Johnson Charles Foreword (24 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 304 pages, illustrations; 16 cm. New and expanded edition. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition. *** "This book spotlights over 100 comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels to feature black characters from all over the world over the last century, and the result is a fascinating journey to, if not enlightenment, then at least away from the horrendous caricatures of yore . . . Each strip, comic, or graphic novel is spotlighted via a compact but instructive 200-word essay and a representative illustration [in black and white]. The book is augmented by a context-setting introduction, an extensive source list and bibliography, and a foreword by Charles R. Johnson, the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship and winner of the National Book Award for his 1990 novel Middle Passage." -Publisher. Size: 16mo.…

xxiv, 112 pages. Paperback: H 21.5cm x L 14cm. Yellow paper covers, 2cm tear to surface paper near spine heel, faint creasing to rear cover's fore-edge corners. Interior pages are clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A very good copy. With Acknowledgements, Introduction by Thad Cochran, Foreword by Porter L. Fortune, Jr., "Preface: Why Study the Future" by Walter M. Mathews, "Appendix: Aphorisms About the Future" by Walter M. Mathews, and Notes on Contributors. PART I: VIEWS FROM HISTORY. "Modernization in the Deep South" by C. Thompson Wacaster, "The Ultimate Legacy" by William Winter, "The Future of Representative Government" by Vagn K. Hansen. PART II: INVENTING THE FUTURE. "Inventing the Future" by Mary Maury Harding, "Digging Up the Future" by Lucy C. Turnbull. PART III: SCENARIOS OF THE FUTURE. "'Everything That Rises Must Converge'" by Gerald Blessey, "Economic and Political Power" by Aaron E. Henry, "Which Way Mississippi?" by Gilbert E. Carmichael. PART IV: EDUCATION. "Coping with Semiliteracy in Mississippi Education" by Roger Johnson, Jr., "Will Liberal Arts Education Be Flourishing?" by Robert E. Bergmark, "Graduation Day: May 31, 1990" by Charles Granville Hamilton. ISBN 0878051473.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st. Rebound in library boards, 95 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Exhibition held October 6 to November 15, 1964. Withdrawn from library collection, with usual markings. No writing in text. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. *** A cross-section of modernist painting in 1914, chiefly Cubism and Futurism. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Ex-library. Publisher's dark khaki cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Covers show general wear; call number painted on spine and usual library markings on endpapers. Pin-hole library stamp on title page, else interior text is generally clean. xviii + 473 pages. Contents: Foreword & Introduction. Section I: Part I - Background of the Negro in the Steel and Iron Industry. Part II - The Unionization of Steel. Section II: The Meat-Packing Industry. Section III: Railroad Car Shops. Section IV: The Birmingham [Alabama] District. Section V: The Negro Community and the Union Movement. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.…

trade paperback. Condition: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 127 pages; good trade paperback; scuff to cover; spine starting; tips bumped; few slight nicks to cover edges; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 262 pp. Original green pictorial wraps, moderately soiled and rubbed w/ light edge wear. Illust. w/ numerous b/w photos. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth with gilt titles in black title window, cloth rubbed, edgeworn, with a few small stains; toning to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. No dust jacket. Prior owner's name in light pencil to FFEP. Interior else clean, text bright and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 336 pages. 6.00x0.76x9.00 inches. In Stock. Greiffenhagen, Maurice; Kerr, Charles H.M.; Johnson, E. K.; Wilmshurst, G. C. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Foreword by Charles Johnson. Stated first edition of the first book of its kind, containing first publications of "The Confessions of Nat Turner" and "The Life of Josiah Henson," and other important slave narratives. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.…

spiral_bound. Condition: As New. Signed by the author and mint.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Oversized hardcover, xviii + 230 pages, copiously illustrated, NOT ex-library. Weight over 1kg. Faint fingermarks on endpapers; a small area of staining in the lower inner corner of first pages; faint handling marks on page edges externally. Else interior is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Firm secure binding. Issued without a dust jacket. -- "Persistence and Perspective" does double duty as a history of the rise of mutual funds as an investment for the expanding middle class in America. It also looks at Franklin Templeton's struggles in the 1960s and 1970s, followed by huge growth in the 1980s when it became an innovator in money market funds. Today, Franklin Templeton has more than $500 billion in assets under management.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in Wrappers. Bottom corner bumped.; 0.7 x 11 x 8.5 Inches; 224 pages.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First Edition. First printing, with full letter line. A very fine (as-new) copy, without a jacket. A clean, unmarked copy. SIGNED by Lloyd on page opposite the half-title (as pictured), and dated in the year of publication. Not inscribed to anyone in particular, he has just written ENJOY. Includes 3-d glasses. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Very Good+ in boards. 3D glasses removed. Shelfwear on front gutter.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages.

spiral_bound. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. xvi, 447 pp. : illustrated ; 25 cm. ; LCCN: 83-243330 ; LC: R201; Dewey: 362.1/09758 ; OCLC: 10110999 ; red cloth with gold lettering in tattered dustjacket ; SIGNED presentation to Dr. Neely in Atlanta ; "Although the book is haphazardly put together, it still contains some little known details of medical history not chronicled elsewhere.Mrs. Gay writes from the 'old school' viewpoint of the history of medicine as being simply the compilation of the personal histories of the physicians involved. This gives the book a certain antique charm."--Phinizy Spalding" ; VG/FAIR. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Two Volumes Fine in thick glossy wraps. Bright, snug, unmarked & unread. First simultaneous paperback printings. Posted at default media mail; priority & international to be quoted.

Spiral Bound. First Edition, First Printing. Unpaginated [pp. 134]. 8vo., measuring 11.5" x 8.5". Textured light-blue card covers held with gold lettering, rules, and crest of the college to the lower-right margin of the front cover. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, group portraits of student, staff, faculty, etc., accompanied with many additional in-text line drawings, etc. Many charming period advertisements by various sponsoring local and national business including the T. Eaton Co., the Manitoba Power Commission, Bridgens of Winnipeg, Doig's, the Bank of Montreal, among others. Students' prose and poetry, recollections of the staff and students, short and humorous biographies of the students, accounts of notable events from throughout the academic year, details of various school clubs and school sports teams and their members, recipients of scholarships, etc. Prefaces by the school leadership (principal, etc.), a complete roster of staff, and faculty accompanied with their biographies and portraits. Exceptionally well-preserved, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm spiral binding. Unrecorded in commerce. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New.