"Or does it explode?" Black Harlem in the Great Depression
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. viii, 317p., map., graphs., first printing, very good hardcover in like dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 12920
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. viii, 317p., map., graphs., first printing, very good hardcover in like dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 12920
Cambridge, MA: Council for Correspondence Inc., 1964. Magazine. David Riesman, high on the editorial board, contributes an article and a book review. Theodore Roszak discusses Levine's Arms Debate. Plus many more units of Left-think, including Reports from Tokyo. More
Cat.No: 308017
New York: Academic Press, 1971. Hardcover. xx, 323p., tables, very good condition in like dj. Institute for Research on Poverty monograph series. More
Cat.No: 21314
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1956. Hardcover. 285p., first edition, endpapers lightly foxed, previous owner's inscription on front pastedown endpaper, else good condition in an edge worn dj with price intact (but crossed out with reduced price written in by hand). More
Cat.No: 20220
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1924. Hardcover. x, 150p., front., illus., first edition, previous owners book plate and neat inscription on blank endpapers, else very good condition. No dj. Much on African American children. More
Cat.No: 57372
San Francisco: San Francisco Council of Churches, 1979. 336p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated endpapers, editor's preface, foreword, index of churches, directory, supporters, illustrated with photos, drawings and facsimile documents, very good first edition stated in heavy blue-leatherette and gilt. Find Bishop Pike material, records of the many African American churches in..... More
Cat.No: 165638
South Bend IN: J.R. Rupert and Company, 1886. Hardcover. xviii, 547p., illustrated with tables, statistics and several diagrams in colors; later printing, hardbound in brown bevelled cloth boards gilt and blind. Spine titling is dimmed to near-illegibility and casing in general is mildly edgeworn with a touch of fray; otherwise..... More
Cat.No: 289705
London: Freedom Press, 1946. Paperback. 79p., errata slip tipped in; staplebound textblock with sepia pictorial wrapper, mild handling wear, staples rusting. More
Cat.No: 57749
London: Freedom Press, 1946. Hardcover. 79p., errata slip tipped in, very good condition in an edge worn and chipped dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 234466
London: P.S. King & Son, Ltd., 1928. Pamphlet. 30, [2]p., index, wraps. 7.25 x 5 in. Very Good. Advocates reform of casual wards and poor laws to decriminalize vagrancy and provide national solutions to the problem of severe impoverishment in England. Rare. WorldCat reports no locations outside of the UK..... More
Cat.No: 314138
Sacramento: California Commission on the Status of Women. 1980. Pamphlet. 12p., staple-fastened pamphlet in 11x8.5 inch wraps, a very good copy (clean and unmarked) bearing a mailing label for an address in San Leandro. Amongst laws passed was one prohibiting the polygraphing of assault victims as a prerequisite to filing..... More
Cat.No: 295407
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989. Hardcover. xii, 224p., hardcover in dust jacket, 5.75x8.5 inches. Light rubbing on dust jacket spine, else very good. More
Cat.No: 280766
New York: Joint Action Committee, [1935]. Four panel brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, all text, paper toned else very good condition. Protesting the firing of social workers who were organizing. Joint Action Committee include: Ass'n of Workers in Social Agencies, Ass'n of Federation Workers, Home Relief Bureau Employes Ass'n, Brooklyn Ass'n of..... More
Cat.No: 220092
London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1983. Paperback. xiv, 172p., small price sticker on rear wrap, lightly handled wraps, small bump on top left corner, else in very good condition. Critical Texts in social Work and the Welfare State. More
Cat.No: 290468
London: Macmillan Education, 1988. Paperback. xi, 291p., wraps, very good condition. Critical texts in social work and the welfare state. "[F]irst book-length account of the development of social work trade unionism in Britain" - blurb on rear wrap. More
Cat.No: 216302
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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962. Hardcover. ix, 220p., photos and sketches in text, first edition in clothbacked boards and dust jacket. Lower corner-tips of casing are slightly turned and the dj is lightly worn with fading to spine title. Otherwise sound and quite clean and unmarked. More
Cat.No: 115365
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1923. Hardcover. 260p., received stamp and "From the Russell Sage Foundation" tipped in on front blank end paper else very good condition, first edition. More
Cat.No: 33454
New York: Welfare Law Center, 2004. Pamphlet. 44p., stapled wraps, 5.75x9.25 inches, wraps lightly soiled with a few small stains else very good condition. At head of title: "Disability" More
Cat.No: 277931
New York: NU-WRO (National Unemployed and Welfare Rights Organization), 1973. Newspaper. 8p., folded tabloid, toned, illus., some chips and dogears, three names written in pen at bottom of page 7, else good condition. First issue of the newspaper published by Larouchite NCLC front National Unemployed and Welfare Rights Organization (NU-WRO)..... More
Cat.No: 239391
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency, [c1966]. Paperback. 103p., paperback, 5x6.5 inches; edges shelfworn, spine sunfaded, else in very good condition. Cover title: "23rd CPSU Congress; Results and Prospects" More
Cat.No: 271198
Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1922. Paperback. 144p., 5.75x8.5 inches, newsprint set in smallpoint double columns, very good first edition paper booklet of 9 gatherings side stapled (exposed signature folds), staples still gleam but paperstock is very toned and beginning to be fragile. Slightest edgewear, a line of light dust-soil..... More
Cat.No: 173270
Toronto: Between the Lines, 1999. Paperback. viii, 120p., hint of sunning on front wrap, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 304471
New York: Vantage Press, 1983. xi, 89p., small hardbound in 8x5.5 inch textured boards and dust jacket. A nice, clean, sound, unmarked copy. Think Tax Reform, with our man here the Reformer; the frontis photoportrait of him shows him costumed in revolutionary-era tricorn, kneepants, big square shoe-buckles. One of Levesque's..... More
Cat.No: 236367
New York: The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1966. Pamphlet. 58p., softbound in 11x8.5 inch stapled wraps (i.e., a large pamphlet), expect mild cover soil, a textual cancel at p.37 (quite large but laid down well), a few marginal brackets and an emendation in ink. A good copy..... More
Cat.No: 307262