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NEVER LOSING FAITH: FOR JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG
by Brainin, Joseph etal
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New York: National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case Very good (insect damage to a small part of front cover--see scan; otherwise very good+ with some edgewear, creasing of pages edges, and light soiling or sunning) in soft covers. Published after the Rosenbergs' executions, this pamphlet includes a series of dedicated pages acknowledging different groups and individuals' efforts… Read more about this item Item Price
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COASTLINES 19 - ANTI-WAR ISSUE
by Zahn, Curtis, guest editor
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- 1962
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Santa Monica CA: Coastlines, 1962. Near very good soft cover periodical (edgeworn, sunned page edges, tears at top and bottom of spine so that the front cover is partially loosened, but still firm binding). A pacifist publication dating from 1962. 96 pages. Includes a fascinating interview with "Peace Pilgrim," an anonymous woman and pacifist, and poetry and pictures of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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AL SHUMATE, BOOKMAN
by Dillon, Richard H
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- 1999
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1999. Fine in paper covers. One of an edition of 1100 copies. 15 pages with 2 photographs. A tribute -- following his death -- to this physician, civic leader, and bookman, emphasizing his "passion" for books of history. . 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Illus. by Photographs. Private Press. Item Price
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THE PRESIDENT'S WAR
by Austin, Anthony
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- 1971
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1971. Very good hardback (very light edgewear and some sunning) without dust jacket. The subtitle: The Story of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and How the Nation Was Trapped in Vietnam. The author points out the dangers of the nation going to war without the consultation with Congress that the "war powers" act requires--and doesn't… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING: THE WESPAC 1990 PEACE & JUSTICE AWARD TO TOSHI & PETE SEEGER
by Seeger, Pete and Toshi
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- 1990
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White Plains, New York: Westchester People's Action Coalition, 1990. Very good softcover copy (one creased corner on front cover, otherwise fine) of this program for Wespac's 1990 Peace & Justice Award to Toshi and Pete. A few wonderful family pictures, including "Proper Pete" and "Improper Toshi" as little children, and a terrific picture of Pete and Toshi as newlyweds. Pictures… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE AGE OF SUSPICION
by Wechsler, James A
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- 1953
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New York: Random House, 1953. Very good- (hinge starting front cover, owner's name ffep) in good only dust jacket (worn, torn, soiled, price clipped).333 pages including index. Story of New York Post's editor Wechsler facing Senator Joe McCarthy and Unamerican Activities Committee. Fascinating historical document.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Item Price
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THE UNTARNISHED GOLD, THE IMMUTABLE TREASURE: A REPORT ON A BOOK-IN-PROGRESS
by Powell, Lawrence Clark
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- 1970
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Davis, CA: University of Calif, Davis , 1970. Near fine (light insect damage at top of front cover--see scan) in wraps. 1 of 850 copies printed for the Library Associates, publishing a talk which the former UCLA librarian gave in 1970 about his work on--and delight in--what became the 1971 "California Classics" published by Ward Ritchie Press. Beautifully printed… Read more about this item Item Price
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KING: THE PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
by Johnson, Charles and Bob Adelman
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- 2000
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New York: Viking Studio/A Bob Adelman Book, 2000. SIGNED by Charles Johnson opposite the title page. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A striking, moving book, about 9x12, 288 pages. Huge collection of photographs from King's life and of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, compiled by Bob Adelman. Narrative portion written by Johnson, an… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOUSE DIVIDED: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
by Lokos, Lionel
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- 1968
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New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House , 1968. Near fine in rubbed dust jacket. A pessimistic appraisal of the effect of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the United States. Lokos sees negative effects from peaceful defiance of repressive laws.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Item Price
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LONG TIME COMING: AN INSIDER'S STORY OF THE BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBING THAT ROCKED THE WORLD
by Cobbs, Elizabeth and Petric J. Smith
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- 1994
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Birmingham AL: Crane Hill , 1994. Near fine (a few barely perceptible foxing spots on top page edges) in fine dust jacket. The author Cobbs was the state's principal witness against Birmingham church bomber Robert Chambliss, her uncle. Because of this book and the additional evidence that it presented, the case was reopened and additional convictions obtained. Her story of… Read more about this item Item Price
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WARREN OLNEY, JR
by Cullinan, Eustace etal
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- 1939
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1939. Eulogies for prominent lawyer and California Supreme Court Justice, 1870-1939. Member of well-known California family. In silver covers with gilt "Warren Olney, Jr." on front cover. Tipped in photographic portrait. An interesting historical document. Near fine (very slight staining to edges of pastedowns and endpapers). Subtitle: "Proceedings before the supreme court of the state of California,… Read more about this item Item Price
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LISTEN! THE WIND
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
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- 1938
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1938. Fascinating account of the Lindberghs' flight from Africa to Brazil in 1933 in a fragile-looking pontoon plane (pictured), the type that became known as the Lockheed Sirius. The author's second book. Charles Lindbergh contributed a foreword, dust jacket design, maps, and appendix listing equipment and log. Very good (wear to spine, white stain at bottom… Read more about this item Item Price
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MC CARTHY AND THE COMMUNISTS
by Rorty, James and Moshe Decter
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- 1954
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Boston: Beacon, 1954. Very good (wear at spine at head and foot, nice looking copy with a couple of light wrinkles on the front cover from manufacturing; interior fine) in very good- dust jacket (heavily edgeworn but fully intact with interesting quotes from reviewers). Written at the time of McCarthy's greatest influence, chapters include "The Real Issue: How to… Read more about this item Item Price
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VIETNAM: A DIPLOMATIC TRAGEDY: THE ORIGINS OF THE UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT
by Bator, Victor
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- 1965
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Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1965. Very good (browned pages and page edges) in very good dust jacket (minor edgewear, two closed tears on back panel). Hungarian-born author, now US citizen, examines the policies of the Eisenhower-Dulles years that got the U.S. so involved in Vietnam. 271 pages including index, bibliography, and extensive notes, and a hilarious Bill Mauldin cartoon… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TRIAL OF DR. SPOCK
by Mitford, Jessica
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- 1969
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New York: Knopf, 1969. Very good+ (a few light foxing spots on the cream-colored covers) in near fine dust jacket (light rubbing shows on black front panel). The trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock along with William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Mitchell Goodman, Michael Ferber, and Marcus Raskin in 1968 for "conspiracy to counsel, aid and abet violations of the Selective Service… Read more about this item Item Price
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