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Augustana Heritage

Augustana Heritage

by G Everett Arden

Back-Door Man

Back-Door Man

by Rob Kantner

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Gay Liberator

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Harmony and Dissonance

by Bolkosky Sidney

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The Incoherence Of the Intellectual

by Fredy Perlman

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Locked Away Memories Revealed

by Betty Hugley

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Presidential Campaign Galop

by J E, Composer Riley

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The Fifth Estate, No 9, June 1966

by Harvey and Peter Werbe Ovshinsky

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A Troublemaker's Handbook, How To Fight Back Where You Work-And Win!

by Dan La Botz

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吉田博全木版画集 the Complete Woodblock Prints Of Yoshida Hiroshi

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Riding the Elephant

by Van Gordon, Texts Kathleen Brown, Karen Oswalt and Colleen Daly, Editor/Organizers Sauter

Detroit Books & Ephemera

Motown Underground

Motown Underground

by Allyn, Doug

Les Flagellants

Les Flagellants

by Polite, Carlene

Echoes of Detroit's Jewish Communities: A History

Echoes of Detroit's Jewish Communities: A History

by Cohen, Irwin J

Laingsburg, MI: City Vision Publishing. Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 0967757010 . A detailed account of the history of Jews in Detroit from the first immigrants to the migration to the suburbs in the recent era. Contains over 400 photograhs. This is in nice condition with no chips, or tears to the covers or crasing to the spine and no internal or external markings. The corners are a little curled, and there is a portion of a former bookshop sticker over the bar code on the rear... Read more about this item
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Detroit: A Biography

Detroit: A Biography

by Martelle, Scott

Chicago: Chicago Review Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 156976526X . The author presents a "biography" of Detroit from its 1701 founding to the present. Contains Chapter Notes, Bibliography and an Index in the rear. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 288 pages .
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CA$27.59
Labor Notes [12 issues]

Labor Notes [12 issues]

by Moody, Kim, director

Detroit, MI: Labor Education & Research Project, 2012. Magazine. Twelve issues of the newsletter, a complete run for the year 2012. Issues present are Numbers 394-405. 15p. each, 8x10.75 inches, stapled wraps, newsprint; all with worn wraps and address printed on rear wraps, some toning, else generally very good condition.
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CA$34.58
Recollections: The Detroit Years (The Motown Sound By the People Who Made It)

Recollections: The Detroit Years (The Motown Sound By the People Who Made It)

by Ryan, Jack

Whitmore Lake, MI: Glendower Media. Very Good. 2012. Second Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. 091430304X . First published in 1982, this is large-format trade paperback edition Information on all the original Motown acts, the writers of Motown and the Detroit area disc jockeys who played the Mowtown sound. The profiles are accompanied by sepia-toned photos. The original order form for this book is loosely laid in. There is a light crease to the lower corner of the front cover, else this is a... Read more about this item
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A May Day Song

A May Day Song

Detroit: Labadie Press, 1908. Single sheet, printed one side only, 3.75x5.5 inches, edgeworn with small section of margin torn out with no loss of text else good condition.
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CA$34.58
Terrible contract coming [handbill]

Terrible contract coming [handbill]

Detroit: City Workers for Justice, 1983. 8.5x14 inch handbill, very good. Rank and file critique of a new contract negotiated by AFSCME officers.
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CA$16.60
Corporation Of The Town Of Detroit: Act Of Incorporation And Journal Of The Board Of Trustees, 1802 - 1805

Corporation Of The Town Of Detroit: Act Of Incorporation And Journal Of The Board Of Trustees, 1802 - 1805

by Common Council Of Detroit

Detroit: Burton. Very Good-. 1922. Hardcover. "The Journal here printed and the copy of the Act of Incorporation which preceeds it, occupy about eighty-six pages in an ordinary note book of the period. The aim in this transcription has been to preserve the essential characteristics of Peter Audrain's quaint record." Introduction by C. M. Burton, noted Detroit antiquarian and expert on early Michigan history who was personally responsible for locating and preserving many early Detroit... Read more about this item
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CA$48.34
[Small archive of News & Letters items from 1976]

[Small archive of News & Letters items from 1976]

Detroit: News and Letters, 1976. Ephemera. This small archive comprises one letter written and signed by Ron Brokemeyer, a 3 page official call for convention by the Resident Editorial Board, an advertisement for a new series, and a 6p. pamphlet of the Constitution and By-laws of News and Letters Committees. Constitution has minor pen notation on front, and most items maintain a light damp stain on top the left corner, the letter by Brokemeyer is a tear in one corner, otherwise all items are in very... Read more about this item
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CA$30.43
Letterhead from John Sinclair's Rainbow Energies Corporation

