Seedtime for the Modern Civil Rights Movement: The President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice, 1941-1946
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with dust jacket. xii, [1], 384 pages. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with dust jacket. xii, [1], 384 pages. More
Washington DC: Republican Congressional committee. J. M. Armstrong & Co., Music Typographers and Printers, Philadelphia, 1880. First Edition. Wraps. 9" x 6" stitched, printed wraps. 25 pages. Peach colored wraps with portraits of Garfield and Arthur and decorative borders on the front wrap. "The Electoral Vote For 1880" printed on..... More
Philadelphia: Allied Printing Trades Union Label Council, 1904. Broadsheet. Stiff paper. Approx. 9.5" x 4.5". Spotting to all 4 mailers. "Part of Congressional Record Free" printed in the upper left corner of the mailer. Each mailer has a different name: J H Sallinger U.S.S.; Wm Frye U.S.S. H I Love..... More
Warwick: [A Citizen], 1817. Wraps. Stitched wraps. 14 pages, [1]. Toning to the paper. Paper is creased on the corners and edges. Several small closed edge tears to the paper. Rear blank wrap is chipped. Contents are a plea to replace those responsible for bringing the State to ruin during..... More
Signed and inscribed to Governor George C. Wallace. Tulsa: Evangelistic Association, Inc., 1971. Soft cover. Soft cover pocket book. 128 pages. Blue covers with title on the front. Light spotting to the covers. Previous owner name stamp on the front paste down and rear paste down. This copy has been..... More
Kennebunk, Maine: Samuel Roberts, 1880. Wraps. Wraps. 8.25" X 5" printed stapled wraps. 18 pages. Damp-stains to front title page, preface page and last 4 pages. Fair condition only. More
New York: E. Bliss. G. L. Austin, & Co. Printers, 1830. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], viii, pages 5-259, [1] errata page, [1]. Marbled paper covered boards with leather spine. Gilt title on the spine. The front board, right front flyleaf, front blank end sheet, and title page are detached. The title..... More
Chicago: Playboy Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. xi, [1], 369 pages. Illustrated section. Dust jacket is lightly creased. Previous owner's illustrated bookplate on the right front flyleaf. More
Introduction by Stephen B. Smith. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2009. Leather bound. Octavo. [8], 271 pages. Red leather binding with gilt decorations on the covers and spine. Gilt title on the spine. All edges gilt. Interior contents clean. More
Roxbury, Mass: Roxbury Democrat, [1840]. First Edition. Wraps. Disbound wraps. Approx. 8.5" x 5.5". 8 pages. Front wrap has a small edge tear and is near detached. Other pages starting to loosen. An 1840 political campaign attack on Martin Van Buren. The attack on Orestes Brownson, editor of the "Boston..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii, 420 pages, [1]. Blueish marbled paper covered boards with leather corners. Leather spine with raised bands and title label. Ex-library copy from Bates College Library with label removed from spine, pasted down label front end sheet (with a withdrawn stamp), blind..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], xviii, 420 pages, [2]. Marbled paper covered boards with leather corners. Leather spine with gilt decorations and title. Paper and leather corners are scuffed and shelf worn. A few small chips and tears to the leather spine. Front hinge is cracked..... More
Second Series Vol. II. London: Richard Bentley, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Second Series Vol. II only. viii, 326 pages, [1]. Blueish marbled paper covered boards with leather corners. Leather spine with raised bands and title label. Ex-library copy from Bates College Library with label removed from spine, pasted down..... More
Inscribed, signed by Verna Sadock. New York: Joseph Okpaku Publishing Company, Inc. A Third Press Book, 1970. First Edition. Soft cover. Tall soft cover (12" x 9"). 159 pages. Illustrated with drawings. Color illustrated covers. Light creases to some of the pages in back. Light edge wear to the front..... More
Columbia: State Commercial Printing Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 178 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Milledge. Illustrations. Red cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Light shelf wear and foxing to the dust jacket. Interior contents clean. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1952. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xii, 460 pages. Illustrated with maps. Dust jacket is worn, chipped on the edges, and foxed on the verso. Light foxing to the text foredge. Nevins II page 87. More
Collected and Revised by the Author. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xi, 9-392 pages. Brown cloth hardcover stamped in blind on boards. Gilt stamped title on spine. Cloth is edge worn head and base of the spine. Light damp-stains to foredge bleeding into page..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [10], 455 pages. Frontispiece engraved portrait of White. Dark brown cloth hardcover stamped in blind on boards. Gilt stamped title on spine. Cloth spine is chipped. 1971 gift inscription written on the right front flyleaf. Front and rear end papers toned..... More
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., 1860. First Edition. Original wraps. Wraps. 27 pages. Original stitched printed wraps. Corner edges chipped bottom of title page and first few pages. Rear wrap is present but detached. Light soiling and creasing to pamphlet. More
...and Five Other Books True Economic History of the South From 1865-1999 A.D. Tells When the Communistic-Hippie movement will stop and the nation return to sanity. Norfolk: W. B. Shafer, Jr., 1982. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 208 pages. A few illustrations. Red cloth hardcover with title on front cover and..... More
[Washington]: n/a, 1861. Wraps. Approx. 9" x 6" loose wraps. 8 pages. Title top of page 1. Subtitles include Meaning of Coercion; What South Carolina Has Done; What Other States Have Done; The Border Slave States; Disunion in War; The Resolution Relating to Major Anderson; Ohio; The Army Must Be..... More
Americus: Southern Printers, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 266 pages. Steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Crawford. Folding map. A few illustrations in text. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title stamped on front cover and spine. Light shelf wear to hardcover. William Crawford was a politician serving as a Congressman and..... More
Monroe, North Carolina: Nocalore Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 80 pages. Black cloth hardcover with gold title lettering on front cover and spine. Light colored dust jacket with title on front with book titles by the author printed on the back dust jacket. Edge wear and chips to dust..... More
Washington DC: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers, 1848. Wraps. Disbound wraps. 8 pages. Uncut at the top of pages 1,2 & 3,4. Light toning to the contents. A Presidential campaign speech reprinted from the Richmond (Indiana) Palladium. Scarce. 8 copies currently held in OCLC (6/22). More
Atlanta: The Franklin-Turner Company, 1908. First Edition. Wraps. Stapled wraps. 35 pages. "With Compliments of Hoke Smith" (may be a facsimile signature) slip on the title page. The staples are rusted. Toning, foxing, light soil to the covers. The Governor speaks to the assembly about the prohibition bill, fixing new..... More