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Cleveland County Oklahoma, Historical Highlights

Cleveland County Oklahoma, Historical Highlights

by Womack, John

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1983
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Noble, OK: Published by the Author, 1983. Paperback. viii, 259p., a few diagrammatic illustrations plus a site photograph, first edition in 8x5.5 inch plain printed grey wraps. Front cover is a little smudged with offset color, and is edgeworn with a quarter-inch marginal tear, and a touch of silverfishing to spine panel. Item is else quite sound and square,… Read more about this item
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The Coming Age of Conscience

The Coming Age of Conscience

by Foster, Ellery

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1977
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Winona, MN: Peaceful Alternatives, 1977. Pamphlet. [6], xv, 85p., illustrations, wraps. 8.5 x 6.75 in. Review copy, with address label on rear cover, mailed to Radical Religion. Postmarked. Edition of 1,000. Stain on right edge of front cover. Very Good. Second edition of a text on communal living. With a new introduction by the author, in which Foster expresses… Read more about this item
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A History of South Pittsburg, Tennessee. The First One Hundred Years. Written in Observation Of South Pittsburg's Centennial in 1973. Foreword by O. K. Woodfin

A History of South Pittsburg, Tennessee. The First One Hundred Years. Written in Observation Of South Pittsburg's Centennial in 1973. Foreword by O. K. Woodfin

by Kelly, Martelia Cameron

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1973
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Hardcover
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South Pittsburg TN: Hustler Printing Company, Inc, 1973. Hardcover. xviii, [126]p., illustrated with period and contemporary photographs, largely of the simple stuff the city has for architecture. Also find journalist photos and sketches. Hardbound in plain blue cloth boards with headbands, a sound production with hard to read spine titling. Laid in is an edgeworn letter explaining the bestowal… Read more about this item
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Norman - An Early History, 1820-1900
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Norman - An Early History, 1820-1900

by Womack, John

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1976
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Norman OK: author, sponsored by [numerous committees] and with financial support of the Norman Sooner Lions Club, 1976. Hardcover. xii, 172p., illustrated from b&w period photography (portraits, sites, scenes), passable sketches, and maps &c in facsimile; reproductions are of average quality. Hardbound first edition in 9.5x6 inch red cloth boards lettered/decorated gilt and inscribed & signed by Womack on… Read more about this item
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Toward the Second Chicago Fire: Surrealism and the Housing Question

Toward the Second Chicago Fire: Surrealism and the Housing Question

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1971
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[Chicago]: The Surrealist Group, 1971. Handbill. Single sheet, printed both sides, 8.5x11 inches; lightly edgeworn, toned along edges, else very good condition. bottom edge slightly silver-fished. Good only.
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Historia de la vida cotidiana en México, Tomo III El siglo XVIII: entre tradición y cambio

Historia de la vida cotidiana en México, Tomo III El siglo XVIII: entre tradición y cambio

by Gonzalbo Aizpuru, Pilar, editor

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2005
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Paperback
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9789681677183
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Mexico City: El Colegio de México / Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2005. Paperback. 592p., edited volume of chapters, illustrations. Edgewear and faint streaks on cover, else very good condition.
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Homes not jails! a novel

Homes not jails! a novel

by Steinberg, Michael

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2011
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San Francisco: Black Rain Press Self published, 2011. Paperback. 141p., second printing; wraps a bit soiled, else very good. Self-published novel of San Francisco featuring a band of scruffy urban radicals who organize a mass squatting campaign. Not a bad idea really.
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Miffland Deed for 3 hits [poster]

Miffland Deed for 3 hits [poster]

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1960
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Poster
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Madison, WI, 1960. Poster. 8.75x13 inch poster; this deed allows for three "hits" of marijuana and bears a small middle photo of "Jes' Folks" between the banners of the Puerto Rican and North Vietnamese flags. Neat middle crease from folding, else in very good condition. This small poster emerged out of the Miffland neighborhood community in Madison, Wisconsin where… Read more about this item
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Last Letters from Hav

Last Letters from Hav

by Morris, Jan

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1985
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Hardcover
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9780394532622
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New York: Random House, 1985. Hardcover. xiv, 203p., illustrated with a doublespread of maps (city plats and local geography), hardbound first edition in tan papered boards with brown cloth backstrip lettered copperfoil, and enclosed in the glossy dust jacket. The jacket's illustration, FYI, was candidly inspired by de Chirico's "Departure", a sort of gloss or even parody.
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The Work of the Juvenile Protective Association Synopsis for 1919 and 1920

The Work of the Juvenile Protective Association Synopsis for 1919 and 1920

by Bowen, Louise de Koven

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1921
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Ephemera
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Chicago: Juvenile Protective Association, 1921. Ephemera. 1 brochure. 6.25 x 3.25 in. Very Good. Lists various activities and interventions of social workers in child abuse, gambling, child marriage, poor living conditions, etc. With a blank form for financial contributions on the rear cover. The Juvenile Protective Association was founded in 1901.
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Street angel: plus: the city game, two powerful urban novels

