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Dallas, Texas Negro City Directory 1941-1942 by [African Americana]: [Texas]: [Scott, T.P., editor]

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Title: Dallas, Texas Negro City Directory 1941-1942
Author: [African Americana]: [Texas]: [Scott, T.P., editor]
Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Description: [Dallas]: Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce, 1941. lxxx,448pp., including illustrations and advertisements. Text printed in double columns. Original pictorial wrappers (with two copies of the rear wrapper), orange cloth backstrip. Noticeable chipping, staining, and rubbing to wrappers, costing parts of the border, but with no loss of text, small cello tape reinforcement to inner hinge of front wrapper. Backstrip worn and frayed, with minor loss near spine head. Bottom corner of text block with varying levels of chipping, once again with no loss of text, edges of text block soiled, even tanning to text but mostly internally clean. A frumpy copy in overall about good condition, and priced accordingly. A very rare and insightful city guide for the African-American citizens of Dallas in the mid-20th century, and the first such directory printed in Big D. This first appearance of an African-American-centric Dallas city directory was edited by T.P. Scott and sponsored by the Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce. It was followed six years later by a similar directory edited by Don Gilbert. The present directory is profusely illustrated with photographs of local business leaders, educators, schools, churches, libraries, and businesses, with a long, illustrated section on Bishop College, and numerous advertisements for other educational institutions, like the Tyler Barber College, Coleman Beauty School, Texas College, and Langston University, stressing the importance in the black community of acquiring a trade. Other advertisements feature diners, insurance agents, the Powell Hotel, The Log Cabin Night Spot, the South Dallas Funeral Home featuring the "Singing Chapel on Wheels," a dental surgeon named Dr. W.T. Burke, the Boy Scouts of America, The Dallas Express ("The South's Oldest Negro Newspaper"), the Negro Unions Council, and more. The running header throughout the text reads, "Drink Southern Select Beer." The majority of the directory is comprised of a 393pp. alphabetical listing of the African-American citizens of Dallas, often with home addresses and occupations listed beside the names, and occasionally phone numbers. This is followed by a twenty-page listing of businesses alphabetized by type, including accountants, barber shops, clinics, clubs, grocers, hotels, photographers, record shops, public schools, taverns, teachers, and wood dealers, among others. A numerical listing of phone numbers and a section of advertisements round out the directory. Over 170 pages longer than the Dallas Negro Directory issued six years later (and much more uncommon), this is truly one of the most comprehensive city directories for African-Americans for any city in the United States, created in a deeply-racially-divided southern city just before the outbreak of the Second World War. OCLC reports six copies, at NYPL, Chicago Public, Princeton, SMU, the University of Texas at Arlington, and the University of Texas at Permian Basin. There are also copies at Baylor and Duke. Decidedly rarer than the later edition, this is only the second copy I've handled, and the first with both wrappers. Junne, Blacks in the American West, p.516.

De l’homicide commis par les enfants by MOREAU, Paul

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Title: De l’homicide commis par les enfants
Author: MOREAU, Paul
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Asselin and Co, 1882. FIRST EDITION. Later cloth-backed marbled boards (stained). Presentation inscription from the author to Dr. Émile Blanche. Light dampstaining throughout, but still a good, complete copy. First edition, a curious occultist study of murderous minors. In the late 19th century, with the waning popularity of time-occupying apprenticeships and the influx of accessible media and popular culture, child crime became a problem and buzzword within European society (think Oliver Twist…). Cases in which sons and daughters killed their siblings or parents stood out because parricide was considered the gravest crime under French penal code. Here the author attempts a forensic analysis of the child perpetrator, seeking the psychological and physiological reasons one may decide to kill. He argues that children whose moral upbringings are not monitored may fall victim to demonism, witchcraft, and even lycanthropy, leading them to kill while under the delusion of possession. Other, less intriguing things that might lead kids to homicide include puberty, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, and heredity of criminal nature. Moreau also points out that perhaps children murder simply to achieve celebrity. Caillet III: 7739; Grandin, Bib. Gen. des sciences juridiques I : 563. .

Moeurs et pratiques des demons ou des esprits visiteurs by GOUGENOT DES MOUSSEAUX

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Title: Moeurs et pratiques des demons ou des esprits visiteurs
Author: GOUGENOT DES MOUSSEAUX
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Henri Plon, 1865. Original printed blue wrappers (loss to bottom corner of the rear panel, torn at the base of spine). Somewhat foxed. Unopened. Second edition, expanded and augmented, of this comprehensive study of demonology. His final anti-Satanism diatribe, Gougenot, explains here the evidence of the supernatural world and its necessary inclusion of evil spirits, which may interfere with the activities of the living in order to expand their dominion. He denounces Spiritualism as a Satanic sect through which the devil and his minions present themselves to vulnerable humans. He goes on to recount the history of magic and the occult as it was understood in the 19th century, asserting that even though some legends of magical intervention met with positive results, the bill from the devil came due eventually. Roger Gougenot des Mousseaux (1805-1876) was a French author and journalist who wrote extensively on occult matters, including the Kabbalah, Freemasonry, and Spiritualism. Caillet 4660; Dorbon 1912; Introvigne, Satanism: A Social History 95-96.

