Pamphlets, Ephemeria, Journals

The Stanford Alumni, Stanford, CA, 1980. First Edition. Trade Paper. Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. The Portable Stanford, TPB, spine sunned, edge toning . Written by the eminent expert in French history this is a collection of essays, b&w photos, a readers guide, an epilogue, and an 'about the author' section. Origianly written for short articles, lectures etc., the author takes on the Social Historians of his day and argues the place of the individual in history, for better or worse, often not the outstanding person, but the obscure. It seems to have a thesis that discrete events and individual actions are not mearly superficial happenings, but have a role in history to shape and mold the future, the development of the noramal standards of cultur. 142 pp Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literary Criticisms Pamphlets, Ephemeria, Journals Inventory No: 000791. . more information

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Unknown. First. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. No publisher or date indicated, appears to be late 60's early 70's judging by the bathing suits. NF stappled pictorial wraps w/some light tone and edge wear, one page w/corner tip missing, a collection of 50 tourist photos w/location in Spanish & English. Some examples: Fuerte De San Diego/San Diego Forte; Beach Escene at Roqueta Island, Pierre Marquez Hotel, swiming pool and dining room Acapulco Princess Hotel; The famous beer drinking donkey at Roqueta Island Acapulco Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel Antiquarian, Collectable Pamphlets, Ephemeria, Journals Inventory No: 002002. . more information

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Ravan Press , Johannesburg, 1988. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. Ravan Press, 1988, Fine copy, original paper wrap, 409 pps indexed, photographs, line drawings, poems, essays. Very light wear to corner tips, book appears not to have been read, no creases, pencil erasure fep. Laid in news clipping, heading: " Boksburg businesses could be ruined as trade plummets / CP towns face Govt action" dated 7/12/88… from the books preface: " Staffrider magazine, which appeared on the South African cultural scene in March 1978,... Although it is not the first magazine to provide a forum for the literary and artistic work from the oppressed communities in South Africa, it is, perhaps one of the most successful cultural journals ever published in this country. … To mark these achievements this special edition of Staffrider brings some of the finest stories, poems, photographs, graphics essays and popular history published over the past decade." The editor was awarded an Amstel Playwright of the Year Award for his play The Bicycle in 1979; the Hippogriff Award for Children's Poetry in 1988; the English Academy of Southern Africa's Thomas Pringle Award for Short Stories in 1992 and the International Literary Scholarship of the Foundation for the Creative Arts in 1994. In 1998 he received the National Book Journalist of the Year Award. In 1998 he was a Special International Guest of the Nobel Foundation at its Award Ceremonies. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Reference Pamphlets, Ephemeria, Journals Inventory No: 000781. . more information

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Nelson Doubleday, U.S.A, 1967. First. Paper Wrap. Near Fine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. NF, 64pps, stapled booklet, illustrated, original stamps intact, cover shows some scuffing and edge wear. This is a wonderful example of the early Science Program series, complete stamp sheets remain as originally bound and unused, along with a 4 pp, 'Science Bulletin" Text is clean and bright, tightly bound with no marks, rips, tears or folds, Educational science booklet about the Moon Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Juvenile Non Fiction Pamphlets, Ephemeria, Journals Inventory No: 000925. . more information

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Private, Big Sur, CA, 1967. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Non Issued. Illustrator: William Webb. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. NF, 48 pgs, fully illustrated w historical black-and-white and full color photos, a history of the area, produced as tourist guide. A wonderful photos of Ansel Adams, Ephraim Doner, 17 mile drive, interesting drives, and more. Inside cover is a drawn map of Carmel back cover as an add for Hearst Castle guide book. Original price 1.50 Illustrator: William Webb. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel California Pamphlets, Ephemeria, Journals Inventory No: 001422. . more information

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Council on Foriegn Relations , NY, NY, 1991. First. Paper Wrap. Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. Council on Foriegn Relations, Volume 70 no. 1. Forgein Affairs is published five times annualy, this is the first of '90- '91, Near fine bare tips turned on cover wraps, same on back wrap with a minute tear on edge and slight wear on upper edge. Text is clean and tight, original advertisments still in place including 'free' placed subscription cards. 248pps Contributors: The Bush Foreign Policy- M. Mandelbaum; The Unipolar Moment - C. Krauthammer, Redefining World Power- W. Pfaff; The Middle East- W. B. Quandt; The Soviet Union Adrift- Richard Pipes; Soviet Power in Europe- Coit D. Blacker; Latin America- Mark A. Uhlig; South Africa- Steven Mufson; The Asian-Pacific Rim; Bernard K. Gordon ; World Economy- C. M. Aho & Bruce Stokes, Germany's Unification- Karl Kaiser Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Politics/ Current Affairs Pamphlets, Ephemeria, Journals Inventory No: 000787. . more information

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