The Beat Within
by ASIKA, Nkemka [aka Frank John]
New York: Nkemka Asika Publications, 1985. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; staple-bound, illustrated card wrappers; [32]pp. Fine. Scarce volume of dub-inflected verse by the Trinidad-born poet, who also published work under his birth name, Frank John. This was the first volume in a projected series of the same title, however no other volumes appear to have been published.
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![Isaac Asimov's Robot City. Robots and Aliens Book 5: Maverick [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/437/415/1461415437.0.l.jpg)
Isaac Asimov's Robot City. Robots and Aliens Book 5: Maverick [Inscribed]
by [ASIMOV] BETHKE, Bruce
New York: Ace Books, 1990. First Edition. First printing (paperback original). Inscribed and signed by Bethke on title page to Minnesota poet and science-fiction writer John Calvin Rezmerski: "To Rez / ARF!," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Mass-market paperback; 184,(12)pp. Apparently unread, but with a hint of toning to wrapper edges; Near Fine. Publisher's "SIGNED COPY" sticker affixed to front cover.
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Man on Spikes
by ASINOF, Eliot
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1955]. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original simulated cloth in teal pictorial dust jacket; [10],276pp. Minor shelf wear with very tiny loss to spine crown, else Very Good to Near Fine. Fictional account of the sports business as seen through the eyes of a minor league baseball player who winds up working in the sporting goods department of a hardware store. COAN, p. 89.
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La Repubblica Immaginaria: Idee e fatti dell'Italia contemporanea
by ASOR ROSA, Alberto
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust jacket; x, 341pp. Gift inscription to ffep. Text in Italian. Trivial sunning to top edge of boards, margins of textblock mildly age-toned, else a tight, clean, near-new copy. Jacket showing minor external wear. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. An critical analysis of contemporary Italian politics and political systems.
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Black Politics: A Journal of Liberation - Group of 6 Issues
by ASSEGAI, Richard, et al. (editors)
Berkeley: Black Politics, 1968-1969. Six issues in four quarto volumes (28cm); mimeographed sheets, side-stapled; 20, 25, 42, 78pp; illus. Publication sequence as follows: Vol.1, No.1, 3, 4-5; Vol.2, Nos.13-14. Faint toning to wrapper extremities, some trivial wear, and occasional oxidation to staples; Near Fine. Attractive issues of this short-lived Black liberation journal, published in Berkeley in the years of 1968 and 1969. Their "Statement of Purpose" clearly delineates the journal's goals and contents: "Black Politics is an... Read More
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Time Suspended
by ASSELBERGHS, Herman; Els Opsomer; Pieter Van Bogaert
N.p. [London?]: Square, [2004]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Card wrappers with card dustjacket; 216pp; chiefly illus. Fine, with publisher's unprinted cellophane outer wrapper intact. Photo-essay of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by three noted Dutch photojournalists.
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Esperanto in the School
by [AUXILIARY LANGUAGES] THE BRITISH ESPERANTO ASS'N
Lawrence: British Esperanto Association, N.d. [ca 1940]. Bifolium leaflet. Octavo (22cm); printed self-wrappers; (4pp). Mild edge-creasing; Very Good. Advocates the teaching of Esperanto from an early age, noting its pedagogical benefits including ease of acquirement, simplifying the teaching of grammar, training the logical faculty, broadening students' world outlook, etc.
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The Addictive States. Proceedings of the Association December 2 and 3, 1966, New York, NY
by [ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN NERVOUS & MENTAL DISEASE] WIKLER, Abraham (ed)
Baltimore: Willliams & Wilkins, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. Maroon cloth; 520pp. Ex-Institute for Psychoanalysis (Chicago), with bookplate and card pocket. Very Good. 43rd volume in the series. Contributions include "Addiction to Barbiturate andNonbarbiturate Sedative Drugs" (Carl F. Essig); "Patterns of Intravenous Self-Injection by Morphine-addicted Rats" (James R. Weeks and R. James Collins); "Opioid Addiction Problems in Canada" (S.J. Holmes); "Small Group Drinking Behavior: an Experimental Study of Chronic Alcoholics" (Jack H. Mendelson, Nancy K. Mello and Philip Solomon); etc.... Read More
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Perception and Its Disorders: Proceedings of the Association, December 6 and 7, 1968
by [ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE] HAMBURG, David A. et al., eds
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xi,[1],405pp.; illus. Bookplates of the Institute for Psychoanalysis to front and rear free endpapers, else Near Fine. Research Publications Vol. XLVIII.
