An Autobiography of Black Chicago
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] [AFRICAN AMERICAN] TRAVIS, Dempsey J.
Chicago, Ill: Urban Research Institute, 1982. Stated Second Printing. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in white to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 378pp. Light wear, bumping to spine ends, in a clean, bright dustjacket with sunning to the spine panel and a small abrasion to the tail of the spine panel. A very good copy. Internally clean. Signed... Read More
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Freedom's Main Line; The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] CATSAM, Derek Charles
Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2009. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xiv]; 421pp. A near fine copy in dustjacket. Internally clean, inscribed by the author to the title page: "To Clea, The Freedom Riders remind us of the true ideals of Joy, Hope, and Change - Derek Catsam... Read More
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The Birth of The Montgomery Bus Boycott
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] WRIGHT, Dr. Roberta Hughes
Southfield, Michigan: Charro Press, 1991. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's original laminated paper covered boards. 158pp. The pink of the boards has faded at the extremities and spine panel to a uniform grey, otherwise a very good, clean copy indeed. Inscribed by the author to the frnt flyleaf: "The the Troy Library, Enjoy the history that has a... Read More
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Mississippi's Defiant Years 1953-1973; An Interpretive Documentary with Personal Experiences
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] [AFRICAN AMERICAN] JOHNSTON, Erle
Forest, Mississippi: Lake Harbor Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Stated First Printing. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in red and white to spine. Dustjacket. [xxxii]; 430pp. Light bumping to spine ends and extremities, some very minor spots of dustyness to the cloth in a clean, bright dustjacket with some spotting to the verso. A very good, clean copy. Internally... Read More
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Robert Devoy: a Tale of the Palmyra Massacre ("Souvenir" Edition)
by [CIVIL WAR FICTION] SOSEY, Frank H.
Palmyra, MO: Press of Sosey Brothers, N.d. (ca 1920?). New edition (enlarged). Octavo. Cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards (hardcover); 157pp; pictorial endpapers; four inserted leaves of plates. Inscribed on front endpaper by Donald Sosey, son of the author, to Hon. James A. Farley. Corners bumped and board edges lightly rubbed, else a tight, straight copy, Very Good. A... Read More
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Freedom's March
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] [PHOTOGRAPHY] BALDWIN, Frederick C.
Savannah, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2008. First Edition. Quarto. 30.5cm. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper covered boards, titled in white to spine. 106pp. Minimal wear, old price label to rear board. Internally clean. A very good, clean copy indeed. A lavishly produced work, intended as an exhibition catalog for the Jepson Arts Centre exhibition in 2008, showcasing... Read More
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Bus Ride to Justice; Changing the System By The System. The Life and Works of Fred Gray
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] [LAW] GRAY, Fred
Montgomery, Alabama: Black Belt Press, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's gray cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. [xvi]; 400pp. Light bumping to spine ends and some very light soiling in places, in a bright, clean dustjacket, internally clean, a near fine copy. Inscribed by the author to the half title: "To Walter Burch, Keep up the Work,... Read More
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The Seat of War: Birds Eye View of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia
by [CIVIL WAR] [MAPS] SCHEDLER, J.
New York: [W. Schaus; printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp], 1861. Second Edition. 59 x 76cm open. 19.5x19cm closed. Tinted lithographic map backed in brown silk, in black slipcase, with printed paper label. Bookseller's ticket of Rev. A. O. Brickman, Baltimore. Two ownership inscriptions of "J. M. Deems, Maj., 1st MD Cav" and inscribed "Deems" on the slipcase. Trimmed;... Read More
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Typed letter signed, John W. Maddox to Sec'y of War J.G. Cannon, 1908
by [CIVIL WAR - GEORGIA] MADDOX, John W; Joseph G. Cannon
[Rome, GA: 1908]. Typed letter signed. 1pp, on Maddox's law office stationery; Sept. 6, 1908; seeking appointment to the Commission for the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park. 27 lines (ca 220 words); signed in full. With "Received" stamp of the Office of the Secretary of War, dated Sep 14, 1908; docketed on verso in Joseph G. Cannon's hand, with... Read More
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Freedom; A Photographic History of The African American Struggle
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [AFRICAN AMERICANA] MARABLE, Manning [with] MULLINGS, Leigh
London: Phaidon, 2002. First Edition. Large Quarto. 28cm. Publisher's white card wraps, titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 512pp. Light wear to the wraps, with a little creasing to the extremities in places, mercifully free of significant soiling to the white card, in a photgraphic dustjacket with some light cosmetic wear to the spine ends and extremities. Internally clean,... Read More
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An Archive of Photographs and Correspondence from an Iowa based C.C.C. Electrician; 1938-1940
by [CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS] BRUNIA, Marion
Iowa, Minnesota etc., 1938-1940. 39 black and white snapshot format photographs, 11 of which have identifying captions; 66 ALS and 2 Typewritten letters (totalling to approximately 10,000 words or more). Original envelopes, a number of them torn during opening. Some light wear in places but extremely legible, a very good, well maintained collection. The photgraphs are similarly all in... Read More
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Mississippi Notebook
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] HOFFMAN, Nicholas Von
New York: David White Company, 1964. First Edition. Stated First Printing. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's original black cloth titled in white to spine. Dustjacket. 117pp. + 48pp. black and white photographs. Clean and strong, bumping to spine ends and some cosmetic scuffing and discoloration to extremities, in a clean, sharp example of the white dustjacket with some toning, light marginal... Read More
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Where the States Stand on Civil Rights
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] BARNETT, Richard and Joseph GARAI
New York: Bold Face Books, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (22cm).Gray cloth boards; dustjacket; 160pp. Clean, tight copy, VG or better, in slightly rubbed and edgeworn dustwrapper. A state-by-state guide to "problems and progress in: eating places, voting, housing, education, employment, hotels, and travel." With a jacket blurb by James Farmer, National Director of CORE.
