Search Results: Social Commentary

South End Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0896083411 . Clean tight copy that shows shelf/edge/corner wear only! .

NY: Random House, 1997. First edn, 2nd printing. 8vo, pp. 241. References, index. Illustrated with small drawings. Cover slightly bumped at upper corners, o/w a nice copy in little scuffed dj.

NY: Random House, 1962. 8vo, pages not numbered. paper wraps. Cover a little worn, owner's signature inside cover, otherwise VG. A collection of Feiffer cartoons.

Notre Dame, Indiana: Notre Dame Press, 1979. First paperback edn. Vint Lawrence. 8vo, pp. 216. Illustrated with drawings by Vint Lawrence. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. The author relates the old "seven deadlies" to the central issues of contemporary life.

Boston: Litle, Brown, 1993. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 302. Notes, bibliography, index. Paper over boards, with cloth spine. Cover little soiled and bumped, o/w a nice tight copy. No dj.

Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1988. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 278. Edges and some pages somewhat stained, o/w VG in soiled dj.

Philadelphia: Chilton, 1961. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 259. Cover little worn, o/w a VG tight copy. Comments on fads, fashions and folly over the course of human history.

NY: Atheneum, 1971. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 387. Index. A VG tight copy.

NY: Putnam's, 1921. 8vo, pp. xi, 176. Illustrated with portraits. VG. A Brit decries Darwinism and about everything after Mr. D.

Corte Madera CA: Gingko Press, 1998. 4to, pp.181. A book of full color illustrations of the work of designers from several countries who are challenging contemporary culture. Includes short biographies of the designers, with their comments on their work. Heavy paper wraps. Cover very slightly chipped, o/w a nice copy.

Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2000. First American edn. 8vo, pp. xiii, 160. Notes. Translated from the French by Nadia Benabid and Rodolphe el-Khoury. Black suede-cloth stamped in white and gilt. A nice copy. Laporte ties the concept of the individual to the fate of human waste.

New York, NY HarperCollins: HarperSanFrancisco, 2003. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; a couple of barely discernible scratches where "autographed copy" sticker has been removed; tiny nick at upper rear corner tip; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 307pp. Hardback with DJ. Why do teenagers use drugs, what happens to them when they do, and what can we do about it? Venturing into uncharted territory, mother and award-winning journalist Meredith Maran takes us inside teenagers' hearts, minds, and central nervous systems to explore the causes and consequences of our nation's drug crisis. In these pages we get to know the kids, the parents, the therapists, and the drug treatment programs at their best and worst. We're face-to-face with… Read More

Mass market paperback, published by Heineman, 1981. The story of Eddy, who makes a living washing car in the slums of Nairobi. He starts a relationship with Zakia, who is from a much more affluent area of the city. 182 pages, 4-3/4" x 7-1/4". Some sun fading to the spine. Light crease mark to the spine. Couple of rubbing wear marks to the front cover. No writing on the text pages. Not a remainder, not a library discard copy. This is a thrid printing copy. Attached are some photos of the copy we have in our inventory.

Trade paperback edition, published by University of Chicago Press, 1992. This is an unopened copy, still in the original shrink wrap as provided by the publisher. In which Scheler examines a universal feature of humanity; the ranking of values, from lowest to highest. Also includes a biographical essay of Scheler by Harold Bershady of the University of Pennsylvania. Part of the Heritage of Scoiology series. No former ownership marks, no writing. Not a remainder copy, not a library discard. No creases to the cover or spine. No apparent wear to the book as it is still unopened. The attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.

New York: Vintage Books (Random House), 2010. First Vintage Books Edition. Hardcover. Very good; Ex-lib w/ usual markings and expcted imperfections; foxxing on first & last pages, text block edges, & inside wraps; wear & small staining on wraps; all else clean, tight & attractive. . Sm 8vo; 296pg. Blue wraps w/ color illustration and white lettering; Author photograph by Natasha Yefimov; introduction xi-xxiipg; b/w phtographs throughout; appendix 255-258pg; acknowledgments 259-260pg; notes 261 280pg; index 281-296pg; Book design by Iris Weinstein.

Harcourt: ForeEdge (University Press of New England), 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good; ex-lib w/ usual markings & expected imperfections; all else clean, tight & attractive. /Very good; clean, tight & attractive. Dj protected by new Mylar wrap. . 8vo; 360pg. red boards; white spine strip; red spine lettering; white dj w/ color photograph on front wrap; rainbow & black lettering on spine; Foreword by Governor Deval Patrick; acknowledgments 346-349pg; index 351pg- 360pg. Foreword by Governor Deval Patrick. "A no-holds from-the-trenches account of the campaign to win and protect the freedom to marry in America."