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Sojourners and Settlers: The Yemeni Immigrant Experience by: Jonathan Friedlander (Ed.)
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Sojourners and Settlers: The Yemeni Immigrant Experience
by: Jonathan Friedlander (Ed.)

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 188 pages. 141 color and black and white photographs by Milton Rogovin, Tony Maine, Ron Kelley, the essayists, and Yemeni workers. "What did the American astronauts find when the first landed on the moon?" "Yemenis, looking for work." High wages and easy work - these are the myths that lure Yemeni workers abroad, and especially to the United States, which has seen generations of migrant laborers. But the realities of migrant labor are something else. In Sojourners and Settlers, leading scholars of history, anthropology, folklore, sociology, and political science have joined with photographers and critics to present an interdisciplinary look at the phenomenon of labor migration. They reveal drastically changing rural and urban environments in Yemen, and in the United States, strenuous work weeks, bleak farm work camp conditions, plant shut downs, culture shock, and cautious assimilation. Under Friedlander's editorship, these reports of the ordinary events of Yemeni workers' lives become studies in courage, persistence, and dignity. Clean copy.

Record # 397985

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Spanish Sunshine by: Elsner, Eleanor
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Spanish Sunshine
by: Elsner, Eleanor

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 365 pages plus index. This entertaining look at life in Spain written by an Englishwoman was the result of a three year stay during the 1920's. This book covers the major Spanish towns, with b&w photos, history and information on facilities, and transportation in each from the 1920s period for the traveler. Some foxing to top edge otherwise clean in the scarce jacket.

Record # 398004

Price: $78.00
Price: $78.00 

Strangers in a Strange Land: A Catalogue of an Exhibition on the History of Italian-Language American Imprints (1830-1945) (INSCRIBED COPY) by: James J. Periconi

Strangers in a Strange Land: A Catalogue of an Exhibition on the History of Italian-Language American Imprints (1830-1945) (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: James J. Periconi

Hardcover. NY, The Grolier Club, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, cream colored boards with a red cloth spine, 195 pages. Limited to 500 copies. This excellent catalogue includes introductory essays by Martino Marazzi, Francesco Durante, and Robert Viscusi. It contains a bibliography of over 800 primary and secondary Italian-language works printed in America. Signed & inscribed by James Periconi to the previous owner on title page. Light fade to boards at top edge, Clean copy.

Record # 398050

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

T.J.-My 26 Years in Baseball by: John, Tommy with Dan Valenti
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T.J.-My 26 Years in Baseball
by: John, Tommy with Dan Valenti

Hardcover. NY, Bantam Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 305 pages, b&w illustrations. First Printing of the First Edition, with complete number row (0987654321) on the copyright page. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. Appendix (career stats). Clean copy.

Record # 397934

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Alligator Bride: Poems New and Selected by: Donald Hall
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The Alligator Bride: Poems New and Selected
by: Donald Hall

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 95 pages. Poems in 3 sections; I. Exiles (22 poems written between 1948 & 1958), with revisions & changes in titles. II. Tiger Lilies (25 Poems reprinted from A Roof of Tiger Lilies); III. The Alligator Bride: New Poems (24 Previously uncollected poems). Book review laid in. Red lettering in spine lightly faded. Clean copy

Record # 397947

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The American Crow and the Common Raven by: Lawrence Kilham; Joan Waltermire [Illustrator]
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The American Crow and the Common Raven
by: Lawrence Kilham; Joan Waltermire [Illustrator]

Softcover. College Station, Texas A & M University , 6th pr., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Illustrations by Joan Walternmire. Seventeen figures and 8 tables. 255 pages, indexed.

Record # 398063

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Breaks of the Game by: Halberstam, David
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The Breaks of the Game
by: Halberstam, David

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Halberstam, a lifeling fan of the game, explores the world of professional basketball as he spends the 1979-80 season travelling with the Portland Trail Blazers. Light fading to dj spine, remainder stamp to bottom edge.

