Chavez Cesar Jacques Levy (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. Acceptable items may contain, highlighting, writing, tares, stains and other previous signs of use. Used items may not contain CD's, Dust Jackets, access codes and other accompanying items when applicable. **MAY BE AN EX LIBRARY COPY**.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Good condition without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Signed by Cesar Chavez on dedication page. Tearing and curling to upper edge of rear jacket face. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Corner clipped from front flap. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. The book is signed by Other. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Red cloth titled in gilt. First edition stated with full number line. Inscribed to the half title page by Chavez in 1976. Spine ends pushed, points slightly bumped, mild insecting to cloth, small scrape to ffep. Front hinge a bit loose. The DJ in mylar is slightly chipped, creased to flap. ; 9.2 X 5.9 X 1.6 inches; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition 1st Printing. Signed by author "best wishes Caesar Chavez 12/2/77 Chicago" on half title page. Light soiling to outer top edge of pages. Dust jacket has five half inch tears and associated creases some chipping and edgewear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1975, First edition. Dedication page inscribed by César Chávez. 4to; 546 pp. Red cloth boards, gilt lettered spine, black and white photos and illustrations, color illustrated dust jacket, bottom front flap corner clipped, mylar protective sleeve, designed by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Provenance: Myrtle Banks (1919- ), African American Labor Unionist, Oakland, CA. César Chávez (1927-1993), American Labor Leader. Myrtle Banks (MB) memorabilia and photographs, archival data held at Cornell University, titled UFWOC & Grape Strike of 1974, suggest MB met César Chávez (CC) two years before the book's inscription (BI). (ILGWU) Two days prior to the BI, KQED News report, September 20, 1976, CC was on a college campus in support of Proposition 14, San Francisco (SF) Bay Area, MB s local region. (KQED) CC came to SF often where he could rely upon a stronghold of community support, Latinos, radicals, unionists, and other progressives. (Drew) A day after the BI, CC led a rally at Salinas High School Auditorium at 6:30 p.m., September 23, 1976. (Californian) Resultant inference, CC and MB encountered each other again, in the SF Bay Area, at one of many push Proposition 14 campaign rallies in-between the events above, as chronicled in the BI, "to Myrtle Banks - best personal wishes - César Chávez - 9/22/76 - Sacto". End notes and references: 1)Biographical / Historical: (1919) MB was born in North Little Rock, AK. (1946) She began work in California s (CA) garment industry, and became a member of the Dressmakers Union Local 101 in SF. (1961) After 15 years working as a garment worker, for a time, served as shop steward at Koret of CA in SF, and she became a ILBGWU business agent. (1984) MB retired from her position as business representative in the Pacific Northwest District Council. Throughout her career, MB served as Chair of the Alameda County Chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Vice President of the Alameda County Civil Service Commission, and Trustee of the SF Joint Board. 2) Box 1 Folder 20 UFWOC & Grape Strike 1974. Source: ILGWU MB Memorabilia and Photographs, P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library. Accessed July 5, 2025. 3)MB, Chairman, Alameda Co. A.P.R.I., 302 Pacific Bldg. / 610 16th St, Oakland, CA 94612, Ph. (415) 465-8033-4. Source: APRI Chapters Gear Up for 74 Elections, CA AFL-CIO News, Vol. 17-No. 8, February 22, 1974. 4) KQED News report from September 20th 1976 featuring a speech by CC on a college campus in support of Proposition 14, Source: Chávez Speech on Proposition 14, KQED News, 20 September 1976. 5) Cesar came to the City often, where he could rely upon a strong supportive community of Latinos, radicals, unionists, and other progressives. Source: Drew, Jesse. CC and SF. Historical Essay. found sf. Accessed July 5, 2025. 6) Teamster endorsement was disclosed with word from UFW s Salinas office that CC, UFW director, will be in Salinas tomorrow for a 6:30 p.m. rally at Salinas High School Auditorium to push Proposition 14. Source: Californian (Salinas), Volume 105, Number 228, 22 September 1976.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED. (1975). 8vo. 2nd printing. SIGNED by Chavez on half title. Light bumping and slightest rubbing to fore corners, joint ends, and spine ends of covers and d.j. Mildest scratching to textblock edges. Tiny surface tear to top edge of f.f.e.p. near hinge from f.p.d. glue. Mild toning to margins of d.j. Light creasing along top and bottom edges of lightly scratched and mildly rubbed d.j. Occasional closed tears with some scraping to fore corners, joint ends, spine tail, and bottom edge of rear d.j., all shorter than 1/2-inch in length. Approx. 1-inch long L-shaped tear to upper joint end of rear d.j. Lower fore corner of front d.j. flap price clipped. VG/VG. Author.

