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New York: North Point Press / FSG, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 3/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 438 PP. Stated "First North Point Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of$35.00 intact on front flap. A history of "gothic" architecture and the influence it had over photography, clothing design, literature and more. Light wear to… Read more about this item

New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1880. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 326 PP. Original green cloth with gitl title-stamping to spine. A history of the use of alcohol throughout the world. Scathing attack on fermented wines and intoxication. Book supposes one of the main issues with alcohol in America… Read more about this item

New York: The Reporter Magazine, 1963. First Edition. Very Good. "This is the most dangerous game I've ever seen." - Dr. Dana Farnsworth (Harvard University)<br /> <br /> August 15, 1963 original issue of Reporter: The Magazine of Facts and Ideas. Scarce issue containing the nine page spread on the emerging use of peyote, psilocybin and LSD on… Read more about this item

Berryville, VA: Virginia Book Company, 1973. First Thus. Original wraps. Very Good. 215 PP. Scarce original 1973 facsimile edition of the 1933 original. Important early cultural study of like in the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachia. Includes coverage on life, work, religion, fears, music and love in the Mountains! Light wear and some creasing to covers and spine.… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1967. Paperback Original (1st). An AS NEW copy of this classic of literary futurism. The book itself, which in non-linear in composition, is filled with examples of McLuhan's theory that the "message" is less important than the method the "message" is deployed. McLuhan emplores us to examine our surroundings as they are changing so fast… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 267 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original burnt orange cloth clean and tight. A few scuffs and minor wear to cover and edges of DJ. Burawoy is a noted authority on… Read more about this item

Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dorothy Luxton Parris. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 372 PP. Signed and inscribed by the "Justin Wilson of North Carolina" directly on the FFEP. For nearly half a century John Parris documented the mountain way of life through his "Roaming the Mountains" column in… Read more about this item

Reading, PA: Sentinel Printing, 1916. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. 5 1/4 X 7 3/8 Inches. 91 [4] PP. Original 1916 compilation of Sanger's articles originally published in the New York Call. Sanger was an outspoken birth control advocate and American sex educator. Her work was highly controversial and this book was among her writings censored by US… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage Books, 1969. Early Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 5 1/4 X 8 Inches. 154 PP. Stated "Third Printing" of this classic counterculture anthem. Hoffman was already a noted anti-war and Civil Rights statesman, but this book cemented his name with Woodstock. Light scuffing to covers and a hint of wear at edges.

Hartford, CT: J.B. Burr and Company, 1871. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7 X 10 3/8 Inches. [693 PP][787 PP]. Both volumes bound in the original black cloth with gilt title stamping to spines. Both volumes retain frontis and tissue-guard and all plates throughout. With over 450 engravings by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker, etc. A bit of foxing… Read more about this item

New York: Dell, 1966. Paperback Original (1st). 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 192 PP. "I think it would do everybody good to take LSD, but soon it's gonna get pretty freaky." Ken Kesey (page 114)<br /> <br /> Stated "First Dell Printing - October, 1966" on the copyright page. Original price of 60 cents on front cover. Coverage includes… Read more about this item

Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 80 PP. Signed by Burckhalter (photographer) on the title-page. Signed "Season's Greetings / John P. Schaefer" on the FFEP. Schaefer served as the President of the University of Arizona (who published the book) from 1971 to 1982. A few… Read more about this item

London: Flammarion, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7 1/4 X 10 Inches. 287 PP. Sealed in original wrap. An AS NEW copy.

Milano, Italy: Skira, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9 1/4 X 12 Inches. 407 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Profusely illustrated pictorial history of Mexican art. Hint of scuffing to DJ.

New York: Fowler & Wells Co, 1884. First American Edition. Cloth. Good. 5 X 7 5/8 Inches. 400 PP + 12 PP ads. First American printing of this 19th century equal rights travelogue by Emily Faithfull. Among other topics, Faithfull writes in regards to women printers in the US, Mrs. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Women lobbyists, Cookery… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 411 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. Signed twice by author. Signed and inscribed, "June 2005 / Paonia Co. / For Will, my friend… Read more about this item

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 364 PP. First printing with $3.00 original price on rear flap. Front flap is clipped, but price is on back as stated. This novel explores the volatile world of the pre-Civil Rights south through the eyes of a mixed-race… Read more about this item

Bloomington, IN: IUniverse, Inc, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 178 PP. Signed and inscribed directly on the half title-page. Original price of $26.95 intact on front flap. A statistical, business take on the decline of primarily religious values in our culture.

Yaba, Lagos: Kraft Books Limited, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 1/2 X 8 7/8 Inches. 200 PP. Signed first printing in orignal publisher blue buckram binding. Signed by Ebele Eko directly on the title-page. The first book length study of Elechi Amadi, one of the founding generation of African author's who wrote in… Read more about this item

Union City, TN: Forrester Wood Publication, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 176 PP. Scarce private printing in original DJ. Signed by R.C. Forrester and Betty Burdick Wood directly on the title-page. Betty is the granddaughter of John Carlos Burdick, whose commercial fishing business of Reelfoot Lake precipitated much of… Read more about this item