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100 Best-selling Albums of the 70sby: Hamish Champ  - Product Image

100 Best-selling Albums of the 70s
by: Hamish Champ

Hardcover. San Diego, Thunder Bay Press , 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 224 pages. From singer-songwriters like Billy Joel and the Bee Gees to folk artists like John Denver and James Taylor to the rock legends Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, you won't find a more complete list of albums that defines the '70s music scene. Each listing features the full-color, original sleeve artwork, and is packed with information about the musician lineup, track listings, and number-one singles that resulted. A celebration of this funky era. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 380133

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5 Giants Of Advertisingby: Lorin, Philippe - Product Image

5 Giants Of Advertising
by: Lorin, Philippe

Softcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 152 pages. The history of advertising is detailed here through five of the world's most influential figures in the field. Albert Davis Lasker, who changed the consumer habits of the American public with his campaigns for Palmolive, Kotex and Lucky Strike. Leo Burnett, who gave life to mythical characters such as the Marlboro man and the Green Giant. Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, the Frenchman who earned a place at the side of the American giants. David Ogilvy, who brought British style to American advertising. And finally, Bill Bernbach, who invented a new style of advertising, inspiring unique and creative work for clients such as Levy's bread and Polaroid film. This book profiles these pioneers and illustrates the campaigns that made them authorities in the advertising world. Although The 5 Giants Of Advertising focuses primarily on these men, it also includes many others who created, animated and reformed this profession. This book is a tribute to all these great talents who have made history with their contributions to the advertising industry.

Record # 351403

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50 Years a Truckmanby: Merrill, Paul E. - Product Image

50 Years a Truckman
by: Merrill, Paul E.

Hardcover. Portland, Paul E. Merrill, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 166 pages plus additional 28 page pamphlet laid-in. Hardcover. Both hardcover and pamphlet illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Both book and pamphlet have musty odor. Dust jacket with wear and tape repaired tears along edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613688

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A Big Life (in Advertising)by: Wells Lawrence, Mary - Product Image

A Big Life (in Advertising)
by: Wells Lawrence, Mary

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 307 pages. Black & white photography. Minor wear to dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy.

Record # 205916

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A Camel Named Joe-The Illustrated Story of an American Pop Iconby: David Desmith - Product Image

A Camel Named Joe-The Illustrated Story of an American Pop Icon
by: David Desmith

Hardcover. Boston, Du Cap Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 204 pages illustrated in color. Pictorial history of the Camel cigarette mascot named Joe Camel. Clean copy.

Record # 378058

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A GAZETTEER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: Containing Descriptions of all the Counties Towns and Districts in the State also of its principal Mountains Rivers Waterfalls Harbors Islands and Fashionable Resorts.; To which are added statistical acc - Product Image

A GAZETTEER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: Containing Descriptions of all the Counties Towns and Districts in the State also of its principal Mountains Rivers Waterfalls Harbors Islands and Fashionable Resorts.; To which are added statistical acc

Hardcover. Boston, John F, Jewett, 1st, 1849, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 264 pages. Bound in blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-pictorial black morocco spine. frontispiece view and two plates with tissue guards; plates foxed. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 369674

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A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sportsby: Brad Snyder  - Product Image

A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
by: Brad Snyder

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 472 pages, b&w photos. Traces the landmark 1969 Supreme Court case between All-Star center fielder Curt Flood and Major League Baseball, documenting how he fought to play for the team of his choice at the cost of his career and placement in the Hall of Fame but paved the way for future players to become free agents. Clean copy.

Record # 378929

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Advertising World of Norman Rockwell,Theby: Stoltz, Donald and Marshall - Product Image

Advertising World of Norman Rockwell,The
by: Stoltz, Donald and Marshall

Hardcover. New York, Harrison House, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 210 pages. Over 200 color illustrations tell the story of Rockwell's advertising work. Good tight copy with a repaired tear to rear portion of dust jacket. Totally illustrated by Rockwell plus copy related to each advertising art work piece from Acme Markets to Valspar Varnish.

