The Known World
New York: Amistad (An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers), 2004. First Amistad Paperback Edition [stated]. Later printing. Trade paperback. 388, 27 p. More
New York: Amistad (An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers), 2004. First Amistad Paperback Edition [stated]. Later printing. Trade paperback. 388, 27 p. More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1980. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 273, [1] pages. DJ has wear, frayed edges and some soiling. Minor endpaper soiling. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Signed by the author on the free end paper. This is one of the Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies. The American Missionary Association sponsored a large majority of the teachers, and its rich archives vividly illuminate the expectations, joys, and disappointments of these middle-class reformers. The story of these courageous yet short-sighted missionaries reveals the tensions of a war-torn society and the possibilities and limits of the reform impulse in America. Jones discusses the teachers' reasons for going south, their work in the classroom, their personal relations with administrative superiors, students, and one another, and she relates these to recent studies on early Victorian womanhood. The result is a collective portrait of a fascinating group of women who cannot be classified as feminists or as genteel "ladies." Jacqueline Jones is the author of several books, including, A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama’s America. That book and Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the Present were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize; Labor of Love won the Bancroft Prize for 1986. Other works include Saving Savannah: The City and the Civil War, 1854-1872; American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor; and Soldiers of Light and Love: Northern Teachers and Georgia Blacks, 1865-1873. She has won a MacArthur Fellowship (1999-2004). More
Baton Rouge, LA: LA State University Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. 391, map, footnotes, sources, index, minor wear, soiling, and sticker residue to DJ, minor edge tear to rear DJ. More
New York: Scribner, [1970]. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 650, illus., maps, bibliography, index, DJ worn, soiled, and rear edge tears. More
New York: Knopf, 1986. First Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 532, illus., few library markings, stamp on top edge, DJ pasted to boards, rear endpaper may have been removed. More
New York: Gale Research, 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 195, illus., chronology, glossary, index, usual library markings. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. 209, frontis illus., chronology, bibliography, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. 676, footnotes, notes, bibliography, index, includes slip that says "This book is sent to you with the compliments of the author." New light on the issue of personal interracial intimacy, past and present, discussing such issues as sex in racial politics and race in sexual politics. More
New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xv, [3], 350 pages. Illustrations. Includes Acknowledgments and Chronology. Also contains Part One, The Land and Mr. Jefferson; Part Two, The Invisible Empire and the Land; Part Three, Resistance to the Plantation System; Part Four, Agents of the Master Organism: Assistants to the Plantation System; Epilogue; and Appendix. Also includes Notes, Bibliographic Note, Bibliography, and Index. Roger George Kennedy (August 3, 1926 – September 30, 2011) was an American polymath whose career included banking, television production, historical writing, and museum administration, the last as director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, before being selected him to head the National Park Service in 1993. He was especially concerned about expanding the service's educational role and moved to enlarge its presence beyond the parks via the Internet. In 1953, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a civil trial lawyer with the Department of Justice and served as special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General and to the secretaries of the Department of Labor and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He was a news correspondent covering the Supreme Court and the White House for NBC, for which he also wrote and produced documentaries and hosted a radio program. Returning to Minnesota, Kennedy was a founder of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. During his tenure, the NPS restructured its field operations and sharply reduced its central office staffs as part of a government-wide effort to downsize the federal bureaucracy. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1810. First? Edition. First? Printing. 320 & 418, 2-vol. set, frontis illus., both boards v.1 separated, front bd v.2 separated & rear bd mostly separated, bds/spines quite worn. More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. 398, illus., endpaper maps, notes, index, library stamps & pocket, boards somewhat scuffed & edges of spine worn. More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. 398, illus., endpaper maps, notes, index, some soiling to fore-edge, DJ somewhat scuffed and soiled: small tears, small chips missing. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xviii, [4],291, [5] pages. On Words. Chronology. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. On Sources. Index. Charles King (born 1967) is the Professor of International Affairs and Government at Georgetown University, where he previously served as the chairman of the faculty of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. A Marshall scholar and Fulbright scholar, King holds a M. Phil. in Russian and east European studies and a D.Phil. in politics from Oxford University where he was a Marshall Scholar. At Georgetown University, King teaches courses in comparative politics, East European studies, and international affairs. Prior to joining the Georgetown University in 1996, he was the Rank and Manning Junior Research Fellow at New College, Oxford University, and a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. King has published articles and essays in World Politics, International Security, Slavic Review, Foreign Affairs, and other academic publications. He is the author of Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams, Extreme Politics: Nationalism, Violence, and the End of Eastern Europe, The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus, The Black Sea: A History, and The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture. King's book, Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul received a positive review by Jason Goodwin in the New York Times Book Review. King won the Francis Parkman Prize for his book Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. vii, [1], 417, [7] pages. Inscribed by the author (Philip Klinkner) on the page facing the title page: To Dave, Thanks for a great discussion. Best Wishes, Philip Klinkner. Includes Acknowledgments, Introduction (The Unsteady March); "Bolted with the Lock of a Hundred Keys"; "Thenceforward, and Forever Free", The Civil War, 1860-1865; The Negro Has Got as Much as He Ought to Have; The Color Line; Deutschland and Dixieland; "Double V: Victory Abroad, Victory at Home" "Hearts and Minds"; There Comes