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New York:: Autonomedia,, 1989.. First edition -. Fine.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. Includes 27 pages of references. 247 pages.

New York:: Viking,, 1936.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with signs of pocket removal, embossed stamp on title page, some soiling to cloth covers, but otherwise good condition.. First printing. A study of Negro life and education, and of the American reaction to bi-racial situations in general, funded by the Julius Rosenwald foundation. The author, who had extensive experience with race relations in the Orient, had never visited the US before the trip during which he researched these issues. Among the chapters are the Chinese in California, Japanese in California, Mexicans and Indians, Negro education, etc. Bibliography, index. 208 pages.

New York:: Prentice-Hall,, (1970). First edition -. Good condition (some curling to edges of covers, contents clean). First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Looks at racism in practice from 1769-1942 as it affected Native Americans (the Mission system), Chinese, Japanese, Mexican Americans and African Americans,with a chapter on post-World War II racism. Includes a list of documents, suggestions for further reading, index. xii, 155 pp. 

New York:: Thomas Y. Crowell Company,, (1927). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine (some underlining and marginal notes, prev owner's name.). First printing. Topics include the Negro Population, racial differences; the health of the Negro, Negro Sex and Family Life, economic status of the Negro, education of the Negro, the growth of race consciousness; and more. A title in the Crowell's Social Science Series under the editorship of Seba Eldridge. index. xii, 448.

Washington, D.C.:: Regnery Publishing,, (1996). Hardcover -. Fine in very good dust jacket (creasing to bottom edge of back cover of dj) . 2nd printing. From the Back Cover: "Zelnick looks past the good intentions to how affirmative action really works in such areas as voting rights, employment, minority set-asides, mortgage and insurance regulation, and education. Buttressing his case with the latest research data and scores of real-life examples, Zelnick shows overwhelmingly that affirmative action: favors the less qualified over the more qualified; endangers public safety in such areas as crime and fire prevention, and even medical care . . .brings few benefits to those most in need of help, and benefits mostly those who don't need it; distracts from - and even exacerbates the real causes of misery among inner city blacks." One reviewer commented: "If America is moving toward a consensus that affirmative action has outlived its usefulness, then this attack underscores the… Read More

Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1990.). Very good in stiff black wrappers.. Trade paperback. Candid interviews with sixteen black Americans and twelve white Americans starting in 1968, with most interviewed again in 1979 and 1986. These interviews capture the racial tensions of the late 1960's and the changing perspectives of the 70's and 80's - some are encouraging; others are often angry or disillusioned accounts of failed promises, misunderstandings, and lost opportunities. This trade paperback edition includes two new essays by the author - 'The Author's Story' and 'Where Are the People Now.' Also includes an appendix with the methodology used, notes, and a bibliographic essay. 364 pp.

Little Rock, ArkansasL: Pioneer Press, (1959). First edition -. Very good in printed black wrappers with "advance copy for review" on front cover. An uncommon advance issue. . Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) A book based on speeches delivered by Dale Alford in his successful eight-day campaign for Congress as a Democratic write-in candidate from the Fifth District of Arkansas. Alford was a segregationist and a member of the Little Rock school board, who opposed the forced racial integration of the schools. Errata slip laid in. xvii, 142 pp.

Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1971.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dust jacket. . First printing. Rather uncommon first edition of this now classic experiment in discrimination, basis for a television show "The Eye of the Storm." After the assassination of Martin Luther King, an elementary school teacher in all white school in Iowa struggled to make her students understand what it might be like to be black, and she came up with the idea of dividing the class on the basis of eye color. One day those with blue eyes were on top, the next those with brown eyes. The experiment succeeded all too well. 126 pp.

Boston:: Christopher Publishing House, , (1929). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good+ (some offsetting and toning to the endpapers) in black cloth with gilt lettering, in a fair only example of the rather scarce dust jacket. (loss of approximately 1 1/2 inches at top of dj spine, 1/2 inch at bottom, other chips and edgewear) . First edition. Although this shows some realization of the plight of the Negro in the United States (he describes the introduction of the Negro into America as slaves as the greatest crime in modern history), this is nevertheless rooted in a strong sense of white superiority and within a couple of pages of the introduction he states the basic conclusions upon which this book is based "1. That the White race is the initiator, builder and perserver of civilization. 2. that the Black race is incapable of civilization through any effort of their own and cannot acquire any degree of it except under duress of a superior civilized people" and he goes on to say that… Read More

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1946.. Hardcover -. Good in good dust jacket (water damage to edges of boards with some staining to folds of dj.). Early printing.