Letterhead from John Sinclair's Rainbow Energies Corporation

by SINCLAIR, John

Rainbow Energies Corporation, Detroit Description: 8 1/2 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm). Offset on 25% cotton fiber paper. Tiny chip missing from lower-left corner, fading to edges, tiny dark spot on upper right. Comments: One sheet of letterhead from the Rainbow Energies Corporation, the successor to John Sinclair's Detroit Artists Workshop and Trans-Love Energies.
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CA$55.32
[Racial Harmony in 1930:] You are Invited to Hear Dr. Frank D. Adams Minister, Universalist Church, Detroit on "The Art of Living To-Gether" [opening lines of broadside]

[Racial Harmony in 1930:] You are Invited to Hear Dr. Frank D. Adams Minister, Universalist Church, Detroit on "The Art of Living To-Gether" [opening lines of broadside]

by Y.M.C.A.; [Dr. Frank D. Adams]

[Detroit: np, 1930]. Broadside. 9¼ x 6¼ inches. Pale green coated paper with newspaper facsimile illustration. Folds and creases; short closed tear along bottom edge; very good. Small broadside announcing a public lecture by Universalist minister Dr. Frank D. Adams on the topic of "negroes joining white churches," presented at Detroit's East Elizabeth Street Y.M.C.A. in 1930. The invitation, to both men and women, is accompanied by an illustration in the form of a newspaper clipping of the article... Read more about this item
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CA$311.18
MUSICIANS, MOTOWN, AND MYSELF

MUSICIANS, MOTOWN, AND MYSELF

Hunter, Joseph. Detroit: Global Sound Publications. 1996. Signed ("Best Wishes for Nancy.") Good+ condition: rubbing, edgewear, smudging. pp. [9], 1-135, a-i, [1], [6 (index)]. Autobiographical novel by an original Funk Brother and the band leader at Motown Records until 1964. Extremely scarce, only one copy in OCLC (Univ. of South Carolina).
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CA$380.32
Of Me I Sing [SIGNED COPY]

Of Me I Sing [SIGNED COPY]

by Bingay, Malcolm W

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. The "Hometown Edition, Limited and Signed." Autobiography of long-time Detroit journalist who was editorial director at the Free Press that includes many personal recollections of the people and events in Detoit's great industrial expansion. Signed, limited edition. A few white spots along bottom of covers from old contact with the dust wrapper (which is no longer... Read more about this item
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CA$17.91
Detroit 1701-1976

Detroit 1701-1976

by Moon, Elaine (editor)

Detriot: Detroit Bicentennial Commission. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1976. Softcover. Brief historical perspective on the city with biographies of a number of prominent Detroiters. Photos have captions. A bicentennial publication. Covers are glossy white printed wrappers. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 24 pages .
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CA$27.59
Fifth Estate: Vol. 25, No. 1 (#334), Summer 1990

Fifth Estate: Vol. 25, No. 1 (#334), Summer 1990

Detroit: The Fifth Estate, 1990. Newspaper. 32p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, articles, events, interviews, reviews, illustrations and photos, evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, small stain on front wrap, else very good condition. Articles on the 20 year anniversary of the murder of Fred Hampton, Italian anarchists, and more.
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CA$20.74
Henry Ford Hospital, the First 75 Years

Henry Ford Hospital, the First 75 Years

by Painter, Patricia Scollard

Detroit: Henry Ford Health System. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0965949400 . 1915 saw Henry Ford's first major philanthropic venture in Detroit. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. This book appears to have been unread. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 238 pages .
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WWJ - The Detroit News". The History of Radiophone Broadcasting by the Earliest and Foremost of Newspaper Stations; Together With Information on Radio for Amateur and Expert

WWJ - The Detroit News". The History of Radiophone Broadcasting by the Earliest and Foremost of Newspaper Stations; Together With Information on Radio for Amateur and Expert

by Miller, George E., editor; The Radio Staff of The Detroit News

Detroit: The Evening News Association, 1922. Hardcover. 95p., profusely illustrated in b&w with an abundance of site (newsroom interiors & equipment) and portrait photography, and many diagrams, large & small. Small hardbound in tobacco-brown boards titled brown, quite worn with a ruined spine panel having splits along both joints and missing chunks. Covers also abraded and flecked with soil, while the textblock is sound, clean and unmarked. An adequate reading copy. Laid in is a contemporary... Read more about this item
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The Inn on Ferry Street

The Inn on Ferry Street

by Derringer, Nancy Nall; Larson, Susan Higman (Editor)

