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Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books;, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. As he did for frontier children in his enormously popular Children of the Wild West, Russell Freedman illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression. Middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, children whose families found themselves struggling for survival . . . all Depression-era young people faced challenges like unemployed and demoralized parents, inadequate food and shelter, schools they couldn't attend because they had to go to work, schools that simply closed their doors. Even so, life had its bright spots--like favorite games and radio shows--and many young people remained upbeat and optimistic about the future. Drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts, and richly illustrated with classic archival photographs, this book by one of the most celebrated authors of nonfiction for children places the Great Depression in context and shows young readers its human face. Endnotes, selected bibliography, index.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 253 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket and faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Light blue cloth-covered boards illustrated w/floral porcelain design. Gilt lettering on spine. Classic resource on collecting China and English Porcelains including histories of porcelains, early arts in America, designs, and manufacture. The author tells about her china-collecting experiences and tells the history of the pieces she has chosen to illustrate. She also describes how china was made at various American sites. B&w illustrations, previous owner's bookplate otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 3rd pr., 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 56 pages, b&w drawings by Ingrid Fetz. Dust jacket with minor edgewear. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with gilt embossed lettering on spine, gilt lettering and black design on front. No dust jacket. 19 mostly full-page engraved illustrations. Will Carleton, brought up in a log farmhouse in rural Michigan, was America's poet. Writing about ordinary Americans and everyday life, he enjoyed the same kind of success that Robert Burns had in Scotland. "Betsy and I Are Out," a poem about divorce, was picked up by a national newspaper and brought him widespread recognition, that was cemented by "Over The Hill To the Poorhouse," which brought attention to the shabby treatment provided to the country's old and poor. "City Legends" is Carleton's third collection of "city" related poetry and 17th collection overall. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Padded vinyl covers, 221 pages illustrated in color and black and white. SIGNED BY OLDENBURG and dated '72 on the title page. Edges of vinyl with light soil, otherwise very good. This major retrospective exhibition was held 25 September to 23 November 1969. The catalogue designed by Chermayeff & Geismar Associates is a work of art in itself, from its innovative cover proudly highlighting the work of curator Barbara Rose, to the profusion of illustrations, both documentary of Oldenburg and his artistic peers and representative of his large body of work.

Softcover. Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 110 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light wear to wrappers, mild damp stain to rear cover. Previous owner's writing, underlining to several pages.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Barry Moser. Cloud Eyes, a young dreamer, is the tribe's only hope for bringing honey back to the lodges of his people. So begins this Native American boy's quest. Kathryn Lasky's original story is a joy to read and hear aloud, and Barry Moser's pencil drawings beautifully evoke the mystery of this enchanting tale. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 280 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with rubbing, short tears along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art : distributed by H. N. Abrams, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 221 pages, illustrated throughout with 165 plates, including 89 in full color. Light edgewear, rubbing and soil to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art : distributed by H. N. Abrams, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 221 pages, illustrated throughout with 165 plates, including 89 in full color. Light edgewear, rubbing and soil to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Salisbury Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated in full color and black & white. Book with original wrap around band on cover. A nice copy.

Softcover. Brunswick ME, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 222 pages, color illustrated wrappers. Black and white, color plates. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Cleveland, World Publishing, reprint , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Tunis.160 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear, unclipped.

