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Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. Translated and with a new introduction by Mary Gibson and Nicole Hahn Rafter 8vo size trade paperback; 424 pages including index. There are a few black and white photographs within the text. From back cover: "Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of criminology. His theory of the 'born'… Read more about this item

London: Crowell-Collier Press, 1969. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 88 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. From dust jacket: "The more than three billion members of the family of man are divided into genetically different populations, or races. As with any other species, this diversity reflects man's adaptation to various geographical… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: Fortkamp Publishing Company, 1989. 8vo size trade paperback; 231 pages Foreword by Walter F Sullivan, Bishop of Richmond Introduction by Sister Patrice Murphy, St Vincent's Hospital From back cover: "(The author) has put a human face on AIDS... (He) recounts his own personal journey and ministry with 14 specific persons. He does… Read more about this item

New York: Reynal and Company, 1957. Originally published in Germany under the title Wo Berge Goetter Sind (Where Mountains are Gods.) Translated from the German by Michael Bullock First American Edition 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with color photo illustrated dust jacket; 256 pages with some black and white illustrations on glossy stock. From jacket: … Read more about this item

Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1975. 8vo size trade paperback; 122 pages with some black and white photographs From back cover: "At their 1971 Synod, the Roman Catholic bishops spoke of a 'set of injustice' in the world an called for a corresponding education demanding 'a renewal of heart...based on the recognition of sin in its individual and… Read more about this item

Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1964. 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine; 312 pages including index and some black and white maps. Non-English language words are underlined in the text as part of the printing process. From page 3: "Viet Nam is a land whose features change dramatically within very short distance, from mountains… Read more about this item

New York: Atria Books, 2022. Rare, Advance Reading Copy with Ephemera 8vo size trade paperback; 253 pages Covers are unique to proof with with from cover identifying the book as Advance Reader's Edition. The back cover also identifies the book as an Uncorrected Proof. The back cover provides an overview of the book, a very brief… Read more about this item

Burnsville, NC: Celo Press, 1985. 8vo size trade paperback with photo illustrated covers; 174 pages with a few black and white photographs This volume, written by a participant, tells the story of a 1967/1968 program by Quaker activists to deliver humanitarian medical supplies to both North and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Covers have edgewear, light creases… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1902. Volume XV (only) of the Studies in History, Economics and Public Law edited by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University 8vo size brown clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on the spine, 427 pages including an index, followed by a Table of Errata and several pages of listings of other books in… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1987. 337 pages. Contents include: Trends in Adolescent Sexuality and Fertility The Societal Context Determination of Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Decision Making Consequences of Adolescent Childbearing Preventive Interventions Interventions for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents We noted yellow highlighting on at least 33 pages. Covers have creased top corners and small crease on front, bumped… Read more about this item

Stated First Printing 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 208 pages From jacket: "(The author's) informants tell their life stories and relate their most personal feelings about becoming old. Each story is unique, and yet, presented together, they inevitably weave a clear pattern, one that clashes sharply with much current gerontological thought... Contrary to popular… Read more about this item

1967. 8vo sized hardcover with dust jacket; 342 pages plus a section of glossy stock with 48 black and white photographs. From jacket: "This book is an attempt to explain the forces that have shaped technology from prehistoric times on, and have increasingly been shaping modern man. Instead of beginning with the problems of our own generation,… Read more about this item

1963. Edited and with a foreword by Fred DelliQuadri 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 184 toned pages. From jacket: "This volume...consists of selected papers form the 1962 National Conference on Social Work, which devoted a number of meetings to the special topic of "Strengthening Family Life for Children." The papers cover various phases of family… Read more about this item

1967. 8vo sized hardcover with dust jacket; 342 pages plus a section of glossy stock with 48 black and white photographs. From jacket: "This book is an attempt to explain the forces that have shaped technology from prehistoric times on, and have increasingly been shaping modern man. Instead of beginning with the problems of our own generation,… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO: Waterview Press Signed and inscribed on fep by co-author Paul Grogan. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 285 pages From jacket: (This book) shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nations urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1993. Stated First Edition Signed and inscribed on fep. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 307 bright, white pages. From jacket: "Kevin Phillips shows how the populist explosion revealed a powerful new political force: widespread frustration over the decline of middle-class prosperity and the threat to the American dream... (This book)… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Press, 1959. 8vo size hardcover, blue boards over red cloth spine with white titles; 264 pages Signed and inscribed on fep Contents include: America On the Move Saga of the Suburbs The Jewish Family The Synagogue - Center of Jewish Life The Round of Ritual The Search for Religion Tension and Unrest The Homogenized Society… Read more about this item

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 318 pages plus a center section 16 pages of black and white photographs on glossy stock. Photo illustrated endpapers. From jacket: "Here is the marvelously entertaining records of an epic duel of wit and will between two remarkably resourceful - and unlikely - antagonists:… Read more about this item

Readers Union, 1974. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 285 pages Book Club Edition From jacket: "The pueblo is Tajos and its people. Tajos is a village through the experiences of its inhabitants Spain, a white cluster of houses carved into the grey and pine-green mountainside looking out over the Costa del Sol and the Mediterranean… Read more about this item

London: Edbury Press, 1997. British Edition. First Edition with full numberline. 4to size pictorial hardcover with matching vintage photo illustrated dust jacket; 144 pages with vintage black and white advertisements From jacket: "a fascinating look at how housework and life in the home have changed over the last 75 years.... In reality, the social changes… Read more about this item