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Our Time Has Come: A Delegate's Diary of Jesse Jackson's 1984 Presidential Campaign
by Barker, Lucius J.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- near fine
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780252014260
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Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xviii, 233, [3] p.: tables; 24 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Jesse Jackson was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 (the second African American, after Shirley Chisholm, to run a national campaign for… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Race and Opportunity: Black Philadelphia During the Era of the Great Migration, 1916-1930 [Ph.D. dissertation in history, Temple University]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/509/920/1357920509.0.m.jpg)
Race and Opportunity: Black Philadelphia During the Era of the Great Migration, 1916-1930 [Ph.D. dissertation in history, Temple University]
by Hardy, Charles Ashley
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- 1989
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- Paperback
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Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. [6], xxiii, 604 p.: maps, tables; 20 cm. Dark blue paper covers with printed paper label on the front cover. Two volumes with continuous pagination, bound in one. Includes biographical sketches of William Fields, Ernest Gray, Arthur Dingle, Fletcher Hillian, Utensie Hillian, Minnie Whitney, James Plunkett, Louise… Read more about this item Item Price
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Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution
by Waldstreicher, David
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- near fine
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 9780809083145
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New York: Hill and Wang, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xv, [1], 315 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; yellow paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. "Scientist, revolutionary, abolitionist: that is the Benjamin Franklin we know and celebrate. To this description, David Waldstreicher shows we… Read more about this item Item Price
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Memphis Tennessee Garrison: The Remarkable Story of a Black Appalachian Woman; Edited by Ancella R. Bickley and Lynda Ann ewen; Historical Afterword by Joe W. Trotter
by Garrison, Memphis Tennessee; Bickley, Ancelia R., editor; Ewen, Lynda Ann, editor
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- fine
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9780821413739
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Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/fine. xxxiv, 249 p.; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Orange endpapers. Part of the publisher's series in Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia. Memphis Tennessee Garrison (1890-1988) was a teacher in McDowell County, West Virginia, who organized a chapter of the NAACP in 1921. … Read more about this item Item Price
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A Life in Letters; Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli; With the Assistance of Judith S. Baughman
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
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- 1995
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- Paperback
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- 9780684801537
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. First Touchston Edition. xxii, [2], 503 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; clean and tight.
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The Elusive Life of Robert Hare, or A Contextualized Profile of an Individual Lamentably Lost from the Annals of History
by Silberman, Michael J.
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- 2003
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- Paperback
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, 2003. Paperback. Fine. A thesis presented to the facult of the American Studies Program at Cornell Univerrsity in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors. [3], 84 leaves: maps, table (folded); 28 cm. Black comb binding. Robert Hare (1752-1811) was born in England and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Goethe und seine Welt: unter Mitwirkung von Ernst Beutler; herausgegeben von Hans Wahl und Anton Kippenberg
by Wahl, Hans; Kippenberg, Anton, editors
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- good -
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlag, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good -/good -. [4], 306, [2] p.: 580 illustrations; 25 cm. Off-white linen with red and black spine and cover titles. White dust jacket printed in red and black. Publisher's advertisements on final unpaginated page and on both flaps and back section of dust jacket for other works by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Americans: The FBI Files; Kenneth O'Reilly; Edited by David Gallen
by O'Reilly, Kenneth
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- Used - Fine
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- near fine
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780786700103
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New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 518 p.; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; grey paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Contains documents from the files kept by the FBI on James Baldwin, W. E. B. Du Bois, Medgar Evers, Marcus Garvey, Fanny Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King,… Read more about this item Item Price
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British Theatrical Gallery, A Collection of Whole Length Portraits, with Biographical Notices by D. Terry
by Terry, Daniel
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- Used - Good +
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- 1825
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- Hardcover
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$438.00
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London: H. Berthoud, 1825. Hardcover. Good +. [72] p., frontispiece and 19 leaves of plates; 36 cm. Contemporary black leather spine with plain grey paper over boards. The publisher intended the plate of Mrs. Siddons to be bound as the frontispiece, but here the plate of Mr. Kean was bound as the frontispiece and that of… Read more about this item Item Price
$438.00
Belle Moskowitz: Feminine Politics and the Exercise of Power in the Age of Alfred E. Smith
by Perry, Elisabeth Israels
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- near fine
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780195044263
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New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xv, [1], 280 p., [8] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with silver spine title; grey boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Belle Moskowitz (1877-1933) was a political advisor and publicist to Al Smith (1873-1944) from his 1918 campaign for governor of New York through… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Letters of Victor Hugo: From Exile, and After the Fall of the Empire; Edited by Paul Meurice