New York:: Free Press of Glencoe / Macmillan, , (1964). Hardcover -. Near fine brick red cloth in very good dust jacket (short tear near top of spine, some rubbing to dj). Hardcover. Ten scientists - including Jean Hiernaux, Lancelot Hogben, Paul Ehrlich, S.L. Washburn, and Montagu himself - attack the concept of race as a biologically unsound, socially invalid and prejudicial means of human classification. Maps, charts, references at the end of each essay. Glossary, index. xviii, 279 pp.

New York:: Random House,, (1998). SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in black and white stapled wrappers. Uncommon, and especially so signed. . First thus - a promotional brochure. Includes excerpts from 4 books issued in 1998 "Unafraid of the Dark", "The Children", "The Ghosts of Medgar Evers", and "The Killing Dream." SIGNED by Gerald Posner at the beginning of his contribution, a re-investigation of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 59 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1997.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. SIGNED on the front endpaper. A comprehensive look at how ordinary Americans see each other by this Pulitzer prize winning author. Included are discussions of the stereotypes and unconscious assumptions that permeate the thinking of most people, even the most unbiased, a look at the biculturalism of many black people who move back and forth between the white world and black world, of interracial families and much more. Notes, index. 607 pp.

New Brunswick, NJ:: Rutgers University Press,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. Essays on some aspects of her life as a white woman, married to a black man and raising interracial children. Although written more than 20 years ago, the beginning of the preface could have come from today's news, as Reddy realizes that her son, who is playing a game of hide-and-seek, is now old enough and tall enough to be mistaken for "the urban predator of television-fueled nightmares, ready to spring from the bushes." She realizes she has waited too long to warn him - that he has to keep his hands out of his pockets when in stores, how to talk to the police when they stop him on his bicycle, etc. A very personal and deeply felt book. Bibliography, index. xvi, 193 pp.

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,, (c 1980). Good overall - some scattered underlining, peeled spot on back cover from sticker removal.. Second edition, trade paperback. Winner of the Sydney M. Spivak award. This edition includes a new essay by Wilson on the controversy surrounding this book when it was first published in 1978, and on the intersection of race, class and social policy. Extensive notes, index. xii, 249 pp

New York:: Macmillan,, 1914.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (missing front endpaper, but otherwise tight and clean). First printing. Although Mecklin begins the preface by stating his belief that the "race question" is insoluble, he goes on to discuss the underlying causes of race friction- the basis of social solidarity, race traits, the Negro and his social heritage, race-prejudice, the philosophy of the color line, equality before the law and more. Index. x, 273 pp plus 5 pp publisher's ads.

Homewood IL:: Dorsey Press,, (1969). Near fine.. Trade paperback - 3rd printing. "The first anthology of the literature of segregation and white supremacy. The readings span three-quarters of a century to reveal the nature, intensity, and tenacity of anti-Negro ideas and the reasons for them. " Among these articles are those by Robert Bennett Bean published in 1906 on "The Negro Brain" and Shaler on the permanence of racial characteristics, and others defending the South, calling on religion to support segregation, on the horror of interracial marriage and more. Even generally respected historians like Hubert Howe Bancroft did not hesitate to express opinions like "the freed African is a failure." Includes an epilogue of a rebuttal to the ideas and distortions in these collected pieces and a bibliographical essay. 177 pp

Lexington, MA: : Argonaut Press, (1998). Near fine in yellow and white wrappers. . Trade paperback. Includes more than 1,000 quotes from Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Lillian Smith, Arthur Ashe, Studs Terkel, and hundreds of others, on what it means to be black in the United States. Square format. Includes an index of the sources and another of the people being quoted. 164 pp.

Milwaukee: : The Bruce Publishing Company,, (1957 c 1943). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket (address label on front endpaper, some wear to edges of dj, original price of 3.25 stil present) . Fifth printing. A reissued and re-edited edition of a controversial novel about racism originally published in 1943. "Conditioned by secrecy about his mother, and by his father's attitude towards Negroes, George Woodward fears he has colored blood, hates Negroes with destructive violence, jumps into politics with the segregation of Negroes as a motive. A meeting with a scientist who has turned a Negro white results in a deliberate experiment in George's being turned colored, so as to study the truth first hand. . . he is subjected to the degradations offered the race, finds refuge with his parents, regains balance within himself, and plans a future devoted to racial education.....Based on facts of pigmentation changes, this symbolizes race hatreds and distrust resolved by… Read More

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1994). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book by this award-winning scientist and author, which "combines a history of evolutionary theory with a study of its impact on ideas about race and racism to explain how the fear of making politically unacceptable discoveries has prevented scientists from honestly exploring human racial differences." Includes a discussion of the work of Darwin, Thomas Huxley and Ashley Montagu as well as less well-known but influential figures like Ernst Haeckel, the father of the eugenics movement and Carleton Coons who became the subject of a bitter academic feud. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the late noted Oklahoma book collector, Larry Owens. Notes, Bibliography, Index. 318 pp.