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Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1794. Hardcover. AS IS (Boards are heavily worn generally, all over, including spine strip; covers are barely holding on at the hinges, which are cracked; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; pencil writing ifc; pages are toned, as expected with a book this age, and foxed; textblock is still solid.). Brown leather boards with mounted red title card on the spine, with gilt lettering; 416 pp. This is Volume One only, of a two-volume set.

New York / London: Pegasus Books, 2021. Hardcover. VG-/VG (corners bumped & creased; back upper corner bruised. crinkling to spine ends. jacket has creasing to corners & instances of light creasing to edges). white & red boards w/ gilt spine printing. 414 pgs w/ limited bw illustrations. grey dustjacket w/ red printing & bw illustration. "...[A] comprehensive look at the 1844 riots that pitted nativist Protestants in Philadelphia against Irish Catholic immigrants. Positioning the riots as a precursor to the Civil War, Schrag details how leaders of the American Republican Party (a forerunner of the Know Nothing Party), including charismatic newspaperman and future U.S. congressman Lewis Levin, fanned the flames of anti-immigrant resentment by alleging that Irish Catholics were a "menace to American self-government." Allegations spread that Catholics were trying to remove the Protestant bible from public schools, and a nativist rally in the Irish neighborhood of Kensington erupted into a brawl,… Leer más

Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2021. Hardcover. VG/VG (fine bumps to upper board edge. spine ends crinkled. remains tightly bound; likely unread. jacket has light scuffs, scratches). ivory boards w/ reflective blue spine printing. 282 pgs w/ bw illustrations. dark blue jacket w/ color illustrations & blue printing. A nice, bright and sharp copy. "The Triumph of the Amateurs is the story of the lost world or professional rowing in America, a sport that attracted crowds of thousands, widespread betting, and ultimately corruption that foretold its doom. It centers on the colorful careers of two New York City Irish boys, the Biglin brothers John and Barney, now long forgotten save for Thomas Eakins's portraits of them in their shell. If the bestseller The Boys in the Boat portrayed the good guys of the U.S.'s 1936 Olympic crew, the Biglins, along with their colleagues and successors, were the Bad Boys in the Boat. Rascals abounded on and off the water, where rowdy fans often outdid modern soccer… Leer más

Washington, D C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Softcover. Good (rubbed edge-wear to wraps. spine edges rubbed. spine split; glue & threads remain intact, pgs firm. scuffs & scratches.). orange wraps w/ white, black printing. 517 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Front endpaper and title-page have lower front corners clipped. Stated Second Printing, 1981.

Irvington, Viriginia: Pictorial Heritage Publishing Company, 1998. Hardcover. VG/VG (light wear to boards, edges & corners; spine ends lightly rubbed & crinkled. dustjacket has light edge-wear; rubbing to spine ends; light rubbing to corners). black boards w/ gilt printing. 253 pgs w/ primarily bw illustrations. glossy pink-grey dustjacket w/ color illustrations & maroon printing. Illustrated throughout.

New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1930. Hardcover. VG- (all volumes have scuffed shelf-wear to edges. decorative black cloth rubbed; sunning/discolorization to spines. vol4 has more pronounced scuffs & scratches to cloth; white paint-like smudges, splatter to back board & spine. vol4 has slight split to textblock w/ lower gutter splitting; threads & glue remain intact.). black, pebbled cloth corners & spine w/ inlaid dark green cloth; gilt spine printing. speckled edges. four volumes, various paginations w/ tissue-guard frontis, plates, illlustrations. Approximately 22lbs for shipping.

Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG+/VG- (light wear to cloth boards & corners; spine ends crinkled. white dustjacket highly scuffed w/ smudges; small, closed tear to back upper spine edge.). dark grey cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 186 pgs w/ primarily bw illustrations, maps. white dustjacket w/ black & light amber printing. Remains very tightly bound; likely unread. "For decades historians and historical geographers have neglected the study of town life in the colonial South, simply portraying towns as the result of increasing population density. The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia, the first comprehensive study of town development in the interior of the colonial South, marshals evidence that planned urban settlements were the essential agents in accelerating westward expansion. Through the analysis of twenty-five attempts to create towns in the Virginia backcountry, the work demonstrates there was a distinctly southern urban movement in the… Leer más

Phoenix/Santa Fe: Heard Museum/Museum of New Mexico Press, 2000. Paperback. VG (Light edgewear to wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Colorfully illustrated wraps with white, brown and peach lettering; 144 pp.; richly illustrated. Shares the stories of American Indians surviving the institutional life of boarding schools, describing Native Americans' faith, love for their heritage, resilience, and ability to learn from hard times, in a volume featuring numerous photographs and illustrations. -- Provided by publisher. From the 1870s to the present day, Indian children of all ages, from thousands of homes, from hundreds of diverse tribes and reservations, have entered federal boarding schools. Indian students' experiences at boarding schools have been as diverse as the students themselves. For some, the federal government's attempts to eradicate "Indianness" were unbearable; for some, tragically, they were successful. For others, time at a boarding school represented a chance to simply get… Leer más

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. First paperback. Paperback. VG- (Moderate edgewear/scuffing/smudging/foxing to wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Black wraps with b&w-photo illustration and white and light brown lettering; 179 pp.; richly illustrated. Foreword by Elie Wiesel. "A documentary record of the lives of the Jews of Eastern Europe 1934-1939, with commentary by the photographer." -- WorldCat.