by Hugo, Victor
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- 1898
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- Hardcover
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$36.00
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Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by the Riverside Press. [10], 249 p.; 23 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt spine title. Top page edges gilt. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: H. H. Rapp, Jr., 1953. These letters from Victor Hugo (1802-1885) were written… Read more about this item Item Price
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Collections of the New-Hampshire Historical Society, Volume VI
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- 1850
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- Hardcover
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Concord, N.H.: Printed by Asa McFarland, for the Society, 1850. Hardcover. Good. 336 p., engraved frontispiece portrait of John Farmer: tables; 24 cm. Brown ribbon-grain cloth with blind-stamped decoration on spine and both boards. Gilt-stamped circular medallion on front board. Gilt-stamped spine title: New Hamphire Historical Collections. Oval stamp on title page: The Property… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ein Zeitalter Wird Besichtigt; Mit einem Nachwort von Klaus Schröter und einem Materialienanhang, zusammengestellt von Peter-Paul Schneider
by Mann, Heinrich
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- 1988
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- Paperback
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- 9783596259298
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Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. 760, [8] p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Paperback. Publisher's advertisement on final 6 unpaginated pages. Includes chronology and index. In Near Fine Condition: edges slightly rubbed; clean and tight.
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William Clift
by Dobson, Jessie
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- Used - Near Fine
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- good +
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$21.00
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London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. viii, 144 p., frontispiece and 31 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Light grey dust jacket printed in maroon. Former owner's stamp on front fixed endpaper and title page verso with penciled note about acquisition in gutter of p. v.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Salmagundi: A Quarterly of the Humanities & Social Sciences -- No. 56, Spring 1982
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- 1982
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Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Skidmore College, 1982. Paperback. Good +. 178, [4] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback. Contents: Memories of Unhousement by Clark Blaise -- Metamorphosis of Shit by Martin Pops -- Poetry and Society by Eugenio Montale -- The Soul Inside the sentence by William H. Gass -- Pumping blood by Peter Schneeman -- Sartre Remembered… Read more about this item Item Price
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Primary Source Tribute to John Hope Franklin
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$16.00
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Watertown, MA: Primary Source, 2000. Paperback. Fine. [44] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Stapled illustrated paper cover. This is the program from a tribute for American historian John Hope Franklin (1915-2009), held at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on June 17, 2000. Contains a timeline of Franklin's life, and many letters of admiration and gratitude… Read more about this item Item Price
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West Point Account Book and 6 documents relating to his Military Service
by Gerhard, William
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- Hardcover
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,288.00
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1865. Hardcover. Good. The West Point account book of William Gerhard, while a cadet, 1865-1869, and 6 documents relating to his military service. William Gerhard (1847-1914) of Philadelphia was the son of Benjamin Gerhard (1811-1864) and Anna Sergeant Gerhard (1815-1873). He married Sally Lyle Howell (1855-1879) and they had one child, Arthur Howell Gerhard (1877-1949). … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life-Work of William McKinley: The Brilliant Career of a Typical American Citizen, Soldier, Statesman
by Roe, Edward T.
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- Used - Very Good -
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- 1901
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- Hardcover
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good -. 319 p., frontispiece and 11 leaves of illustrations, 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations: in-text illustrations; 20 cm. Grey cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, red and green illustration on spine and front cover. Top page edges gilt. Title page in red and black. "Memorial… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Trials of a Trial Judge [provenance: John B. Hannum]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/831/122/1316122831.0.m.jpg)
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The Trials of a Trial Judge [provenance: John B. Hannum]
by McKay, Leo H.
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- Used - Very Good
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- good +
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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$129.00
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New York: Vantage Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. [10], 95 p.; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. White dust jacket printed in blue with portrait of the author on the front section. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, with added inscription noting that he died in January, 1978. … Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Thespian Magazine and Literary Repository vol. 2 [June-Dec. 1793]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/994/925/1305925994.0.m.jpg)
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The Thespian Magazine and Literary Repository vol. 2 [June-Dec. 1793]
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- 1793
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London: Thos. Wilkins, 1793. Fair. [2], 408 p.; 20 cm. Disbound. Engraved title vignette. Contains vol. 2 title page, issues for June through December 1793, and supplement to vol. 2. This periodical was only published from June 1792 to Sept. 1794. Contents include brief comments on recent theatrical performances; theatrical anecdotes; and biographical… Read more about this item Item Price
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