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  • AFRICA: Roots of Jamaican Culture. by Alleyne, Mervyn (1933-2016)
    Alleyne, Mervyn (1933-2016)
    AFRICA: Roots of Jamaican Culture.

    Edition: First edition, a trade paperback original.

    Chicago: Research Associates / School Times Publications, (1996). First edition - The author examines the language, religion, music and social organization of the Jamaican people to reveal the strong cultural continuities with Africa and the origins of new cultural forms and political movements, such as Garveyism and Rastafarianism. Alleyne was was a sociolinguist, creolist and dialectologist whose work focused on the creole languages of the Caribbean, so among other things this book explores the correlations between the linguistic picture and other aspects of culture, such as religion. Maps, charts, notes, bibliography, index. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-948390085.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87624
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  • Alvarez , Robert R. Jr.
    FAMILIA: Migration and Adaptation In Baja and Alta California, 1800-1975

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1986). Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with photographs. "Alvarez investigates the life histories of pioneer migrants and their offspring, finding a human dimension to migration which centers on the family. Spanish, American, and English exploits paved the way for exchange between Baja and Alta California. Alvarez shows how cultural stability actually increased as migrants settled in new locations, bringing their common values and memories with them." Includes an appendix with the original Spanish field notes, notes, bibliography, index. xv. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-520053470.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76853
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  • BEHIND THE GLORY. by Barris, Ted.
    Barris, Ted.
    BEHIND THE GLORY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Toronto: Macmillan Canada, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Based on the author's interviews with more than 200 instructors, this is the story of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan - "the plan that won the allied air war." In five years, the BCATP turned over 200,000 young men and teenagers into seasoned aircrew. SIGNED on the title page with "All the best" and dated in the year of publication. Sixteen pages of photographs. Notes, sources, index. Map endpapers. viii, 358 pp. ISBN: 0-771591764.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (inscription on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 42430
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  • RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA REMEMBERED: An Oral History. by Baumgartner, Jerome W.
    Baumgartner, Jerome W.
    RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA REMEMBERED: An Oral History.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Santa Barbara: Fithian Press, 1989. First edition - "One weekend in 1974, Jerome Baumgartner sat with his father and listened to stories of his childhood on the Santa Margarita Ranch. . . . That weekend was the first session of what was to become a remarkable oral history of one of the biggest and most important ranchos in California history, a quarter-million acre ranch with tens of thousands of cattle and hundreds of horses, not to mention vaqueros, Chinese cooks, and a vast extended family of remarkable people. . . [this] is the recorded memory of a child's view of a unique period of history of rural America - the first twenty years of the twentieth century - and…

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    Santa Barbara: Fithian Press, 1989. First edition - "One weekend in 1974, Jerome Baumgartner sat with his father and listened to stories of his childhood on the Santa Margarita Ranch. . . . That weekend was the first session of what was to become a remarkable oral history of one of the biggest and most important ranchos in California history, a quarter-million acre ranch with tens of thousands of cattle and hundreds of horses, not to mention vaqueros, Chinese cooks, and a vast extended family of remarkable people. . . [this] is the recorded memory of a child's view of a unique period of history of rural America - the first twenty years of the twentieth century - and what it was like to grow up in those times." Illustrated with photographs. Maps, bibliography. 170 pp. ISBN: 1-564741826.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84749
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  • Blackman, Margaret B.
    DURING MY TIME: Florence Edenshaw Davidson, A Haida Women

    Edition: First printing.

    Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982. Hardcover first edition - The first life story of a Northwest Coast Indian woman. Based on more than 50 hours of tape recordings as Davidson recounts her life (born in 1896 she was one of the last women to undergo traditional puberty rites and an arranged marriage). Illustrated with photographs. 172 pp including index.

    Condition: VG/VG (gift inscription.)

    Book ID: 7721
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  • BLACK LIVES, WHITE LIVES: Three Decades of Race Relations in America. by Blauner, Bob.
    Blauner, Bob.
    BLACK LIVES, WHITE LIVES: Three Decades of Race Relations in America.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1990.). 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. ISBN: 0-520069501.

    Condition: Very good in stiff black wrappers.