Record # 802944

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Agency, The: William Morris and the Hidden History of Show Business by: Rose, Frank - Product Image

Agency, The: William Morris and the Hidden History of Show Business
by: Rose, Frank

Hardcover. NY, Harper Business/ Harper Collins , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 532 pages, b&w photos. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Notes and Sources. Bibliography. Index. This is a story of loyalty and betrayal, a multigenerational saga that culminates in the emergence of Michael Ovitz and his Creative Artists Agency as the dominant force in Hollywood. Good in very good dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 359299

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America Goes to the Movies: 100  Years of Motion Picture Exhibitionby: Stones, Barbara - Product Image

America Goes to the Movies: 100 Years of Motion Picture Exhibition
by: Stones, Barbara

Hardcover. North Hollywood CA, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Lavish and marvelous pictorial on movie theatres and how movies were presented including the publicity and all the hoopla that surrounded the movie going experience from the first nickelodeons to the majestic movie palaces and all the wonderful small neighborhood theatres. Loaded with 100's of b&w photos publicity material and more with many color photos.

Record # 351226

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America Worked: The 1950s Photographs of Dan Weinerby: Ewing, William A./ Dan Weiner - Product Image

America Worked: The 1950s Photographs of Dan Weiner
by: Ewing, William A./ Dan Weiner

Hardcover. New York, Harry N Abrams, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 352799

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American Farmstead Cheese: The Complete Guide To Making and Selling Artisan Cheeses by: Kindstedt, Paul, and Vermont Cheese Council - Product Image

American Farmstead Cheese: The Complete Guide To Making and Selling Artisan Cheeses
by: Kindstedt, Paul, and Vermont Cheese Council

Hardcover. White River Junction VT, Chelsea Green Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 276 pages. "The essential resource for aspiring and experienced cheesemakers. The book is packed with cheesemaking history, technique, artistry, and business strategies." Clean, bright copy.

Record # 379989

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American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destinyby: Kilborne, Sarah S.  - Product Image

American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny
by: Kilborne, Sarah S.

Hardcover. NY, Free Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 437 pages, in a bright dust jacket. The story of the rebuilding of Skinnerville, Massachusetts destroyed in a dam failure and flood along with Skinners silk thread factory in 1874. Remainder mark on bottom edge.

Record # 359029

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And Hearing Not: Annals of an Admanby: Calkins, Earnest Elmo - Product Image

And Hearing Not: Annals of an Adman
by: Calkins, Earnest Elmo

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 387 pages. The autobiography of a legendary advertising and marketing genius who was active in the early 1900s. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 201322

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Anna Bauer: Backstageby: Baron, Fabien - Product Image

Anna Bauer: Backstage
by: Baron, Fabien

Hardcover. US, Angelika Books, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 304 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Anna Bauer's Backstage is a comprehensive portrait of the protagonists of fashion in the twenty-first century's first decade: not just the designers but the entire cast of PR agents, photographers, make-up artists, art directors, editors and, of course, the models. Photographing at shows in Paris, Milan, London and New York, using a large-format camera and black-and-white Polaroid, Bauer decided to portray the diversity of the talent at work behind the scenes. "I got totally addicted to the backstage," Bauer says in the preface to this volume. "I wanted to show how much is involved." Elegantly designed by Fabien Baron, Backstage is divided into eight themed sections.

Record # 350538

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Apocalypse on the Set: Nine Disastrous Film Productionsby: Taylor, Ben - Product Image

Apocalypse on the Set: Nine Disastrous Film Productions
by: Taylor, Ben

Hardcover. NY, Overlook Duckworth, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages, b&w photos. Very good in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 359471

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As You Sowby: Goldschmidt, Walter - Product Image

As You Sow
by: Goldschmidt, Walter

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket. 288 pages. A detailed study of how industrialized farming is changing America's rural communities and small farm families. Circa post WW2. Sticker on spine of dj, otherwise clean, no markings.