Record # 397940

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

The Colonial Architecture of Mexico by: James Early
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The Colonial Architecture of Mexico
by: James Early

Softcover. Dallas TX, Southern Methodist University, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 221 pages, 202 b&w plates, 20 in color. Historical and cultural history of religious, popular and folk architecture of colonial New Spain. Clean copy.

Record # 398010

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

The Farfarers: Before the Norse (SIGNED COPY) by: Mowat, Farley
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The Farfarers: Before the Norse (SIGNED COPY) by: Mowat, FarleyThe Farfarers: Before the Norse (SIGNED COPY) by: Mowat, Farley

The Farfarers: Before the Norse (SIGNED COPY)
by: Mowat, Farley

Hardcover. Toronto, Key Porter Books, 2nd pr., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 377 pages. SIGNED BY MOWAT on the title page. Blue endpaper maps, b&w photo illustrations. chronology. notes. After years of research, sparked by his discovery of roofless ruins in Hudson Bay, Farley Mowat presents a speculative history of the first Europeans in North America and a challenge to the presently held notion that the Vikings were the first to inhabit northern Canada. Carbon dating placed these ruins hundreds of years before the Vikings landed in Newfoundland, but the conventional accepted historical theory could offer no explanation for them. Mowat`s search led him to Scotland and the Northern Isles where he discovered ruins that resembled those he had seen on the other side of the Atlantic. He painstakingly researched early historical accounts from Roman and pre-Roman times for answers and was able to reconstruct the story of a forgotten people.

Record # 398029

Price: $38.00
Price: $38.00 

The Game That Changed Pro Football by: Stephen Hanks
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The Game That Changed Pro Football
by: Stephen Hanks

Hardcover. NY, Birch Lane Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 216 pages, b&w illustrations. Recounts the 1969 New York Jets' upset victory over the Baltimore Colts in Superbowl III, a game that established the viability of the American League, in a study featuring interviews with the Jets' championship players and coaches. Clean copy.

Record # 397966

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life by: Pletzinger, Thomas

The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life
by: Pletzinger, Thomas

Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st US, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Advance Reading Copy, 408 pages. The seven-foot Dirk Nowitzki is one of the greatest players in basketball history. The Dallas Maverick's legend revolutionized the sport, redefining the role of the big man in the modern game. Dirk moved differently: flexible and fast, confident and in control. He thought differently, too. On the court, his shots were masterful-none more venerated than his signature one-legged flamingo fadeaway, a move that lives on in the repertoire of today's most skilled NBA players. How did this lanky kid from the German suburbs become an all-time top ten scorer and NBA champion? How can a superstar stay so humble? Award-winning novelist and sportswriter Thomas Pletzinger spent over seven years traveling with Nowitzki. He witnessed Dirk's summer workouts, involving fingertip pushups and the study of the physics, and spent days discussing literature and philosophy with Holger Geschwindner, Dirk's enigmatic mentor and coach. Watching Nowitzki in empty gyms and in packed arenas with 30,000 fans, Pletzinger began to understand how Dirk and Holger's philosophical insights on performance, creativity, and freedom enabled his success and longevity. This proof edition lacks the photo section. Clean copy.

Record # 397923

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Great White Hopes: The Quest to Defeat Jack Johnson by: Kent, Graeme
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The Great White Hopes: The Quest to Defeat Jack Johnson
by: Kent, Graeme

Hardcover. UK, Sutton Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 244 pages, b&w photos. In 1908 talented black US fighter Jack Johnson won the heavyweight championship of the world from the Canadian Tommy Burns. There was an immediate storm of protest. Writers, including Jack London, and politicians feared the accession of the fearless and outspoken Johnson would threaten white supremacy. It was predicted that his reign would lead to civic unrest and race riots. Over the next seven years, more than 30 white fighters tried to beat Jackson, lured by the prospect of fame and a quick buck. It was not until 1915 that Jackson lost his crown, and during the years in between an extraordinary human drama was played out on the boxing world stage. Clean copy.

