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.....
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.".....
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.....
first edition, 1961.
"this book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding." - jane jacobs.
an iconoclastic classic of urban design from the famed activist best known for her opposition to robert moses and his lower manhattan expressway.
jacket design by sam marsh.
new.....
first edition, 1965.
published posthumously nine months after his assassination, this famous memoir of malcolm x was co-written by alex haley and inspired the 1992 spike lee film.
introduction by m.s. handler. epilogue by alex haley. with 16 plate of photographs. jacket design by roy kuhlman...
2019.
"helen arnold, daniel blanchard, enrique escobar, daniel ferrand, georges petit, and jacques signorelli have participated in the selection of the articles as well as the drafting of the introductory texts..."
london: eris: 978-1-912475-13-1. 6 x 9.25 inches. 485 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: negligible.....
1977.
selected and edited by quintin hoare. translated by john mathews.
new york: international publishers. isbn: 0853153868. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 393 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: negligible shelfwear. near fine.
from the library of richard perlbinder.
first edition, 1989.
cambridge, massachusetts: harvard university press. isbn: 0674896459. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 330 pages. hardcover. bound in grey cloth-covered boards. book condition: owner's inscription to front free-endpaper. some soiling to head of block. jacket condition: light shelf-wear. small closed tears to rear panel. unclipped ($25.00). near fine--.
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.
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.....
1934.
los gatos, ca. 9 x 11.25 inches. unpaginated. softcover. loose typewritten pages bound in simplex report cover. owner's markings to inner front flap and title page. condition: dampstaining to front and back cover. toning throughout.
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.....
[fourteen issues], 1968-1980. with men's room sign. scarce.
includes the following issues:
no. 6, march 1971; no. 8; no. 17, march/april 1973; no. 18, june/july 1973; no. 25, summer 1975; no. 29/30, summer/fall 1976; no. 31, winter 1977; no. 32, spring 1977; no. 33/34, summer/fall 1977; no. 35.....
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.
[fifteen non-consecutive volumes], 1986-1988. scarce.
a introductory series of twenty-four books on marxist-leninist philosophy and poltical theory. each volume was originally published in russian and has been translated into english for this series.
includes:
2. what is marxism-leninism?
by vladimir buzuev and vladimir gorodnov. translated by sergei.....
[fifteen consecutive editions], 1970-71. scarce.
includes editions 3 though 17
a collection of the famed midwestern lesbian-feminist newspaper, published from 1970–74 in the shared home of a collective from the iowa city women’s liberation front. includes articles, poetry, cartoons, and graphic art, offering a midwestern perspective on women’s.....
first edition thus, 1973.
translation of the russian edition, moscow 1968, prepared by the institute of marxism-leninism of the c.p.s.u. central committee.
moscow: progress publishers. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 635 pages. hardcover. bound in tomato cloth-covered boards. book condition: bumped and toned with edgewear. very good-. jacket.....
second printing thus, 1950.
a scarce unabridged pulp edition of the iconic novel.
new york: signet books. 4.25 x 7 inches. 236 pages. softcover. bound in illustrated paper wrappers. book condition: loose leaves- pages 9-28. front joint tender. some shelf-wear. folding to corner. else bright. acceptable.
first paperback edition, 1969.
kelley has been called, "the lost giant of American literature." his distinctive form of black comedy examined the absurdities of racial attitudes in america.
"dem is white folks... and how they really live.."
new york: collier books. 4 x 7 inches. 141 pages.....
first edition, [1977].
fourth and final issue of john bryan's short-lived literary magazine. a document of queer, black and feminist poetry as well as bondage and motorcycle subcultures in 1970's california.
contains contribution from simon alexander (jean thorpe), deirdre evans, christopher trian, and paladin.
[san francisco]: [underground.....
first edition, 1949.
a pulitzer-prize winning journalist's exposé on the evils of racism and segregation in the american south.
new york: simon and schuster. 5.5 x 8 inches. 215 pages. hardcover. bound in reddish cloth-covered boards. book condition: fading to spine. some soiling to boards. some shelf-wear. some.....
signed by harry gunnison brown, 1928.
"to r.e. lucere
with the compliments and esteem of
harry gunnison brown."
introduction by john dewey. preface by harry gunnison brown.
brown was considered the pre-eminant henry geroge scholar in american. he held that persons should own the value that.....
first edition thus, 1945.
new york: pioneer publishers. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 374 pages. hardcover. bound in rust cloth-covered boards. book condition: owner's inscription and staining to front free-endpaper. bumped. very good+. jacket condition: creasing and small chips to chips to head and foot of spine. shelfwear throughout.....
inscribed first paperback edition, 2001.
"para ti especialmente--
finalmente te doy
para que lo leas y lo disfrutes
con mucho amor
clara
nyc march 04"
new york: seven stories press. isbn: 1583225455. 6 x 9 inches. 623 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappes. book condition: soiling to.....
signed second printing, 1997.
translated by katherine weaver.
san francisco: the black scholar press. isbn: 0-933296-11-8. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: some rubbing and edgewear. near fine.