New York: Random House, 1971. First edition. xxvi, 196 pp. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, red lettering on front board. Former owner's name written on paste down in green ink, else Fine in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with very little spine sunning, two small closed tears in front... More
New York: Humanities Press, 1965. First edition. Signed by Aptheker on the front free endpaper. viii, 150 pp. Original navy cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, just a little toned. Reprints the text of the third and final edition of David Walker's Appeal to... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. 275 pp. Tan cloth with red and black lettering. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, slightly chipped at head and toned just a bit along fore edge. A few small spots of foxing to fore edge and slight offsetting to... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. 275 pp. Tan cloth with red and black lettering. Near Fine with slightly bumped bottom corners, internally clean and straight, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, slightly chipped at head and tail, rubbed front panel, small tear in top of front panel... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958. First edition. vi, 333pp. Original cloth and blue paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good spine-sunned, unclipped dust jacket with clear tape along top edge of back panel and head. One of the German-born philosopher's major works. More
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1973. Signed by both Baldwin and Giovanni on title page. First edition, wrappered issue. Review copy with b/w photo of authors laid in, review slip laid in as well. 112 pp. Near Fine with a little toning to wraps. A wide-ranging... More
Brighton: Unicorn Bookshop, 1968. First edition, first printing. Publisher's white stapled wraps silkscreened in red and blue. One of 250 copies in the first printing, this copy unnumbered. Very Good, with wear and toning to wraps. Splits started at spine fold, though binding is solid. A short work written in... More
Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1960. First edition. Complimentary copy with slip from publisher laid in, author's name apparently written in a hand other than his own. 416 pp. Original yellow and blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a little wear along... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls / Sabra Books, 1971. First edition, copy #249 of 2000 signed by Ben-Gurion underneath his frontis photo. Bound in publisher's padded blue leather decorated in gilt with gilt topstain, housed in plain blue cloth slipcase. A Near Fine copy with faint rubbing at tips, slight... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1969. Inscribed by Brown on half title in the early '70s: "See it's no between: you're either free or you are a slave." It is the signature phrase of Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, currently serving a life sentence. Also... More
New York: Cowles Book Company, 1970. Signed by Buck on the half title. First edition, second printing. 218pp. Leather-backed ream-colored cloth boards,lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with light foxing to cloth and very slight lean to spine, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with small closed tear near foot, a.... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1941. First editon. 285 pp. Original orange cloth with black lettering. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($2.50), slightly chipped at head and tail, creased closed tear at top of back panel, lightly worn along edges. Former owner's name written on front... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Signed first edition. Advance copy with publisher's card announcing "Advance Copy / Publication Date, Nov. 21" laid in along with publisher's reply post card. Inscribed by author to Wallace Sterling, longtime Stanford University President. [xiv], 273, (1) pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition. (xii), 241, (1) pp. Original gray cloth with navy lettering. Near Fine with slightly pilled cloth, a little dust-soiling. Lacks dust jacket. The crime author's first book, a series of fictional characters' dialogues on the nature of the American government. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. First US edition. xxiv, 175 pp. Green cloth with crimson lettering on spine. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped jacket with spine panel darkened and edge-wear heaviest at head and tail. Former owner's bookplate on paste down. A rare double work of nonfiction by... More
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1937. First British edition. 175 p. Pink cloth with black lettering on spine. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Foxing on fore edge and endpapers. Name penned on front endpaper, some offsetting. Jacket spine panel sunned and soiled, worn along edges, price has pencil... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company / Ramparts, 1968. First edition, first printing. xv, 210, (1)pp. Publisher's blue cloth with green and white lettering. Very Good+ with worn tips and very slight lean in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, worn at extremities with a few small chips and tears. The first... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Signed by Cleaver on front free endpaper in ink, inscribed to former owner "at SSC" [probably the Socialist Scholar's Conference], "All Power to the People," dated October 2, 1968. Former owner's name written in red pencil above that. xv, 210, (1, Note About Author) pp. Original... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Signed limited edition; Copy #100 of 1,500 copies signed by Bill Clinton. Dark blue cloth with gilt stamping, in gilt stamped slipcase. Near Fine with several small, faint scuffs to slip case, faint rubbing to gilt stamping, several page edges lightly bent and very... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition, Seventh Printing. Signed by Hillary Clinton on the title page in black marker. In Near Fine condition. Clean text, with a few small corner creases to pages. Gift inscription to previous owner on front free end paper. Light rubbing and light wear... More
New York: J. Howard Brown, 1880. First edition. 576 pp. Original yellow cloth lettered in black and gilt, currency-like green and white patterned endpapers. Very Good overall with staining and a few patches of rubbing to front cover, light edge wear, internally near fine with front tissue guard intact, clean... More
Twin Gates, Washington: Transistor Publishing Company, 1970. First edition. 191pp. Wraps, three pages of b/w photos at rear . Very Good with rubbing to spine, former owner's stamp on title page. This work is a rant against the city manager form of local government (as exemplified by the author's hometown... More
New York: Apollo Editions, 1970. Inscribed by Harold Cruse (1916-2005) to former owner on title page, signed and dated Dec. 26 2001. [vi], 594 pp. Wraps. A slightly better than Fair copy with former owner's underlining and notes in margins and inside cover, creased spine, worn wraps. A very rare... More
Detroit: Black & Red, 1970. First American edition. (Correct first in the English-language, an unauthorized translation by Fredy Perlman among others. No additional printings indicated on copyright page; first issue price of $1 on front cover.) Near Fine condition. A bit of age-toning to wraps, light shelf wear. A handsome... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. First American edition. xxii, 320, viii, (1) pp. Original red cloth lettered in gilt with black stamping, red topstain. Near Fine with a little staining to top edge, small smudge on front free endpaper, in Very Good dust jacket with a little chipping at... More