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Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War by: Shadid, Anthony
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Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War by: Shadid, Anthony

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 470277
Price: $12.00 

Not Faster Than a Walk by: White, Viola C., Illust. by: Edward Sanborn
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Not Faster Than a Walk by: White, Viola C., Illust. by: Edward Sanborn

Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Middlebury College Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Interior pages and binding also in very good condition. Some B&W illustrations throughout. Tan cover boards, paste-down illustrations on front cover board. Author portrays in diary form a year of walking through Vermont. Clean copy. Record # 33621
Price: $18.00 

One Drop of Blood  by: Malcomson, Scott L
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One Drop of Blood by: Malcomson, Scott L

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 584 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466179
Price: $12.00 

 

Our Yankee Heritage: New England's Contribution to American Civilization by: Beals, Charleton

Hardcover. New York, David McKay, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 311 pages, endpaper map, cloth cover. Acetate protected dust jacket with minimal chipping to edges and slight foxing on flaps; book itself in neat, tight condition. Record # 603754
Price: $12.00 

People of Legend: Native Americans of the Southwest by: Annerino, John, Illust. by: Annerino, John
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People of Legend: Native Americans of the Southwest by: Annerino, John, Illust. by: Annerino, John

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Sierra Club Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 122 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped and has one closed tear and some sticker residue, but is otherwise in good condition. Red cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book is a vibrant pictorial celebration of the remarkable culture landscape of contemporary Native Americans. Clean copy. Record # 34353
Price: $12.00 

 

People of the Land of Flint, The by: Campbell, Richard Dean

Softcover. Lanham, University Press of America, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 111 pages. Softcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Previous owners stamp on inside front cover. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Record # 612833
Price: $12.00 

 

Pictures from and Expedition: Early View of the American West by: Sandweiss, Martha A.

Softcover. New Haven, CONNECTICUT, Yale Center for American Art and Material Culture/Yale University Art Gallery, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. White stapled wrappers with color plate to front, perfect binding, endpapers decorated with b&w map, foreword by Alan Shestack and Rick Beard, preface by Howard R. Lamar, 34 color and b&w plates, checklist of the exhibition. Clean wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight catalog. Record # 807964
Price: $12.00 

Pogo by: Kelly, Walt
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Pogo by: Kelly, WaltPogo by: Kelly, Walt

Pogo by: Kelly, Walt

Softcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1951, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages, soft cover. Covers are in fair condition, with multiple chips and edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is the original Pogo, with which Walt Kelly opened the door for anthropomorphic comics to contain political and social satire. Originally syndicated to American newspapers from 1948-1975. Clean copy. Record # 33897
Price: $18.00 

Rain and Other Fictions [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Kenny, Maurice
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Rain and Other Fictions [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Kenny, MauriceRain and Other Fictions [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Kenny, Maurice

Rain and Other Fictions [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Kenny, Maurice

Softcover. Fredonia, NY, White Pine Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 94 pages, soft cover. Orange paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book features a collection of five short stories and a one-act play. Written with a poet's precision, these character-driven vignettes capture the realities of contemporary Native American life, both on reservation land and traveling on the road. The narratives explore themes of indigenous heritage, alienation, familial fractures, and the critical importance of keeping cultural traditions alive in modern society. Author's short inscription to the previous owner is present on the title page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34650
Price: $15.00 

 

Rediscoveries in American Painting by: The Cincinnati Art Museum

Softcover. Cincinnati, OH, The Cincinnati Art Museum, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with white covers and red line illustrations. Some rubbing, minor foxing. Edges show some wear. Staple wrappers are tight. Pages clean and crisp, with 21 b/w plates of paintings by 12 different American artists. 83 works listed. Exhibition highlights artists that had since been relatively unknown. Extensive introduction on artists' lives and works. 28 pages. Record # 808014
Price: $12.00 

 

Rituals of Dinner, The: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners by: Visser, Margaret

New York, Grove Weidenfied, 1st American, 1991, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 432 pages. Yellow boards with burgundy cloth spine and gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's label on top right corner of front endpaper. Spine is slightly faded at top and bottom edges. Bottom corners bumped, front bottom right corner is wrinkled. Color pictorial dust jacket with minor marking on back, slight edgewear, and creased bottom front corner. Record # 512434
Price: $12.00 

Selected Works of Edythe Mae Gordon by: Gordon, Edythe Mae Intro: Roses, Lorraine Elena
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Selected Works of Edythe Mae Gordon by: Gordon, Edythe Mae Intro: Roses, Lorraine Elena

Hardcover. NY, G. K. Hall & Co., 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 99 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Edythe Mae Gordon appeared briefly as a poet and short story writer in the twenties and thirties and was particularly active, through her connection to the Saturday Evening Quill Club, in black intellectual and cultural life in the Boston of the late twenties. This volume includes not only three short stories and thirteen poems, the bulk of which were originally published in the Saturday Evening Quill, but also the first publication of Gordon's Boston University M.A. thesis, "The Status of the Negro Woman in the United States from 1619-1865." Clean copy. Record # 34491
Price: $20.00 

 

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture - Volume 21 by: Craddock, Patricia B./Carla H. Hay

Hardcover. East Lansing, ASECS, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Record # 609861
Price: $12.00 

The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief by: Cheng, Anne Anlin
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The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief by: Cheng, Anne Anlin

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book proposes that racial grief is a foundation for racial identity, suggesting that racial identification is itself already a melancholy act. It explores examples from culture and life to show how racial melancholia permeates our fantasies of citizenship, assimilation, and social health. Previous owner's light highlighting in pencil is present throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34293
Price: $55.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 110 - 1980 by: Gerber (Ed.), Douglas E.

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406512
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 111 - 1981 by: Gerber (Ed.), Douglas E.

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406513
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 114 - 1984 by: Zetzel, James E.G.

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 356 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406509
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 116 - 1986 by: Zetzel, James E.G.

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 391 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406510
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 116 1986 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 394 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406504
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 117 - 1987 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406514
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 117 - 1987 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406511
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 118 - 1988 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406507
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 118 - 1988 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406515
Price: $12.00 

 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 119 1989 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 356 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406503
Price: $12.00