    Book ID: 38953
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  • WHY DO I LOVE THESE PEOPLE? Honest and Amazing Stories of Real Families. by Bronson, Po.
    Bronson, Po.
    WHY DO I LOVE THESE PEOPLE? Honest and Amazing Stories of Real Families.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second book, the stories of people who survived hardships and wound up with a stronger family because of it. Illustrated with photographs. Bibliography. 331 pp. ISBN: 1400062373.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59118
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  • Carroll, Rick (collected by).
    HAWAI'I'S BEST SPOOKY TALES: Local True Spine Tinglers.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Honolulu, The Best Press, (1997.). First edition - Stories of inexplicable encounters, childhood experiences, family stories spanning generations, written by many Hawai'ians. Includes a 'guide to spooky places' - a listing of sites on the various islands which have a spiritual or mystical significance. Illustrated, maps. 160 pp plus the 18 pp guide. ISBN: 1-57306-0313.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 29220
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  • SILENT VOICES: The Southern Negro Woman Today. by Carson, Josephine.
    Carson, Josephine.
    SILENT VOICES: The Southern Negro Woman Today.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on interviews with many wormen in the South - workers on Delta plantations, college students, domestic servants, housewifes, nurses and more. 273 pp

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (prev owner's name, price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 14914
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  • SILENT VOICES: The Southern Negro Woman Today. by Carson, Josephine.
    Carson, Josephine.
    SILENT VOICES: The Southern Negro Woman Today.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on interviews with many wormen in the South - workers on Delta plantations, college students, domestic servants, housewifes, nurses and more. 273 pp

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (small bookstore stamp)

    Book ID: 64678
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  • SUBSISTENCE U.S.A. by Davidson, Bruce (photographs), text by Carol Hill.
    Davidson, Bruce (photographs), text by Carol Hill.
    SUBSISTENCE U.S.A.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Glimpses of the lives of those living at a subsistence level in the United States in the early 1970's - a term that Hill and Davidson eventually used to include a way of life marked by 'principles of survival, originality, wholeness and independence.' Mostly told in the words of the individuals they interviewed in Maine, Georgia, California, Tennessee, Texas and places in between - from a couple who survive in Colorado by trapping, to hippies in Canyon, California, just outside Berkeley, to a ghetto in Plainfield, New Jersey, and the black residents, descendants of slaves, still living on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina. Farmers, trappers, schoolteachers, hobos,…

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    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Glimpses of the lives of those living at a subsistence level in the United States in the early 1970's - a term that Hill and Davidson eventually used to include a way of life marked by 'principles of survival, originality, wholeness and independence.' Mostly told in the words of the individuals they interviewed in Maine, Georgia, California, Tennessee, Texas and places in between - from a couple who survive in Colorado by trapping, to hippies in Canyon, California, just outside Berkeley, to a ghetto in Plainfield, New Jersey, and the black residents, descendants of slaves, still living on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina. Farmers, trappers, schoolteachers, hobos, prisoners and hitchhikers - black, white and Native American - some living their life by choice, but most enduring what life dealt them, More than with words, their endurance and strenghth is most vividly shown in Davidson's striking black and whte photographs. Slightly oversized format, printed on heavy stock throughout, bound in coarse linen cloth. 186 p. ISBN: 0-030912237.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a good only dustjacket. (some edgewear and overall light soiling to the dj, now protected by an archival cover.)

    Book ID: 38102
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  • JACKSON: The Transgressions of a Place. by De Grange, Allen.
    De Grange, Allen.
    JACKSON: The Transgressions of a Place.

    Edition: 2nd printing, large trade paperback.

    Sunol, CA: De Grange Publishing, 1997. SIGNED - A history of Jackson, California, a gold rush town in Amador County and the site of two hard-rock mines - the Kennedy and the Argonaut, which had the most deadly mining disaster in California. A combination of folksy interviews, recollections from older residents, much of this book focuses on the six-year battle in the early 1950s to shut down open prostitution and gambling in the city - allegedly the last city in California, where prostitution was not only tolerated but protected. Included are numerous newspaper accounts, official records and more. Although most of the police and officials tried for corruption and bribery were acquitted, the state, under Attorney General (later governor)…

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    Sunol, CA: De Grange Publishing, 1997. SIGNED - A history of Jackson, California, a gold rush town in Amador County and the site of two hard-rock mines - the Kennedy and the Argonaut, which had the most deadly mining disaster in California. A combination of folksy interviews, recollections from older residents, much of this book focuses on the six-year battle in the early 1950s to shut down open prostitution and gambling in the city - allegedly the last city in California, where prostitution was not only tolerated but protected. Included are numerous newspaper accounts, official records and more. Although most of the police and officials tried for corruption and bribery were acquitted, the state, under Attorney General (later governor) Brown continued the crackdown. Illustrated with photographs throughout. SIGNED on the title page with the notation "num edition 18 of 20". The second printing includes a postscript and a holographic page of comments on the reception the book had originally. Bibliography, glossary. Large format. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-964734141.

