New York: New York University Press, 2001. Paperback. xii, 363 p., [8] p. of black-and-white photographs; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Gift inscription by editor Bettye Collier-Thomas on half title. Includes personal narratives by Rosa Parks, Charlayne Hunter Gault, and Dorothy I. Height. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More about Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement; edited...

Charleston, S.C. Arcadia Publishing, 2007. Paperback. 127, [1] p.: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Gift inscription by one of the authors, Rob Lukens, on the title page. A well-illustrated history of Yellow Springs, Pa., from its use as a medicinal spring in colonial Pennsylvania; a hospital for... More about Yellow Springs (Images of America

Madison, N.J. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013. Hardcover. v, [1], 215 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. The author "contributes to the most recent developments in historical writing by recovering dozens of previously undiscovered works about the African American experience in New Jersey . . . a must-read... More about Suburban Erasure: How the Suburbs Ended the Civil Rights Movement in New Jersey

New York: Doubleday, 2013. Hardcover. [10], 357, [1] p., [24] unpaginated pages of color illustrations; 24 cm. Blue and black cover with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Map on front endpaper and aerial view of the city on back endpaper. Stated First Edition. Includes index and bibliography. Book and... More about Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

East Aurora, N.Y. Roycrofters, 1899. Hardcover. [6], 207, [3] p.; 27 cm. Half light brown suede (possibly light green originally) with brown paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. Grey endpapers. Title page printed in red and black within elaborate woodcut border. Printed in columns... More about The Intellectual Life

London: Virago Press, 1991. Paperback. 156, [2] p.; 20 cm. Paperback with cover illustration by Kazimir Malevich. Contents: A Great Love -- Thirty-two Pages -- Conversation Piece. The author, Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952), was a Marxist revolutionary and, following the Russian revolution, was the most prominant woman in the Soviet administration... More about A Great Love; Alexandra Kollontai; Translated and introduced by Cathy Porter

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. Hardcover. 2 volumes: 392 p.; 480 p.; 21 cm. Publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles and double-blind-ruled border on boards. In clear plastic covers, which have protected the volumes without damage. Stamp of Ida Public Library, Belvidere, Ill., on p. 2 of... More about A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital [2 volumes

Washington, D.C. American Historical Association, 1991. Paperback. viii, 108 p.; 22 cm. Paperback. Published by the Committee on Women Hiistorians and the American Historical Association. In Near Fine Condition: cover is slightly rubbed; clean and tight. More about Becoming a Historian: A Survival Manual for Women and Men

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872. Hardcover. Third Edition. xxiv, 36 p.; 22 cm. Burgundy rib-grained morocco spine with gilt-stamped spine title; burgundy cloth over boards. Dark brown endpapers. Each page of text printed within double-ruled decorative borders. Two former owners' names at head of title page: A. Negendank, and Greta N.... More about The Rubáiyát of Omar Kháyyám, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia; Rendered into English Verse

Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2003. Paperback. 95, [1] p.: color illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. A well-illustrated look at the Palazzo Margherita, which has been the site of the American Embassy to Italy for over 60 years. The Introduction is by the U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Mel Sembler, who... More about Palazzo Margherita: Site of the Embasy of the United States of America to the Italian Republic

London: The Studio, 1918. Hardcover. v, [1], 98 p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Edges of board are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Eight leaves of color plates are included in page count. The 30 artists represented include many who were serving in the... More about The War Depicted by Distinguished British Artists; edited by Charles Holme

New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1997. Hardcover. [2], xv, [1], 253, [1] p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Yellow cloth spine with red spine title; beige paper over boards. Dust jacket with illustration by Stefano Vitale. Red endpapers and red ribbon bookmark. Title page printed in green. Stated First Edition. Includes... More about A Treasury of African-American Christmas Stories; Compiled and edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas;...

Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for A. Bradley, 1730. Hardcover. 144 p., engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; 17 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment: "Philips' Poems." Woodcut head-pieces, tailpieces, and initials. Contents: An Ode to Henry Saint John, Esq... More about Poems on Several Occasions; by Mr. John Philips, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon.; To whihc is...