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![Drug Abuse as a Management Problem [Cover Title: What Are Your Employees Taking for Lunch These Days?]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/142/645/1678645142.0.l.jpg)
Drug Abuse as a Management Problem [Cover Title: What Are Your Employees Taking for Lunch These Days?]
by [AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION]
[New York]: Amacom / American Management Association, [ca. 1974]. Octavo (21.5cm x 14cm); tri-fold brochure with pictorial front cover. Address label peeled from rear panel (small pieces of label and residue remaining), with light shelf-soil; Very Good. Advertisement flyer encourages companies to address and prevent employees from using hard drugs in the work environment through AMA's Drug Abuse As a Management Problem program. Examples include, "A foreman who downs a couple of Trancs each shift to keep his... Read More
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![Igbo Philosophy, Volume One (General Introduction to the Background and Philosophy of the Igbo People) [All Published?]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/833/187/844187833.0.l.jpg)
Igbo Philosophy, Volume One (General Introduction to the Background and Philosophy of the Igbo People) [All Published?]
by IGBO PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION
[Enugu, Nigeria: Igbo Philosophical Association, 1971]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers printed in green and red; 35pp. Light toning to wrapper extremities and textblock, else Very Good or better. Introductory number of a projected journal on Igbo culture and philosophy, though we have found no evidence that any other issues were every published.
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![Technological Change & Employment in the Automotive Industry [Typed Letter, Signed, Bound in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/740/705/1321705740.0.l.jpg)
Technological Change & Employment in the Automotive Industry [Typed Letter, Signed, Bound in]
by AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
New York: Automobile Manufacturers Association, 1965. First Edition. Quarto (27cm.); publisher's white printed staplebound wrappers; 8pp. Fine condition. Typed letter signed by Harry A. Williams, Managing Editor of the Association, dated September 30, 1965, addressed to Garth L. Mangum of the National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress.
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Publications of the American Economic Association, Vol. IV, no. 5, September, 1889
by AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
[Baltimore: Press of Guggenheimer, Weil & Co.], 1889. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's printed terracotta wrappers; 69pp.; tables in text. Wrappers a bit darkened with a few shallow chips along extremities, none approaching text, contemporary ownership signature to upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Contents comprised of the papers read at the Association's third annual meeting in Philadelphia. Includes "Malthus and Ricardo," by Simon N. Patten; "The Study of Statistics," by Davis R. Dewey; and "Analysis in Political... Read More
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WCFL Radio Magazine: Voice of Labor and the Farmer. Official Quarterly Publication of WCFL Radiophone Broadcast Station and the Co-operative Farmer-Labor Radio Listeners' Association. Volume 4, no. 1 (Spring 1931)
by [LABOR - PERIODICALS] [WORLD CO-OPERATIVE FARMER-LABOR RADIO LISTENERS' ASSOCIATION]
Chicago: WCFL Radio Magazine Co, 1931. First Edition. Quarto. Printed wrappers; 34pp. External rubbing and wear; withdrawn duplicate from the Bancroft Library, with small ink hand-stamp to front wrapper; Very Good. Quarterly journal devoted, oddly, to equal parts technical aspects of radio broadcasting and farmer-labor politics. Current issue contains lengthy feature article by Paul Stephens, outlining the potential of radio for labor organization, as well as technical articles on television and radio servicing and repair. Extremely uncommon; OCLC notes... Read More
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Black Lung Bulletin - Black Lung Assn Newsletter. Volume 2, number 6 (December, 1971)
by [BLACK LUNG ASSOCIATION]
Charleston, WV: Black Lung Association, 1971. Scarce original issue. 4pp bifolium, 11" x 8-1/2". Minor edgewear, still Very Good or better. Monthly newsletter of the Black Lung Association, a worker-led advocacy group that coalesced around the passage of coal mining legislation requiring mine operators to admit liability for pneumoconiosis, a chronic lung disease affecting soft-coal miners. The group's efforts led to the Black Lung Act of 1972, the first legislation specifically to provide relief for black-lung infected... Read More
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Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting of the Vessel Owners and Captains' Association, Held at Philadelphia, March 2, 1870, and the Second Annual Report
by VESSEL OWNERS AND CAPTAINS' ASSOCIATION
Philadelphia: W.H. Pile, 1870. First Edition. Slim 12mo (19cm.); publisher's grey wrappers printed within double rule; 23pp. Faint vertical crease, wrappers slightly brittle with small loss at top fore-edge corner not approaching text, else Very Good and sound overall. The second of just two printed reports, listing John W. Everman as President on the list of the Board of Directors "for the Year ending the first Wednesday of March, 1871 [sic?].
