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  • UNAFRAID OF THE DARK: A Memoir. by Bray, Rosemary L..
    Bray, Rosemary L..
    UNAFRAID OF THE DARK: A Memoir.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - In this book, Bray uses her personal history to "defend America's much-maligned welfare system. A smart black girl from the Chicago slums didn't have much chance of going to Yale or becoming an editor at the New York Times Book Review before Aid to Families with Dependent Children helped Rosemary's selfless mother make ends meet and keep Rosemary in school. Bray's account of her progress is both inspiring and despairing, as she criticizes the welfare 'reforms' that closed to others doors that were opened for her." Praise from Alice Walker, James McBride and others. xvii, 282 pp. ISBN: 0-679425551.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 83365
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  • COLLEGE YEARS, #1 in series. by Paine, Ralph D. (1871-1925)
    Paine, Ralph D. (1871-1925)
    COLLEGE YEARS, #1 in series.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover first edition - The first book in an eight book series, set at Yale University, and consisting of interrelated stories focusing on sports - especially baseball, but also track and field, and football, as well as an account of a most unusual regatta. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 5 internal glossy plates by Worth Brehm, Tissue guard for frontispiece. The author was a noted journalist, who had attended Yale and who was on the football and rowing teams. 356 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads for other stories of college life.

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated tan boards (some rubbing to the lettering on the spine and the illustration on the front cover, usual shelfwear to the ends of the spine and the corners, but a tight, sturdy and easily readable copy.

    Book ID: 78114
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