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Give Us Back Our Old Commander
by [CIVIL WAR SONGSHEET] [WINNER, Septimus]
Philadelphia: Wm. A. Stephens, n.d. [c.1862]. Sonsheet or lettersheet; bifolium, 9" x 5-1/2", overprinted on ruled paper (top page only). Hand-colored engraved portrait of Gen. George B. McLellan beside his horse above title; text in five stanzas below. Advertisement at lower margin for "Stephens' Colored Album Drolleries...photographs, illustrated army ballads and envelopes." Old folds; creased at upper and lower... Read More
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Lessons From Little Rock
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] [AFRICAN AMERICANA] ROBERTS, Terrence
Little Rock: The Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies, 2009. First Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's black rexine titled to spine in gilt. Dustjacket. 187pp. A near fine copy in dustjacket. Internally clean. Inscribed by the author to the title page: "To David, Terrence Roberts" Roberts' memoir of the life, and indeed world, changing experience of being one the Little... Read More
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I Was There By The Grace of God
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] SEAY, The Reverend Solomon Snowden
Montgomery, Alabama: The S.S. Seay, Sr. Educational Foundation, 1990. Stated First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's white rexine titled in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. [xii]; 297pp +[1pp] Biographical information to rear. Bumping to corners and spine ends, some soiling of the white boards here and there, in a scuffed and rubbed dustjacket with some creasing to edges... Read More
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Verdict! The exclusive picture story of the Chicago 8
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] [CHICAGO 8] SADOCK, Verna [with] OKPAKU, Joseph
New York: The Third Press, 1970. First Edition. Stated First Printing. Quarto. 30cm. Publisher's illustrated limp card wraps. 159pp. Light wear to extremities, some soiling of the laminate, internally clean, a very good copy. A collection of trial drawings throughout the legal processes of the prosecution of the Chicago 8; Bobby Seale, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, John... Read More
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The Campaign of 1861 in the Shenandoah Valley. A Paper read before the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, May 5, 1893
by [CIVIL WAR] DAVIS, William W.H.
Doylestown, PA: Doylestown Publishing Company, (1893). First Edition. Octavo pamphlet, sewn. Printed laid-paper wrappers; 18;7pp. Wraps present but chipped, with losses at margins not affecting printed text; mild soil and creasing; a complete, sound and Good copy. A defense, by one of his field officers, of Major-General Robert Patterson, who had been heavily criticized for his failure... Read More
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The Exile of James Joyce [Inscribed Copy]
by CIXOUS, Hélène; Sally A.J. Purcell (transl)
London: John Calder, 1978. First U.K. Edition. First impression. Inscribed on title page: "To Edward," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xv,765pp. Mild soil to text block edges; faint reading crease to spine, still solidly Very Good. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £15 at base of front flap), crisp and clean with... Read More
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Social Attitudes Towards War and Peace
by CLAESSENS, August
New York: Rand School Press, 1934. First edition, 8vo (21cm.); printed staplebound self-wrappers; 15pp. Spine edge heavily foxed, else Very Good. Anti-war literature by the future Executive Secretary of the Social Democratic Federation, an off-shoot of the Socialist Party. Introduction by George W. Hartmann, professor of psychology, Pennsylvania State College.
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Understanding the Worker: Problems of Labor Organizations Analyzed in the Light of Social Psychology. Backgrounds in Trade Union History
by CLAESSENS, August
New York: Rand School Press, 1954. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 60pp. Wrappers sunned at edges, else a Very Good or better, unmarked copy. A late Claessens work, published in the year of his death; he was long-time National Chairman of the Social Democratic Federation.
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A HOMAGE TO JOHN KEATS
by Clampitt, Amy
New York: Saraband Press, 1984. First Edition. Sewn card covers with gilt-stamped lettered jacket; Small folio. 34 pp. Eight poems beautifully printed on dampened Johannot paper; titling in blue. One of 250 copies signed by Clampitt; this is one of Clampitt's own copies, unnumbered but signed in the colophon, and additionally inscribed on the half title: "For Richard Howard to... Read More
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THE KINGFISHER
by Clampitt, Amy
New York: Knopf, 1983. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in cream colored wraps of this important collection. Spine has browned, two sets of staple holes on the front cover, a paper clip mark , and the letter "c" inked in on the bottom edge, otherwise a tight clean copy.
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ARCHAIC FIGURE
by Clampitt, Amy
New York: Knopf, 1987. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in plain printed wrappers of her third collection from Knopf. Quite fine: no marks, staples, etc.
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THE COLLECTED POEMS
by Clampitt, Amy
New York: Knopf, 1997. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in cream colored wrappers collected from her previous five volumes. Near Fine in Wraps. Published three years after her death, and only fourteen years after her first regularly published book.
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