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The Fifties
by David Halberstam
"A sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that David Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. It is the decade of Joe McCarthy and the young Martin Luther King, the Korean War and Levittown, Jack Kerouac and Elvis Presley."
Hard Times
by Studs Terkel
Hard Times - For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book is a condition-of-England novel, aimed at highlighting the social and economic pressures of the times.
The Warmth Of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her reporting as Chicago bureau chief of The New York Times. The award made her the first black woman in the history of American journalism to win a Pulitzer Prize and the first African American to win for individual reporting. She won the George Polk Award for her coverage of the Midwest and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for her research into the Great Migration. She has lectured on narrative writing at the Nieman Foundation at...
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Last Train To Memphis
by Peter Guralnick
This is the first of two volumes that make up what is arguably the definitive Elvis biography. Rich in documentary and interview material, this volume charts Elvis' early years and his rise to fame, taking us up to his departure for Germany in 1958. Of all the biographies of Elvis - this is the one you will keep coming back to.
CUANDO ARDIO EL CIELO Y SE QUEMO LA TIERRA
by AMADO RIVERA BALDERAS, PEDRO ARRIETA FERNANDEZ FELIX BAEZ-JORGE
Americas Books & Ephemera
Selected Bibliography on the Negro. Supplement to third edition
New York: The national urban league, department of research, 1942. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 23 pages. Ex-library.
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€28.36
Hard Times
by Studs Terkel
Not a library or remainder copy. Discus Books (Avon Books), First Edition, 9th Printing, 1971. Book has some very light wear, light page tanning, o/w this is in very nice condition w/ no writing or highlighting. Please allow 4-8 business days for delivery.
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€8.02
Longtime Californ': A documentary study of an American Chinatown,
by Nee, Victory; Nee, Brett De Bary
Pantheon Books, 1973. Stated first edition. Tight and unmarked. Full cloth binding. xxvii, 410pp. In a very nice jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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€14.18
Metamorphism in the Southern Sierra Nevada northeast of Visalia California.
by Durrell, Cordell
BerKELEY: University of California Press, 1940. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Offprint form Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences. Volume 25, No. 1, pp. 1-118. 25 figures in text, one map. one institutional stamp, some wear on spine..
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€11.82
The Battery, 1869
by VALENTINE, D. T. (David Thomas)
New York: D.T. Valentine, 1869. unbound. View. Lithograph with hand coloring. Sheet measures 9 1/2" x 13 1/4"<br/> <br/> This charming view depicts a a bird's eye view of the Battery in lower Manhattan, New York. Shows the promenade, as well as Castle Garden (later know as Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton), which served over the years as exhibition hall, opera house, theater, New York City Aquarium and perhaps most famously as America's first immigration station (before Ellis...
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€236.30
Means and Ends in American Abolitionism: Garrison and His Critics on Strategy and Tactics, 1834-1850
by Kraditor, Aileen S
Vintage Books, New York, 1970. First Vintage eEition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. white titles spine; "this sober study of Garrisonian abolitionism, and of its opponents within the broader anti-slavery movement, is tough-minded and humane, very much the qualities of William Lloyd Garrison himself .... Striking observations and new insights run throughout the book ... the book has some light touches of entertainment which pop up in splendid one-line footnotes, where some scholars' arguments...
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€5.91
The Young Man of God. Memories of Stanley Pumphrey.
by Newman, Henry Stanley
London, Ca. 1882: Partridge Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 298 pages, frontispiece. Library plate from "Friend's Meeting House, Ilkley" on front endpaper but no other library markings..
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€45.37
Love, Wages, Slavery The Literature of Servitude in the United States
by RYAN, Barbara
IL: University of Illinois Press, 2006. Hardcover. First edition. Like New hardcover with Like New dustwrapper. First edition. The book has stamp mark on bottom foredge. The book is a very nice, clean copy.
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€35.92
The Breccias of the Mariposa Formation in the Vicinity of Colfax, California
by Moody, Clarence L
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1917. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Offprint form Bulletin of the Department of Geology. Volume 10, No. 21, pp. 383-420, 4 text figures, 6 plates. 1 institutional stamp..
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€33.08
Letters on Paraguay: Comprising an Account of a Four years' Residence in That Republic, Under the Government of the Dictator Francia. Vol. II.
by Robertson J.P. And W.P
London: John Murray, 1839. Book. Fair. Brown Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 344 pages, frontispiece. Lacks front fly leaf, book detached from front board, several gatherings loose, needs resewing, cloth on front cover bubbling. John and William Parish Robertson were two Scottish cattle traders who exposed the reign of Doctor Francia, the strange dictator of Paraguay during the 1820s and '30s..
