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Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, IL, 1977. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Book . Fine HB in Fine DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. xii, 252 p.; 24 cm. Red cloth over boards with bright gold title on black field on both front cover and spine. Corners sharp; no shelf wear. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Unclipped DJ has fading to spine. In "as new" condition. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 252 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Criminology; United States; 1970s; Law & Criminal Studies. . ISBN: 039803687X. ISBN/EAN: 9780398036874. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 759. . 9780398036874

Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, IL, 1965. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Book . Fine HB in VG+ DJ, protected by mylar cover. xv, 376 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm. Black textured paper over boards with bright gold title on spine. Corners sharp; no shelf wear. P/O's name on FEP; otherwise text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Unclipped DJ has tanned spine with slight mark touching the "O" on "Thomas" and a small spot of wear at top front corner. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 376 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Criminology; United States; 1960s; Law & Criminal Studies. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 758. .

Community Service, Yellow Springs, OH, 1957. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Book . 166 p. 23 cm. Dark green cloth over boards with paste-down title on cover and bright gold title on spine. No shelf wear to the book with crisp corners. Contents tight and clean. Unclipped DJ has wear and a few closed tears along the top edge. Author served as president of Antioch College. From the flap: "This little book should be and probably will be accepted as a classic on the right of the small community to survive." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 166 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Sociology / Urban; United States; 1950s; Sociology & Culture. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 416. .

O'Sullivan Publishing Company, Chicago, 1925. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . VG paper-bound manual. 59 p.; 26 cm. Heavy brown stock wrapper saddle-stapled. Wrapper shows little wear; only a sticker scar at the upper left corner of the front cover. Text block tight and unmarked. Sub-title: A Book in which Detective Methods and Procedure is Made Plain. 346 Q&As to prep for Civil Service exam, plus glossary. Each left page displays a quotation, such as: "There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue,--Commt a crime and the earth is made of glass." Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). 59 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Criminology; United States; 1900-1920; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 737. .

Univ of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1985. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Book . Fine HB in VG+ DJ. xvi, 321 p., [43] p. of plates: ill.; 22 cm. Aqua textured paper over boards with black and white title on spine. Corners crisp; no shelf wear. Contents in "as new" condition. DJ shows minor wear around the edges. A nearly perfect copy. "This 'time capsule' account of events at Southampton Island, Hudson Bay, in 1930 is a chronicle detailed enough for comparison with the present or future time. As such it increases in historical value as the years pass." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 321 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Anthropology / Cultural; United States; 1930s; Anthropology. . ISBN: 0806119330. ISBN/EAN: 9780806119335. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 396. . 9780806119335

Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, IL, 1965. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Book . Fine HB in Fine DJ. v, 152 p.; 24 cm. Black textured paper over boards with bright gold title on spine. Corners sharp; no shelf wear. Text block tight, bright and unmarked. Unclipped DJ. In unread, "as new" condition. Provides contemporary treatment of right to vote during the civil rights movement, including transcripts of voting hearings in Alabama and Louisiana, 1958-1961. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 152 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Criminology; United States; 1960s; Law & Criminal Studies. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 762. .

Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, 1982. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Book . Good+ HB in Poor DJ, now protected by mylar cover. xvi, 454 p.: ill.; Bib. (pp. 425-436); index (pp. 437-454); 24 cm. Brown cloth over boards with bright gold title on spine. Front hinge is starting with 3" tear exposing webbing. Corners crisp. 1/4" darkened line along bottom edge of front cover. Contents remain tight and clean. Black illustrated DJ is heavily worn with 1 1/2" tear and some loss at lower right edge of spine. "[F]irst comprehensive account of Shawnee culture." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 454 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies; Sociology & Culture. . ISBN: 0821404172. ISBN/EAN: 9780821404171. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 380. . 9780821404171

Guild Press of Indiana, Indianapolis, 1994. Edition Unstated. Paperback. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . Fair PB. x, 278, [15] p.: ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm. Illustrated wrapper shows some shelf wear. Spine is uncreased. Three brown spots on page edge. Contents are tight, but 16 of the first 37 pp. have colored highlighting; pen markings on pp. 67-68. Traditions of the Shawnee recounted in tribal stories told by the Water Panther Clan Mother of the Shawnee Nation, United Remnant Band of Ohio. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 278 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies; United States; Sociology & Culture. . ISBN: 1878208292. ISBN/EAN: 9781878208293. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 381. . 9781878208293

Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. VG hardback missing the scarce dust jacket, but with an author-signed bookplate. 356 p. illus. 22 cm. In addition to the frontispiece there are 13 leaves of coated stock with pictures printed on both sides. Roberts' second book, drawn from articles he wrote on immigration and events in Europe for "The Saturday Evening Post." The standard Roberts bibliographies report there were only 2,011 copies of the first edition printed. Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. 356 pages. Text block is unmarked, with the exception of a note in the gutter on p. 3 ("16718 - Jan. 1923"); the pages are slightly tanned from age. The binding is tight overall, but the bottom of the front hinge is a bit loose. Red textured cloth over boards with faded gilt title on spine. Front panel… Read More

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Illustrator: Miracle, Ed (Scarce First State DJ art). Book . Fine copy of First Edition in VG scarce First State DJ. Only 335,000 copies were printed with the Ed Miracle art, showing ships falling off the edge of the world. This was Friedman's choice for the cover, but the publisher failed to get permission from the artist, so the book had to be recalled and the DJ replaced. Book is in "as new" condition; corners crisp; text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ shows a little wear at the top of the spine, but is now protected in archival polyester cover. Scarce First State DJ art. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 488 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Miracle, Ed (Scarce First State DJ art). Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Future Studies; United States; Modern; Economics. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More