New York: Dutton, 1973. Paperback. VG- (Wraps are toned, scuffed, smudged and edgeworn, with a red pen mark on the back cover; there is a red stamp on the half-title; textblock edges are lightly worn/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid.). White wraps with black and white photo-illustration and black lettering; 159 pp.; richly illustrated. "Lyric prose and sensitive photographs blend in this book to produce a luminous and illuminating portrait of the Pennsylvania Dutch Germans (popularly and erroneously called 'Pennsylvania Dutch'). Millen Brand's text describes their history, their lifeways, and their beliefs; George Tice's photographs show their children, their places, and their pastimes." -- back cover.

Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1976. Paperback. VG- (Wraps are sunned and edgeworn; textblock edges are worn and foxed; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Blue stapled wraps with black lettering; iii, 64 pp. Number 2 in the series, "ISHI Occasional Papers in Social Change.

New York: Citadel Press, 1970. Third Paperbound Edition. Paperback. Good + (Wraps are toned, with scuffing, smudging and edgewear; there are glue remnants from a sticker on the cover; half-title has bookstore stamp; textblock is edgeworn, scuffed and smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid.). White wraps with illustration and colorful lettering; 253 pp.; richly illustrated. "Over thirty leading writers, scholars, and artists present an all-important appraisal of Harlem: Its history, the problems and aspirations of its people, and its place in the emergent Negro revolution." -- Cover.

New York: Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn; textblock edges are scuffed and smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/Good (DJ is moderately toned, edgeworn, scuffed and smudged.). Cloth boards with white lettering; white DJ with photo-illustration; xiv, 381 pp.; 16 unnumbred leaves of plates. "The dazzling years of the Harlem Renaissance: the poets and novelists, the intellectuals and the entrepreneurs, the mansions and dives and decadence and glamor that energized the Jazz Age." -- DJ.

New York: New York Public Library, 1967. Paperback. Good (Wraps are toned, scuffed and smudged, with foxing and edgewear; textblock edges are smudged, scuffed; penciled notes are present on the ffep; interior is clean; binding is solid.). White wraps with photo-illustration and black lettering; xix, 328 pp. Preface written by James Baldwin. "Edited from manuscripts in the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, the New York Public Library ... originally prepared by the Federal Writers Project under the working title, 'Harlem--the Negroes of New York (an informal social history).'" -- WorldCat.

New York: New Press, 2005. Paperback. VG (Wraps are very lightly edgworn, particularly near the front spine, and mildly scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are worn, with extremely mild smudging and foxing; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Black wraps with illustration and green and white lettering; vi, 403 pp.; 16 unnumbered pages of plates; richly illustrated. "A history of slavery in New York City is told through contributions by leading historians of African American life in New York and is published to coincide with a major exhibit, in an anthology that demonstrates how slavery shaped the city's everyday experiences and directly impacted its rise to a commercial and financial power." -- WorldCat.

New York: Atheneum, 1969. Paperback. Good- (Wraps are edgeworn, scuffed, smudged; textblock has toning, marker, smudging and edgewear; interior has profuse underlining and notes in the text; binding is solid.). Olive-colored wraps with black lettering and brown and white design; xviii, 284 pp.; some illustrations. Scarce copy; extremely readable, despite notes and underlyining by a person who apparently really enjoyed it!

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. Hardcover. VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/Good (DJ is toned and moderately worn.). Black cloth boards with bronze and silver lettering on the spine; x, 389 pp.; richly illustrated. "A chronological account of early Harlem covering its literature, painting, music, clubs, churches, and individuals who played important roles in the community." -- WorldCat.

Berkeley, California: National Organization For Women, 1971. Softcover. VG- (scuffs & smudges to wraps; small rub to front edge; tanning to edges. interior clean & bright). grey & white stapled wraps w/ black printing. 22 pgs text. Appears to have been published in conjugation with NOW's 5th National Conference in Los Angeles, California in September of 1971. Enumerates and describes 17 key points of Volunteerism from 'The Status of Women' to 'The Volunteer World As Satire, Looking Forward: The Ten Year Rule.' Introduction by Pat McCormick.

Shreveport, Louisiana: The Junior League of Shreveport, Inc, 1985. Softcover. VG- (scuffs, smudges & foxing to wraps; small stain to lower front wrap. corners rubbed). white, stapled wraps w/ color illustrations, black printing. approx 40 unpaginated pgs w/ bw illustrations. Documents the rehabilitation initiatives of Shreveport's neighborhoods.

New York: Harper & Brothers / The Purtian Press, 1866. Hardcover. Fair (green cloth scuffs, smudged & stained; rubbed w/ tearing at spine edge. leather corners & spine rubbed & darkened. a few spots of water-staining to red textblock edges w/ tint staining to pg edges. vol2 boards nearly detached from textblock. vol1 front hinge has an approx 5.5inch crack to lower gutter; board very rattled). green cloth boards w/ gilt printing; leather spine & corners. two volumes, various paginations w/ bw illustrations, bw maps. all edges red. Color map is missing. Pages lightly tanned with instances of smudges, mark and foxing; text remains dark and details. Wonderfully illustrated. Reading-rebinding copy. Dated 1866 Harper; 1894 Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden and 1894 McDonnell Bros. Approximately 13lbs for shipping.