the nobel lecture in literature, 1993
out of print, 1993.
new york: alfred a. knopf. isbn: 0679434372. 4.25 x 7 inches. 37 pages. hardcover. bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt stamping. book condition: fine.
nonfiction
from slavery to freedom: a history of american negroes
inscribed, 1963.
"with cordial good wishes
of john hope franklin"
second edition, revised & enlarged. third printing.
franklin was a trailblazing historian and civil rights activist. "from slavery" is without a doubt his most significant work.
new york: alfred a. knopf. 6 x 8.5 inches.....
die nigger die!
first edition, 1969.
"this country was born of violence. violence is as american as cherry pie. black people have always been violent, but our violence has always been directed toward each other. if nonviolence is to be practiced, then it should be practiced in our community and end there.".....
rosa parks: my story
inscribed third printing, 1992.
"2/13/93
rosa parks
to dennis richmond"
inscribed and dated to acclaimed african-american broadcaster dennis richmond when richmond interviewed parks at foothill college theater.
new york: dial books. isbn: 0803706731. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. bound in quarter cloth-covered boards with gilt lettered.....
robert moses and the modern city: the transformation of new york
first edition, 2007.
edited by hilary ballon and kenneth t. jackson.
this book is published in conjunction with a three-part exhibition "robert moses and the modern city":
"remaking the metropolis"
museum of the city of new york, 2007
"the road to recreation"
queens.....
maurice
first edition, 1971.
new york: w.w. norton and company. 8.75 x 6 inches. 256 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth covered boards. book condition: block lightly toned. heavy rubbing to front board. gentle bumping throughout. very good. jacket condition: chip to head of spine. closed tear to foot.....
make it bigger
first edition, 2005.
new york: princeton university press. isbn: 1-56898-548-7. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 250 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: delamination to flaps, scrattling to wrappers, light bumping to spine. very good.
the velvet underground
first mass market paperback edition, 1963.
introduction by michael leigh.
"here is an incredible book. it will shock and amaze you. but as a documentary on the sexual corruption of our age, it is a must for every thinking adult."
new york: macfadden. 4.25 x 7.25.....
enheduana: the complete poems of the world's first author
first thus, 2023.
translated from the original sumerian to english.
new haven: yale university press. isbn: 978-0-300-26417-3. 259 pages. 9 x 6 inches. hardcover. bound in rust colored cloth-covered boards. book condition: bumping to spine. jacket condition: lightl shelfwear. light creasing and two closed-tears. scrattling. very good++.
the frontier within: essays by abe kōbō
first american edition, 2013.
edited, translated, and with an introduction by richard f. calichman.
new york: columbia university press. isbn: 978-0-231-16386-6. 6 x 9.25 inches. 191 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: light bumped spine. else fine. jacket condition: edges bumped. gentle shelfwear throughout. very good+.
the nature of necessity
first edition, 1974.
oxford: oxford university press. isbn: 0198244045. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. [5], vi-ix, 2-255, [1] pages. hardcover. bound in blue cloth-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: some sunning to spine. unclipped (£4.50). near fine.
the invert and his social adjustment
second edition, 1948.
widely circulated text published anonymously by a self proclaimed gay and catholic man, with an introduction by renowned psychologist r. h. thouless, m.a., phd. The text called for greater tolerance of male homosexuality based on the premise that, as stated in the introduction, “the virtuous.....
the state of the prisons
1929.
london: j.m. dent and sons ltd. 4.5 x 7 inches. 306 pages. hardcover. bound in coth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and top edge staining. book condition: some dampstaining to extremities. very good. jacket condition: some shelfwear and light chipping. very good.
the methods of ethics
first thus, 1962. scarce in jacket.
one the most enduring contributions to moral philosophy, this seventh edition of sidgwick's work is considered definitive for scholars; it was published posthumously in 1907. this 1962 edition was republished alongside the increasing influence of his work among a newly invigorated field of.....
open veins of latin america: five centuries of the pillage of a continent
first edition, 1973. scarce.
translated by cedric belfrage.
new york: monthly review press. isbn: 0853452792. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. 313 pages. hardcover. bound in tan cloth-covered boards. book condition: lightest soiling to block. near fine. dust jacket condition: sunning to spine. lightest rubbing to foot of spine. clipped.....
social studies
second pocket books printing, 1982.
collection of witty essays that examine the absurdity of modernity. like the author herself, these writings have become iconic for their sharp observations and humorous take on the complexities of contemporary life.
new york: random house. isbn: 0-671-45047-6. 4 x 7 inches. 157.....
homosexuality and liberation: elements of gay critique
1977. out of print.
translated from the italian by david fernbach.
an influential work of 1970s gay theory, proposing that homosexuality is an innate and universal human potential repressed by heterosexual norms, and that liberation lies in freeing eros and moving beyond fixed categories.
by.....
soledad brother: the prison letters of george jackson
first mass market paperback edition, 1970.
george jackson (1941-1971) became involved in revolutionary politics while doing time at san quentin state prison for armed robbery. with w.l. nolen he founded the black guerrilla family, describing himself as a "marxist-leninist-maoist-fanonist."
in 1970 jackson and two other prisoners were charged.....
antinarcissus: surrealist conquest; no.1, summer 1969
first edition, 1969.
including contributions from andre breton, aime cesaire, benjamin peret, joyce mansour, nanos valaoritis, roberto matta and others.
ilustrations by marie wilson and jorge camacho.
san francisco: stephen schwartz. 8 x 10 inches. 32 pages. softcover. stablebound in paper wrappers. condition: toning to extremities. some soiling. very good.
let us now praise famous men
first thus, 1960.
boston: houghton mifflin company. 9 x 6 inches. 471 pages. hardcover. bound in charcoal black covered boards. book condition: toning to block. bookplate to front free-end paper. bowing to edges and light bumping. near fine. jacket condition: closed tears, heavy rubbing and shelfwear throughout. toning.....
the incoherence of the intellectual: c. wright mills' struggle to unite knowledge and action
second printing, 1973. scarce.
detroit, michigan: black & red. no isbn. 117 pages. 5.5 x 9 inches. softcover. stapled in illustrated paper wrappers. book condition: some rubbing. very good.
from the library of wayne wood.
so you want to f**k?: a book written for my teenage granddaughter
first edition, 2006. scarce.
a idiosyncratic and often completely inappropriate book of sex advice (and more) written specially for young black women.
sacramento, california: starboss. isbn: 9780982919606. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. 212 pages. softcover. perfect bound in paper wrappers. book condition: very good++.
the psychedelic review vol. 1 no.4
first edition, 1964.
an early issue of the influential journal on psychonautic science and culture.
cambridge, ma: the psychedelic review. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 371-497 pagination. softcover. perfect bound in paper wrappers. book condition: some soiling to wrappers. very minor closed tears, light shelf-wear. very good.
the erotics minorities
mass market paperback, 1966.
introduction by yves saint agnes.
translated from the french by anselm hollo.
new york: grove press, inc. 7 x 4 inches. 172 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: block toned. light edgewear. near fine-.
hypnotism
first english edition, 1891.
translated by laura ensor. illustrated with 42 vignettes by laurent gsell.
london: george routledge and sons. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. xiii, 321, [v]. hardcover. bound in publishers green illustrated cloth-covered boards. gilt lettering to title and spine. decorated endpapers. book condition: some shelf-wear. notable.....