # 015095

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. 1st Printing of First Softcover Edition. New York: Pyramid Books, 1970. Tight, square, unmarked copy. Light cover soil else Very Good condition. No creases. Not price clipped (95 cents). No remainder mark. No store stamp, ink name or bookplate. Photo illustrated throughout. The daring exploits and record-breaking feats of back stars in boxing, baseball, basketball, football, golf, track and field, tennis, etc. Satchel Paige, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Althea Gibson, Arthur Ashe, Joe Perry, Bill Willis, Willie Mays, Jimmy Brown, Gale Sayers, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Ralph Boston, John Carlos, Jesse Owens, etc. Front cover features full-color photos of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, etc. Bibliography. Index. . 1st Printing of First Softcover Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good condition. 192pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 009262

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. Eighth printing. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1988. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (15.95). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. From the Dust Jacket: "This provocative and amusingly heretical book will broaden the horizon of every reader who has never thought to question the outright fictionalizing of history over the years. The real truth about many of the myths and legends we have always believed is documented carefully in chapters on such subjects as the frontier, slavery, our Founding Fathers, Presidents, education, national shrines, and sex." Chapter notes. Index. Original ivory-colored boards and blue cloth spine. Eighth printing. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 202pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 010455

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good jacket. First Edition (so stated). New York: Atheneum, 1965. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (lightly soiled on the white parts). NOT price clipped ($3.25). Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. Previous owner's name on front inner flap of jacket. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and creamy white. Hardcover. First printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page, and NO indication of any other printing. Illustrated with photos on nearly every page. Map endpapers. For younger readers. Bound in the original cloth, stamped in black on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "The text and pictures in this book are an account of the daily life of the Bushmen. They are a people living in a land of little food and less water, of great heat and surprising cold. They eat animals they kill with poison arrows, and roots, melons and berries they gather from the sparse desert growth. Their homes, when they have them, are simple grass shelters. Their beds are shallow holes in the sun-warmed sand. Yet their lives are full of dignity, grace, warm companionship, and rich tradition. They are a people, the Perkinses make very clear, well worth knowing." From the first page of text: "We had come halfway across the world to reach the beautiful red desert we were crossing. It is an area of rolling sand dunes, strong yellow grass, and patches of dense scrub, about three times the size of England. We were there because in this famed Kalahari Desert of South Africa live a gentle people called the Bushmen, and we wanted to visit them." . First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good jacket. 8vo. 56pp.

Seller Inventory # 015766

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ condition. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1976. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No remainder mark No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Photo illustrated throughout. From the rear cover: "A pictorial record of Dr. King's leadership in the nonviolent movement for racial equality and human dignity from the boycott of segregated busing. in 1955 until his assassination in. 1968. The commentary accompanying the photographs includes a chronology of Dr. King's career and the texts of his major addresses." . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Very Good+ condition. 224pp.

Seller Inventory # 012868

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2002. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT a library discard. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp -- probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated. List of chapter notes/sources. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "This book presents illustrations that demonstrate how dominant fictions of a given time emerge and are entrenched, and how historical actors have come to accept or reject these fictions The first illustration concerns 'the grandest fiction,' the patriarchal system, its origins, effects, and future. the second addresses the fictions that dominated stories historians told about Reconstruction after the American Civil war. The third centers on the emergence and demise of Mormon polygamy as a fiction in the nineteenth century. The fourth and last illustration considers the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, tracing her life and the fictions that empowered her living.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (xiv), 185pp.

Seller Inventory # 016399

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. 3rd printing. Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall & Co., 1990. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. This bibliography lists and describes hundreds of publications. It includes an Introduction and the listings are arranged in sections such as Psychosocial Development; Psychological Health; Physical Health; Drug Abuse; Suicide; Academic Performance; Educational and Occupational Choice; Employment; Family-Adolescent Relationships; Sexuality and Contraception; Teen Parenting. Bound in the original gray cloth, lettered in shiny red on the spine and front cover. 3rd printing. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. vii, 160pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 015620

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey Library Association, 1967. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A bibliography of New Jersey and the Negro, 1715-1966. 1,601 entries, most annotated. Preface by Rebecca Brewer Muehleck. Bound in the original gilt-stamped maroon cloth. From the introduction: "The purpose of this volume is to identify and locate, insofar as it is possible, all published works which bear with reasonable significance on the subject of New Jersey and the Negro.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. (ii), 196pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 023189

