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DEEP DOWN IN THE JUNGLE: Negro Narrative Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia.
Edition: First printing.
Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates. 1964. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this pioneering work on African-American folklore, unusual in that it focused in depth on an urban and northern ghetto, and in the often sexually explicit language contained in the 'toasts' and other examples of folk stories and rhymes. Here is Stagolee and Shine and the Titanic and the baboon and more. Includes a long introduction by the author discussing aspects of the urban neighborhood in which he collected these examples. Illustrated with line drawings. Appendices (including one on the use of 'obscenities'), glossary, bibliography, index. 287 pp. Black illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Very good overall in black cloth (prev owner's name, book somewhat 'over-opened' before title page, some light pencil underlining in the introduction), lacking the dj.
Book ID: 37756More details Price: $50.00 -
SONS OF THE CITY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a look at the gritty underside of life on the streets of Philadelphia, a world of the Mafia, of cops who oppose them, and of racial unrest. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-688-164293.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 48489More details Price: $15.00 -
COPPER BEECHES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Trident Press, (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Philadelphia branch ("The Sons of the Copper Beeches") of the Baker Street Irregulars engage in a competition when one of their members has the temerity to suggest that Sherlock Holmes was only able to solve his crimes because of all the clues Arthur Conan Doyle provided. At stake is a suberb collection of Sherlockiana, but this good-natured chase soon becomes deadly. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-671-270834.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (foxing to the fore-edge of the texblock, and the folds of the dj, creasing to flaps of dj.)
Book ID: 56390More details Price: $18.00 -
A TALE OF TEN CITIES: The Triple Ghetto in American Religious Life.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.). Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in cream and sage green cloth, lacking the dj.
Book ID: 38671More details Price: $9.00 -
A TALE OF TEN CITIES: The Triple Ghetto in American Religious Life.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.) dj. Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.
Condition: Fine in very good+ dust jacket. (1 closed tear to dj.)
Book ID: 36661More details Price: $10.00 -
HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Signet, (2002.) dj. Hardcover - First mystery featuring the three Blackbird sisters (and especially Nora) of Philadelphia. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-7394-31617.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (prev owner's sticker on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 53933More details Price: $10.00 -
THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's very highly praised first novel, the story of the children of the Great Migration in the 1920s. 243 pp. ISBN: 9780385350280.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (first issue dj without the Oprah sticker, crease to corner of flap of dj)
Book ID: 63272More details Price: $18.50 -
LAZARETTO.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper Collins, (2016). First edition - A novel set in nineteenth century Philadelphia, in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination, and centered on the black staff who worked at the Lazaretto quarantine hospital, the first stop for immigrants entering the United States. 334 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 67954More details Price: $20.00 -
THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT; OR, THE UNITED STATES IN 1877-8.
Edition: Facsimile Reprint.
New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1879. The author, an Englishman, travelled to California and back and gives his impressions of the American scene. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 409 pp plus 3 pp of charts from the census. ISBN: 0-405-054726.
Condition: Ex-library with missing front endpaper, relatively few markings and overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering.
Book ID: 57387More details Price: $20.00 -
LADY KILLER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Legal thriller featuring lawyer Mary DiNunzio by this Edgar award winning author who was herself an attorney in Philadelphia. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0833149.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76597More details Price: $16.50 -
MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA.
Edition: Facsimile Reprint.
New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1906. Translated From The French by Mary Louise Hendee. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-405-054777.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings and overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering.
Book ID: 57386More details Price: $25.00 -
ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the bizarre 1979 murder, which occurred just west of Philadelphia, that became known as the Main Line Murder Case. Basis for the television miniseries starring Peter Coyote and Gary Cole. 415 pp plus epilogue. ISBN: 0-688068898.
Condition: SIGNED on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (some splashes to the outside of the text block, but overall a tight clean copy.)
Book ID: 47199More details Price: $30.00 -
ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the bizarre 1979 murder, which occurred just west of Philadelphia, that became known as the Main Line Murder Case. Basis for the television miniseries starring Peter Coyote and Gary Cole. SIGNED on the title page. 415 pp plus epilogue. ISBN: 0-688068898.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (crease to back cover of dj)
Book ID: 52603More details Price: $35.00 -
COLORED, NEGRO, BLACK: Chasing the American Dream.
Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback.
Philadelphia: JDC Books, (199). SIGNED - Biography of growing up in a segregated America by this educator, foundation head and activist. Illustrated with photographs. 265 pp,
Condition: SIGNED on the title page. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 33736More details Price: $20.00 -
COLORED, NEGRO, BLACK: Chasing the American Dream.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Philadelphia: JDC Books, 1997. First edition - Biography of growing up in a segregated America by this educator, foundation head and activist. Illustrated with photographs. 265 pp,
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 19953More details Price: $18.00
