San Francisco's future; a study of youth resources: JLSF juvenile justice system research project
SF: JLSF, Inc, 1976. 288p., 8.5x11" wraps, illustrated with stats and folded charts, errata slip laid in; covers a little rubbed. More
Cat.No: 41806
Youth
Dime Life presents: girls gettin' blunted. Save 90%. Feb/March 2009
n.p: Self-published by the author, n.d. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, [8]p., captioned color snapshots in self-wraps plus a double-spread color drawing as centerfold. A primitive zine (that is --primitive even for zines!), untrimmed, stapled carelessly, crimped and edgeworn, but also..mysterious and charming! A suite of "hot chix i kno!" portraits, find a...... More
Cat.No: 243882
Directory of Japan-Related Resources in Northern California, 1991.
San Francisco: The Japan Society / The Japan Project (SPICE), 1991. Spiral_bound. 48p., professionally printed copyshop-style in comb-bound standard leaves (nice alkaline paperstock), find an acquisition date-stamp in two colors (Aug '91). Topmost tooth of comb has partially slipped from the perforation, the sole flaw we see; item is otherwise..... More
Cat.No: 291549
America's Leaders of Tomorrow Are Talking: Discussion Outline on Problems Facing Young People Today
Washington DC: n.pub. 1942. Pamphlet. 44p., staplebound pamphlet, 6x9 inches, illus., staples rusted else very good condition. Compiled by a Committee of staff members from Rural Project, American Youth Commission, American Council on Education, Division of Intercourse and Education, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of Program Study and Discussion..... More
Cat.No: 272718
Oaken Bucket, June, 1948, Oakland High School
Oakland: the school, 1948. Unpaginated yearbook blue leatherette boards titled white, the usual format. We see one badly bumped corner-tip, else a sound copy with lots of inscriptions and in-text names. Owner was one John Rush who had lots of friends. FYI, most every face is a white face, but..... More
Cat.No: 263454
The teaching of modern foreign languages in the Soviet Union
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1963. 129p., boards in brown cloth titled gilt, upper cover and spine panel irregularly sun-faded with a little fray to top rim, quite sound, clean and unmarked within. See pp.102/3 for a few American protest songs such as "If I Had a Hammer" More
Cat.No: 63084
Developing positive self-images and discipline in black children
Chicago: African American Images, 1984. Paperback. xii, 104p., first printing, wraps. More
Cat.No: 89189
A talk with Jawanza; (critical issues in educating African American youth)
Chicago: African American Images, 1988. Paperback. 103p., first printing, softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch photographic wraps, name inked in a fancy manner on foredge otherwise mildest signs of handling. More
Cat.No: 55880
To be popular or smart: the black peer group
Chicago: African American Images, 1988. Paperback. ix, 100p., later printing, wraps. More
Cat.No: 36959
To be popular or smart: the black peer group
Chicago: African American Images, 1988. ix, 100p., titlepage bears ownership initials, softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch glossy decorated wraps, a sound clean copy. Kunjufu encourages realism as well as uplift. More
Cat.No: 126463
From rage to hope; strategies for reclaiming Black & Hispanic students
Bloomington: National Educational Service, 1992. Paperback. xvii, 142p., wraps, slight curl to corners, mild fading to spine, a good clean copy. More
Cat.No: 71729
Black student retention in higher education
Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1988. Hardcover. xvi, 111p., oversize (10x7 inch) hardbound in dust jacket with a short verso-repaired tear and light edgewear. The editors are African American educators. More
Cat.No: 130412
2nd Annual Youth Leadership Convention May 16 through 18, 1991 Pima Community College, West Campus, Tucson, Arizona (program)
Tucson: The League, 1991. [16p.] 8.5x11 inches and an 8p. insert stapled at top corner, photos, ads, proclomations, program, very good booklet in stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 182152
Harvard Hates America. The Odyssey of a Born-again American.