a Time--The Civil Rights Revolution, 1954-1968; "Benign Neglect"? Post-Civil Rights America, 1968-1998; Conclusion--Shall We Overcome? Also contains Notes and Index. Philip A. Klinkner (born May 21, 1963) is an American political scientist, blogger and author. He is noted for his work on American politics, especially political parties and elections, race and American politics, and American political history. Klinkner is the James S. Sherman Professor of Government at Hamilton College. He attended Yale University for M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science. In 1995, he received the Emerging Scholar Award from the American Political Science Association. In The Unsteady March, Klinkner and Rogers Smith argue America's record of race relations cannot be categorized as consistent, gradual advancement towards equality but rather as a series of dramatic moments where multiple factors aligned to advance or hinder progress. It won the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute's Horace Mann Bond Book Award and was named as a semifinalist for the 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. More
New York: Hill and Want, 1994. First Paperback Edition [stated]. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xv, [1], 304 pages. Tables. Notes. Bibliographical Essay. Index. This is one of the American Century Series. Peter Kolchin (born June 3, 1943) is an American historian. He graduated from Columbia University, and conducted graduate work at Johns Hopkins University, where he received a Ph.D. in 1970. He is a professor at the University of Delaware. He has specialized in slavery and labor in the American South before and after the Civil War, and in comparisons with Russian serfdom and other forms of labor. He won the Bancroft Prize in American History and the Avery O. Craven Award for his book Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (1987). More
New York: Atlas Books [Harper], 2013. The Illustrated Harper Reissue Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [12], 226, [2] pages. Illustrations. (included 24 pages of full-color art) and many black and white illustrations. Notes. Illustration Credits. Index. Format is approximately 8 inches by 9.75 inches. Inscribed on the fep by the author. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Michael Korda (born 8 October 1933) is an English-born writer and novelist who was editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster in New York City. He states in his memoir that he edited books on everything from mathematics and philosophy, memoirs, fiction, translations from French, politics, anthropology and science history. One of the first books Korda bought was The Forest People by Colin Turnbull—a memoir of Turnbull's time living with the Mbuti Pygmies in the then Belgian Congo. Korda was a major figure in the book industry, publishing numerous works by high-profile writers and personalities such as William L. Shirer, Will and Ariel Durant, Harold Robbins, Irving Wallace, Richard Nixon, Richard Rhodes and Ronald Reagan. Korda was a major part of Simon & Schuster for more than forty years. In 2000, he published Another Life: A Memoir of Other People, about the world of publishing. More
Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 1951. First Edition. 331, illus., apps, notes, bibliography, index, foxing to fore-edge, DJ somewhat stained & edges worn: sm tears, sm pcs missing. More
London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1942. First? Edition. First? Printing. 63, wraps, footnotes, some page discoloration. More
Geneva, Switzerland: Secretariat of the League of Nations, 1930. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 647, [1] pages. Minor edge soiling. Foreword by Eric Drummond (Secretary-General); Introduction; The Peaceful Settlement of disputes; The Organization of Peace and Disarmament; International Justice; Codification of International Law; Financial and Economic Co-operation; International Transit and Communications; Health; Social and Humanitarian Activities; Intellectual Co-operation; The Mandates System; Protection of Minorities; The Saar Territory and the Free City of Danzig; The Financial Administration of the League; and The League and Public Opinion. Annexes contain The Covenant of the League of Nations; Short Bibliography of the Publications of the League of Nations; and Annotated Bibliography of the Principal Works on the League of Nations catalogued in the Secretariat Library. Index. James Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth GCMG, CB, PC, DL (17 August 1876 – 15 December 1951) was a British politician and diplomat who was the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations (1920–1933). He later became British ambassador to Rome (1933–1939) and then the chief adviser on foreign publicity in the Ministry of Information (1939–1940). Drummond was involved in negotiations regarding the establishment of the League of Nations. Drummond was an experienced diplomat and had earned a high reputation during his 19 years at the Foreign Office, which helped him to be considered the best choice available. At the Paris Peace Conference's plenary session on 28 April 1919, the conference accepted the appointment of Drummond as the first secretary-general of the League of Nations. More
New York: Harper & Row, c1978. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 369, illus., maps, genealogical chart, notes and references, index, some soiling, edge wear, chipping, and damp stains to DJ. More
New York: Harper & Row, c1978. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 369, illus., maps, genealogical chart, notes and references, index, some edge wear to DJ. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1995. Second Printing. 24 cm, 276, acid-free paper, some underlining and marginal notations sporadically throughout the book. More
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1987. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Name of previous owner written in ink on fep. DJ rear flap creased, otherwise only slight wear and soiling. Some edge soiling. The author was an associate professor of history at Florida State University. This is a revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University, 1974), originally presented under title: The Prados of São Paulo. Thesis also published in Portuguese, 1977, under title: A família Prado. More
Waukesha, WI: Country Beautiful Foundation, 1965. Compliments of Disabled American Veterans. Hardcover. 98 pages. illustrations. (part color ). Facsimiles. (part color. ). Portraits (part color ) 32 cm. DAV Lincoln poster (folded) laid in [1970]. Occasional footnotes. Name of previous owner present. Rear board has crease mark where corner bent. Cover has some other wear and soiling. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2017. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. xiii, [3], 272 pages. Signed by Author sticker on front of DJ. Signed on the title page. Decorative dust jacket. DJ has slight edge wear and soiling. Cate Lineberry is a journalist and the author of The Secret Rescue, a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller and a finalist for the Edgar and Anthony Awards. Lineberry was previously a staff writer and editor for National Geographic Magazine and the web editor for Smithsonian Magazine. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times. She is a consultant for Amazon Studios' project based on her book on Robert Smalls, Be Free or Die. More