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Edition (so stated). BCG Publishing, 2022. Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Light cover wear, NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Editing by Lorrie Brown. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. First Edition (so stated). Softcover. Near Fine condition. (vi), 141pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 028529

Paperback. Condition: Good condition. First Printing (so stated). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc, 1997. Good condition. A reading/reference copy only. Short tear to the base of the spine. Mild curl at the bottom edge -- does not affect readability. Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Bound in the original white pictorial wraps, stamped in blue, black and red. First Printing (so stated). Softcover. Good condition. 72 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 029499

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New Brunswick, New Jersey:: Rutgers University Press, 2001. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Flat, uncreased spine. Illustrated. Chapter notes/bibliographical references. Index. From the rear cover: "HARD ROAD TO FREEDOM tells the story of African America from its African roots to the political and social upheavals at the end of the twentieth century. It interweaves the experiences of individual black Americans with an analysis of the nation's pursuit of its fundamental principles -- freedom and civil rights. The book begins with African cultures and the African people who withstood the horrors of the slave trade and slavery to help shape a new multiracial society in North America. The American Revolution brought freedom to some, but most remained in the grip of slavery. African Americans and their allies continually raised the cry for freedom, building determined black communities and dedicated antislavery organizations that contributed to the abolition of slavery. The precarious freedom after the Civil War brought new opportunities, but also new dangers and the limitations of Jim Crow. The wars and the depression in the early twentieth century found black Americans forging new alliances, creating a cultural renaissance, and fighting for democracy and freedom abroad. At home, they struggled against the denials of freedom and citizenship that still barred their full participation and that tarnished America's standing in the eyes of the international community. Throughout the social and political turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s and the political and cultural backlash that followed, African Americans continued to raise their voices in often eloquent and always insistent appeals that the nation live up to the promise of its principles." . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good condition. xi, 407pp. . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 004277

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's red boards. Dust Jacket Condition: Price partially clipped. Nelson, Kadir (jacket art) (illustrator). Second printing. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2002. Fine condition in bright, shiny Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. No fading. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a book club edition. No remainder marks. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Biography of a female baseball pitcher who successfully competed against the men in the Negro Leagues. Well illustrated with vintage photos. From the Dust Jacket: "Fuel by her passion for the game and buoyed by the inspiration of Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher. From the time she insists on trying out for the all-male, all-white Police Athletic Team until she becomes one of only three women to play in the Negro Leagues, Mamie Johnson's life shows that courage -- and a fierce curveball -- can make a childhood dream come true." Carter G. Woodson Honor Book. Keywords: Professional basebase. Indianapolis Clowns. Kansas City Monarchs. . Second printing. Hardcover. Publisher's red boards/Price partially clipped. Illus. by Nelson, Kadir (jacket art). 8vo. xiv, 113pp. .

Seller Inventory # 002700

Hardcover. Condition: As New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: As New dust jacket. First American Edition. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. A gorgeous, pristine copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Dust Jacket is not price clipped (16.99). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Intended for young adults, ages 10 up. Summary: "Seven stories, spanning the time period from 1948 to 2000, chronicle the experiences of young people from different races and ethnic groups as they try to cope with the restrictions placed on their lives by South Africa's apartheid laws." From the Dust Jacket: "For almost fifty years apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Blacks, Whites, Indians, and 'Coloreds.' This unique and dramatic collection of stories -- by native South African and Carnegie Medalist Beverley Naidoo -- is about young people's choices in a beautiful country made ugly by injustice. Each story is set in a different decade during the last half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, and features fictional characters caught up in very real events. Included is a Timeline Across Apartheid, which recounts some of the restrictive laws passed during this era, the events leading up to South Africa's first free democratic elections, and the establishment of a new 'rainbow government' that leads the country today." Bound in the original brown boards, with black spine lettered in shiny copper. "First U.S. Edition, 2003" is so stated, with complete number row (123456789 10) on the copyright page. . First American Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase (box). As New condition./As New dust jacket. 8vo. xv, 176pp. .

Seller Inventory # 003669

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Second printing. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1976. Very Good EX-LIBRARY in a Very Good dust jacket. Usual library markings. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($7.95). Illustrated. Biography of Josiah Henson, who was born a slave in Maryland in 1789, escaped to Canada, and became a leader in the Underground Railroad. Henson was model for the hero in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 187pp.

