Search Results: Social Science from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. A collection of essays by this well-known economics analyst and columnist, written between 1995 and 1997, many appearing in Krugman's regular column in "Slate" or the "New York Times;" text is tight, square and clean with no underlining or highlighting; pictorial wrappers show only very minor surface and edgewear.

New York: Atheneum, 1963. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback; Atheneum 27; a classic, comprehensive analysis of the American legal system and its trial courts' ability to provide justice for all citizens, as appropriate today as when first published in the 1950s; First Printing of the First Atheneum Edition; text somewhat soiled and stained on edges, o/w clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers show some surface soiling and staining, no tears or chips. Very acceptable reading copy.

New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Anchor Books A387; this anthology, edited by Bedau with contributions from experts with a wide range of opinions is still considered an authoritative and balanced presentation of the legal, moral, social and historical issues surrounding the use of the death penalty; Paperback Original, First Printing of the True First Edition. Text is clean, tight, square in black and white dustjacket with white areas showing some discoloration, especially along spine. Scarce and collectable.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Terkel, who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Good War," revisits Americans and the American Dream in the 1980s to find an America increasingly divided by politics, economics, religion and philosophy, forgetting truth in pursuit of the trivial. Light remainder mark on top edge, o/w text is clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some minor creasing, light edgewear.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Morris followed his bestselling "The Naked Ape," a brutally frank look at the human animal, with this work, an equally honest scrutiny of the society which humanity has created for itself; hardcover; First Printing of the First U.S. Edition; text is clean, tight, very slight spine lean; dustjacket shows 1" tear lower corner of front panel, light soiling, minor surface and edgewear; Very Good/Good Plus.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1969. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Anchor A654; Marshall uses a large body of psychological studies and data to show that the American system of adversarial trial law is often a game of make-believe, that the perception and recollection of witnesses are so flawed as to bear almost no relation to reality, a conclusion that DNA and modern forensics confirms almost daily and that reinforces Marshall's call for major changes in trial procedures. Text is clean, tight, slight spine lean in pictorial wrappers showing some minor age-discoloration and staining along spine and edges. Hard To Find.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1991. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Halberstam's eleventh book was written at the beginning of the last decade of the 20th Century, giving its author a sweeping view and penetrating analysis of world and national political and economic history over the past fifty years but equally as fascinating and important to us, some 20 years along, is his forecast of what the U.S. and world will look like into our current century. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some minor shelfwear.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. Readings from Wolfe's writing of the 1960's & '70's, chosen by the author and including selections from the "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Right Stuff;' dustjacket art also by Wolfe; spine is deeply creased, but book still whole and tight; text edges slightly soiled; dustjacket edgeworn, white areas somewhat discolored, though art by Wolfe bright and undamaged.

New York: Mark H. Newman & Co., 1849. Second Edition. . Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Porter, an early 19th Century Congregational minister and seminary teacher, wrote several works on rhetoric and speech, on what he called the "art of reading." This book, "The Rhetorical Reader," was intended for use in academies and high schools and was issued in over 200 editions throughout the U.S. during the 1800s, becoming a seminal document in the study of speech pathology. This 1849 copy is from the first or second printing of the second edition, revised by James N. MacElligot. About 4 3/4 x 7 inches, 312 pages, including an appendix and 133 reading exercises, in full brown leather-covered boards with gold lettering on paper label on spine. Leather is considerably scuffed and worn, especially at corners. Leather on spine is chipped with quarter-inch pieces missing from spine ends. Both exterior and interior hinges are cracked but continuing to hold quite firmly. Text edges soiled.… Read More

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1982. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Now considered a landmark work in sociology and anthropology, winner of the 1981 Margaret Mead Award, this beautifully written, sympathetic and sensitive study of mental illness in rural Ireland was seen as a classic work from its initial publication. Seventh Printing of the First Paperback Edition; Text is clean, tight, square; red pictorial wrappers show only very minor surface and edgewear. Scarce.

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. The companion volume to Moore's bestselling "Care Of The Soul" explores the difficulties and rewards of relationships; First Printing of the First Edition; dustjacket is rubbed, somewhat worn.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Ballantine S 705; Professor Horowitz's now-classic studies of the 'new' civilian militarists, written in the early years of the Vietnam War, seem equally appropriate and applicable today when men with little connection with the military make military policy, replacing problems of principles with matters of strategy; Paperback Original, First Printing of True First Edition; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show light soiling, minor surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Paperback Library, Inc., 1970. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Vintage paperback, Paperback Library 66-277; Gerzon was twenty in 1969 when he completed this analysis of the under-30 generation's alienation from middle class culture, systematically examining a wide range of issues including the draft, civil rights, war protest, poverty programs, drugs and sex. Text is clean, tight, somewhat age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show minor creasing on spine, some rubbing.