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    Condition: Near fine in illustrated dark red wrappers (embossed seal on title page.

    Book ID: 84244
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  • HAVING OUR SAY: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. by Delany, Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill.
    Delany, Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill.
    HAVING OUR SAY: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Kodansha International, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The memoirs of two incredible women - sisters whose lives spanned almost the entire 20th century (they were 101 and 103 when this book was writen) - discussing 'Jim Crow' laws and practices, their education, family members (the science fiction writer Samuel Delany was their nephew), the hard times and racial discrimination they encountered, segregation in New York City in the 1950s, their careers (Sadie had a Masters in Education from Columbia, Bessie had a DDS from Columbia and was just the second black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York State) and much more. Illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. An immediate bestseller, this went quickly into later printings. 210 pp. ISBN: 156836010X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56218
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  • HAVING OUR SAY: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. by Delany, Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill.
    Delany, Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill.
    HAVING OUR SAY: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Kodansha International, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The memoirs of two incredible women - sisters whose lives spanned almost the entire 20th century (they were 101 and 103 when this book was writen) - discussing 'Jim Crow' laws and practices, their education, family members (the science fiction writer Samuel Delany was their nephew), the hard times and racial discrimination they encountered, segregation in New York City in the 1950s, their careers (Sadie had a Masters in Education from Columbia, Bessie had a DDS from Columbia and was just the second black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York State) and much more. Illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. An immediate bestseller, this went quickly into later printings. 210 pp. ISBN: 156836010X.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 56219
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  • WITNESS TO INJUSTICE. by Frost, David Jr., edited by Louise Westling.
    Frost, David Jr., edited by Louise Westling.
    WITNESS TO INJUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Jackson, MI: University Press of Mississippi, (1995). First edition - An account of life as an African American in the rural community of Eufala, Alabama. "Two events in particular that had a lasting effect on the life of David Frost, Jr.: 'Watching my parents make moonshine in our back yard in a wash pot,' he says, 'and listening to my parents tell the story of how the Peterson boy was lynched here in Eufaula. My parents would tell it like it had just happened.' ... [Frost] was a witness to both the dramatic racial violence and the heroic struggles of the civil rights movement. This world included lynchings as well as the quieter activities of everyday life. His story,…

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    Jackson, MI: University Press of Mississippi, (1995). First edition - An account of life as an African American in the rural community of Eufala, Alabama. "Two events in particular that had a lasting effect on the life of David Frost, Jr.: 'Watching my parents make moonshine in our back yard in a wash pot,' he says, 'and listening to my parents tell the story of how the Peterson boy was lynched here in Eufaula. My parents would tell it like it had just happened.' ... [Frost] was a witness to both the dramatic racial violence and the heroic struggles of the civil rights movement. This world included lynchings as well as the quieter activities of everyday life. His story, told honestly and earnestly, pictures an alternately violent and placid community where whites not only brutalized blacks but also came to their aid. Frost tells of the intricate web of collusion, cooperation, treachery, competition, and sometimes gleeful gamesmanship that wove together the lives of black and white people in this typical southern community." Edited and with a preface by Louise Westling. Introduction by Charles Reagan Wilson. xxv, 110 pp. ISBN: 0-878058435.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 77579
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  • FROM PARLOR TO PRISON: Five American Suffragists Talk About Their Lives. by Gluck, Sherna, editor.
    Gluck, Sherna, editor.
    FROM PARLOR TO PRISON: Five American Suffragists Talk About Their Lives.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Vintage Books, (1976). First edition - "In this vivid and unique recreation of the American suffrage struggle, five unknown women [Sylvie Thygesen, Jessie Butler, Miriam Allen deFord, Laura Seller, and Ernestine Kettler] from various economic, regional, and various backgrounds reveal, in their own voices, what it was like to be a suffragist six decades ago." Photographs of each woman.Foreword by Kathryn Kish Sklar. Bibliography, chronology. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-394-716426.

