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New York:: Warner,, (2002). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The true stories of a Manhattan Supreme Court Justice judge and her account of years on the bench, behind the courtroom trials, and how her rulings have placed a permanent stamp on the legal system. 338 pp.

New York:: Doubleday / Anchor, , (1995.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. In 1974, the author was a Peace Corps worker in Nepal and he was befriended by an elderly widow, Vishnu Maya, called Aama (Mother) by everyone in her tiny village, befriended the author when he was a Peace Corps worker in 1974. In 1988, she came to visit him in the United States, and together they traveled coast-to-coast, a voyage of rediscovery and an exploration of the beliefs and values that lie beneath the surface of America. Photographs. xii, 299 pp plus a final photograph and a note on the author's previous book.

New York:: Doubleday / Anchor, , (1995.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. In 1974, the author was a Peace Corps worker in Nepal and he was befriended by an elderly widow, Vishnu Maya, called Aama (Mother) by everyone in her tiny village, befriended the author when he was a Peace Corps worker in 1974. In 1988, she came to visit him in the United States, and together they traveled coast-to-coast, a voyage of rediscovery and an exploration of the beliefs and values that lie beneath the surface of America. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. xii, 299 pp plus a final photograph and a note on the author's previous book.

San Francisco:: By the author's wife,, 1908.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark blue gloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover, top edge gilt. Approx 2 cm gouge to cloth at side of spine, otherwise tight and clean, a few pages still unopened. . First printing. Nye, who was born in New York and came to California in 1861, was a teacher and lawyer, district attorney in Alameda County, and judge there. He also purchased two large ranches in the Central Valley - one in the foothills east of Visalia, and the other near Fresno. This book includes a long biographical essay by Calfornia state controller, Alfred Bourne Nye, a very distant relative and speeches and letters compiled and published by his wife, Emma M. Nye. The speeches were mostly on patriotic subjects, but also on education, legal aspects of prohibition, emotional insanity and legal responsibility, and also one on ranching in the Antelope Valley area of Tulare County, and the letters, written to his family,… Read More

New York:: Time Incorporated,, 1962.. Very good+.. Trade paperback. Starts with the second voyage to America.

New York:: International Publishers,, (1954). First edition -. Good condition in gold wrappers with red lettering (toning to the covers and edges of textblock). First US printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. The author, a foreign correspondent for the Daily Worker in London, describes the struggle for freedom throughout British colonial Africa and the abuses of the colonial system. Includes a Foreword by Alphaeus Hunton, Secretary of the Council on African Affairs. 99 pp.

New York:: Norton,, 1962.. Hardcover -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean, issued without dj.. Reprint. African dance and its colonial background in 1934 French West Africa. The inspiration for the authorÕs later career in cultural anthopology, originally published in 1935 and 1949. With a new introduction by the author.

Ann Arbor:: University of Michigan Press,, 1970.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in dark gray cloth, lacking the dj.. First printing. A comprehensive look at earlier African history by geographical area. Notes, suggested reading, index. 483, xx pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, 1969.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First US printing. Illustrated with photographs. Includes notes and references, a select bibliography and index. 367 pgs.

Glasgow:: Burns Press,, 1962.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good dust jacket (edgewear at top of spine and lower corner). Uncommon.. First printing. The author was a Catholic priest from Liverpool who was recuperating from several operations by sailing around Africa in 1960: his comments on the vovage and on the places where they stopped are very interesting. He chose to visit Africa because he thought it was the 'crossroads of the world' and 'possibly the place where the future of mankind will be decided.' He expresses strong anti-apartheid sentiments, describes visiting the site of the Sharpeville massacre, the pro-Nkrumah sentiment in Kenya, as well as discussions of the history and customs of Africa. Illustrated with photographs. 183 pp.

Bllomington & Indianapolis:: Indiana University Press,, (1994.). Fine (appears unread.). Large trade paperback. An authoritive and comprehensive look at the entire national literature of Cameroon within the context of the political and social life of the country. Includes chapters on writers Mongo Beti, Ferdinand Oyono, Guillaume Oyono-Mbia and Francis Beby, on anticolonialism and rebellion, on the negritude and anti-negritude movements. Extensive notes, index. 507 pp.

