African Refugees and the Law
Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1978. Hardcover. 98p. dj. 22cm. Jacket lightly soiled. More
Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1978. Hardcover. 98p. dj. 22cm. Jacket lightly soiled. More
Paris: L. Larose et F. Pichon, 1900. 1st separate ed. Paperback. This volume only (of 2). viii, 186p. Softcover. 23cm. Cover chipped; front and back covers held on with 3 strips of cellophane tape. Binding shaken. "Hommage de l'auteur" stamped on cover and title-page. French text. Extracted from Revue Historique..... More
Cayes (Haiti): Imprimerie Bonnefil, 1914. Paperback. [4], 46p. Wrapper. ,22cm. Front cover missing a good-sized piece at top; top fifth gone from title-page to remove most an inscription. French text. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (c. 1998). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, 282p. Original cloth backed boards. dj. 23 cm. INSCRIBED on title-page by Motley ("12/13/98 For Sarah Fleming Best wishes Constance Baker Motley"). Motley, an African American whose parents had emigrated from the Caribbean island of Nevis, graduated..... More
Oxford & Portland: Hart Publishing, 2001. Paperback. index, x, 828p. Wrapper. 24cm. A few red ink marks on fore-edge. Minor dog-earing. More
[Pittsburgh]: Printed at the Office of the Allegheny Democrat, n.d. [1838]. Paperback. Nestor, pseudonym. The Constitution. An Address to the People of Pennsylvania. [caption title]. [Pittsburgh]: Printed at the Office of the Allegheny Democrat, n.d. [1838]. 8p. Pamphlet. No separate wrapper or title-page present. 23cm. Three or four different names..... More
Concord: G.P. Lyon, 1854. 2nd ed. Hardcover. xvi, 679p. Contemporary (original?) leather. 24 cm. Endpapers somewhat browned. Covers somewhat scuffed. Joints tender. Former owner's name inked on front cover ("Daniel Whitcomb Fitzwilliam N. H. Compiled by Ralph Metcalf, Calvin Ainsworth and Samuel Hazen Ayer. More
Newburyport: Newburyport High and Putnam Schools. Hardcover. Bound Volume. containing 22 issues. 8 to 18 p. in each separately numbered issue. Bound in tan cloth. Bookplate and inked signature dated January 13, 1899 of Carl Purington Rollins, the former owner of this volume. Some pages somewhat yellowed. Backstrip somewhat worn..... More
London: W. Pickering, 1836. 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 588p. plus 8p. publisher's advertisements of books by Harris Nicolas. Old (contempory?) leather. 24cm. Joints rubbed. Covers lightly scuffed; edges rubbed. Contents sound and clean. More
n.p. 1912(?). Hardcover. v, 356, 46, 66p. Rebound in later tan buckram with leather spine labels. 24 cm. Cover somewhat soiled. No jacket. Documents and minutes intended to cover all proceedings "had to effect the merger whereby the present Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway Company was formed and its First..... More
London: Butterworths, 1963. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xxi, 309p. Original black cloth. 22cm. No Jacket. More
London: Stevens & Sons, 1913. Hardcover. index, vii, 715p. Original blue boards backed in dark blue binder's tape/cloth. 26cm. Ex lib. (New York State Law Library markings, including "withdrawn" stamp on top, bottom and fore-edge). Cover soil. Internally sound and clean. More
London: Macmillan, 1897. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, viii, 230p. Blue cloth. 18cm. Numerous small spots on cover. Bookplate. Scattered light pencil markings. Text lightly browned. No Jacket. More
[Manila]: Capital Publishing House, (1971). Hardcover. illustrations, viii, 364p. Original reddish brown binding. 28cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on verso of title-page by Ramon Roces, Chairman of the Elena Hoffmann Roces Foundation, Inc. which appears to have sponsored or underwritten this publication. More
Boston: 1855. Hardcover. xx, 221p. Original brown cloth. 24 cm. Cover somewhat worn at extremities. Some fraying and loss of cloth at head of backstrip. Endpapers darkened, partially obscuring the name of a former owner (James Martinson"). Contends have some age-toning but are otherwise sound and clean. Parker, an abolitionist..... More
n.p. May 1913. Paperback. 93, xxvi (p.). Gray wrapper. 23cm. Small corner chip on front cover. Six small corrective slips tipped in at various places. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970. 1st ed. Hardcover. Hardcover. dj. 22 cm. Jacket faded along edges and on backstrip. INSCRIBED by Peters (as "Ed Peters"). From the library of Professor Thomas M. Greene. More
26 x 19 cm. Photo No. 287937 dated 2/3/26 from Wide World Photos. From the printed information mounted on back: "Whippet tanks operated by the Kentucky State Militiamen with machine gunners and bombers were scattered throughout Lexington yesterday to prevent any attempt to lynch Ed Harris, negro who was sentenced..... More
30 x 19 cm. Browntoned version of this widely circulated AP photo. Vertical printed caption along left side. Inked notes on back: 1969 [and] Segregation Schools La. More
Image size 12.5 x 17.7 cm. Image not sharp but clear enough to see. Some spots here and there. Portions of the image scraped off at bottom. This came to us in a photo mount from Bryant Studios Inc. located at 705 1/2 Main St. in Fort Worth, Texas but..... More
Washington: GPO, 1903. Hardcover. This volime only. 8 folding maps (one with color), index, 504p. Original red cloth. 23cm. Backstrip slightly faded. Minor edge-wear (including one small hole) and cover spotting. The Decision of the Arbitrator at the end of this volume is printed in English and French. More
New York: Holmes & Meier, (1981). 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. index, 216p. dj. 22cm. More
[New York]: [1941]. Paperback. 23 folding black & white maps, 34p. Wrapper. 28cm. Stain at bottom of front cover; minor soiling and wear. More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1933. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, 499p. Original black cloth. dj. 22 cm. Jacket has a little chipping along edges and is enevenly browned. Modest rubbing along bottom edge of cover. A detailed study of 21 confirmed lynchings in 1930. More
Nova Goa: Livraria Singbal, [1940 -- date printed on backstrip]. Paperback. 401p. plus [1]p. Corrigenda. Original wrapper. 26cm. Cover chipped around edges and unevenly browned. Relatively small stain in top margin in first third of book. Foxing (mostly on page edges). Portuguese text. More