    Condition: Very good (toning to pages)

    Book ID: 85922
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  • THE PYTHON KILLER: Stories of Nzema Life. by Grottanelli, Vinigi L.
    Grottanelli, Vinigi L.
    THE PYTHON KILLER: Stories of Nzema Life.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, (1988). Hardcover first edition - Twenty stories of life, beliefs and customs of the Nzema tribe of southern Ghana in Western Africa. The Nzema inhabit the forests and lagoons along the Atlantic coast, and Grottanelli was the only anthropologist to live among them - as he did intermittently over a period of more than 30 years. Map, phototgraphs, an appendix on "Witchcraft as an Allegory," notes, glossary, index. xi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-226310051.

    Condition: Very near fine in brown cloth, lacking the dust jacket (synopsis from front flap is pasted inside the front cover.)

    Book ID: 54589
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  • Grottanelli, Vinigi L.
    THE PYTHON KILLER: Stories of Nzema Life.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty stories of life, beliefs and customs of the Nzema tribe of southern Ghana in Western Africa. The Nzema inhabit the forests and lagoons along the Atlantic coast, and Grottanelli was the only anthropologist to live among them - as he did intermittently over a period of more than 30 years. Map, phototgraphs, an appendix on "Witchcraft as an Allegory," notes, glossary, index. xi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-226310051.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36713
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  • TALES TOLD NEAR A CROCODILE: Stories from Nyanza. by Harman, Humphrey.
    Harman, Humphrey.
    TALES TOLD NEAR A CROCODILE: Stories from Nyanza.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1967). Hardcover first edition - Stories told by the peoples who live near the Northern shore of Lake Nyanza - or Lake Victoria. Illustrated with black and white drawings by George Ford. 185 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in sturdy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 64019
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  • SONS OF MISSISSIPPI: A Story of Race and Its Legacy. by Hendrickson, Paul.
    Hendrickson, Paul.
    SONS OF MISSISSIPPI: A Story of Race and Its Legacy.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the Civil Rights era and post Civil Right era and how it affected the children and grandchildren of seven Mississippi law enforcement officers who were captured in an infamous 1962 Life magazine photo portrait in a story on James Meredith's effort to integrate the University of Mississippi. Illustrated with a map and photographs. Bibliographical essay, index. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-375404619.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64857
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  • Johnson, Haynes.
    DIVIDED WE FALL: Gambling with History in the Nineties.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on two years of traveling through the United States, this discusses the concerns of 'ordinary people' about the problems in American society - including the loss of jobs, schools becoming dumping grounds, crime in the streets, race problems, migrant workers, falling through the 'safety net' and others that reflect the dimming of the American dream. Even more relevant now, perhaps, than when it was first published! Index. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036294.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket (an unread copy but with some slight signs of handling or shelfwear.)

    Book ID: 26755
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  • DIVIDED WE FALL: Gambling with History in the Nineties. by Johnson, Haynes.
    Johnson, Haynes.
    DIVIDED WE FALL: Gambling with History in the Nineties.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Based on two years of traveling through the United States, this discusses the concerns of 'ordinary people' about the problems in American society - including the loss of jobs, schools becoming dumping grounds, crime in the streets, race problems, migrant workers, falling through the 'safety net' and others that reflect the dimming of the American dream. Even more relevant now, perhaps, than when it was first published! SIGNED on the title page. Index. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036294.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63607
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  • SLAVERY TIME WHEN I WAS CHILLUN DOWN ON MARSTER'S PLANTATION:; Interviews with Georgia Slaves. by Killion, Ronald, and Charles Waller, editors.
    Killion, Ronald, and Charles Waller, editors.
    SLAVERY TIME WHEN I WAS CHILLUN DOWN ON MARSTER'S PLANTATION:; Interviews with Georgia Slaves.

    Edition: First edition.

    Savannah GA: The Beehive Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which contains complete interviews with eighteen former slaves, plus selections from the reminiscences of fifty further slaves. "During the 1930s the last former slaves were disappearing from the American scene. These men and women were the last living witnesses to slavery in the United States, and this was the final opportunity to learn from them what slavery was really, intimately like. Field workers of the Federal Writers' Project were dispatched to ask them about plantation life, work, punishment, religion, runaways and more." Illustrated with vintage black and white photographs. References, index. Square format. xviii, 167 pp.