Record # 397962

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Journey Not The Arrival Matters: An Autobiography Of The Years 1939-1969 by: Leonard Woolf
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The Journey Not The Arrival Matters: An Autobiography Of The Years 1939-1969
by: Leonard Woolf

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. 217 pages, b&w photos. Stated first American edition of Woolf's memoirs. includes vignettes of Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press. Book reviews laid in. Edges, spine of dust jacket tanning. Otherwise clean.

Record # 397946

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Last Titan: A Life of Theodore Dreiser by: Loving, Jerome
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The Last Titan: A Life of Theodore Dreiser
by: Loving, Jerome

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 480 pages, b&w illustrations. When Theodore Dreiser first published Sister Carrie in 1900 it was suppressed for its seamy plot, colloquial language, and immortality--for, as one reviewer put it, its depiction of "the godless side of American life." It was a side of life experienced firsthand by Dreiser, whose own circumstances often paralleled those of his characters in the turbulent, turn-of-the-century era of immigrants, black lynchings, ruthless industrialists, violent labor movements, and the New Woman. This masterful critical biography, the first on Dreiser in more than half a century, is the only study to fully weave Dreiser's literary achievement into the context of his life. Jerome Loving gives us a Dreiser for a new generation in a brilliant evocation of a writer who boldly swept away Victorian timidity to open the twentieth century in American literature. INSCRIBED BY LOVING ("Jerry") on the half-title page. Clean copy.

Record # 398079

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

The League of Regrettable Sidekicks: Heroic Helpers and Malicious Minions from Comic Book History! by: Morris, Jon
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The League of Regrettable Sidekicks: Heroic Helpers and Malicious Minions from Comic Book History!
by: Morris, Jon

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Quirk Books, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 255 pages. A hilarious spotlight on the strangest second bananas in superhero comics, including junior partners, animal assistants, and even heinous henchmen (sidekicks of the villain world). Complete with vintage art and publication details. Batman has Robin. Captain America has Bucky. And Yankee Doodle had Dandy. Being a superhero is hard work, which is why so many comics characters rely on a sidekick for help. Someone who can watch the hero's back, help search for clues, or, if nothing else, give the hero someone to talk to. But just as not every superhero achieves the glory of Batman, not all sidekicks are as capable as the Boy Wonder. In The League of Regrettable Sidekicks, author Jon Morris discusses some of the strangest iterations of the sidekick phenomenon, and in the process explores how important these characters were to comic book storytelling.

Record # 398037

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin /.... 2 Volumes (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Voinovich , Vladimir / Richard Lourie (Translator)
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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin /.... 2 Volumes (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Voinovich , Vladimir / Richard Lourie (Translator)The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin /.... 2 Volumes (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Voinovich , Vladimir / Richard Lourie (Translator)

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin /.... 2 Volumes (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Voinovich , Vladimir / Richard Lourie (Translator)

Softcover. Evanston IL, Northwestern University Press, reprints, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two softcover books, like new condition. The first volume INSCRIBED BY VOINOVICH on the half-title page and dated September 27, 1996. Clean copies. Published in NUP's European Classics series.

Record # 398043

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

The Life of Margaret Fuller by: Stern, Madeleine
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The Life of Margaret Fuller
by: Stern, Madeleine

Hardcover. Westport CT, Greenwood Press, 1st Revised, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt lettering, 402 pages, b&w frontis. portrait. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 398023

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

The Man in the Dugout: Fifteen Big League Managers Speak Their Minds by: Honig, Donald
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The Man in the Dugout: Fifteen Big League Managers Speak Their Minds
by: Honig, Donald

Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 305 pages, b&w illustrations. In this edition, Honig interviews player-managers Ossie Bluege, Roger Peckinpaugh, and Hall of Famers Burleigh Grimes and Al Lopez, among others. This time, you read the stories of a manager's point of view as well, which is very interesting. This book is about a rookie third baseman coming up the line to tag out a lumbering Ty Cobb. About Early Wynn just walking into a tryout camp and announcing himself. About how the Chicago White Sox didn't always play to win in 1919-20. One of the more memorable parts is Roger Peckinpaugh reflecting on how the illiterate Shoeless Joe Jackson had to listen to what his teammates ordered for dinner first because he could not read the menu. Clean copy.

