Crime and Punishment in American History
New York: Basic Books, 1993. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, 577 p. Occasional footnotes. Bibliographical Essay. Notes. Index. More
New York: Basic Books, 1993. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, 577 p. Occasional footnotes. Bibliographical Essay. Notes. Index. More
New York: Random House, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. 339, illus., footnotes, source notes, select bibliography, index. More
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1956. 435, illus., references, bibliography, index, discoloration inside boards, boards scuffed. More
Palm Beach, FL: Bacchus Press Ltd, 2006. First Edition [stated], Published on the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth. Hardcover. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10.25 inches. xiv, 334, [4] pages/ Illustrated endpapers. DJ has some wear, edge tears and a scratch in front. Minor page soiling noted. Includes Preface, approximately 90 Illustrations, Bibliography and Works Consulted, Source Notes, Appendix A, Footnotes, and Appendix B The Beef a la Mode recipe. Also includes Index. This book transports the reader back in time to 18th century Paris, where you meet Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. In the comfort of Jefferson's residence on the Champs Elysees, you sit down with two of America's favorite Founding Fathers and, in response to questions, they tell you in their own words the most interesting stories of their lives. James Gabler is the author of the award winning biography Passions: The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson, Wine into Words: A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language, Be Your Own Wine Expert, and two novels. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1989. Hardcover. xix, [1], 197, [7] pages. Notes. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Irwin with best wishes and hope for a better world in human relations Elbert Dorian Gadsden December 30, 1991. Gives the legal history of racism deeply rooted in the law and the social culture if this country. Documents how in spite of these systemic barriers the African Americans made progress. E. Dorian Gadsden was born in Charleston, South Carolina during the era of racial segregation and discrimination by law. He became the first black Eagle Scout in the Coastal Carolina Council; and the Youth Council of the NAACP. He served two years in the seamen branch of the segregated navy during World War II. He graduated from Central State University and Howard University Law School. With a keen interest in Civil Rights, he moved to DC, and participated in the “March on Washington” in 1963. He was an attorney for the Department of Labor, a Hearing Examiner in the District of Columbia’s Department of Public Welfare and an Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration. In 1973, he received a Special Recognition Award for outstanding service to the Washington Metropolitan Community. In 1989, he published Progress Against the Tide, a meticulously researched book detailing the operational effects of slavery, segregation and discrimination on African Americans in the United States. In 1995, he retired from the federal government and continued to lecture at several historically black colleges and universities, African-American history events and at the Federal Legal Institute in Washington, DC. More
New York: Free Press, 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [2], 255, [3] pages. Inscribed by author on title page. Notes. bibliography. Index. Pages are a slightly off-white color. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Laura Leedy Gansler is a lawyer specializing in alternative dispute resolution and securities law. After graduating from Harvard University, Gansler received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Class Action, the novel she co-authored with Clara Bingham, was the basis for the film North Country. She also wrote The Mysterious Private Thompson, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Her husband is Attorney General for the state of Maryland, More
Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1898. Standard Lib. Edition. 346, illus., footnotes, index, small stains in top margin p. 345 to inside of rear board, marbled endpapers and boards. More
Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall, 1982. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xii, 355 p. Notes. References. Selected Bibliography. More
New York: Arcade Pub. c1991. First Edition. First Printing. 26 cm, 288, illus., slight soiling and sticker residue to DJ. More
New York: The Free Press, 1989. Book Club Edition. 370, illus., notes, appendices, bibliography, index. More
New York: The Free Press, 1990. First Printing. 370, illus., notes, appendices, bibliography, index. More
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1995. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [12], 191, [3] p. Glossary. Index. More
New York: Walker & Company, 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. vii, [3], 230 pages. Illustrations, Footnotes, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. From the author's website: "I started college at sixteen and by eighteen, I was out. I worked for a bit, then went back to school locally at Queens College. I was lucky enough to encounter an extraordinary, totally superb poli sci professor named Sol Resnik... and eventually got a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research, writing my dissertation on the underemphasized role of slave economics at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Thirty years later, I turned it into a book, Dark Bargain. ...at various times, I’ve been a lecturer, senior member of a Wall Street trading firm, taxi driver, actor, quiz show contestant, and policy analyst at the Hudson Institute. I started writing in my forties after watching Nancy do it and being overwhelmed with jealousy. My first real gig was a $10 op-ed column for a local weekly in the Berkshires. They let me write whatever I wanted and it was invaluable as both an outlet and learning experience. From there, I knew I simply could not do anything else. By now, I’ve written well over a dozen books of both fiction and non-fiction, six of which were co-authored with Nancy, who saved my life countless times and in countless ways. I’ve had articles, reviews, and opinion pieces that have appeared in, among other publications, the Atlantic, Salon, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Hartford Courant, New Republic, Tablet, Bloomberg, and Berkshire Eagle. I’ve also written for a number of magazines that have gone bust, although I deny any cause and effect." More
