Gifts from the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Civilization Shaped the Modern World (SEALED IN ORIGINAL WRAP)
London: Flammarion, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 Inches. 287 PP. Sealed in original wrap. An AS NEW copy. More
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Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America
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
The Solomon Islanders
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1974. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 48 PP. Exhibition catalog in original wraps. Illustrated throughout with photographs and illustrations of the Solomon Islanders as well as some of their weapons and artwork. More
Three Visits to America (Early Equal Rights Advocate)
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
The Golden Bird (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. Panox Ghikas. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 152 PP. Signed "With best wishes all ways and always / of / shannon Garst" directly on the half title-page. Original beige cloth boards. $2.25 price intact on front flap. A tale of..... More
Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of Medgar Evers, the Trials of Byron De La Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South
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
A Compassion Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Persecution, Abortion, Orphans, Pornography
Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 267 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $19.99 on rear cover. The Christian stance on the issues that face the modern world..... More
JUNE 16, 1886 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT DAY PROGRAM (WOMEN'S STUDIES INTEREST)
Nashville, TN: Brandon Printing Co., 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 6 X 9 1/21 Inches. 4 PP. Very scarce original Vanderbilt University Commencement Day "Programme of Exercieses" for Wednesday, June 16, 1886. Single sheet (folded). The family names listed include those such as Hume, Meade and Crockett -..... More
Wild Grape... a novel of the deep south (FIRST PRINTING IN DJ)
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
Martin Luther King, Jr. - His Three Pronged Attack on: Christ and the Bible, The United States of America & Law and Order (RARE RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON KING THE MONTH AFTER HIS ASSASSINATION)
Wheaton, IL: Church League of America, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 9 X 12 Inches. 55 PP. First printing of this extreme right-wing attack on Martin Luther King published less than a month after his assassination in Memphis, TN. The Church League of America put King on trial..... More
America Adrift: Righting the Course; The Decline of America's Great Values
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
Naked Lunch (50th Anniversary Issue in Slipcase)
New York: The Grove Press, 2009. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 299 PP. First printing of the 50th Anniversary "Restored Text" issue. Housed in original publisher slipcase. Afterword by David Ulin. More
Beebo Brinker
Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press, 1983. First Thus. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 208 PP. The Volute reprint edition of the 1962 original classic. From the author of 'Odd Girl Out' and 'Journey to a Woman'. One of the classic mid-20th century pulps that featured a lesbian theme..... More
The Chosen People: Africa's Lost Tale of Meroe (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY)
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
Ziba
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 189 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Housed in original dust jacket that retains the price of $2.50 on the front flap. An early collection of African American folktales from..... More
Elechi Amadi: The Man and His Work (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING)
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
South of Freedom; The Stirring Personal Report of an Ace Negro Journalist who Returned to his Native South to Make a 6000 - Mile Tour and to Ask Dangerous Questions
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
Unmeat: The Case for Vegetarianism (FIRST PRINTING)
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
Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake: The Untold Story (SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS)
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
The Sex and Savagery of Hell's Angels (Paperback Original)
San Diego, CA: Greenleaf Classics, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 160 Pages. THE FIRST BOOK WRITTEN ON THE HELL'S ANGELS! Jan Hudson was a pseudonym for George W. Smith, an Angel himself. A scarce counter-culture "iconic" book that chronicles much of the origin..... More
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