    Condition: Very good in brown cloth in a very good dust jacket (previous owner's name dated 1973, a few penciled brackets in book, some short closed tears to dj)

    Book ID: 88321
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  • JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN: The Story of One American Family. by Lanier, Shannon and Jane Feldman; Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV
    Lanier, Shannon and Jane Feldman; Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV
    JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN: The Story of One American Family.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A journey across the country by Shannon Lanier, a descendent of Jefferson, and photographer Jane Feldmen, to meet the rest of his family, the descendants - both black and white - of Thomas Jefferson -and in some cases, of Sally Hemings. INSCRIBED on the half title page by the author, Shannon Lanier, and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated throughout with photographs in both color and black and white. Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV. Index. Large square format. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-375-805974.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 83154
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  • IMPERIAL VALLEY NISEI WOMEN: Transcending Poston. by Loveridge-Sanbonmatsu, Joan.
    Loveridge-Sanbonmatsu, Joan.
    IMPERIAL VALLEY NISEI WOMEN: Transcending Poston.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    DeWitt, NY: New Persephone Press in conjunction with the Japanese American Citizens League, Imperial Valley, California. (2006). SIGNED first edition - "A collection of oral histories of five articulate Japanese-American women whose young lives had been interrupted by Executive Order 9066, a presidential order on 2/29/42, which put 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry behind barbed wires during World War II" - for these women in Poston, Arizona. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Notes, selected works and resources. Oblong format. 90 pp. ISBN: 0-977976904.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78433
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  • BLOOD TIES: A Woman's History. by Mander, Anica Vesel with Sarika Finci Hofbauer
    Mander, Anica Vesel with Sarika Finci Hofbauer
    BLOOD TIES: A Woman's History.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco & New York: Moon Books / Random House, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Part an account of the author's life - she was born in Yugoslavia in 1934, and with her family fled to Dalmatia during World War II, where they were interned on an Italian-controlled island - and part an oral history of her maternal grandmother (Hofbauer), a Jewish woman of Serbo-Croation heritage, who was 84 when this book was written. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "Happy Birthday dear Sally and to us all" and signed as Ani, dated in San Francisco in 1978. Only of one 5000 copies. 297 pp. ISBN: 0-394407660.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to the pages, short closed tear to back cover of dj)

    Book ID: 72770
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  • Marshall, Kathryn.
    IN THE COMBAT ZONE: An Oral History of American Women in Vietnam, 1966-1975.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First person accounts by twenty women who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, with brief introductions to each chapter by Marshall. Bibliography, glossary. viii, 270 pp. ISBN: 0-316547077.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant.)

    Book ID: 37675
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  • McCunn, Ruthanne Lum (You-shang Tang, illustrator)
    PIE-BITER.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Design Enterprises of San Francisco. (1983.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Based on the true story of a young boy, brought from China to work on building the trans-continental railroad, who grew from a skinny boy to a strong man by eating lots of pies, and thus earned the nickname Pie-Biter. When work on the railroads was finished, he learned how to run a pack-horse business, and after 15 years as a successful businessman in the Northwest, he finally returned to China INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by McCunn "For.... may you have the strength, ingenuity and humor of Pie-Biter - but not the appetite!" Illustrated by You-Shang Tang using a combination of Chinese and Western art techniques. American Book Award winner 1984. Oval format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-932538096.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards (prev owner's name) in a very good- dustjacket with a gold award sticker on the front cover.

    Book ID: 37210
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  • WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65? by Medved, Michael and David Wallechinsky.
    Medved, Michael and David Wallechinsky.
    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65?

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1965, Time Magazine selected the senior class of Palisades High School in suburban Los Angeles for the cover story article on American teenagers "on the fringe of a golden era". This book includes interviews from 30 members of that class at their 10th reunion, in which they describe what it was like to come of age in the 60s and 70s. The authors were both members of the original class. Illustrated with photographs. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-394-400747.

    Condition: Good in good dust jacket (prev owner's name, several short tears and other edgewear to dj, price of 10.00 still present on flap)

    Book ID: 85696
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  • WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65? by Medved, Michael and David Wallechinsky.
    Medved, Michael and David Wallechinsky.
    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65?

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1976.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In 1965, Time Magazine selected the senior class of Palisades High School in suburban Los Angeles for the cover story article on American teenagers "on the fringe of a golden era". This book includes interviews from 30 members of that class at their 10th reunion, in which they describe what it was like to come of age in the 60s and 70s. The authors were both members of the original class. Inscribed by BOTH Medved and Wallechinsky on the front endpaper and uncommon thus. Illustrated with photographs. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-394-400747.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (lower corners bumped) .

    Book ID: 85644
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