New York: The American Press, 1916. Paperback. 68p. paperback, mild shelfwear. Response to an investigation by Charles Strong of the Catholic Charities orphanages in New York, which had condemned the institutions (in some cases with an anti-Irish subtext). This booklet defends the record of the institutions. More
Cat.No: 281981
Boston: The Morning Star Publishing House, 1906. Paperback. 148p., tables, reports and a few dim snapshots printed on semicoated and slightly acidic paperstock, sewn signatures softbound in 7.5x5 inch plain printed wraps. Both covers severely torn along the joints with a transverse tear developed one inch across the front; textblock..... More
Cat.No: 230025
[New York]: [Women's International League for Peace and Freedom], [1946]. Poster. 11x17 inch poster, horizontal fold, minor edge toning. No issuer stated, but the original recipient noted in pencil on the back that it was received from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Depicts an emaciated European child..... More
Cat.No: 286518
New York: Howard Mission, 1869-1870. Magazine. 5 volumes, wraps. 7.75 x 5 in. Minor edge wear and chipping to covers, else Very Good. Five issues (four of which are consecutive) of a journal on homeless and needy children. The Howard Mission charged itself with the moral instruction and religious conversion..... More
Cat.No: 312213
n.p. [197-]. Gummed sheet, about 5.75x4.5 inches, intended to be moistened and put up in public places. Faint stain at bottom edge. Issued in response to a plan in April,1975 to airlift orphans out of South Vietnam; there was widespread belief among anti-war activists that the children were not really..... More
Cat.No: 237551
Tokyo: the joint committee, 1954. Pamphlet. 12p., illustrated with a few production photos, presswork on glazed alkaline folio leaves folded once to make an 11.5x8 inch program fastened securely with two neat lengths of decorative ribbon. Lower outside corner-tip of entire brochure is badly crimped and the remaining surfaces are..... More
Cat.No: 308507
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Times, 1982. Magazine. 24p., 9x11.75 inches, eight articles reprinted illustrated with b&w photos, very good magazine-format in stapled black pictorial wraps. The Times staff writers' investigation into the fates of 8600 orphaned and/or homeless children in California. One holding located in OCLC as of 5/2019..... More
Cat.No: 237391
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Times, 1982. Magazine. 24p., 9x11.75 inches, eight articles reprinted illustrated with b&w photos, very good magazine-format in stapled black pictorial wraps, ownership signature of Gloria Moreno Wycoff, president of Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, Inc. The Times staff writers' investigation into the fates of 8600 orphaned..... More
Cat.No: 237392
Gloucester: Writers Guild, Black Friars Press, 1955. 133p., wraps, 7x4.5 inches, ex-library with card pocket inside back cover. On orphanages, in reality and as an ideal. More
Cat.No: 124758
[California]: Maloney Avenue Productions, 2011. xvi, 156p., paperback, very good, signed by author. Autobiography addressing the author's experience as a bi-racial child in a "colored orphanage" in the Southeast. More
Cat.No: 270275
Finland: Gradient Books, 2014. Paperback. 70p., very good paperback. "While no one really knows the number of orphans worldwide, a common estimate is 147 million. These children represent one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies of our time even as their plight fails to receive as much attention as natural disasters..... More
Cat.No: 246454
Tahlequah and Oklahoma: The Pan Press, 1961. Paperback. 100p., 5.5x8.5 inches; yellow wrappers, slightly soiled from rubbing, spine lightly toned, top-edge slightly soiled, else very good. Author at the time based in Santa Cruz. Two stories meant to break the taboo of adoption under the constraints of modern society... More
Cat.No: 282384
Chicago: Bible Institute Colportage Association, 1923. Pamphlet. 32p., wraps. 7 x 4.5 in. Very Good. Evangel booklets, no. 10. Short fiction about a young college-bound woman, orphaned from a young age, who finds peace through the Christian faith. More
Cat.No: 316507