Record # 375057

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Australian Presence In The Pacific, The: Burns Philp 1914-1946 by: Buckley, Ken/ Klugman, Kris - Product Image

Australian Presence In The Pacific, The: Burns Philp 1914-1946
by: Buckley, Ken/ Klugman, Kris

Hardcover. Sydney AU, George Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Centenary history of the Sydney-based business Burns, Philip & Co. The company was firmly established as a merchant in Australia and throughout the South Pacific. The book is unique in relating this big mercantile firm to its customers, regardless of their culture. A rich and varied story of a truly Australian company and a major contribution to Australian business history. 392 pages, 24 b&w plates, endpapers map. Clean copy.

Record # 378659

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Beating the Odds: The Untold Story Behind the Rise of ABC : The Stars, Struggles, and Egos That Transformed Network Television by the Man Who Made Iby: Goldenson, Leo - Product Image

Beating the Odds: The Untold Story Behind the Rise of ABC : The Stars, Struggles, and Egos That Transformed Network Television by the Man Who Made I
by: Goldenson, Leo

Hardcover. NY, Scribner, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 495 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Goldenson was an unsung giant of the entertainment industry. He learned from Zukor and Balaban at Paramount, interacted with Sarnoff and Paley, and built a great company against great odds and all-powerful competition. That took great creativity. Any leader could learn a great deal from this man. The book is honest, humble, and very well-written. It is worth the price alone for his insights into the other moguls.

Record # 462580

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Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in Americaby: Leslie Zemeckis, Blaze Starr (foreword) - Product Image

Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America
by: Leslie Zemeckis, Blaze Starr (foreword)

Softcover. NY, Skyhorse, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 361 pages, b&w illustrations. Burlesque was one of America's most popular forms of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century. Gaudy, bawdy, and spectacular, the shows entertained thousands of paying customers every night of the week. And yet the legacy of burlesque is often vilified and misunderstood, left out of the history books. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q reveals the true story of burlesque, even as it experiences a new renaissance. Lovingly interviewed by burlesque enthusiast Leslie Zemeckis who produced the hit documentary of the same name, are former musicians, strippers, novelty acts, club owners, authors, and historians--assembled here for the first time ever to tell you just what really happened in a burlesque show. From Jack Ruby and Robert Kennedy to Abbott and Costello--burlesque touched every corner of American life. The sexy shows often poked fun at the upper classes, at sex, and at what people were willing to do in the pursuit of sex. Sadly, many of the performers have since passed away, making this their last, and often only interview. Behind the Burly Q is the definitive history of burlesque during its heyday and an invaluable oral history of an American art form. Funny, shocking, unbelievable, and heartbreaking, their stories will touch your hearts. We invite you to peek behind the curtain at the burly show.

Record # 374440

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Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Filmby: McDonough, Jimmy - Product Image

Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film
by: McDonough, Jimmy

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 463 pages, b&w illustrations. What do you need to make money making movies? The answer, according to cult hero, creator of the sexploitation film, and the man the Wall Street Journal once dubbed the King Leer of Hollywood, Russ Meyer, is: "big bosoms and square jaws." In the first candid and fiendishly researched account of the late cinematic instigator's life, Jimmy McDonough shows us how Russ Meyer used that formula to turn his own crazed fantasies into movies that made him a millionaire and changed the face of American film forever.

Record # 351536

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Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentlemanby: Lee Lowenfish  - Product Image

Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman
by: Lee Lowenfish

Hardcover. Lincoln NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 683 pages, b&w illustrations. He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881-1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport--not just once but three times. In this definitive biography of Rickey--the man sportswriters dubbed "The Brain," "The Mahatma," and, on occasion, "El Cheapo"--Lee Lowenfish tells the full and colorful story of a life that forever changed the face of America's game. As the mastermind behind the Saint Louis Cardinals from 1917 to 1942, Rickey created the farm system, which allowed small-market clubs to compete with the rich and powerful. Under his direction in the 1940s, the Brooklyn Dodgers became truly the first "America's team." By signing Jackie Robinson and other black players, he single-handedly thrust baseball into the forefront of the civil rights movement. Lowenfish evokes the peculiarly American complex of God, family, and baseball that informed Rickey's actions and his accomplishments. His book offers an intriguing, richly detailed portrait of a man whose life is itself a crucial chapter in the history of American business, sport, and society.