Street angel: plus: the city game, two powerful urban novels

by Batista, Rob

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Published
1998
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Paperback
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9781888097016
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Jersey City: WriteEye Books, 1998. Paperback. 96p., wraps. 8 x 5 in. Covers creased and binding slightly askew. Very Good. Urban young adult fiction. A young college-bound Latino buys a gun in an attempt to prove he is tough. Cover in black and white. Includes publisher's note on urban fiction and the short story "The City Game.
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Street corner society; the social structure of an Italian slum

Street corner society; the social structure of an Italian slum

by Whyte, William Foote

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1943
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Hardcover
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1943. Hardcover. xxii, 284p., 4th impression, chipped dust jacket.
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[We regret to inform you that all the architects are long dead] [inside title]
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[We regret to inform you that all the architects are long dead] [inside title]

by Fredet, Jacques, Pierre Lepetit; J. K. Huysmans

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1975
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Paris: Institut de Beauté Architecture, 1975. Pamphlet. [13]p., 8.25x11.5 inch staplebound wraps; faint handling, hint of rust on staples with no migration, otherwise a very good condition item. French language text.
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Boycott Manny's; stop the woke-washing of the Mission. Manny's out! Community-run youth center in! Don't cross the picket line [handbill]

Boycott Manny's; stop the woke-washing of the Mission. Manny's out! Community-run youth center in! Don't cross the picket line [handbill]

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2019
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San Francisco: Endorsed by Palestinian youth Movement, 2019. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill; in very good condition. An anti-gentrification and anti-Zionist handbill. "Manny's is part of a systematic attempt to make gentrification and racism seem 'cool' through woke-washing. Woke-washing is the strategy of putting a 'social justice' facade on oppressive politics.
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Der Kolner Dom. Aus dem Italienischen ubersetzt von Ragni Maria Gschwend

Der Kolner Dom. Aus dem Italienischen ubersetzt von Ragni Maria Gschwend

by Cresti, Carlo

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1968
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Firenze: Sadea Editore, 1968. Paperback. Unpaginated; following a six-page preface printed double-column in a smallish font (German only) find uncaptioned fullpage full-color site photographs, thirty or so, all in fine condition. The glossy colorphoto covers are just slightly edgeworn, an else excellent copy. Forme und Farbe series.
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Play spots, Akron and Summit County

Play spots, Akron and Summit County

by Work Project Administration. Federal Writers Project

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1941
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Akron, OH: Akron Community Chest, 1941. Paperback. 59p., wraps slightly soiled, minor edge wear and minor internal creasing, staples start to rust else good condition, illus., map tipped in rear. Sponsored by the Akron Department of Recreation in cooperation with the Akron Community Chest and the Akron Chamber of Commerce.
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The Milton-Parc Citizens' Committee

The Milton-Parc Citizens' Committee

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2022
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Pamphlet
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Montreal: MPCC, 2022. Pamphlet. [8]p., 5.5x8 inch wraps; color photos., in very good condition. On a neighborhood organizing project in Montreal that began by stopping corporate developers from evicting tenants en masse.
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Cool Don't Live Here No More: a letter to San Francisco

Cool Don't Live Here No More: a letter to San Francisco

by Robles, Tony

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2015
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Paperback
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9781943209071
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San Francisco: Ithuriel's Spear, 2015. Paperback. 162p., two color plates of the poet, a very good paperback. Poetry and prose by Filipino American activist (whom this bibliographer owes a debt of gratitude to for pushing through Free Muni for Seniors and the Disabled! Salamat!) An Intersection for the Arts publication.
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An autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area Parts 1 & 2. Part 1: San Francisco Plays Itself

An autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area Parts 1 & 2. Part 1: San Francisco Plays Itself

by Mobley, Chuck, editor

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Published
2010
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Hardcover
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9780984303809
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San Francisco: SF Camerawork Publications, 2010. Hardcover. 60p. + [ii], 6.5x9 inch decorative boards, compact disc included with a featured video-essay; minor shelfwear, else in very good condition.
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Tiny day [30 zines]
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Tiny day [30 zines]

by Leone, Danielle, Aki Kobayashi, editors

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2024
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San Francisco: Lemonade Stand, 2024. Pamphlet. Thirty bound of the weekly miniature zine for San Franciscans, 2.75x4 inches, staplebound, spanning between 2022 and 2024, with some double issues throughout. Color photos, all zines are in very good condition. Weekly zines for 2022; 7,-9, 11, a special Gay Pride month issue (unnumbered), 21, 25, 30, 39, and 47/48. For 2023… Read more about this item
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