Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 10 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 160 Pages. Signed by photographer David Spielman directly on the title-page. A one page biography, snapshot if you will, of dozens of New Orleans entertainers. Photos and bios include Dr. John, Fats Domino, Harry..... More
![Item #8842 Harris Pamphlets [Sammelband Volume of Harris Tracts 1892-1896]. William Torrey HARRIS](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8842.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764083942)
Various Publishers. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 9 Inches. William Torrey Harris helped create the foundation of the modern American public school system, using his influence as a philosopher, superintendent, and U.S. Commissioner of Education to shape how schools are organized and what they teach. He championed structured, age-graded..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 152 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. DJ price-clipped, but does bear the $4.95 price sticker. A scarce hardcover book in commerce. More
![Item #8483 Evergreen Review July-August 1962 [TROPIC OF CANCER SUPREME COURT ISSUE]. William...](https://backintimerarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8483.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1754598353)
New York: Evergreen Review, 1962. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 128 PP. Important issue of this counter-culture classic magazine that featured dozens of publishing executives standing side-by-side with Henry Miller and his Tropic of Cancer. Issue No. 25. Includes work by Michael McClure and William Burroughs..... More
Hollywood, CA: New Christian Crusade Church, 1970. First Thus. "My Christian ministry is anti-Jew, anti-Negro! I won't try to hide the fact." - Reverend David K. Stacey Original circa 1970 8-page pamphlet attacking mixed marriages in America. Rather typical racist tract of the Civil Rights era that purports the Bible..... More
New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1880. First Edition. Cloth. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 326 PP. Original green cloth with gitl title-stamping to spine. A history of the use of alcohol throughout the world. Scathing attack on fermented wines and intoxication. Book supposes one of the..... More
Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing, 1978. Dorothy Luxton Parris. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 372 PP. Signed and inscribed by the "Justin Wilson of North Carolina" directly on the FFEP. For nearly half a century John Parris documented the mountain way of life through his..... More
Hartford, CT: J.B. Burr and Company, 1871. Early Edition. Cloth. 7 X 10 3/8 Inches. [693 PP][787 PP]. Both volumes bound in the original black cloth with gilt title stamping to spines. Both volumes retain frontis and tissue-guard and all plates throughout. With over 450 engravings by Angas, Danby, Wolf..... More
New York: Dell, 1966. Paperback Original (1st). 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 192 PP. "I think it would do everybody good to take LSD, but soon it's gonna get pretty freaky." Ken Kesey (page 114) Stated "First Dell Printing - October, 1966" on the copyright page. Original price of 60..... More
Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 12 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 80 PP. Signed by Burckhalter (photographer) on the title-page. Signed "Season's Greetings / John P. Schaefer" on the FFEP. Schaefer served as the President of the University of Arizona (who published the book)..... More
Milano, Italy: Skira, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4 X 12 Inches. 407 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Profusely illustrated pictorial history of Mexican art. Hint of scuffing to DJ. More
New York: Fowler & Wells Co., 1884. First American Edition. Cloth. 5 X 7 5/8 Inches. 400 PP + 12 PP ads. First American printing of this 19th century equal rights travelogue by Emily Faithfull. Among other topics, Faithfull writes in regards to women printers in the US, Mrs. Stanton..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 411 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. Signed twice by author. Signed and inscribed, "June 2005 / Paonia Co..... More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 364 PP. First printing with $3.00 original price on rear flap. Front flap is clipped, but price is on back as stated. This novel explores the volatile world of the pre-Civil Rights south through..... More
Bloomington, IN: IUniverse, Inc., 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 178 PP. Signed and inscribed directly on the half title-page. Original price of $26.95 intact on front flap. A statistical, business take on the decline of primarily religious values in our culture. More
Tallahassee, FL: Meroen Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 3/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 344 PP. Signed and inscribed to "Dr. Ruben, My name is William Ashanti Hobbs. I am determined, as a publisher and novelist, to make an impact not only in African-American Literature, but literature..... More
Yaba, Lagos: Kraft Books Limited, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 7/8 Inches. 200 PP. Signed first printing in orignal publisher blue buckram binding. Signed by Ebele Eko directly on the title-page. The first book length study of Elechi Amadi, one of the founding generation of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 270 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Retains original price of $3.50 on front flap of dust jacket. Important early Civil Rights book on the humiliation, segregation and dangers of the..... More
Nashville, TN: Southern Publishing Association, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 4 3/4 X 7 Inches. 48 PP. In the face of food shortages and rising meat prices, the author of this book contends that we should all turn to vegetarianism as a way of both saving money and..... More
Union City, TN: Forrester Wood Publication, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 176 PP. Scarce private printing in original DJ. Signed by R.C. Forrester and Betty Burdick Wood directly on the title-page. Betty is the granddaughter of John Carlos Burdick, whose commercial fishing business of..... More