Record # 397927

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Niekro Files: The Uncensored Letters of Baseball's Most Notorious Brothers by: Niekro, Phil And Joe
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The Niekro Files: The Uncensored Letters of Baseball's Most Notorious Brothers
by: Niekro, Phil And Joe

Hardcover. Chicago, Contemporary Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 227 pages. Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro (1939-2020) was THE face of the Atlanta Braves between the Hank Aaron and the Dale Murphy eras. Joe Niekro (1944-2006) pitched for the 1987 World Series champion Minnesota Twins. Clean copy.

Record # 397926

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz: Georgia O'Keeffe's Enduring Legacy by: Mulligan, Therese (Ed.)
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The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz: Georgia O'Keeffe's Enduring Legacy
by: Mulligan, Therese (Ed.)

Softcover. Rochester NY, George Eastman House, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 127 page book with 40 black & white and color images by Stieglitz. Essays by Eugenia Parry, Laura Downey and Therese Mulligan. A complete illustrated catalog in rear of the collection O'Keeffe left to George Eastman House in 1951.

Record # 397979

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Radiant Future by: Alexander Zinoviev
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The Radiant Future
by: Alexander Zinoviev

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 287 pages. Translated from the Russian by Gordon Clough. A novel by the author of The Yawning Heights. A Professor in Moscow slowly realises that Communism isn't all it's cracked up to be. Clean copy.

Record # 397943

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The Red Monarch: Scenes from the Life of Stalin by: Yuri Krotkov
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The Red Monarch: Scenes from the Life of Stalin
by: Yuri Krotkov

Hardcover. NY , Norton, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine, 253 pages. This series of sketches captures Stalin with irony, humor and pathos. The author calls his fictionalized version of Stalin "artistic documentation" in the spirit of reality based on research, personal experience and conversations with others. Yuri Krotkov, a Soviet Georgian, as was Stalin, was a prominent dramatist and screenwriter in the Soviet Union before his defection. As a member of the Russian intelligentsia, he was in the confidence of top-ranking Soviet and party officials in Moscow. Review slip laid in. Foxing to top edge otherwise clean copy.

Record # 397949

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The Unpublished Dostoevsky: Diaries and Notebooks, Volume III (1860-81) by: Dostoevsky, Fyodor/Proffer, Carl R. (Editor)
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The Unpublished Dostoevsky: Diaries and Notebooks, Volume III (1860-81)
by: Dostoevsky, Fyodor/Proffer, Carl R. (Editor)

Hardcover. Ann Arbor MI, Ardis, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. VOLUME 3 ONLY. 204 pages. Fading to dj spine, clean copy.

Record # 397945

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

The Value of Worthless Lives: Writing Italian American Immigrant Autobiographies by: Ilaria Serra
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The Value of Worthless Lives: Writing Italian American Immigrant Autobiographies
by: Ilaria Serra

Hardcover. NY, Fordham University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 234 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the half-title page. The writer Giuseppe Prezzolini said that Italian immigrants left behind tears and sweat but not "words," making their lives in America mostly in silence, their memories private and stories untold. In this innovative portrait of the Italian-American experience, these lives are no longer hidden. Ilaria Serra offers the first comprehensive study of a largely ignored legacy-the autobiographies written by immigrants. Here she looks closely at fifty-eight representative works written during the high tide of Italian migration. Scouring archives, discovering diaries, and memoirs in private houses and forgotten drawers, Serra recovers the voices of the first generation-bootblacks and poets, film directors and farmers, miners, anarchists, and seamstresses-compelled to tell their stories. Mostly unpublished, often thickly accented, these tales of ordinary men and women are explored in nuanced detail, organized to reflect how they illuminate the realities of work, survival, identity, and change.

Record # 398031

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00