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New York, New York, USA: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1987. BX4 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in silver wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus some light soiling on the outside paper edges plus some very, very light creasing on the covers. The story of the author's growing up white in the remote Transkei Territory of South Africa, his increasingly passionate struggle against the pro-Apartheid government, the guerilla tactics used by and against him, and his dramatic life with his wife and children. A revealing and provocative story about a one-man fight against racism that gained the attention of the world. Indexed, 373p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.5".

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking/Penguin Group, 1993. BZ2 - A hard cover 2nd printing withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in gray paper covered boards quarter bound in white cloth with silver lettering and graphics on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with some tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards from where the dust jacket endflaps were taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, the title page, and the copyright page plus the book is very slightly shelf cocked plus there is some very, very light glue residue on the front free endpaper from a library pocket. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel set in 1930s Mississippi about the death of a girl in an accident and the state's killing of one… Read More

San Jose, CA, U.S.A.: R & E Publishers, Incorporated, 1973. BZ4 - A hard cover edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with no dust jacket. No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. A hard cover tight, clean, sound copy in light olive green cloth covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light fading and label staining on the spine wrapping around onto the front and back from library labels plus there is some light yellowing of the paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the front free endpaper, title page, table of contents page, and back fixed endpaper. A book that examines the origins of Japanese nativism during the 1890s and its relationship to the extension of the Chinese exclusion movement. 117p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6.25"x9". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. CB2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some light bumping on the bottom right corners plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, copyright page, and back endpaper plus the book is very slightly shelf cocked. The DJ shows minor overall shelf wear, some scattered light surface chipping along the top and bottom edges, original library mylar sleeve. A collection of interviews of Eldridge Cleaver taken in the summer of 1969 after Cleaver had fled the United States to avoid prison. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.75"x8.25". Ex-Library.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 1987. CB5 - A tight, clean, sound copy in yellow, black, and purple vinyl covered boards with the usual library marks and stamps on the inside surface of the front board, top and bottom outside paper edges, and title page plus the residue of a library label on the front endpaper plus some yellowing of the paper edges. A book about life under apartheid. It is about a year inside a so-called colored high shcool in South Africa. Indexed, 418p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. CC5 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with a dust jacket in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in yellow paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with metallic red lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamps on the half-title page and top outside paper edges plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards plus there is some very light soiling on the outside paper edges plus there is some dogearing of pages 3 through 6. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a cut (about 1") on the front bottom edge plus there is a very small nick on the spine plus there is the usual library label on the spine wrapping around onto the back plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Broadway Books, 2004. CE2 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated black, brown, and white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear in the form of some very light rubbing onthe front. A novel about a young woman who must come to terms with her biracial identity. By the author of "A Little Piece of Sky." 205p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8..25". Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Atheneum, 1971. CF3 - A tight, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of a small nick on the top back board edge exposing a tiny (less than 0.25") bit of board edge plus there is green highlighting on page 103 and some red highlighting on page125 plus there is some very light tape staining on the outside board edges plus there is some tape staining on the front and back endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there is some light soiling on the top outside paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the inside surface of the front board, front and back endpapers, title page, and last page plus the front endpaper is dogeared. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A concise examination of the struggle for African-American civil rights beginning at Appomattox on throught the militancy of… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 2001. BE1 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof/uncorrected manuscript book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in light green wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light surface chippin on the spine top and bottom edges. A memoir by a noted African American poet that offers a view of young black men's longing for loving, stable marriages, fatherhood, and homes in safe neighborhoods. It is about the human desire to escape cycles that deprive children of what they need most and creates empty shells of grown men and which are rooted in an American political culture which accepts obstacles in the lives of inner city poor. 297p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. BE3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with very miinor overall shelf wear plus there is a crease on the spine. With a new afterword by the author. A book in which the author sets out to restore the self-authority that injustices of race, class, age, sexuality, and ability have undermined. Bibliography, endnotes, acknowledgments, indexed, 421p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York: New American Library, 1968. BF1 - A 2nd printing hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges, scatttered foxing, scratches, and some light stains, light tanning and shelf wear. Book lighlty bowed, some scattered foxing and stains on the endpapers and page edges, light tanning and shelf wear. This is a book written at the height of the civil unrest of the late 1960s related ro race and American society. It is based on the author's investigations in nine major cities based on his experiences and conversations with police as well as participants at black power rallies, black nationalist organizations, the Malcolm X Society, Milwaukee's Father Groppi, and right-wing revolutionaries in California. These investigations were motivated by the expectations that the 1967 race riots signaled a widening civil conflict over civil rights in America.… Read More