Womanspirit Moving Toward Peace and Justice. War Resisters League 1997 Peace Calendar
by [WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE] BARON, Virginia (ed)
New York: War Resisters League, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. Spiral-bound desk calendar and appointment book. Unused; Near Fine. Illustrated from photographs.
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Private Agenda
by Warsh, Lewis
Atlanta: Hornswoggle Press, 1996. First edition. A sequence of 19 delicious poems, with art by Pamela Lawton. Condition flawed by a small split in wrap at base of spine. Limited to 500.
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MOVING THROUGH AIR
by Warsh, Lewis
New York: Angel Hair, 1968. First Edition. Pictoral wraps; 9 x 12 inches. 36 pp. One of 500 copies. Bottom corner heavily creased, interior clean; a good copy.
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The Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19th, 1864
by [SONG SHEETS - CIVIL WAR]
Philadelphia: J. Magee, 1864. First Edition. Octavo lettersheet (ca 8" x 5"); bifolium; printed in blue and red on white coated stock on top page only. Fine. A patriotic song in thirteen stanzas, celebrating Sheridan's victory over Jubal Early's Confederate troops at Cedar Creek, in the northern Shenandoah Valley, in late 1864. This was one of the... Read More
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5°[Quinto] Cuerpo de Ejercito: Estampas de la Guerra
by [SPANISH CIVIL WAR]
Zaragoza: Junta Recaudatoria Civil de Zaragoza, (1937). First Edition. Small, square octavo (18cm). Staple-bound pamphlet; original photo-pictorial cover wrappers; [48pp]. Chiefly illustrations. Trivial rubbing to wrapper edges; a Fine, unworn copy. Album of pro-Fascist propaganda photographs from the Spanish Civil War, many claiming to document Communist atrocities against women and children. Frontispiece portrait of Francisco Franco. Somewhat uncommon; OCLC... Read More
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Liga Nacional de Mutilados e Inválidos de Guerra - ¡Combatiente Mutilado, Ocupa Mi Puesto!
by [SPANISH CIVIL WAR]
Madrid: Gráficas Reunidas U.H.P., [1938]. Original illustrated poser, offset printed in colors on beige stock, measuring 68.5cm x 100cm (27" x 39.25"). Light wear and toning to extremities, a few old folds smoothed-out, with several tiny nicks and small edge tears, a few tiny splits at intersection of folds, and a small loss toward lower margin, just above the... Read More
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El Pueblo: Diario del Partido Sindicalista - Group of 6 Issues
by [SPANISH CIVIL WAR]
Valencia: S.i., 1937. Six tabloid issues (58cm); newsprint wrappers; 4pp per issue; occasional illus; text entirely in Spanish. Publication sequence as follows: Año XLIV, Nos.15.394, 15.409, 15.411, 15.413, 15.424, 15.435 (October 8,27,29,31; November 13,26 1937). All six issues horizontally folded at center, occasional creasing to extremities, with a few scattered passages underlined in red and blue colored pencil; one... Read More
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Report on Germany. Issued by the Faculty-Graduate Committee for Peace at the University of Chicago
by [WW2 - COLD WAR]
Chicago: Faculty-Graduate Committee for Peace, [1952]. Second printing. 12mo; printed card wrappers; 24pp. Quarter-sized splash-stain to front wrapper, else Very Good. Argues that the Cold War rearmament of Germany would threaten post-war peace, calls instead for "effective measures for decartelization and elimination of Nazi influence from points of vantage in public life.
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Teamwork: Dr. Booker T. Washington's Last Sunday Evening Talk to Teachers and Students, delivered in the Institute Chapel, Sunday evening, October 17, 1915
by WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Tuskegee, AL: Tuskegee Institute, 1941. Reprint (1956). Booker T. Washington 100th Anniversary Edition." 12mo (16.75cm.); original cream decorative staplebound wrappers; 16pp.; illus. Fine. Scarce souvenir edition.
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One Crow, One Buddha
by Washington, Jerome
Brooklyn: Dem Dare Books, Wee D'People, 1990. First edition. Near-fine condition, scarce little 3 by 4.5 inch book of meditations written by Washington during the 1980s. Washington is best known for his prison memoir IRON HOUSE from his experiences in New York prisons including Attica, a sentence from which he was exonerated after serving 16 years. A Columbia graduate... Read More
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Black Sects and Cults; The Power Axis in an Ethnic Ethic
by WASHINGTON, Joseph R. Jr.