Record # 378928

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Business History Review - Autumn 2003by: Friedman (Eds.), Walter A. and Thomas K. McCraw - Product Image

Business History Review - Autumn 2003
by: Friedman (Eds.), Walter A. and Thomas K. McCraw

Softcover. Boston, Harvard Business School, 1st wraps, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Articles: U.S. Advertising in Latin America, Industrial Structure: the American Pottery Industry, Selling Elegant Glassware, etc. Paperback.

Record # 500943

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C. A. Gaskell Family and Business Atlas of the World, The -  New and Completeby: Gaskell, C. A. - Product Image

C. A. Gaskell Family and Business Atlas of the World, The - New and Complete
by: Gaskell, C. A.

Hardcover. Chicago, U.S. Publishing House, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 250 pages, containing maps of all the states and territories of the United States, all the continents, empires, kingdoms and republics, together with maps of the leading cities of the United States, and useful and instructive colored diagrams, charts and engravings. With all populations according to 1890 census. Large format, brown pebbled cloth covers, minor wear.

Record # 408278

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Caught in Irons: North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of Sail by: Michael Wayne Santos - Product Image

Caught in Irons: North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of Sail
by: Michael Wayne Santos

Hardcover. Susquehanna University Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Masterfully weaves the tale of the newly arrived Irishmen who contributed to the growth of maritime industries and who invigorated New England seaport life through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Eventually, as this book documents, they would compete with their Canadian counterparts in swashbuckling schooner races that captivated both nations. In so doing, these groups of old and new Americans helped to forge some of the best maritime traditions of our country, which we all still share.

Record # 380006

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Chasen's: Where Hollywood Dined: Recipes and Memories by: Goodwin, Betty - Product Image

Chasen's: Where Hollywood Dined: Recipes and Memories
by: Goodwin, Betty

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Angel City Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, 100 pages. We may never be able to toast Frank Sinatra with a Flame of Love martini, join Jimmy and Gloria Stewart over calf's liver and onions, or share a steaming bowl of Boiled Beef Belmont with the President and Mrs. Reagan on Tuesday nights. But we can come close. CHASEN'S has every great recipe that kept the stars coming back for more, plus its fascinating text stirs delivers the dish on the restaurant and its famous fans. Recipes include the world famous Chasen's Chili that Elizabeth Taylor had air-freighted to the Cleopatra set in Italy, the Chicken Pot Pie served to Queen Elizabeth, the Shirley Temple cocktail that Chasen's bartender invented for the curly-topped star, and a host of other favorites including Deviled Beef Bones, Banana Shortcake, Sole Hitchcock, Coupe Snowball, and the dish President Reagan always ordered, Boiled Beef Belmont.

Record # 372753

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Cheap Laffs: The Art of the Novelty Itemby: Newgarden, Mark and Picturebox, Inc - Product Image

Cheap Laffs: The Art of the Novelty Item
by: Newgarden, Mark and Picturebox, Inc

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, pictorial boards. A lighthearted exploration of pop culture's fascination with gag and practical joke novelty items celebrates the history of the industry, exploring the originality, if tastelessness, of such items as the Whoopee Cushion, the artificial ink spot, and the rubber chicken.

Record # 360937

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Cigarette Pack Artby: Mullen, Chris - Product Image

Cigarette Pack Art
by: Mullen, Chris

softcover. New York, St Martins Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Light edgewear to wrappers, color and black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 469828

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Coca Wine: Angelo Mariani's Miraculous Elixir and the Birth of Modern Advertisingby: Aymon de Lestrange - Product Image

Coca Wine: Angelo Mariani's Miraculous Elixir and the Birth of Modern Advertising
by: Aymon de Lestrange