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€70.89
Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries: A Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska
by Stuck, Hudson
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1917. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi, 387 pages, frontispiece, many b/w plates (1 missing), large folding map at the back. Ex--library, the map has tears and adhesion damage. .
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€28.36
Yucatan : An Annotated Bibliography of Documents and Manuscripts on the Archeology and History of Yucatan in Archives and Libraries of Mexico, North America and Europe. Catalogo de documentos para la historia de Yucatan y Campeche que se hallan en diversos archivos y bibliotecas de Mexico y del extranjero
by Martinez, Hector Peres (editor)
Salisbury: Documentary Publications, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 133 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1943 edition. Ex-library, seems uncirculated, clean, no markings on the binding.
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€113.42
Les juifs du Que?bec: Bibliographie re?trospective annote?e (Instruments de travail no 1)
by Rome, David; Nefsky, Judith; Obermeir, Paule
Quebec: Institut que?be?cois de recherche sur la culture, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi, 317 pages. Ex-library,clean.
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€11.34
Hard Times : An Oral History of the Great Depression in America
by Studs Terkel
New Press, The, 2005. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€6.00
Notes on Echinoids from the Tertiary of California.
by Pack, R.W
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1909. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Offprint form Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences. Volume 5, No. 18, pp. 275-283, two plates. 2 institutional stamps..
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€23.63
Unto Dust
by Herman Charles Bosman
Human & Rousseau, 1964. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Very good condition. Spine, cover and binding all absolutely fine. Contents unmarked and no inscription; silver gilt on spine very strong. Dustcover intact but shows wear and has a tear on the front cover.
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€10.64€9.58
A New Shark of the Family Ptychodontidae from South America.
by Reinhart, Roy H
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Offprint form Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences. Volume 28, No. 8, pp. 195-202, one plate. 2 institutional stamps..
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€17.01
The Fifties (Two Volumes) (Easton Press)
by Halberstam, David
Easton Press, 1996. Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 2 volumes complete. Collector's editions are near fine with just a touch of shelf wear including just a hint of rubbing and bumping to bottom corners. 800 pages with black & whites and collector notes laid-in. Leather bound with gilt emboss, ribbon marker, page edges gilt, raised bands to spine and silk moire end papers. Remains an attractive copy of this installment in the Easton Press library of American history.
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€94.52
Aleutian Islands: a list of references
by Fuller, Grace Hadley
Washington : The Library of Congress, Division of Bibliography, 1943. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 41 pages. Ex-library. A typed list 337 books and articles relating to the Aleutian islands in Bering Strait, off the coast of Alaska..
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€70.89
Stephen Russell Mallory : a biography of the Confederate Navy secretary and United States senator
by Underwood, Rodman L
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/None. Full color, glossy boards are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Interior is unmarked. Quarto (7 1/8 x 10 1/4 ins.) BOOK INFO: Includes bibliographical references (pp. 215-241) and index. ?Just as Confederate naval action is commonly overshadowed by the land battles of the Civil War, the navy?s originator, Stephen Mallory, is often passed over in favor of more famous leaders. Mallory had served as one of Florida?s U.S. senators...
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€42.53
A Guide to the History of Louisiana (Reference Guides to State History and Research)
by Cummins, Light Townsend; Jeansonne, Glen
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth. First Edition. xi, 298 pages. Uncirculated and very clean ex-library copy, no markings on the binding..
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€56.71
The Affluent Society
by Galbraith, John Kenneth
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. 13th printing full cloth hard cover with dust jacket. Some toning to endpapers. Clean, unmarked copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped, spine sunned. In a protective mylar cover. 368pp., index.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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€11.34
Ontario ethno-cultural newspapers, 1835-1972: An annotated checklist
by McLaren, Duncan
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 234 pages, ex-library copy, clean. .
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€14.18
Dark Journey Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow
by McMillen, Neil R
University of Illinois Press, 1990. Crisp and unmarked. xvii, 430pp.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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€9.45
Brazilian slavery: An annotated research bibliography
by Conrad, Robert Edgar
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977. Book. Very Good. Green Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi, 163 pages. Very clean ex-library copy, un-read..
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€42.53