Seller Inventory # 011383

Hardcover. Condition: As New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Lakeside Press Edition. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, The Lakeside Press , 2004. As New condition. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. Autobiography of a former slave, first published in London in 1789. With a 37-page historical introduction by Joanna Brooks. Illustrated with 58 maps and plates, quite a few in full-color. Index. . First Lakeside Press Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/No Dust Jacket. liii, 409pp.

Seller Inventory # 001893

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. Woodruff, Hale (cover art) / Eta Rottenberg cover design. (illustrator). First Edition (so stated). New York: Marlowe & Company, 1997. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (22.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Sharp corners. The author's first novel. From the Dust Jacket: "AMISTAD is the powerfully re-imagined history of one of the country's first battles for civil rights. In 1839 fifty-three enslaved Africans, led by a Mende rice farmer named Singbe-Pieh, staged a bloody rebellion on board the Amistad, a Spanish slaver from Cuba. The Amistad was intercepted by U.S. navy officers and towed to port in New London, Connecticut where the Africans were held for trial in New Haven. Led by President Van Buren, the pro-slavery American government maintained that the Africans were Spanish property and should by returned to Havana to be tried for murder, but members of the fledgling abolitionist movement forced a series of trials to win their freedom, culminating at the Supreme Court, where the Amistads were defended by former President John Quincy Adams.". First Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Woodruff, Hale (cover art) / Eta Rottenberg cover design. 8vo. (ii), 378pp.

Seller Inventory # 003955

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Printing January 2002 (stated). Los Angeles, California: Milligan Books, 2002. BRAND NEW condition in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($23.95). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. First Printing January 2002 (stated). Hardcover. New/New. 8vo. xiv, 265pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 020112

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. Susan Cook photography (illustrator). First Edition (so stated). New York:: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1978. 8.75" wide by 11" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. Bound in the original photography-illustrated wraps, lightly rubbed at the edges. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with about 150 photographs, many full-page, by Susan Cook. First Edition is so stated, with complete number row (123456789 10) on copyright page. Includes a chapter on Mikhail Baryshnikov with 7 action photos of him. For each first performance of the group, appendices list the dancers, choreographers, and other individuals responsible for the music, costumes, lighting, etc. Includes a list of dances created by Alvin Ailey. First Edition (so stated). Soft Cover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Susan Cook photography. 128pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 005623

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Boston & London: Faber & Faber, 1992. A beautiful copy that appears unread. INSCRIBED/SIGNED and dated ("5/6/92") by the AUTHOR on the half title page. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. NOT price clipped ($19.95). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. Bound in the original white boards with an oatmeal spine stamped in shiny metallic blue. Complete with pristine dust jacket. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. (x), 266pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 020070

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey Library Association, 1967. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A bibliography of New Jersey and the Negro, 1715-1966. 1,601 entries, most annotated. Preface by Rebecca Brewer Muehleck. Bound in the original gilt-stamped maroon cloth. From the introduction: "The purpose of this volume is to identify and locate, insofar as it is possible, all published works which bear with reasonable significance on the subject of New Jersey and the Negro.". First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. (ii), 196pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 019430

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine (remainder mark). Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York:: Basic Books, 2003. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (45.00). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. Small remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A study of scientific ideas about race in Australia from the early 1800s through WWII. Illustrated with many maps and photos. List of sources. Comprehensive bibliography of works cited (that fills 51 pages). Index. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "THE CULTIVATION OF WHITENESS examines the notions of 'whiteness' and racism, and introduces a whole new framework for discussion of the history of medicine and science. Anderson provides the first full account of the experimentation in the 1920s and '30s on Aboriginal people of the central deserts -- experiments whose revelation compelled a major Australian university to publicly apologize to the Aboriginal people. Lucid and compelling throughout, this pioneering historical survey of ideas will help to reshape debate on race, ethnicity, citizenship, and environment everywhere." Bound in the original tan boards with red spine, lettered in silver. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (remainder mark)./Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. x, 390pp. .

Seller Inventory # 004336

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). Freeman House, 2010. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page ("Be Well" and her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Square and tight. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently seldom, if ever read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with many photos. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "In this very readable and delightful book author Bertice Berry tells of her long struggle with weight loss and he success when she began to think of weight control as a function of personal 'wellness.' She outlines her personal program -- a year to wellness -- a program that will inspire, instruct, and above all, work.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 311pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Seller Inventory # 028539