Softcover. Rochester VT, Park Street Press, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 246 pages. A lavishly illustrated history of coca wine and the revolutionary advertising methods that made it a world-wide success. Follows 19th-century pharmacist Angelo Mariani's interest in coca from medical uses to the development and healing effects of his world-famous coca wine, Vin Mariani. In this full-color illustrated history of coca wine, the first of its kind, author Aymon de Lestrange follows Mariani's interest in coca from its medicinal applications to the creation of the tonic wine. The author explores the botany of coca, how it differs from cocaine, its traditional use in pre-Columbian America, and scientific studies on coca from the 17th through 19th centuries, including from Sigmund Freud, who was a known user. He describes the introduction of coca in the U.S. and France and the many coca preparations then available at drugstores. He also studies the introduction of cocaine in these two countries and the prohibition laws that followed.

Record # 380402

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Coty: The Brand of Visionaryby: Orla Healy  - Product Image

Coty: The Brand of Visionary
by: Orla Healy

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 240 pages. Celebrates its centennial in 2004 with a global operation in more than 25 countries. With wit, spirit, and luminous images, Orla Healy tells the inspiring story of Coty, both the man and the company..

Record # 362344

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Couture Hats: From the Outrageous to the Refinedby: Bou, Louis - Product Image

Couture Hats: From the Outrageous to the Refined
by: Bou, Louis

Hardcover. US, Harper Design, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color / Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 352533

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Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in Americaby: Woloson, Wendy A. - Product Image

Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America
by: Woloson, Wendy A.

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America, Wendy A. Woloson takes seriously the history of objects that are often cynically-made and easy to dismiss: things not made to last; things we don't really need; things we often don't even really want. Woloson does not mock these ordinary, everyday possessions but seeks to understand them as a way to understand aspects of ourselves, socially, culturally, and economically: Why do we--as individuals and as a culture--possess these things? Where do they come from? Why do we want them? And what is the true cost of owning them? Woloson tells the history of crap from the late eighteenth century up through today, exploring its many categories: gadgets, knickknacks, novelty goods, mass-produced collectibles, giftware, variety store merchandise. As Woloson shows, not all crap is crappy in the same way--bric-a-brac is crappy in a different way from, say, advertising giveaways, which are differently crappy from commemorative plates. Taking on the full brilliant and depressing array of crappy material goods, the book explores the overlooked corners of the American market and mindset, revealing the complexity of our relationship with commodity culture over time.

Record # 381218

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Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest by: Fink, Deborah - Product Image

Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest
by: Fink, Deborah

Softcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 235 pages, b&w illustrations. Focusing on the porkpacking industry in Iowa, Fink investigates the experience of the rural working class and highlights its significance in shaping the state's economic, political, and social contours. Fink draws both on interviews and on her own firsthand experience working on the production floor of a pork-processing plant. She weaves a fascinating account of the meatpacking industry's history in Iowa--a history, she notes, that has been experienced differently by male and female, immigrant and native-born, white and black workers. Like new.

Record # 374349

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Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture by: Sholette, Gregory - Product Image

Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
by: Sholette, Gregory

Softcover. London, Pluto Press] , 2nd pr., 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 240 pages, b&w illustrations. Art is big business, with some artists able to command huge sums of money for their works, while the vast majority are ignored or dismissed by critics. This book shows that these marginalised artists, the 'dark matter' of the art world, are essential to the survival of the mainstream and that they frequently organize in opposition to it. Gregory Sholette, a politically engaged artist, argues that imagination and creativity in the art world originate thrive in the non-commercial sector shut off from prestigious galleries and champagne receptions. Clean copy.

Record # 374380

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Diamond : The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affairby: Hart, Matthew - Product Image

Diamond : The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair
by: Hart, Matthew

Hardcover. London, Fourth Estate, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 287 pages. A very clean, tight copy. Here is the true story of the strike that upset the diamond kings, and with it, a history of the world's most acclaimed diamonds, the process by which they are cut, smuggled and stolen, legends and superstitions, and of the shadowy hand of De Beers, for whom diamonds are forever.