Hardcover. Atglen PA, Schiffer Publishing, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 255 pages. illustrated in color. Explore the rise and fall of pre-Code comics with 500 covers revealing America's cultural shifts, censorship, and controversy. From 1940 to 1955, American society and culture underwent dramatic changes, including the introduction of the Comics Code in October 1954, which heavily impacted comic books. The Code aimed to moderate comic content in response to public opinion, including such topics as juvenile delinquency, wartime sentiment, teenage sex, drugs, violent crime, and more. While compliance was technically voluntary, most publishers followed its strict rules. Those who didn't faced ruin when wholesalers and distributors refused to handle noncompliant comics, returning them unopened to publishers, who soon self-destructed. Comic Book Apocalypse! explores this downfall through 500 examples of pre-Code cover art, highlighting why some deemed the Code necessary. The book also examines who decided what content was acceptable, demonstrating how pre-Code comics reflect the larger story of 1950s America. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 696 pages illustrated in color, b&w. Tells of Fantagraphics Books' key role in helping build and shape an art movement around a discredited, ignored and fading expression of Americana the way insiders share the saga with one another other: in anecdotal form, in the words of the people who lived it and saw it happen. Comics historian and critic Tom Spurgeon and longtime Comics Journal editor Michael Dean assemble an all-star cast of industry figures, critics, cartoonists, art objects, curios, and groundbreaking publications to bring you a detailed account of Fantagraphics' first 40 years.

Hardcover. West Chester PA, Schiffer, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 265 pages. Illustrated with full color photographs. 3 paperclip impressions at top edge of same amount of pages. Copy of "Penny Bank" Antique and Collectible Commercial Perfume Bottle Pocket Price Guide - Third Edition - laid-in. Clean, tight copy. Comprehensive guide to collecting the past and present bottles used by perfumers. Beautiful color pictures of flacons made by R. Lalique, Baccarat, J. Viard, Brosse, A. Jollivet, Cristal Nancy, Wheaton, C. K. Benda, and Lucien Guillard. Figural, novelty dimestore, and bottles with the original packaging are shown. Lavishly illustrated with catalog and ad pictures. Histories of many famous perfume houses and bottle makers are included. A directory of hundreds of American and European perfumers from 1870 to the present, with the names of thousands of scents makes dating a bottle easier for the collector.

Softcover. Seattle WA, Fantagraphics Books, reprint, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 126 pages. Softcover. Extensive color and b&w illustrations by R. Crumb throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Softcover. Denver CO, Roberts Publishing Co., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, orange wrappers, 136 pages, profusely illustrated with 152 instructional drawings in black & white. The first of a series of papers on the repair of the complex mechanisms of complicated watches, providing an in-depth analysis of mainly chronograph movements. Written by the Dean and President of the American Academy of Horology. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Highfill Press Inc., 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1223 pages, illustrated throughout with charts and photographs in color and b&w. Black leatherette with silver titles to front and spine. White dust jacket. Slight wear to dust jacket, else a beautiful copy.

Hardcover. Los Angeles Times, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 208 pages. Profusely illustrated with the best work of one of the leading political cartoonists of the 20th century, Paul Conrad (1923-2010). This extraordinary retrospective collection, containing more than 300 cartoons, from 1963 to the present, displays the wit, strong opinion and skillful drawing that have won Conrad three Pulitzer prizes and numerous other awards for excellence in journalism. The cartoons, arranged by decade, represent the work of a man who has become a legend in cartooning and an institution in American journalism. The book is very good. The DJ has some light edge wear.

Softcover. US, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 125 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 2nd pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume IV in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 307 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Softcover. US, ILR Press, 1st, 2009-08-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 142 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Since 2001, Candacy A. Taylor (a former waitress herself) has traveled more than 26,000 miles throughout the United States collecting stories of these "lifers," as many waitresses aged fifty or over playfully call themselves. She interviewed fifty-seven waitresses in thirty-eight towns and cities. Their compelling stories are complemented and enhanced by Taylor's striking color photographs of the waitresses at work.Taylor expected that the waitresses she'd meet would feel overworked and underappreciated, but was surprised and delighted to find that the opposite was true. The proud, capable waitresses Taylor interviewed loved their jobs and, even if given the opportunity, "wouldn't do anything else." Nearly all the waitresses said that the physical labor of waitressing helped them to age more gracefully and that the daily contact with customers and coworkers kept them socially engaged. Lifers generally make more money from serving regular customers with whom they forge bonds over decades and their seniority earns them respect from their coworkers and managers. Taylor's sensitive and respectful portrayal of career waitresses who have turned their jobs into a rewarding lifetime pursuit turns Counter Culture into an invaluable portrait of the continued importance of community in our changing society.