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Washington, D.C.: National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, 1978. Light wear, small stain front cover at fore-edge. 308 pages, Appendixes, Index, photos. Report on the commission created by President Carter. Presiding Oficer is Bella S. Abzug; Commissioners include Maya Angelou, Liz Carpenter, Betty Ford, Coretta Scott King, Jean Stapleton, Gloria Steinem, and many more. Includes speech excerpts, commissioner bios and much more.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Report National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year First National Women's Conference. more information

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Atlanta, Georgia: Center for Research in Social Change, Emory University, 1969. Some staining to covers, smudge or soiling to title page. 34-page report followed by 92 pages of Appendixes: A) Research Methodology, B) Tables of Data Presented in the Text, and C) Summary of Tests of Chi Square Significance.. Soft Cover. Good. Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Social Reaction Atlanta. more information

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Buffalo, NY: Self Published, 1882. Assumed first edition, no additional printings indicated. Dark greenish-black cloth with gilt stamping and title. Beveled edges, bumped and worn at the corners. The spine ends are bumped and worn and the head of the spine has a few small tears. The front hinge is cracking at the front endpapers, starting at the rear endpapers. The covers show a bit of soiling. This copy was once in a community service library and has a few indicators of such: an ink stamp on the Contents page and a card pocket with car at the rear of the book. 254 pages, with Appendixes, including a list of works on the subject of charity. Illustrated with twenty pages of examples of charity office forms.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. Charity Organization Society Welfare Poverty. more information

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Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1994. ISBN: 0895264773. Inscribed and Signed By Author. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIREARMS LAW LEGISLATION GUNS CRIME PROTECTION CONTROL. more information

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Sweden: Sweden NOW/ingenjorsforlaget AB, 1973. 135 pages. Account of current social practices and what to expect during the 1970s. Includes an interview with Prime Minister Olof Palme. . Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Jan Fridlund and Lars-Olof Jerhammar. Sweden Swedish Culture Society 1970s. more information

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Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. ISBN: 0299115801. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. AMERICA AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY METHODOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCE. more information

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New York: Random House, 2005. 310 pages with notes and index. Another critical look at executions in the United States, particularly former slave states, from the author of Dead Man Walking, upon which the film (same name) with Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon was based. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To June- seek justice! Helen Prejean". ISBN: 0679440569. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE PENOLOGY. more information

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Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1978. Blue cloth with white lettering. Bumped corners and a very slight bowing to the rear cover. A study of modern race relations in the American South during the 20 years since Brown v. Board of Education (1954), and the role of the inferior federal courts of the Deep South, which implemented the desegregation mandate. 658 pages with Appendices and Index. . ISBN: 0810811189. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. SOUTHERN STATES RACE RELATIONS SOCIAL. more information

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New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1977. Light edge wear, bumping to boards. Remainder mark bottom edge. Jacket worn at spine ends with a ouple of edge tears. Protected now in a new mylar cover. A look at the opression of homosexuals in Los Angeles' sexual underground. . ISBN: 0394413431. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Remainder. HOMOSEXUALITY PROSTITUTION DEVIATION PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHIATRY LOS ANGELES SEXUAL HOMOSEXUAL UNDERGROUND. more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1975. Light shelf wear, bumping to boards. Jacket has a few edge tears and a strip of tape ghost/residue along top edge of rear panel. Protected in a new mylar jacket now. The author's attitude toward lesbian experience as measured against images by other women writers, such as Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, and May Sarton. Twelve writers in all included. Also, chapters on recent fiction and nonfiction, plus Notes, Bibliography and Index. 246 pages.. ISBN: 0385042558. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. LESBIAN IMAGES ATTITUDES WOMEN WRITERS GERTRUDE STEIN WILLA CATHER MAY SARTON FICTION NONFICTION BIBLIOGRAPHY. more information

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Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1985. Rear cover bows out very slightly. Otherwise, a clean, fine copy. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To ___, In appreciation, respect and celebration of all children--our children. Margaret Beale Spencer, April 1985.". ISBN: 0898595207. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH RACE FAMILIES AMERICANS. more information

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