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WCFL Radio Magazine: Voice of Labor and the Farmer. Official Quarterly Publication of WCFL Radiophone Broadcast Station and the Co-operative Farmer-Labor Radio Listeners' Association. Volume 3, no. 3 (Summer 1930)
by [LABOR - PERIODICALS] [WORLD CO-OPERATIVE FARMER-LABOR RADIO LISTENERS' ASSOCIATION]
Chicago: WCFL Radio Magazine Co, 1930. First Edition. Quarto. Printed wrappers; 34pp. External rubbing and wear; withdrawn duplicate from the Bancroft Library, with small ink hand-stamp to front wrapper; Very Good. Quarterly journal devoted, oddly, to equal parts technical aspects of radio broadcasting and farmer-labor politics. Current issue contains several features attacking the Radio Trust as well as technical articles on television and radio servicing and repair. Extremely uncommon; OCLC notes just a single location (Chicago Historical Society). ... Read More
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Women: A Power for Change
by [YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION]
[New York: National Board, YWCA], 1974. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm.); publisher's red pictorial staplebound wrappers; [2],46pp. Fine condition. OCLC no. 23123002, no holdings listed as of January, 2018.
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IWMA Boletin de Informacion / I.W.M.A. Bulletin of Information. Special Edition, June 1, 1937
by [SPANISH CIVIL WAR] [CNT - FIA] INTERNATIONAL WORKINGMENS ASSOCIATION
Barcelona: IWMA, 1937. Folio (33.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers printed mimeograph; 14 leaves printed rectos only. Minor wear from handling, light toning to extremities, else Very Good and sound. Special issue of the Bulletin issued by the IMWA, most likely in conjunction with the anarcho-syndicalist Civil War-era libertarian movement headed by the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo and the Federación Anarchista Ibérica. Contents comprised of a single article, "Events in Catalonia: Developments in Antifascist Spain Since July 19th, 1936.
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Benjamin Apthorp Gould
by [PHYSICAL SCIENCES] [ASTRONOMY]
Lynn, MA: Nichols Press, 1896. First Separate Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cream stitched card printed wrappers; 12pp. Wrapper extremities rather toned and brittle with a few small chips to extremities, else Good and internally sound. Obituary of the late astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896), first published in the "Boston Transcript" December 12, 1896.
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Buddha's Leben: Asvaghosa's Buddhacaritam; Ein altindisches Heldengedicht des 1. Jahrhunderts n. Chr
by [ASVAGHOSA] SCHMIDT, Richard
Hannover: Orient-Buchhandlung Heinz Lafaire, 1923. Quarto (28.5cm); green cloth spine over pictorial green paper-covered boards; [6],7-126,[4]pp. Text in German. While not explicitly marked as such, this copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his inked and pencilled notes throughout. Modest shelf-wear and -soil, with rubbing to paper of board edges, and tanning to covers and endpapers; Very Good. Ancient epic poem on the Buddha. [88135].
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The Midsummer Fires: A Long Fiction
by ASWELL, James
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1948. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 311pp. Previous owner's stamp and name inked to front pastedown, with light offsetting to front endpaper. Spine ends lightly nudged with faint foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.00), with 4" tear to front flap, 0.5" chip to lower rear panel, tiny chips and rubbing... Read More
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Forts of the Upper Missouri
by ATHEARN, Robert G.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1967. First Edition. First printing. Black cloth spine over pale red cloth-covered boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 339pp; 8 inserted leaves of plates not reckoned in pagination. Fine, tight and unmarked copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $7.95 on front flap), lightly edge-rubbed, Very Good to Near Fine. A very fresh copy. A title in the 9-volume "American Forts" series, issued by Prentice-Hall between 1965 and 1973.
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Rulers of Kings: A Novel
by ATHERTON, Gertrude
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. First Edition. Octavo (19.25cm.); original brown pictorially embossed cloth stamped in white and gilt; [8],412pp. A hint of shelf-wear else Fine. Political novel of Americans in fin-de-siècle Vienna. SMITH A-347.
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Crusade, Commerce & Culture
by ATIYA, Aziz S.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1962. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo (20cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 280pp. Very Good or better in slightly rubbed, price-clipped dustwrapper.
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