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  • Momaday, N. Scott.
    THE NAMES: A Memoir.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - Momaday's recollection of his early years in the Southwest, growing up with a strong spiritual relationship to the American wilderness. Illustrated with photographs.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 11833
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  • HEY, WAITRESS! The USA From the Other Side of the Tray. by Owings, Alison.
    Owings, Alison.
    HEY, WAITRESS! The USA From the Other Side of the Tray.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Women who work as servers in restaurants tell their own stories in their own words, often with humor and insight and candor. Dust jacket praise from Anthony Bourdain, Susan Brownmiller and Barbara Ehrenreich who called this book "a delightful chronicle of waitressing - from the first commercial eating establishments to a contemporary Pizza Hut - as seen through the eyes of its stalwart practitioners.a great pleasure to read, not least because it's a long overdue tribute to some of America's most tireless and least appreciated working women." SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with small photographs, notes. 334 pp. ISBN: 0-520217500.

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

    Book ID: 71888
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  • LIVES OF COURAGE: Women for a New South Africa. by Russell, Diana E.
    Russell, Diana E.
    LIVES OF COURAGE: Women for a New South Africa.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Basic Books, (1989). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author, a professor at Mills College in Oakland, California was raised in a white, English-speaking South African family. She left at age 20, but returned to South Africa in 1987 "to record these 24 moving oral histories of Black, white and Indian women activist leaders of diverse ages, backgrounds and occupations in their struggles against oppression by the regime and by men. In addition to torture, sexual terrorism and degradation endured during prison terms, many of these women sacrificed motherhood to activism. Such famous leaders as Winnie Mandela, Albertina Sisula and Helen Joseph, among others included here, expect a revolution and stress the need for international pressure. Among…

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    New York: Basic Books, (1989). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author, a professor at Mills College in Oakland, California was raised in a white, English-speaking South African family. She left at age 20, but returned to South Africa in 1987 "to record these 24 moving oral histories of Black, white and Indian women activist leaders of diverse ages, backgrounds and occupations in their struggles against oppression by the regime and by men. In addition to torture, sexual terrorism and degradation endured during prison terms, many of these women sacrificed motherhood to activism. Such famous leaders as Winnie Mandela, Albertina Sisula and Helen Joseph, among others included here, expect a revolution and stress the need for international pressure. Among those interviewed are members of the banned African National Congress, trade unions and groups primarily concerned with sexism and other feminist issues." Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. Double page map, Glossary and abbrevitions, Chronology of major events, index. xiv, 375 pp. ISBN: 0-465041396.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 79166
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  • IT LOOKS LIKE YESTERDAY TO ME: Port Washington's Afro-American Heritage. by Shodell, Elly..
    Shodell, Elly..
    IT LOOKS LIKE YESTERDAY TO ME: Port Washington's Afro-American Heritage.

    Edition: First printing, a slim brochure.

    Port Washington, NY: Port Washington Public Library, 1984. First edition - An oral history of several families in the area - some whose roots go back two hundred years and more, others who came during the Great Migration of the 1920s. Illustrated with vintage photographs. Foreword by Farrell Jones and introduction by the compiler Elly Shodell. 36 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled, illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 71561
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  • Shorris, Sylvia and Marion Abbott Bundy, editor; Foreword by Robert Altman,
    TALKING PICTURES: With the People Who Made Them.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: New Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes almost forty interviews with those involved in films - from producers and directors to script girls, stunt woman, screenwriters and film editors and even agents - from Hollywood's golden age. They describe the machinations of such moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Darryl Zanuck, the role of nepotism, the informal working environment in those days, and the wide range of people, from craftsmen to con men, employed. Illustrated with photographs. Includes filmographies at the end of each interview. Foreword by Robert Altman. Bibliography, glossary. xxviii, 372 pp. ISBN: 1-565841751.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease on flap of dj)

    Book ID: 78864
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  • AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BLACK CHICAGO by Travis, Dempsey (1920-2009)
    Travis, Dempsey (1920-2009)
    AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BLACK CHICAGO

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    Chicago: Urban Research Institute, (1984, c 1981) dj. Hardcover - A book which presents the African American Chicago community through the personal experiences of Dempsey Travis (a businessman, jazz musician and civil rights activist, as well as author), his family, and his fellow Chicagoans. . . "a comprehensive, intimate story of African Americans in Chicago, starting with John Baptiste Point du Sable, who was the first non-Native American to settle on the mouth of the Chicago River" to current events. Illustrated with many photographs. Sources, index. xix, 379 pp. ISBN: 0-941484009.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 79383
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  • THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved. by Vincent, Fay.
    Vincent, Fay.
    THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Features the stories of ten outstanding ballplayers from the 30's and 40's including Elden Auker, Dom DiMaggio, Warren Spahn, John 'Buck' O'Neil, Johnny Pesky, Bob Feller, Tommy Henrich, Larry Doby, Ralph Kiner, and Monte Irvin. The Baseball Oral History Project, Volume One. Photographs, index. 243 pp. ISBN: 9780743273176.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (gift inscription, price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 43865
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