Foreword by Terkel Studs (17 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First Edition; First Printing. Book and DJ Very Fine. NO defects. NO notes, names or ANY markings. DJ not clipped ($25) ; Ships in a box, USA. ; Thick 8vo; 532 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Gray boards, near pristine, sharp and clean. Protected dustjacket dust jacket bright and clean. Book is firm in bindng, 103 pages include Index, b&w photographs, unread. Foreword by Studs Terkel. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

First edition Good reading copy wraps. The original softcover edition by the great jazz and rock stylist and reporter.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Copyright © 1989/5th Printing. 103 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy and dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Near fine condition. Trade paperback. Former store price sticker on free front endpaper. Very nice copy.

First edition Excellent essays on jazz giants by this giant in his own right looking over their careers including the death of Albert Ayler and others. Fine and bright black boards in very like price-clipped dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. New and bright all around, gift quality.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later Edition. ISBN 0394524497. Hardback. Book club edition. Very Good condition book, with faint waterstaining to cover spine, in a Good condition dustjacket with water damage and brownspotting to jacket spine, minor chips, rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. …

hardcover with dustjacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Death waits for us all, but only those sentenced to death know the day and the hourand only they can be sure that their last words will be recorded for posterity. Last Words of the Executed presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. ; 6"-8 3/4"; 301 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing, in unclipped dustjacket. Both book and dustjacket in as new condition with no inscriptions. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. I am happy to supply scans.

Hardcover. dj. First US Edition. Octavo, vi, ix, xviii, 316 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine ivory white with red and black lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including mild age toning and slight soiling. Boards have very light wear. Text block has slight wear including faint soiling to the edges. Illustrated. First US edition. NOTE: Shelved in Col. N. 1414752. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. ISBN 0929968069. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition, with minor rubs and creases to edges of covers, slight dustsoiling to corners of book, minor cornerwear, lower right corner of front cover neatly clipped. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for photographer's inscription "For X my new friend with best wishes Stephen Deutch" written in blue ink in middle of dedication page, along with previous owner's inscription written in black ink around lower and right margins of dedication page. No statement of later printing on copyright page.…

Paperback. Virginia Foster Durr is the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, and she was raised in Birmingham during the early years of this century. She attended Wellesley for two years, until her family's circumstances made it impossible for her to continue. Virginia's sister Josephine married Hugo Black; and in 1926 Virginia married a young lawyer named Clifford Durr. The Durrs moved to Washington shortly after Roosevelt's inauguration, and Clifford was one of the "bright young lawyers" whom the new president relied upon to draft the legislation establishing the New Deal. After World War II the Durrs moved to Denver, then to Montgomery, where Clifford became one of the few white lawyers to represent blacks in civil rights cases. During the Durrs' Washington years Virginia had been active in the movement to abolish the poll tax and in to her liberal causes; and back in Montgomery, she shared Clifford's commitment to the civil rights movement and served as an inspiration to liberals of both races. Virginia Durr has succeeded in articulating the pleasures and the difficulties of growing up female in the vigorous young city of Birmingham; the broadening (and in some ways also restricting) of young women's intellectual horizons and social life at Wellesley; and the excitement of the courtship and marriage of a proper young Southern girl of good family and poor circumstance. She brings to life the social and political climate of Washington during the New Deal and war years, where her close connection to Justice Black gave the Durrs access to people whom they might not have come to know otherwise. A victim of McCarthyism, Clifford returned with Virginia to Montgomery with no job and few prospects. Their decision to become engaged in the civil rights struggle was consistent with their lifelong commitment to follow their consciences, regardless of the social and economic consequences. "Virginia Durr said it: there were three ways for a well brought-up young Southern white woman to go. She could be the actress, playing out the stereotype of the Southern belle. Gracious to 'the colored help,' flirtatious to her powerful father-in-law, and offering a sweet, winning smile to the world. In short, going with the wind. If she had a spark of independence or worse, creativity, she could go crazy--on the dark, shadowy street traveled by more than one Southern belle. Or she could be the rebel. She could step outside the magic circle, abandon privilege, and challenge this way of life. Ostracism, bruised of all sorts, and defamation would be her lot. Her reward would be a truly examined life. And a world she would otherwise never have known." -- from the Foreword by Studs Terkel 1990. A trade paperback copy in very good condition with light tanning of the edges, partial sun fading of the wraps and a slight crease to the bottom corner of the front wrap. The contents are fine and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xvi, 546 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine(Faint Foxing On Top Outer Edge Of Page Block) In Near Fine Dust Jacket With Crease On Front Flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xvi, 546 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket With Creases On Front Flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition stated. Number line beginning with 2. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in near fine plus, if not fine dust jacket (USA $29.95 / CAN. $45.00). Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Xvi, 546 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Hardcover, Fine In Fine Dust Jacket With Creases On Front Flap. Inscribed By The Editor, Hicks, "In Gratitude And Affection". Signed by Author(s).