Social Sciences from Carpe Diem Fine Books

New York: Youth Publishers, 1933. First Edition. 12mo (6" x 4 1/2"). 13 pp. With illustrations from photos and drawings. Stapled illustrated wrappers in very good condition (light, general wear; two chips to upper front wrapper; some splitting to upper spine). Uncommon expose of youth homelessness, its effects on boys and girls, among African-American youth, child prostitution, the evils… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick Stokes, 1933. First Edition. 8vo. 263 pp. Grey printed cloth in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. A very good copy in good dustjacket (wear and chips at extremities, moreso to spine ends; fading to spine). Eleanor Roosevelt wrote this work at the beginning of her 8 years as the first lady of the United States during her husband… Read more about this item

London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, 1959. First English Language Edition. INSCRIBED "Salute to integrationist Beth Ricky in her brave fight against segregationist David Duke! Stetson Kennedy. Beluthahatchee 8/30/91". Elizabeth "Beth" Rickey (1956 - 2009) was an American activist and leader in the anti-racism and anti-discrimination movement. Her efforts specifically focused on exposing former neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan leader… Read more about this item

Chiengmai, Thailand: Asian-U.S. Educators Conference, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto; 29pp typescript (some silverfishing to first and last pages) of a paper presented at the 1973 meeting of the Asian-U.S. Educators Conference in Chiengmai, Thailand. Stapled to the paper is a TLS on University of Hawaii 'The President' letterhead from Harlan Cleveland to then Stanford University President Dr. Richard… Read more about this item

Mexico City: El Colegio Nacional, 2003. First Editions, Limited to 1000 copies. Octavos; xlii,367pp; vii, 279pp. Extensively illustrated with plates, b/w and color and drawings. Fine copies in rust cloth lettered in gold. Tomo 1. El arte, la historia y el hombre. Arte prehispa nico de México : estudios y ensayos -- Introducción -- El arte, la historia y… Read more about this item

London: Practical Paradise Publications, 1978. First Edition, Limited #92 of 350 copies. SIGNED by the author. 4to. xvi, [4], 275, [2] pp. Bibliography. Maps, illustrations. Stiff green & tan illustrated wrappers in near fine condition. The author, born in 1949 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, collected material for this book on two visits to Columbia in 1971 and 1973/74. "Mama… Read more about this item

London: Christopher Johnson, 1952. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Anthony Thompson/with with (?) & regards from the author/Donald Mcl. Johnson 15/3/52." Edward Anthony Thompson (1928 - 2018), known as Anthony Lejeune, was an English writer, editor, and broadcaster. He was known for his weekly radio talk London Letter that was broadcast in South Africa for nearly 30 years and for… Read more about this item

Dordrecht: Springer, 2013. First Edition. Octavo; xvii, 382pp. Bibliography; Index. A Fine unread copy in publisher's illustrated boards. (Phaenomenologica 209). The first study in 50 years of the theory of the social world of Husserl; a new approach to Husserlian phenomenology and a new perspective on the relationship between phenomenology and sociology.

New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1867. First American Edition. Small 8vo. 340 pp. Publisher's green blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bookseller stamp for H. Wagner & Sons, Marysville & San Francisco to ffep; contemporary gift inscription; minor foxing; offset from laid in flower; else a near fine copy. An uncommon and early work on Prostitution in… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto; xxiii, [1], 299pp. Library markings, othjer wise a new and unread copy in a Fine dust jacket. '... the most comprehensive guide ever published to the world's pidgins and creoles, designed, edited, and written by the world's leading experts in the field... The Survey consists of accounts of each… Read more about this item

London: Pickering & Chatto, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xii, 235pp. Index. Library markings, otherwise a fine, as new copy. "This volume of essays attempts to identify the shared experiences of disabled children and examine the key debates about their care and control. The essays follow a chronological progression while focusing on the practices in a number of different… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xx, 356pp. Bibliography; Index. Illustrations. Library markings, otherwise A Fine, unread copy in Fine dust jacket. "Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents… Read more about this item

New York: Carleton Press, 1961. 1st. Hardcover. FIRST Edition. INSCRIBED "To my friend ***/who has a mind/like a diamond;/it's so brilliant!/Sincerely, Gaston." 2 pp ALS, laid in. Small 8vo. 32 pp. Blue cloth in illustrated dustjacket with red lettering. Near fine in very good dustjacket. Written by a former New York City school teacher and school supervisor; the author… Read more about this item

Choisy le Roi: la barque d'or, 2014. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 236pp. Fine copy; text in French. About literature, philosophy and modern times... Le Vigan deals with innumerable subjects. He goes from the tango to the notion of time related to depression in our society, the city and its urbanism, sexuality, mobile phones, geopolitics, Iraq, the dictatorship of the market… Read more about this item

Sasn Diego: Academic Press, 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xiv, 422pp. First Edition; Fine copy in laminated boards. As New and unread.

Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1990. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; x, 230pp. Fine copy in original burgundy cloth lettered in gold at spine. Bibliography on Uralic Studies; Folkloristics.

New York: Routledge, 2013. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; [xiv], 252pp. First Edition. Color glossy boards in Fine condition.

Singapore: World Scientific, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 374pp, including index. Black & white illustrations; charts; graphs. Color illustrated boards. Minor wear to extremities else fine. Econometrics in the Information Age: Theory and Practice of Measurement. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon… Read more about this item

Bingley: Emerald, 2013. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 734pp. Black & white illustrations; diagrams. White glossy paper covered boards. All edges neat and clean; ex-library with usual markings, otherwise as new and unread. Advances in Research on Teaching Volume 19. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number -… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED from Herant A. Katchadourian to former President of Stanford University Richard Lyman. First edition. 8vo.xxvi, 324pp, including appendices, references, and index. Grey cloth covered boards in green & blue dust jacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket (light fading to spine; short closed tear & crease to upper rear joint; minor wear to… Read more about this item