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Good. Hardback, part of the Design Heroes Series. Yellow dust jacket, with titling in black and photo representation. Light scuffing and rubbing to DJ. Crimped edges and bumped spine ends. Deep pink boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Bumped spine ends and corner tips. Binding remains firm. Fine reading copy. 192 pps.
Good. Thirty page booklet published by the Center for Investigative Reporting in 1983. This saddle-stitched (stapled) publication was compiled by the C.I.R. and is composed of five articles written by the late Angus MacKenzie, an investigative journalist best known for his work researching the CIA's systematic efforts to suppress and censor information. He co-founded the Center for Investigative Reporting. During his career he won or shared over two dozen journalism awards, including the ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Negro Universities Press
Date published: 1968
Description: Good. Hardcover 1968 reprint by the Negro Universities Press of the original 1856 publication written by John Thompson about his years of being enslaved and his subsequent escape to the north. Brown linen covered boards are clean. There is no dust jacket. Lower corner of front board is dented and has very light wearing to the cloth, with minimal wearing to the other corner tips. Bottom of spine has very light wear to the cloth as well. Binding is extremely tight. It appears this copy has not ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Economy Book League
Date published: 1933
Description: Fair. Softcover published by the Economy Book League, which was an American book publishing company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The faux leather covers are cracked and worn. Soiled with rips along the ends of spine strips. Very rubbed and scraped on all edges. Front cover and and first 50 pages or so curl upward. Age-toning to outside edges of paste-downs and endpapers. Some cracking in the hinges/gutters of a few different section of the book, but no pages are loose and this remains a good ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bill Hinbern
Date published: 2004
Description: Very Good. Hard to find publication, self-published by the author. 72 pp. Very clean and little used condition. Very lightly bumped corners. Light creasing of covers due to lightweight nature of magazine paper and cover stock. Otherwise, in like new condition. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company
Date published: 1960
Description: Fair. Poor condition. Loose binding with separation of FFE and back strip. Lots of writing on FFE (names, prices, other numbers) and large stain on backside of page. Green end papers and free end papers are faded with darker staining in the hinges. Bluish green boards are dirty, stained, faded, worn on edges, with corner bumping and a really faded spine. Pages lightly yellowed, darker on the outer text block. All that said, readable copy, it's just not pretty. Read More
Description: Good. Out of print book published by the author, date unknown. Lightly bumped corner tips, with lightly crimped and scraped cover edges. Top and bottom of spine are lightly bumped, and the covers are slightly scuffed. Clean, unmarked pages. Book has a slight wave to it. Read More
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing
Date published: 1975
Description: Good. Ex-library copy with stamp on FFE. Tanned and yellowed pages, with yellowed inside covers. Remnants of price sticker on front cover. Covers are scuffed, scratched, creased, dented and bumped corner tips. Separation in the gutter between the photo and maps insert and page 217. Glue shows. Text remains readable. Text block tinted green and fading, more so on top edge. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Horn & Wallace, Publishers
Date published: 1961
Description: Fair. Hardcover. Published 1961 by Horn & Wallace, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers etc. FEP also has pencil erasures. Chipped, nicked and faded dust jacket has protective archival DU over it. Stains on outside edge of text block. Dented corners. Shelf-wear to spine ends. Pull out map at rear is present. Binding is solid. Good reading copy. 152 pps. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Benben Publications
Date published: 1979
Description: Fair. Softcover in POOR condition. Inscribed by Daniel Kolos. Extremely worn and stained cover. Some type of substance had dribbled down the front cover and has stained bottom edges of text block. Very scraped along edges with some separation to spine strip at head of spine. Dings, nicks and tears. Crimped and creased corners. Toned pages. Very worn. Rough shape. Will send photos upon request. Read More
