Search Results: Titles starting with K from Lamplighter Library

Random House. New York. 1974. Quarter-bound in burgundy with black boards and gold lettering on front and spine. Number line on copyright page of this fine edition reads B987654321 without mention of 1993 edition. Unclipped ($21.00) jacket shows mild shelf wear and small dent on top text block. Pictorial endpapers with b/w maps throughout. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1975.

Union Of American Hebrew Congregations. New York. 1976. Bright red cloth boards with author's signature imprinted in gilt on front board and gilt lettering to spine. Assumed First Edition with date on title page matching copyright date and no subsequent printing(s) listed. Inscribed in ink by Kivie's wife of fifty years, Emily Kaplan. Book shows sligth fading of color on top of spine & age toning of top text block, else fine. There is no price on the jacket that shows edge wear to top of spine and tips of several edges. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Family lores suggests Kivie's involvement with civil rights began with a personal experience; while on his honeymoon he tried to enter a country club, but a sign that read "No Jews, No Dogs" stopped him from entering the facility. Kivie recognized that African-American citizens were likewise being treated and so began his life of fighting racial injustices. Kivie joined the NAACP at the age of 28 and was president of the NAACP from 1966… Read More