Handsomely bound in red cloth, stamped in gilt on the spine. Merest touch of wear to the corners. Clean and tight throughout. With photographic endpapers and illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. In a pictorial dust jacket with the price of $12.95. Light touch of rubbing to the bottom of the spine ends. Very clean and crisp; a collectible copy, inscribed and signed. Chavez' greatest concern was improving the conditions of men, women, and children who worked in the fields-a life he had shared⦠Chávez also inspired the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s. Politicized by la causa, the farm workers' cause, el movimiento mobilized farm worker families, middle-class Latino organizations, Mexican-American high school and college students, and activist Chicanas to demand their rights and embrace a new sense of cultural pride. Through his message of nonviolence, fairness, and respect, Chávez also reached beyond the Mexican-American community, the second largest minority in the United States, to involve middle-class Anglos and other races in a cross-class and cross-race alliance for social justice. Recognizing the significance of Chávez as a leader of the Mexican-American community and as a national advocate for peaceful social change, President Clinton presented the nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, posthumously to his widow, Helen Chávez, in 1994" (ANB). First Edition with the complete number line on the copyright page.

First edition, early printing of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, "To Peter Carlson, best wishes Cesar Chavez 4/25/84." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jacques E. Levy. "In his 66 years Chávez succeeded on many levels. His greatest concern was improving the conditions of men, women, and children who worked in the fieldsâ"a life he had shared⦠Chávez also inspired the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s. Politicized by la causa, the farm workers' cause, el movimiento mobilized farm worker families, middle-class Latino organizations, Mexican-American high school and college students, and activist Chicanas to demand their rights and embrace a new sense of cultural pride. Through his message of nonviolence, fairness, and respect, Chávez also reached beyond the Mexican-American community, the second largest minority in the United States, to involve middle-class Anglos and other races in a cross-class and cross-race alliance for social justice. Recognizing the significance of Chávez as a leader of the Mexican-American community and as a national advocate for peaceful social change, President Clinton presented the nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, posthumously to his widow, Helen Chávez, in 1994" (ANB). To Robert F. Kennedy, Chávez was "one of the heroic figures of our time'" (New York Times). Levy's richly detailed biography of Chávez won early praise as an "exceptionally interesting and intimate oral history" (Nation).

First edition of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, "To Jim Dyer best personal wishes viva la causa! Cesar Chavez 2-21-76 San Antonio Mission, Calif." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jacques E. Levy. "In his 66 years Chávez succeeded on many levels. His greatest concern was improving the conditions of men, women, and children who worked in the fieldsâ"a life he had shared⦠Chávez also inspired the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s. Politicized by la causa, the farm workers' cause, el movimiento mobilized farm worker families, middle-class Latino organizations, Mexican-American high school and college students, and activist Chicanas to demand their rights and embrace a new sense of cultural pride. Through his message of nonviolence, fairness, and respect, Chávez also reached beyond the Mexican-American community, the second largest minority in the United States, to involve middle-class Anglos and other races in a cross-class and cross-race alliance for social justice. Recognizing the significance of Chávez as a leader of the Mexican-American community and as a national advocate for peaceful social change, President Clinton presented the nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, posthumously to his widow, Helen Chávez, in 1994" (ANB). To Robert F. Kennedy, Chávez was "one of the heroic figures of our time'" (New York Times). Levy's richly detailed biography of Chávez won early praise as an "exceptionally interesting and intimate oral history" (Nation).

First edition of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, "To Marian Schroeder personal best wishes on this Christmas season Peace Cesar Chavez 12/15/78 LA PAZ." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jacques E. Levy. "In his 66 years Chávez succeeded on many levels. His greatest concern was improving the conditions of men, women, and children who worked in the fieldsâ"a life he had shared⦠Chávez also inspired the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s. Politicized by la causa, the farm workers' cause, el movimiento mobilized farm worker families, middle-class Latino organizations, Mexican-American high school and college students, and activist Chicanas to demand their rights and embrace a new sense of cultural pride. Through his message of nonviolence, fairness, and respect, Chávez also reached beyond the Mexican-American community, the second largest minority in the United States, to involve middle-class Anglos and other races in a cross-class and cross-race alliance for social justice. Recognizing the significance of Chávez as a leader of the Mexican-American community and as a national advocate for peaceful social change, President Clinton presented the nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, posthumously to his widow, Helen Chávez, in 1994" (ANB). To Robert F. Kennedy, Chávez was "one of the heroic figures of our time'" (New York Times). Levy's richly detailed biography of Chávez won early praise as an "exceptionally interesting and intimate oral history" (Nation).