American History from Mary Riversong Books

By Lawrence A. Frost. The Custer Album. BIOGRAPHY. Used - Very Good: Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Co, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD CONDITION DJ. "A pictorial biography of George Custer - man or legend . . . hero or fool, George Armstrong Custer from boyhood to his last battlefield are all here in pictures." First edition. 192… Read more about this item

Smith, Lillian. Strange Fruit. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944 1st. Edition, Stated 13th Printing Thus. BANNED BOOK. USED. VG/Good Unclipped Dust jacket. Author photo back panel. Now protected in a mylar wrap. About this book: Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling novel debut by American author Lillian Smith that dealt with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. The title… Read more about this item

Theodore G. Vincent. Black Power and the Garvey Movement. BLACK HISTORY. GARVEYISM. 1971, Ramparts Press, Palo Alto, Ca. 299 pages, indexed. 5 3/8 X 8. $24.95. USED. SOFTCOVER. VG CONDITION.

Malvina Reynolds. The Sierra Club Survival Songbook (Malvina Reynolds). Intro by Pete Seeger. ENVIRONMENTALIST FOLK MUSIC. LARGE FORMAT. USED. VG Condition. Copyright 1971, Stated Second Printing Thus. THE SIERRA CLUB. 143 pages. 9 X 12. Music and lyrics. Featuring Malvina Reynolds (composer of Little Boxes) and many other nature-minded folk music artists of the time.

Gene Stratton-Porter The Harvester. Grosset & Dunlap Reprint Edition. Copyright 1921 by Doubleday, Page & Company. Illustrated by W.L. Jacobs. Dedicated to Henry David Thoreau. Lovely red floral design boards. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. 564 pages. 5 1/8 X 7 7/8.

Gene Stratton-Porter Freckles. Copyright 1904, by Doubleday, Page & Company. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York. G&D reprint edition. Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Green boards. 427 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.

Shakur, Tupac Rose That Grew From Concrete. Poetry. 1999 Pocket Books. Softcover. USED. VG Condition. ISBN9780671028459 149 pages. 6 1/8 X 7 ¼.

O'Brien, P.J. Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an appreciation by Lowell Thomas. Copyright 1935, P.J. O'Brien. Published by George A. Parker Company, Philadelphia. Illustrated. RARE SALESMAN'S DUMMY WITH SUBSCRIPTION BLANKS. Includes excerpts from 296 page complete book. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8. BIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ AS ISSUED.

Jeffers, Robinson Cawdor and other poems. Copyright 1928 Horace Liveright, New York. Stated Second Printing Thus December, 1928. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Purple boards with black leather spine. Gilt titling and cartouche of nude at center on front panel is still in very nice shape but stamped titling is no longer visible on the black leather spine. Gift… Read more about this item

Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade. By Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press 1959 First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Used. VG/VG Unclipped $3.50 ORIGINAL DJ is now protected in a mylar wrap. Former owner names on front free endpaper. One of the funniest books ever written, this story was also… Read more about this item

Jack London. Young Wolf: The Early Adventure Stories of Jack London. Edited by Howard Lachtman. 1994 Capra Press. Softcover. ISBN0884962105. 258 pages. 5 5/8 X 8 ½. Short Story Anthology. Summary: "As a footloose adventurer, London sought gold and tall tales in the Klondike, where many of these stories were born."USED. Good Condition. Softcover.

Jonathan Katz. Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. 1976 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. 690 pages, indexed. 6 7/8 X 10. USED. Softcover. Original cover price $9.95. Good Condition. Cover is sunned, otherwise VG.

TWO SHEPHERD MEAD VOLUMES are included here: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, A Dastard's Guide To Fame and Fortune (unsigned) USED Good Condition/ Good Condition yellow publisher's dust jacket. 1952 Simon & schuster third Impression thus. 148 pages, 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 PLUS a 1965 Simon & Schuster Stated First Printing copy of "The Carefully Considered… Read more about this item

816BiggersReckless Biggers, Earl Derr. Love Insurance (The Reckless Age) Grosset & Dunlap Photoplay edition), Copyright 1914, Bobbs-Merrill. Illustrated wih scenes from the 1924 Universal-Jewel Production starring Reginald Denny. In very rare original dust jacket. By Earl Derr, author of the Charlie Chan Detective Series. Used. Very Good/ Good- Original dust jacket. The jacket is missing 1/2 of its spine.… Read more about this item

Smith, Lillian. Strange Fruit. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944 1st. Edition, Stated 23rd Printing Thus. BANNED BOOK. USED. VG/VG Dust jacket. Author photo back panel. Now protected in a mylar wrap. About this book: Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling novel debut by American author Lillian Smith that dealt with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. The title was… Read more about this item

Caldwell, Erskine. A BANNED BOOK. GOD'S LITTLE ACRE. Copyright 1933, #51 Viking Press Modern Library Edition. Used. Very Good/ Very Good UNCLIPPED Original publisher's $1.65 Dust jacket. RARE THUS. Summary: a 20th century American story about a disfunctional farming family in Georgia, obsessed with sex and wealth. Controversial sexual themes caused this book to be banned in New York and… Read more about this item

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Flappers and Philosphers, Undated, circa 1958 Charles Scribner's Revised Edition. 189 pages. Short stories. Fitzgerald's first collection thus. Copyright page States G-5.70[H]. VG/VG Price-clipped original white and green Scribner's dust jacket with gold back panel. Turquoise cloth boards. USED. VG/VG. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4. 189 pages. HARD TO FIND.

Bonney, Jo. 2000 First Edition, Theater Communications Group. EXTREME EXPOSURE, AN ANTHOLOGY OF PERFORMANCE TEXTS FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. EXLIB. Softcover. 424 pages. 6 X 9. Good Condition/ None issued. Monologues, American; American Drama; 20th Century; Performance Art; United States. ISBN1559361557.

Glasscock, C.B. The War Of The Copper Kings: Builders of Butte and Wolves Of Wall Street. 1935 Bobbs Merrill, Grosset & Dunlap reprint. WESTERN NON-FICTION. JOURNALISM. The story of the Wall Street Panic of 1907, fueled by Frederick Augustus Heinze of the Montana Ore Purchasing Co. USED. VG/NO DJ INCLUDED. 314 pages. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8.

WestcottHarum E. N. Westcott's Famous Novel DAVID HARUM: A Story of American Life. Used. Copyright 1898 D. Appleton, Copyright 1926 Phillip N. Wescott. 1934 Grosset & Dunlap Photoplay Edition. VG/VG Rare Original Fox Film Will Rogers Dust Jacket. 351 pages plus adverts. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. Blue boards with black titling. Photographic still endpapers are intact at the hinge.… Read more about this item