New York: Doubleday & Co, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's terracotta cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 176pp. Light bumping to spine ends, and a little wear to the corners, clean and bright in a pictorial dustjacket with some soiling to the lighter portions and some light, inoffensive wear to extremities. A very good copy of a... Read More
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Eloge Funebre de Washington; prononcé dans le temple de Mars, le 20 pluvióse, an 8
by [WASHINGTON] FONTANES, Louis [de]
Paris: Henri Agasse / Librairie DuPont, [1800]. First Edition. 12mo. Printed wrappers; half-title and title page, 29pp. Removed, with remnants of binding adhesive at bound edge, faintly foxed; Very Good. Ownership signature of [C.W.?] Hutchinson, Utica, NY, to half-title. This funeral oration by the Marquis de Fontanes, member of the French Academy, was written at the direct... Read More
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Alumni Letter - Washington Chapter of Delta Upsilon. June, 1915
by [UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON]
N.p. [Seattle?]: Washington Chapter, Delta Upsilon, 1915. Octavo pamphlet (22cm). Printed card wrappers; 12pp; illus. Trivial cover wear; Very Good to Near Fine. Finely-printed newsletter for graduates of the University of Washington chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Includes updates on UW happenings, noting the considerable accomplishments of various fraternity brothers both enrolled and graduated. With special attention to... Read More
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Alumni Letter - Washington Chapter of Delta Upsilon. June, 1916
by [UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON]
N.p. [Seattle?]: Washington Chapter, Delta Upsilon, 1916. Octavo pamphlet (22cm). Printed card wrappers; 16pp; illus. Trivial cover wear; Very Good to Near Fine. Finely-printed newsletter for graduates of the University of Washington chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Includes updates on UW happenings, noting the considerable accomplishments of various fraternity brothers both enrolled and graduated. With special attention to... Read More
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Demonstrate April 26 - Washington, DC - Kennedy Stadium 1 PM
by [CHICAGO MOBILIZATION FOR MARCH ON WASHINGTON]
Chicago: Chicago Mobilization for March on Washington, N.d. [1975?]. Broadside (bulletin-board flyer), 11" x 8-1/2". Mimeographed; printed recto-only on standard white bond. Near Fine. Protest flyer, announcing a March on Washington DC to protest unemployment, inflation, military spending, and welfare roll-backs. With reservation blank (unused) at bottom margin.
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On My Journey North [Inscribed]
by L.D.W. [pseud Luther D. Washington]
New York: Carlton Press, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-108pp. Inscribed by the author (as Luther Washington) on title page, dated in year of publication. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $5.75), with modest wear, some trivial dustiness, and a few tiny tears. African-American author's... Read More
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The Place
by WATERMAN, Charles
[St. Peter, MN: Minnesota Writers' Publishing House, 1977]. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); publisher's tan pictorial staplebound card wrappers; [6],21pp.; title page and upper cover adorned with linoleum block print by the author. Near Fine condition. Poetry collection by the Minnesota-based author.
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The Masked Gods: Navajo and Pueblo Ceremonialism (Inscribed Copy)
by WATERS, Frank
Denver: Sage Books, 1950. Second printing. Inscribed on dedication leaf: "For Nathaniel Tarn / best wishes," signed, undated. Octavo. Tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 438pp. A fresh, fine copy in the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.75 on front flap), old tissue-tape repair to a snag at base of spine panel, else Near Fine. A very attractive copy.
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The Yogi of Cockroach Court [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by WATERS, Frank
New York: Rinehart, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Signed Bookplate loosely laid-in. Octavo (21cm); red cloth titled in gilt on the spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 277pp.; spine ends and corners are gently pushed; offsetting inside covers from dustjacket; faint foxing to the textblock, about Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.75) with chipping/ short tears/rubbing to the extremities,... Read More
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The Widow's Son: A Sketch from Real Life
by WATERSTON, R.C.
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1843. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); removed; 14pp. A hint of foxing, else Very Good and fresh. Lengthy poem composed following the author's interview with "an interesting young man at that time dangerously ill" who had been aboard a ship on the Gulf Stream when it was struck by lightning. "The events stated in the... Read More
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British Jewry in the Eighties. A Statistical & Geographical Guide
by WATERMAN, Stanley and Barry Kosmin
London: Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1986. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 56pp. Small (ca 1/8") surface abrasion to paper at spine, else Near Fine.
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The Recollections of a Policeman
by WATERS" [Thomas Waters] [Pseud: RUSSELL, William]
New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co, 1852. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's original dark blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine, with elaborate blindstamping to boards. 238pp. Wear, rubbing and scuffing to extremities, with book board showing through the cloth at corners and edges, fraying and loss to spine ends not interfering with the title, in addition... Read More
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Bits and Pieces
by MATANAH (pseud. of Dorothy June Watkins)
Dallas: Matanah, 1974. Revised Edition. Second Printing. Octavo (21cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 25,[1]pp. Fine copy. Revised edition of the native Chicagoan's first book of poetry, edited and with an introduction by Delores F. Ridge.
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Thoughts and Things
by Matanah [pseud. Dorothy June Watkins]
Dallas: By the author / Knees Paperback Printing Company, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound, pictorial card wrappers; 54pp. Fine, unread copy, as new. Cover photo by Ted Williams; arranged and edited by Delores F. Ridge. A collection of inspirational aphorisms, brief prose pieces, and poems by the Chicago-born poet. Her third book.
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English Post-Impressionism
by WATNEY, Simon
[London]: Studio Vista / Eastview Editions, [1980]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; vii,[1],151pp.; illus., many in color, throughout. Some light shelf wear to jacket extremities, tiny loss at bottom edge of rear panel, else Very Good and sound.
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