Bruce John Intro (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. first edition,1p; 10987654321 pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; Cover art shows Black man with trees background.paperback; glossy color Photographs; 256 pages; Much on AFRICAN HISTORY.CULTURE, SOCIETY.Through his powerful photographic portraits and his subjects' illuminating narratives, Bruce Caines provides a celebration of blacks who are changing the face of America by changing the way America views black people. A stunning tribute to ordinary people living extraordinary lives.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1ST PRINTING STATED Trade softcover Book VERY GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; 1990 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. HC/DJ First edition thus, reissue of the 1940 classic with a new Introduction by Bruce Brooks. Tightly bound and very neat in sharp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $14.95 issue price intct to unclipped front flap. Trace shelf evidence to jacket edges. NF/VG++.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER, booklet, stiff light blue wraps, lettered in gray. Slight flecking to a small portion of upper front cover, "duplicate" stamp from institutional library on upper main title. 48 pp., b&w illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st paperback ed. ;OCLC: 28256267; ISBN: 051788075X (pbk.); 9780517880753 (pbk.) ; LCCN: 93-2355 ; 256 pp. ; "Through his powerful photographic portraits and his subjects' illuminating narratives, Bruce Caines provides a celebration of blacks who are changing the face of America by changing the way America views black people. A stunning tribute to ordinary people living extraordinary lives. " ; several photographs of interviewees, some in color ; a little wear, else VG. Book.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. tight binding; clean pages Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stapled, Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 12 b&w repros. Very Good w/ very minute rubbing on cover.

1st edition (stated) VG+/VG.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (24.2cm); illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine; xxiv,389pp; b&w photos. Jacket edgeworn with nudging at head of spine and a few stray smudges. Boards faded a bit at bottom edge. Spine very slightly cocked, with bumping at ends. Very sparse underlining and a couple marginal checks in faded orange highlighter, with all text legible. Binding is sound. Signed by the author to autogyro pilot Andrew Keech on front free endpaper with inscription "For Andy, Your creation of your tractor autogyro "Woodstock" preserves the visions of Juan de la Cierva & Harold F. Pitcairn into a new century of autorotations / flight - A model I hope to successfully emulate -- keep those blades whirling! It is an honor, privilege & great pleasure to friend -- Safe (?) -- always, Bruce. 9/11/03" Keech set a transcontinental flight record in October of that year, flying Woodstock from Kitty Hawk to San Diego, and would go on to set a number of world records for speed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 300 pages with a 16 page introduction by John Le Carre & 22 photo plates. Wine colour cloth boards, gilt titles down the spine, uncut outer edge. All near fine, the wrapper has a few light edge rubs and minor handling, otherwise also near fine. *In the detailed into by Le Carre he says "Philby is the price we pay for being moderately free; for being able to read this book. And there is still a side to Philby's head which knows it and will know it till he dies. Stupid, credulous, smug and torpid as the "Establishment" may have been, it erred on the side of trust". Has it changed I ask myself. …