South Bend IN: Gateway Editions, Limited, 1978. Hardcover. 161p., hardbound first edition in 8x5.5 inch grey pasteboard titled dark grey and enclosed in the dust jacket. Not a great copy of a carelessly designed casebound; the dj is dirty and edgeworn, boards are dust-soiled also and bears pressure-marks, and within..... More
Cat.No: 295139
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I Love You, I Really Do! [2 volumes]
no pl. Createspace, 2016. Paperback. 498p. + 528p., b&w photo., wraps a bit rubbed, else in very good condition. "These are the rich and savory memoirs of an autodidact scholar and essayist. Raised in a Jewish family in Scranton Pennsylvania, born in 1917. This first part takes us through the..... More
Cat.No: 273760
Hua xiao wen cai. Literary grace of a Chinese school
San Francisco: Cumberland Chinese High School, 1990. Paperback. 239p., very good in wraps. Collected writing in Chinese by students of the school in San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 141818
"Companionate Marriage."
Denver: Self-published by the author, 1927. 23p. includes covers, 3.5x9 inches, note, lightly-worn pamphlet in stapled wraps. Lindsey was a judge and founder of the Juvenile & Family Court of Denver, CO. This was a response to the misunderstandings engendered by Judge Lindsey's talk on Companionate Marriage over KOA Radio..... More
Cat.No: 266221
Child of Vietnam
Melbourne: Hyland House, 1987. Hardcover. x, 243p., maps of North and South Vietnam, light pencil marginalia tick marks throughout, else in very good condition. Signed by the author. More
Cat.No: 300214
Street Youth: adapatation and survival in the AIDS decade [offprint pamphlet]
New York: Society for Adolescent Medicine published by Elsevier Science Pub. Inc., 1991. pp511-514, four-panel pamphlet, 8.5x11 inches, references, very good offprint article from the Journal of Adolescent Health vol. 12, #7, semi-glossy white stock. Study based on research begun in 1982 documenting the impact of AIDS on street youth..... More
Cat.No: 237647
Unchained: free to be! Conference program, Saturday, April 23rd, 2005, San Francisco
San Francisco: LYRIC et al, 2005. 21p., 8.5x11 inches, event program, services and resources, schedule, vary good in stapled wraps. Conference for queer youth which grew out of the OHMY conference founded in 1997 by LYRIC. More
Cat.No: 236257
Rabotyagi. Perestroika and after viewed from below; interviews with workers in the former Soviet Union
New York: Monthly Review, 1994. Paperback. 286p., softbound in glossy 8x5 .5 inch wraps; half-title page bears a faint corner-tip crease, else sound, clean and unmarked, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 70984
The Youth Movement in Italy
Rome: Società Editrice di "Novissima" 1939. Paperback. 104p., wraps, 5x7.25 inches, illus., ex-library with ownership stamps on front wrap and front blank and pen notation on front wrap, two sticker scars on front wrap, head and tail of spine chipped. More
Cat.No: 299247
Belonging to Puerto Rico and America; New York Puerto Rican children's developing conceptualization of their own cultural group
New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. Hardcover. xvi, 281p., illustrated boards, no dust jacket as issued, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 296345
How We Built an Adobe House for World Youth.
Los Gatos, CA: World Youth Inc., 1950. Pamphlet. 75p., illustrations, wraps. First separate edition. Former owner’s signature on upper right corner of front cover. Documents the construction of an adobe structure by Maude Meagher and Carolyn Smiley in 1941, modeled after Spanish adobes. The building was used to house World..... More
Cat.No: 294514
Gay Youth Community News: vol. 1, no. 2, Sept. 1979: Runaway!
San Francisco: Gay Youth Community Coalition of the Bay Area, [1979]. 6p. newsletter, 7x8.5 inches, event calendar, news, service organizations, very good. Stamped 2nd printing. This issue adds a single-sheet insert into the folded newsletter and has a cover story by "Melinda" about being a runaway. A resource guide for..... More
Cat.No: 188167