Sociology from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. First Edition stated, Very Good, small tear to cloth at head of spine, spine a bit dulled. 300 pages with a slang glossary pp. 275-296. Basis for the 1970 Academy Award winning film "The Sting" starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman, which won 7 Oscars in all. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. Near Fine, very light rubbing at edges of wrappers. The end of the Vietnam War in 1973 marked the end of the counterculture era. Slim 4to, unpaginated, illustrations in black and white and color. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chicago: Dufour & Rogers, 1933. 25 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white photographs), map. Very Good, rear cover filled with faint pencil writing (showing list of different attractions visited on Nov. 3 and 4, 1933), 1" tear at top edge of wrappers at spine fold, small prior owner name title page. "Darkest Africa" presented representatives… Read more about this item

London: The British Social Hygiene Council, Inc., 1926. Very Good, small name marked out front and rear end pages, light edge wear. Original green cloth, 140 pages. Contributors include Cyril Burt, Winifred Cullis, Julisn S. Huxley, B.(runo) Malinowski, Arthur Newsholme, T. Percy Nunn, and J. Arthur Thomson. "If Venereal Diseases are to be stamped outtheir dual character must be recognised.… Read more about this item

Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Alfred Metzner Verlag, 1952. In original red cloth with gilt lettering, 211 pages, illustrations. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, chip at head of spine and smaller chips at edges. From the collection of noted medieval scholar and polyglot James W. Marchand, his ownership label front end page. Original title, Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston,… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1969. First Printing stated. Near Fine, small crease at head of spine, in a Near Fine dust jacker, crease and small chips at head of spine, small chip top edge rear flap fold. Her famous and revolutionary work, uncommon in the Forst Edition, First Printing in current commerce. . First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.… Read more about this item

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1947. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Cordial best wishes to George. Ansley J. Coale". From the collection of noted economist George J. Stolnitz, an international expert on demographic trends and a frequent consultant to the United Nations and U.S. government agencies, and a past president of the Population Association of… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing, in first state binding and dust jacket. Very Good Plus, three corners with small bumps, end papers with slight toning. Book is just less than 8 1/2" tall with heavier paper and "Oxford" fully to the right of "Imagination" at spine. In Very Good dust jacket, price of $6.00 just… Read more about this item

North Hollywood, CA: Brandon House , 1968. RARE. No copies found in current commerce at ViaLibri. Held at 1 library only, the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. This copy a "Duplicate Copy" from Kinsey, so stamped at title page. Near Fine, light wear, slight crease at front hinge. "They were four: a lovely, depraved young wanton; a virile, ruggedly handsome… Read more about this item

Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas Publisher , 1956. SCARCE in dust jacket. Near Fine, browning to paste downs only, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, sunning at spine and edges, slight browning at flaps. "In this Second Revised Edition the original material has been kept intact, but added to it is additional information, opinions, and views, and CASE STUDIES… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Sexual Law Reporter, 1976. 22 copies, hole-punched for ring binder, unbound, Near Fine, stamped "Duplicate" and 5 copies with duplicate tabs attached, several copies with pencil call numbers, although no other markings, these are duplicates from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. 1976, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-4, 6, and Index; 1977, Vol. 3, Nos. 1-2, 4-5, and Index;… Read more about this item

Atlanta, Georgia: Max W. Fain, 1990. RARE, Second Edition Revised, hardcover, 190 pages, originally published 1988 in softcover, 125 pages. Near Fine , bumps at spine ends. Review Copy, publisher's review bookmark laid in. This copy from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, marked "Duplicate" and with Kinsey stamps and label at spine, no other institutional markings, copy feels… Read more about this item

Philadelphia and London : W. B. Saunders Company, 1953. SIGNED BY AUTHORS Clyde E. Martin, Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Paul H. Gebhard at half-title page, and SCARCE THUS.Fine in Very Good dust jacket, toning and foxing, small chips at spine ends and bottom edge rear panel. The pioneering study on female sexuality, a classic in its field. . SIGNED… Read more about this item

(Chicago): G. S. Ball , 1910. Bound in contemporary half crushed morocco over marbled boards, marbled edges. Very Good, edges of boards rubbed, front hinge just starting approx. top 1". 481 p., [32] p. of plates. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Corydon Publications, Inc. No Date, circa early 1970s. 20 pp. in stapled wrappers. Fine, as issued. Loaded with classified advertisements for swingingers with black and white nude photographs, numerous ads for sex-related items. Named the Pioneer Swinger in honor of Eddie Abel, of "the Corydn Insider" fame. Intended for swingers in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and members… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1903. SCARCE. Very Good in original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, the cloth a bit rubbed, prior owner name and bookstore stamp front end pages, bookseller code in ink rear paste down. 190 pp, illustrated with black and white photographs used by the author during his lecture. . First… Read more about this item

Oneida, NY: Oneida Community, 1870. Ten issues in all, two of "The Circular", Vol. VI, No. 43, Jan. 10, 1870 and Vol. VII, No. 24, Aug. 29, 1870, and eight of "Oneida Circular", New Series, Vol. VIII, Nos. 27 and 50, Jul.3 and Dec. 11, 1871, Vol. VIX, Nos. 29 and 39, Jul. 15 and Sept. 23, 1872, Vol. XI,… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, New York: Oneida Community, 1852. 12 issues 1852-1853, with 2 being duplicate issues, all Very Good to Near Fine, 4 issues with period prior owner names at top front, some creasing, some light toning and a few issues with notebook holes at spine. Includes Vol. I, Nos. 16 and 18, Feb. 22 and Mar. 14, 1852, Vol. II,… Read more about this item

1946-1998: Various Publishers An important collection of 14 separately titled items, 7 books and 7 offprints, spanning the years 1946-1998, all SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Robert K. Merton (RKM) to his former student, friend, colleague and noted sociologist Thomas Gieryn. Robert K. Merton is considered to be a founding father of modern sociology and the founder of the sociology… Read more about this item

Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 1980. Review Copy, with publisher's Review slip laid in. Near Fine, prior owner name stamp front end page and fore edge, tidy pencil underlining first 60 pp. In a Very Good dust jacket, spine sunned, rear flap torn at fold, smaller tears. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item