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press,, 1970.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, missing front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in a very good dj (spine label).. First printing. From the dj flap: 'An account of the experience of a young Englishman teaching History and English in a Roman Catholic Mission Secondary School in northern Nigeria in the period between independence and the first intimations of the Nigerian Civil War.' Illustrated with line drawings, viii , 232 pp

London & New York:: The Faith Press / Morehouse-Barlow Co.,, (1960). Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in green cloth (sunning to the spine, corners slightly bumped, address stamped on front end paper), lacking the dj. . First printing. Anecdotes from years at a hospital in South Africa, including a discussion of the differences between traditional medicine and Western medicine. Illustrated with black and white photographs on glossy paper. Preface, prologue. 127 pp.

New York:: Ticknor & Fields,, 1986.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. An unsparing account of why and how an exceptionally charming man killed himself, in Athill's flat. Didi was an Egyptian exile, whom Athill, a director at Andre Deutsch, supported during his final three years. 158 pp.

Mountain View, CA & and Omaha, NE:: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1966.. SIGNED hardcover -. Very good in a fair only dust jacket (prev owner's name, large chip to front cover of dj, spine faded, other edgewear) . 2nd printing. SIGNED on front endpaper 'with love' Autobiography of an African orphan, who was educated in a mission school and then adopted by an American couple. Her life was featured in a "This is Your Life" segment, and she herself returned to Africa in a missionary capacity.

Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press, , (1986). Very near fine in a glossy illustrated wrappers (light toning to edges of textblock). 1st trade paperback printing. A memoir about growing up in the Midwest, written when he was in his nineties, by this author best know for cycle of epic poems about the American West and for Black Elk Speaks. It describes the people and events instrumental in shaping his life as a poet, historian, and authority on Indians. Introduction by Dick Cavett. x, 173 pp.

Seattle:: Seal Press,, (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (long inscription opposite the title page from a woman who is a friend of the author's, dj is price-clipped). First printing. The uncommon hardcover edition of the author's first full-length book - "a beautifully written chronicle of outdoor life. With eloquence and honesty, Legler's work documents a fascinating journey of self-discovery, graphically and intimately exploring the themes of hunting, sexuality, and landscape." INSCRIBED and signed by Legler on the title page "For -- , Many of us share some of the same life stories, best wishes." 193 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1988). Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. The true story of news anchor Jessica Savitch. "A network anchor at thirty-one, she had made it to the top in a male-dominated world of big stars, big money, and super-egos. But behind the scenes was another story - a woman desperately chasing her dream through a private nightmare of drugs, depression, and disastrous romances and spiraling ever downward." 16 pages of black and white photographs, index, 352 pp.

Minneapolis:: Milkweed Editions,, (2001). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. John Nichols was raised in a privileged American family, attended top-notch private schools and at 23 wrote a best-selling novel, The Sterile Cuckoo. .. "However, a trip to Guatemala derailed his golden-child existence and set him on a very different path toward social and environmental activism. This book charts Nicholss rich and often tormented journey out of his sheltered middle-class life toward a belief in what he calls 'liberation ecology'. SIGNED on the title page. Includes an extensive bibliography of Nichols' works and articles and reviews about his work. 197 pp.

New York:: Brentano's,, (1930). Hardcover -. Near fine in green cloth in a very good dust jacket.. Early printing. Although Anne Hutchinson, who immigrated to Boston in 1634 with her husband and eleven children became known for her weekly religious meetings, her relationship with the local ministers soon became acrimonious - and in 1637, she was tried, convicted and banished from the colony, as a heretic, an instrument of the devil, and a danger to all. The group was initially welcomed by Roger Williams into what became Rhode Island. Despite the condemnation of the ministers at the time, she is now considered an important figure in the history of religious freedom in the colonies - and of women speaking truth to power. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four internal plates. Bibliography, index. 320 pp.