Detroit: No Publisher. Near Fine. 2011. Hardcover. The Inn of Ferry Street is a series of renovated Victorian-era homes occupying a block on Ferry Street in Detroit that now house guests. This book describes the history of this area, and the restoration process. Includes many photos. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. The dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings.; Color & B&W Photographs; 8vo, 8"-... Read more about this item
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CA$48.34
Announcing: The formation of a labor union based on Christian principals [sic] (broadside)

Announcing: The formation of a labor union based on Christian principals [sic] (broadside)

Detroit: Workers Council for Social Justice, Incorporated; printed by Dearborn Daily Herald, 1937. Broadside. 12x18 inch broadside, folded into quarters, paper toned, short split at the center of the horizontal fold. "Coughlin" has been penciled in upper left corner. Promotion of a newly established Coughlinite union more favorable to Detroit's auto makers than the UAW. "It is evident that here in Michigan there is dire need for a labor union based upon Christian principles of social justice. It is... Read more about this item
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CA$172.88
Working Detroit: The Making of a Union Town

Working Detroit: The Making of a Union Town

by Babson, Steve

New York: Adama Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0915361019 . The author traces the history of trade unionism in Detroit from 1899 to the present. Nicely illustrated with vintage photographs. Contains a map of Detroit with a legend showing important union-related sites as well as a bibliography in the rear. There is a previous owner's name on the top edge of the front paste down, else this is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior... Read more about this item
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V vikhre revoliutsii: izbrannye proizvedeniia: stikhi, proza, felʹetony, kritika В вихре революции: избранные произведения: стихи, проза, фельетоны, критика

V vikhre revoliutsii: izbrannye proizvedeniia: stikhi, proza, felʹetony, kritika В вихре революции: избранные произведения: стихи, проза, фельетоны, критика

by Dolinin, E.Z. Долинин, Е. З

Detroit: Drug, 1954. 460p., hardcover, hinges starting, some spots to cover. Text in Russian. "In a whirlwind of revolution" - a collection of writings by the Russian anarchist, also known as Eugene Moravsky, who founded the journal Probuzhdenie in Detroit in 1927.
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Directory of the City of Detroit with Its Environs and Register for the Year 1837...

Directory of the City of Detroit with Its Environs and Register for the Year 1837...

by MacCabe, Julius P. Bolivar

Detroit: R. L. Polk & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Reprint. Softcover. This is a facsimilie reprint of the rare 1837 original edition which was published by R. L. Polk in Detroit in honor of Michigan's sesquicentennial. It is a cornerstone of any Michigan collection as it was published in the year Michigan was admitted to the Union and provides a great deal of historical and factual information regarding the state and Detroit in addition to a list of household heads, their... Read more about this item
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V vikhre revoliutsii: izbrannye proizvedeniia: stikhi, proza, felʹetony, kritika В вихре революции: избранные произведения: стихи, проза, фельетоны, критика

V vikhre revoliutsii: izbrannye proizvedeniia: stikhi, proza, felʹetony, kritika В вихре революции: избранные произведения: стихи, проза, фельетоны, критика

by Dolinin, E.Z. Долинин, Е. З

Detroit: Drug, 1954. 460p., hardcover, top of spine panel has a tear in the cloth, otherwise very good. Text in Russian. "In a whirlwind of revolution" - a collection of writings by the Russian anarchist, also known as Eugene Moravsky, who founded the journal Probuzhdenie in Detroit in 1927.
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CA$82.98
Detroit Murders

Detroit Murders

by Bronte, Patricia, Et Al

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pierce. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Nine notorious murders in Detroit written by as nine authors. From the Kickapoo Indian killing in 1815 to the Lydia Thompson Case in 1945. One rear corner bumped which affects a few pages, else clean, tight copy.; Regional Murders Series Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages .
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CA$27.59
Labor Notes [10 issues]

Labor Notes [10 issues]

by Moody, Kim, director

Detroit, MI: Labor Education & Research Project, 2016. Magazine. Ten issues of the newsletter, spanning the period from January to December 2016. Issues present are Numbers 442-445 and 447-453, missing May issue, Nos. 446 and 447. 15p. each, 8x10.75 inches, stapled wraps, newsprint; all with worn wraps and address printed on rear wraps, some toning, else generally very good condition.
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CA$23.51
Ts︡eli i metody anarkhizma Цели и методы анархизма

Ts︡eli i metody anarkhizma Цели и методы анархизма

by Nettlau, Max

Detroit: Federat︠s︡ii Rabochikh Soi︠u︡zov bezvlastnikov Soedinennykh Shtatov i Kanady, 1934. 48p., staplebound booklet, cover splitting at the spinefold. Text in Russian. "Aims and methods of anarchism." The first printing of this essay by the most important historian of anarchism.
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