Woman to the Rescue: A Story of the New Crusade
Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., 1874. Hard Cover.
Ink name on front endpaper and first blank.
226, 29 pp. Engraved frontispiece. Temperance novel by the author of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room.
Social Movements
Autobiography of Adin Ballou. 1803-1890. Containing an Elaborate Record and Narrative of His Life from Infancy to Old Age. with Appendixes.
Lowell: The Vox Populi Press. - Thompson & Hill. 1896. Hard Cover.
Stain to top corner of front board and frontispiece, front hinge weakening (title page loose but included).
xviii, 586 pp. The memoirs of the founder of the Hopedale Community, who advocated for pacifism, socialism, and abolition.
Not the Triumph But the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
xxi, 438 pp. A sweeping examination of the role of "Black Power" in the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City reveals the emergence of militancy and political consciousness in American sports.
History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern, and of the Political History of Slavery in the United States. Compiled from Authentic Materials
Columbus, Ohio: H. Miller. 1860. Hard Cover.
1860 printing. Sabin 5800. Binding repaired by previous owner, edges rubbed, 1 inch split to top of front joint, front and end matter lightly foxed, pencil name and date on front flyleaf.
xvi, [17]-866 pp. 8vo. An early American study of the institution.....
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2020. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First paperback printing. Remainder mark on top edge, minor blemish on front wrapper.
xx, 892 pp. Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History. "As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was.....
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63
New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Cover corners reinforced with tape, spine creased, pencil name on blurb page.
xii, 1064 pp. In volume one of his America in the King Years, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a masterly account of the.....
Manchild in the Promised Land
New York: Signet, 1966. Mass Market Paperback.
Front wrapper lightly foxed, spine creased, rear wrapper creased, pages lightly toned.
viii, 429 pp. Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable stories of our time. This is a thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown's childhood as a......
Manchild in the Promised Land: A Modern Classic of the Black Experience
New York: Signet, 1965. 15th Printing. Mass Market Paperback.
15th printing. Faint toning, light edge wear.
During his first year at Howard University, Claude Brown wrote an article for the magazine Dissent about growing up in Harlem. The piece attracted the attention of a publisher, who encouraged him to write.....
Mao: The Unknown Story
New York: Anchor Books, 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. Remainder mark, light edge wear.
xi, 801 pp. "The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who.....
Black Voices: An Anthology of Afro-American Literature (MW866)
New York: Mentor, 1968. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback.
1st printing. Related article laid in. Toning, faint edge wear.
718 pp. Fiction, poetry, autobiography, and criticism reflecting a potent force in American writing today. Authors include: Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, LeRoi Jones, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Arna Bontemps.....
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Memorable American Speeches III [3]: Slavery (The Lakeside Classics Volume 7)
Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1909. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. An exceptional copy.
309, [5] pp. Frontispiece of Wendell Phillips, from a photograph by J.W. Black. An early volume from the collectible Lakeside Classic series, collecting four important speeches regarding the discussion of.....
Soul on Ice
New York: Delta, 1968. 10th Printing. Trade Paperback.
10th printing. Wrappers rubbed.
xv, 210 pp. "Soul On Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver. Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and.....
Soul on Ice
New York: Delta, 1968. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback.
6th printing. Faint edge wear.
xv, 210 pp. "Soul On Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver. Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing.....
Fanny Kemble's Civil Wars
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Remainder marks.
302 pp. A British stage star turned Georgia plantation mistress, Fanny Kemble is perhaps best remembered as a critic of slavery--and an influential opponent of this institution during the years leading up to the Civil War.....
Smokestacks Allegro: The Story of Solvay, a Remarkable Industrial/Immigrant Village (1880-1920)
New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1990. Hard Cover.
Highlighting.
x, 212 pp. Smokestacks Allegro is the first major work published about the Solvay Process Company – one of America's pioneer science-based industries and predecessor of Allied Chemical Corporation, a forerunner of Allied-Signal. This book, partially based on oral history.....
Traps for the Young.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1883. Davis, A.B. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards a bit soiled, edges faintly foxed, binding slightly shaken with two gatherings slightly proud at fore edge.
xii, [7]-253 pp, 10-page publisher catalog follows text. Olive cloth, gilt titles, black and gold decorations. Frontispiece by.....
Moving the Mountain: The Women's Movement in America Since 1960
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine head bumped, jacket lightly soiled. Page ridges lightly foxed.
604 pp. "Moving the Mountain" tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of thousands of activists who achieved 'half a revolution' between 1960 and 1990. In.....
How He Made His Fortune (Prize Series, 1889)
Boston and Chicago: Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, 1889. Hard Cover.
Owner bookplate on front endpaper (Julia Bryant Toohy, daughter of author William Cullen Bryant), faint stain to top and bottom marginal edges, rear board lightly soiled.
317 pp. 8vo. A story relating to the Molly Maguires, with a good.....
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Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays [Non-Violence]
Indianapolis / New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. 1980 issue of WRL News laid in. Jacket rubbed with crease to front flap corner.
xxiii, [3], 390 pp. A collection of essays by the American pacifist and activist for nonviolent social change, who was.....
The Making of a Racist: A Southerner Reflects on Family, History, and the Slave Trade
Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2016. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine base bumped.
xi, 185 pp. In this powerful memoir, Charles Dew, one of America’s most respected historians of the South--and particularly its history of slavery--turns the focus on his own life, which began not in.....
The City of Frederick Douglass: Rochester's African-American People and Places
Rochester, New York: Landmark Society of Western New York, 1995. Soft Cover.
Covers lightly rubbed.
50 pp. "This publication documents the distinguished record of accomplishment by local African-Americans. ...truly a landmark account of the many historical contributions blacks have made to the growth and prosperity of the City of Rochester.....
Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
New York: Random House, 2016. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A near fine jacket. Remainder mark.
xiii, 286 pp. "The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children.....
The Medical Use of Alcohol and Stimulants for Women
New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1874. Hard Cover.
Spine & edges toned, boards rubbed, light stain along top edges of endpapers, ink name on front flyleaf.
96 pp., 8-page terminal publisher ad. 8vo. Original orange cloth, gilt titles. A medical assessment of the affects of alcohol on.....
The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law & Politics
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. Rear cover creased.
xii, 741 pp. An in-depth study which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, this book examines the famous case related to the legal status of a slave who claimed the Missouri Compromise provided for his.....
For the People: American Populist Movements from the Revolution to the 1850s
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket edges lightly rubbed.
viii, 315 pp. For the People offers a new interpretation of populist political movements from the Revolution to the eve of the Civil War and roots them in.....