Record # 454230

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Diamond Mattersby: Lohuizen, Kadir van - Product Image

Diamond Matters
by: Lohuizen, Kadir van

Hardcover. New York, Umbrage Editions, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to covers. Having worked as a photojournalist in the 1990s in Zaire, Sierra Leone and Angola, van Lohuizen had seen the effects of the diamond trade first hand, and in 2005, he went back to Africa to assess the situation under new peace agreements. His haunting black and white images follow diamonds from the mines in Africa to retail spaces in New York and parties in London.

Record # 363231

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Diamond Mattersby: Lohuizen, Kadir van - Product Image

Diamond Matters
by: Lohuizen, Kadir van

Hardcover. New York, Umbrage Editions, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to covers. Having worked as a photojournalist in the 1990s in Zaire, Sierra Leone and Angola, van Lohuizen had seen the effects of the diamond trade first hand, and in 2005, he went back to Africa to assess the situation under new peace agreements. His haunting black and white images follow diamonds from the mines in Africa to retail spaces in New York and parties in London.

Record # 350298

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Diamond Mattersby: Lohuizen, Kadir van - Product Image

Diamond Matters
by: Lohuizen, Kadir van

Hardcover. New York, Umbrage Editions, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to covers. Having worked as a photojournalist in the 1990s in Zaire, Sierra Leone and Angola, van Lohuizen had seen the effects of the diamond trade first hand, and in 2005, he went back to Africa to assess the situation under new peace agreements. His haunting black and white images follow diamonds from the mines in Africa to retail spaces in New York and parties in London.

Record # 363232

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Diamond Mattersby: Lohuizen, Kadir van - Product Image

Diamond Matters
by: Lohuizen, Kadir van

Hardcover. New York, Umbrage Editions, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to covers. Having worked as a photojournalist in the 1990s in Zaire, Sierra Leone and Angola, van Lohuizen had seen the effects of the diamond trade first hand, and in 2005, he went back to Africa to assess the situation under new peace agreements. His haunting black and white images follow diamonds from the mines in Africa to retail spaces in New York and parties in London.

Record # 350299

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Dinersby: Baeder, John - Product Image

Diners
by: Baeder, John

Softcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages. 117 illustrations including 50 plates in full color. Clean, tight copy. Included here are paintings and descriptions of more than 100 diners from every part of the United States. The artist's own captions introduce each diner - many of which no longer exist - and describe their food specialties, their sometimes quirky histories, and their owners, managers, or patrons. In the first edition 50 paintings were reproduced in color; for this new, revised, and updated edition, there are 69 in color. The artist has selected forty recent paintings to replace earlier works, most of which were shown only in black and white. New reminiscences, new anecdotes, and new facts accompany the paintings. Written by Baeder in his inimitable, conversational style, these brief texts tell the reader much about diner history, fashions in food and popular architecture, and about the amiable, slightly nutty man who pursues diners obsessively, yet views them with a perception that rivals that of a connoisseur of haute cuisine.

Record # 855579

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Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowoutby: Cavnar, Bob - Product Image

Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout
by: Cavnar, Bob

Softcover. White River Junction, Vt., Chelsea Green Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 230 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 459044

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Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking: A Biography of Darryl F. Zanuckby: Gussow, Mel - Product Image

Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking: A Biography of Darryl F. Zanuck
by: Gussow, Mel

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, b&w photos. Dust jacket bright, unclipped. Light shelf wear. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf.

Record # 358387

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Dreams That Money Can Buy: The Tragic Life of Libby Holman by: Bradshaw, Jon - Product Image

Dreams That Money Can Buy: The Tragic Life of Libby Holman
by: Bradshaw, Jon

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 422 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, B&w photos. The rags to riches story of Libby Holman the Broadway singer & accused murderer of her very rich husband. 5 years of research & writing based on 100s of interviews with people who knew Holman personally. Beginning with her first husband, almost every man she touched died violently. Light shelf wear.