New York: Macmillan, 1964. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 627, illus., index, some wear to DJ edges, rear DJ scuffed, pencil erasure fr endpaper, edges sl soiled, some index pgs creased. More
London: Verso [the imprint of New Left Books], 2011. First Published by Verso 2011 [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. [8], 453, [3] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Signed by both authors on the title page. Juan González is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He was also a columnist for the New York Daily News from 1987 to 2016. He frequently co-hosts the radio and television program Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. Whilst working for the New York Daily News, González won his first George Polk Award in 1998 for "unflinching" investigative reporting. He is former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, for which he created the Parity Project, an innovative program designed to help news organizations recruit and retain Hispanic reporters and managers. In 2008, The National Association of Hispanic Journalists inducted González into the organization's Hall of Fame. More
HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxiv, 455, [1] p. Illustrations. Timeline. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More
Saint Louis, MO: Forum Press, 1980. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. 195 p. Illustrations. Map. Index. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972. First U.S. Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 348, index, edges soiled, DJ worn, soiled, and faded, small chip at rear DJ, ink notation and pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: American Heritage Pub. Co., [1972]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 384, illus., index, ink notation on bottom edge and front endpaper, front DJ flap price clipped. Introduction by Paul Samuelson. The evolution of America's trillion-dollar economy. More
New York: The Fairfax Press, 1970. Reprint. facsimile edition, second printing. Hardcover. [4], 856 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations, Maps, Portraits, Facsimiles. DJ worn, torn (pieces missing), soiled, and chipped. Minor damp staining noted at top of spine near back. Large format and if shipped outside of the United States would required additional shipping charges. Presumed issued circa 1970. This was originally issued as Harper's Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion in the United States and subsequently reissued under the title Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, and there are references to the original title in this facsimile reproduction. Alfred Hudson Guernsey was associate editor of The American Cyclopædia and editor of Harper's Magazine. Henry Mills Alden (November 11, 1836 – October 7, 1919) was an American author and editor of Harper's Magazine for fifty years—from 1869 until 1919. From 1863 to 1869 he was managing editor of Harper's Weekly, and in 1869 was transferred to the editorial chair of Harper's Magazine. From 1863 to 1864, he lectured before the Lowell Institute, Boston, on The Structure of Paganism. His personality pervaded Harper's Magazine during his long editorial service, which was unobtrusive but distinctive. He deigned to recognize the novice and to encourage the best kind of Americanism. He received the degree of LL.D. in 1888 from Williams College. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. viii, 688 pages. DJ somewhat worn/soiled with small edge tears/chips, some wrinkling to endpapers. Inscribed by the author. Haley's epic about several generations of African-Americans was made into a blockbuster television mini-series. Perhaps more than any other single work, this one changed American perceptions of the past. Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history. Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X. He was working on a second family history novel at his death. Haley had requested that David Stevens, a screenwriter, complete it; the book was published as Queen: The Story of an American Family. It was adapted as a miniseries, Alex Haley's Queen, broadcast in 1993. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. viii, 688 pages. DJ somewhat worn/soiled with small edge tears/chips. Haley's epic about several generations of African-Americans was made into a blockbuster television mini-series. Perhaps more than any other single work, this one changed American perceptions of the past. Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history. Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X. He was working on a second family history novel at his death. Haley had requested that David Stevens, a screenwriter, complete it; the book was published as Queen: The Story of an American Family. It was adapted as a miniseries, Alex Haley's Queen, broadcast in 1993. More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. First Edition. First Printing. 481, v.2 only, notes, index, corners bent on a few pages. More
New York: Back Bay Books [Little, Brown and Company], 2015. Third printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches. xiv, 367, [3] pages. Cover has an emblem that states Pen/Faulkner Winner Award for Fiction. Signed by the author on the title page. James Hannaham (born 1968) is a writer, performer, and visual artist. His novel Delicious Foods (2015), which deals with human trafficking, won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and was named one of Publishers Weekly's top ten books of the year. The New York Times called it an “ambitious, sweeping novel of American captivity and exploitation.” He studied art at Yale University and in 1992 began working in the art department of The Village Voice as well as writing for the paper. Later he studied creative writing at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. His debut novel, God Says No (2009), was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. He has published fiction in One Story, Fence, StoryQuarterly, and BOMB. He reviews theater and art for 4Columns. He cofounded the New York–based performance group Elevator Repair Service and worked with them 1992–2002. His text-based artworks often satirize the theoretical jargon that is used to describe visual art. In 2020 his work Everything Is Normal, Everything Is Normal, Everything Is Fine, Everything Is Fine was judged Best in Show at a national juried exhibition of artist books and text-based visual works, Biblio Spectaculum. Hannaham is a professor in the writing program at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. More