(African American television) GIMME A BREAK! (1981-87) TV photo archive by NBC Television

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Title: (African American television) GIMME A BREAK! (1981-87) TV photo archive
Author: NBC Television
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Just About Fine
Description: NBC Television. No binding. Just About Fine. [New York]: NBC-TV, 1981-1987. Set of thirty vintage original 7 x 9" (18 x 23 cm) black-and-white photos. All have affixed NBC promotional text, old photo agency stickers on verso. Overall just about fine. Gimme a Break! was a sitcom created by Mort Lachman and Sy Rosen that aired on NBC for six seasons from October 29, 1981, to May 12, 1987. The series starred Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief (Dolph Sweet) and his three daughters. The premise of the show, which was set in Glenlawn, a fictional suburb in California, was that Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper (Nell Carter) agrees to look after the Kanisky household as a special favor to her dying friend Margaret Huffman Kanisky (played in flashback by Sharon Spelman), the wife of police chief Carl Kanisky (Dolph Sweet). More than a mere housekeeper and cook, Nell serves as a parental figure to the chief's three teenaged daughters, Katie (Kari Michaelsen), Julie (Lauri Hendler), and Samantha (Lara Jill Miller). A foster son, Joey (Joey Lawrence), joins the Kanisky household in season three. (Wikipedia)

GREER GARSON HOLDS HER PLASTER ACADEMY AWARD (1943) Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Title: GREER GARSON HOLDS HER PLASTER ACADEMY AWARD (1943) Photo
Author: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Ink stamped on verso 9743, fine. Backstage at the 1943 Academy Awards ceremony (for films made in 1942), Greer Garson holds her gold-painted plaster Oscar for her winning role in Mrs. Miniver. During the World War II years of 1943-1945 (for films released 1942-1944), because of metal shortages the statuettes were made in plaster. Winners were given the option to trade them in once the war ended. This is an MGM studio photo taken by an MGM photographer and used by the studio to promote Garson and her win.

Amongst Women by McGahern, John

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Title: Amongst Women
Author: McGahern, John
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Viking, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First American edition, first printing, octavo size, 184 pp., this a review copy with associated ephemera. John McGahern (1934-2006) "was hailed by 'The Observer' as 'the greatest living Irish novelist' and in its obituary 'The Guardian' described him as 'arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett' (n.b., from Wiki). This work is considered his best known - and greatest - work. It "was shortlisted for the 1990 Booker Prize and won 'The Irish Times'/Aer Lingus Literary Award in 1991" (ibid). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter green cloth over yellow paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine, octavo size (8 5/8" by 5 3/4"), 184 pp. In a pictorial dust jacket with summary and short author bio on the flaps, review blurbs on the back panel, showing the original price of $17.95. Loosley laid into the book are three pieces of advance review ephemera: a small glossy black-and-white head shot of the author, "News from Viking" announcing the book, and a small slip of paper requesting that reviews be sent to the Viking Publicity Department. ___CONDITION: Volume fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean and as new. The dust jacket is near fine, not clipped, clean although with minor toning to the perimeters, with minimal edgewear. The advance review ephemera near fine to fine. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Flowers of August by WILLIAMS, William Carlos (poems); ACHEPOHL, Keith (drawings)

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Title: Flowers of August
Author: WILLIAMS, William Carlos (poems); ACHEPOHL, Keith (drawings)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1983. First, Limited Edition. One of 260 copies. Square quarto; hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and flowers embossed on front panel; [28pp]; illus. A Fine copy without dustjacket, as issued. The first time Williams' sequence of poems has been published since they were anthologized in Others Magazine (1919).

OBRAZARNA V CECHACH (1796-1918) by (Czech Art). n/a

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Title: OBRAZARNA V CECHACH (1796-1918)
Author: (Czech Art). n/a
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description: Praha., Narodni galerie v Praze, Gallery., 1996. 4to. Paperbound.

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Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy by Ball, Edward

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Title: Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy
Author: Ball, Edward
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN: 9780374186326
Condition: Very Good
Description: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020-08-04. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Hardcover First edition with dust jacket in archival protective wrapper. SIGNED bookplate attached to the front free endpaper. Otherwise, book appears unused. Professional packaging and prompt shipping.

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