On being homeless; historical perspectives
New York: Museum of the City of New York, 1987. Paperback. 176p., 8.x11 inch wraps; wrap corners slightly curled from use, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 290386
New York: Museum of the City of New York, 1987. Paperback. 176p., 8.x11 inch wraps; wrap corners slightly curled from use, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 290386
Sofia: "Ivan D. Danov" Publishing House, 1993. 199p., illustrated with tables and charts, softbound in 8x5.5 inch decorated wraps. Paperstock faintly toned, a clean sound unmarked copy with no signs of handling and only the toning of age, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 238144
Boulder: Westview Press, 1992. Paperback. ix, 278p., glossy softbound in 9x6 decorated wraps, a sound, clean and unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 249370
Berlin: Dietz Verlag, 1980. Mass Market Paperback. [256]p., pocket-size paperback plentifully illustrated with period images, most reproduced rather small and some with loss of clarity, artwork provided with glazed alkaline paperstock, text on acidic matte stock (uniformly toned throughout), a very good copy: quite sound and entirely clean and unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 311564
San Francisco: Coleman Children and Youth Services, February 1983. 107p. plus unpaginated acknowledgements, captioned photos throughout with minimal stats; first edition oblong 5.5x8.5 inch glossy cardstock wraps, mildly edgeworn with a corner crease, a good copy. More
Cat.No: 166092
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Pamphlet. 67p., disbound in wraps, some foxing, pages otherwise clean. Advocates stiffer legal structure for preventing corruption within charitable organizations. Cites examples of nepotism, etc. More
Cat.No: 128764
Westport, CT: Compo Press, 1935. Hardcover. 350p., first edition red cloth boards titled black, lacking dust jacket, spine a tad browned, else in very good condition. A poverty-stricken Lower East Side, Jewish / Irish guy falls in love with a Park Avenue miss, amasses money instead of marriage. More
Cat.No: 299248
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. 189p., first US edition in 8x5.5 inch openweave magenta cloth boards and dust jacket. Spine panel is dim with handling, its lettering barely legible, and a disfiguring impact has made a quarter-inch slot where tail of spine meets rear cover. This "slot"..... More
Cat.No: 315419
no city, UK: Hobnail Press, 2006. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about eleven pages counting publisher's statement (two pages), staplebound pamphlet in 8.5x5.5 inch plain printed grey wraps, an as-new copy: entirely sound, clean and unmarked. Hobnail Press self-characterizes thusly: "Hobnail Press 2006; Publishing with Radical Intent". Author Caldwell has also written (and..... More
Cat.No: 295661
no city, Australia: Published by Worldwide Printing Systems for the author/artist. 1996. Spiral_bound. 57p., profuse funny sketches dominate the book, with smart little recipes clearly printed amongst these, a limited reprint of the artist's first issue in 1982. Softbound copyshop style with a black plastic comb fastening over a clear..... More
Cat.No: 291795
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Hardcover. 159p., hardbound first edition in dark blue cloth boards titled in white lettering. Mild edgewear, ink tic to free endpaper. A short tear to top edge of title page has been sealed with document tape, which is old and yellowed; and, at p.151, a...... More
Cat.No: 284678
London: Hutchinson, 1987. Paperback. 206p., paperbound in 8.5x5.5 inch decorated wraps, the first edition, find a couple of marketing stickers on back cover else completely clean, sound unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 234703
Ottawa: Co-operative Union of Canada, February 12, 1970. Staplebound. 18p., 11x8.5 inches; wrappers slightly toned, small pen mark on front wrapper, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 272769
Mexico DF: Jorale Editores / Orfila, 2010. Paperback. 156p., softbound, first edition in 9x6 inch frenchfold wraps. Almost as new; one might detect a few light crimpings, an entirely sound, clean and unmarked copy. Coleccion historia inmediata. More
Cat.No: 252735
Amherst, MA: the Committee, 1970. 3 and 4 pages respectively; 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left corner. 1970 reprints of the 1969 originals. Part I focuses on racial inequality in Dorchester County, South Carolina and its resulting high poverty rate among African Americans; Part II discusses causes and effects..... More
Cat.No: 182859
Rio de Janeiro: Vozes Achiame, 1982. Paperback. 141p., illustrated with tables, statistics, softbound in 8x5.5 inch frenchfold wraps, alkaline paperstock and cover. Chapter one bears a marginal note in ink, front free endpaper an ownership, else unmarked, a sound clean copy. Please observe that the text is entirely in Brazilian..... More
Cat.No: 299617
New Delhi / Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2003. Hardcover. Second printing: xxi, 236p., illustrated with several very fuzzy photographs, hardbound in laminated 9x5.5 inch boards. A very good copy: quite sound, clean and unmarked. More
Cat.No: 304057
Madison, WI: CUNA International, 1965. 30p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, edgeworn, ex-library with rubberstamp on cover else good condition. More
Cat.No: 135868
London: Wyman & Sons, Printers, 1883. Pamphlet. 33p., disbound with threads lacking, 8x5 inch self-wraps. Binder's paste is failing and signatures are beginning to part, with terminal leaf detached and small chips at the gutterline. Little or no edgewear, paperstock alkaline, good copy. Against the reform act of 1884, which..... More
Cat.No: 172953
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990. 238p., profusely photo-illustrated, hardbound in 9.5x8 inch cloth boards and dj; bottom edge bears a neat small remainder stamp, dust jacket is slightly edgeworn, a very nice copy. On the village of El Valle. Blurbed approvingly by Wright Morris, Thomas McGuane, Patricia Nelson..... More
Cat.No: 36840
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. Hardcover. 160p., no illustrations beyond the dust jacket sketch, second printing of the first issue in brown cloth boards and dust jacket. Book itself is in very good condition; a touch of edgewear to casing, spine titling turned dim (through mere aging and inferior..... More
Cat.No: 316749
Bombay: C.G. Shah Memorial Trust, 1985. 38p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.5 inches, lightly worn, pages lightly toned else very good condition. C.G. Shah Memorial Trust Publication 7. More
Cat.No: 135589
Bombay: C.G. Shah Memorial Trust, 1985. 41p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.5 inches, pages lightly toned, staples rusted else very good condition. C.G. Shah Memorial Trust Publication 11. More
Cat.No: 135593
n.p. Twins Publishing Services, 2015. Paperback. 271p., illustrated with two portrait photos on the cover (childhood b&w, adult, a color vignette), a nice crisp copy with faint edgewear to covers, entirely sound, clean and unmarked within. Very good to fine. More
Cat.No: 288240
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1993. Paperback. 66p., 5x7 inches, maps, very good first edition in original wraps. Signed by author on title page. Thistle Series. Essay on the poverty and human suffering Dorris witnessed while visiting Zimbabwe as a board member of Save the Children in 1992. More
Cat.No: 115348