Record # 358412

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Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdomby: Adam Chandler - Product Image

Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom
by: Adam Chandler

Hardcover. NY, Flatiron Books, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 288 pages. Most any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry's largest players has long been scrutinized and gutted, characterized as impersonal, greedy, corporate, and worse. But, in unexpected ways, fast food is also deeply personal and emblematic of a larger than life image of America. With wit and nuance, Chandler reveals the complexities of this industry through heartfelt anecdotes and fascinating trivia as well as interviews with fans, executives, and workers. He traces the industry from its roots in Wichita, where White Castle became the first fast food chain in 1921 and successfully branded the hamburger as the official all-American meal, to a teenager's 2017 plea for a year's supply of Wendy's chicken nuggets, which united the internet to generate the most viral tweet of all time.

Record # 374224

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Du Pont Dynasty: Behind the Nylon Curtainby: Gerard Colby - Product Image

Du Pont Dynasty: Behind the Nylon Curtain
by: Gerard Colby

Hardcover. Secaucus NJ, Lyle Stuart, Revised Ed., 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 968 pages, b&w illustrations. Most Americans know the name Du Pont. But not as many are aware of the powerful family behind the world's largest chemical company. The Du Ponts are easily the richest family in America and one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the world. From their fortress-like complex of buildings in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, they direct the workings of a vast network of interlocking companies that encompasses the world. They rule the state of Delaware as their private duchy, and they influence and control the lives of thousands of employees and millions of citizens. Here is the truly revealing story of this remarkable family, from the arrival in this country of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, who was to found the firm that thought of itself as 'America's armorer, ' to the present governor of Delaware, Pierre S. ('Pete') du Pont IV. Perhaps the Du Pont's were happy this book went mysteriously into "out of print limbo" after the first printing quickly sold out in 1974. The same thing happened again in 1984 when this revised edition was published, then vanished from store shelves.

Record # 380146

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Early Factory Masters, The: The Transition to the Factory System in the Midlands Textile Industryby: Chapman, Stanley D. - Product Image

Early Factory Masters, The: The Transition to the Factory System in the Midlands Textile Industry
by: Chapman, Stanley D.

Hardcover. New York, Augustus M. Kelley, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages, with photographs, illustrations and charts. Minor dust jacket edge wear and price clipped, otherwise,bright and tight copy.

Record # 854287

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Empire of Cotton: A Global Historyby: Beckert, Sven - Product Image

Empire of Cotton: A Global History
by: Beckert, Sven

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 6th pr., 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 615 pages. WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE. * Pulitzer Prize finalist that's as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist. "Masterly . An astonishing achievement." --The New York Times The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Sven Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. In a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful politicians recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to make and remake global capitalism. Clean copy.

Record # 380906

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Essays on the History of Bankingby: Anderson, George L. - Product Image

Essays on the History of Banking
by: Anderson, George L.

Hardcover. Lawrence KS, Coronado Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 217 pages, green cloth over boards. Limited to 400 copies. The author was a scholar on the banking business in the early American west, especially Kansas.

Record # 403264

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Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century by: Ruth Milkman - Product Image

Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century
by: Ruth Milkman

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 234 pages. Behind all of the statistics on downsizing, the shrinking of our industrial base, and the folly of short-sighted management is the human drama of working women and men and their unions, struggling for dignity, fairness, and security. In Farewell to the Factory, Ruth Milkman tells us the stories of workers in a New Jersey auto plant. Milkman's scholarship makes a valuable contribution to the national conversation on restoring the American Dream for working families. Clean copy.

Record # 374296

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Fifth Annual of Advertising Artby: Walter Biggs, Henry Raleigh, Edward Wilson, Merritt Cutler - Product Image

Fifth Annual of Advertising Art
by: Walter Biggs, Henry Raleigh, Edward Wilson, Merritt Cutler

Hardcover. NY, Art Director's Club/Book Service Co., 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 136 pages plus ads. A wonderful collection of commercial art from 1925. Color art by Walter Biggs, Henry Raleigh, Edward Wilson, Merritt Cutler, others. Many b&w examples of illustration and photography from the period. Two-color boards with matching label on front. Excellent, clean condition. Small chips missing at top and bottom of spine causing dime size paper loss (smaller at bottom). Foxing to top edge. Light edgewear to boards. Scarce.

Record # 600585

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