John Birmingham Editor (11 results)
OUR TIME IS NOW: NOTES FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL UNDERGROUND
Birmingham, John (editor); Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Published by Praeger Publishers, New York, 1970
- Hardcover
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks)
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. xii, 262pp [edge wear to dust jacket] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Praeger Publishers (1970) New York, 1970
- Hardcover
Seller: Prairie Archives, Springfield, IL, U.S.A.Prairie Archives
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Very good in lightly edgeworn dust jacket Cloth 1 1/4" tear top, 1/8" tear bottom front jacket.
OUR TIME IS NOW - Notes from the High School Underground
Birmingham, John (editor) (introduction by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr)
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1970
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. (xii) 273 pp. Bantam Book N5814. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Discovering the Underground; How Far Should We Go; The Student as a Nigger; Mobilization: Gettin' the Students Together; Student Power; Black…Power for the Black Students; Educational Reform; and Youth Culture: The Rock Revolution; followed by a Postscript: And It's Just Beginning. Book.
A Time For War: Quarterly Essay, Issue 20, 2005 / John Birmingham "A Time For War Australia as a Military Power"
Chris Feik (Editor) / John Birmingham "A Time For War Australia as a Military Power"
Published by Black Inc, 2005
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Shore Books, London, United KingdomShore Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 94 pages. John Birmingham "A Time For War Australia as a Military Power" (SL#106).
Published by Praeger, 1970
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.Austin Book Shop LLC
Contact seller4-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. Chipped DJ. First Edition. 262pp Illus "Notes from the high school underground." Stain on front cover.
Published by Praeger Publishers, 1970
- Hardcover
Seller: Librería Miguel Miranda, Lope de Vega n.º XIX, Madrid, M, SpainLibrería Miguel Miranda
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fair / Aceptable. 2ª PRINTING.- New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970.- XII,262 p.: Ilustraciones; 4º menor (21,5 x 14,6 cm); Texto en inglés; Tela Ed. con camisa.- Interesante estudio sobre la educación en U.S.A. La camisa cubierta por película adhesiva transparente y pegada por detrás de las tapas. En la portada restos… de un sello tampón parcialmente borrado que no toca texto. Book in english HISTORIA, LITERATURA Y CULTURA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA Y DE CANADÁ.
Published by Praeger Publishers, New York, 1970
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xii, 262, [4] pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Editor's Foreword. Contents include Discovering the Underground, How Far Should We Go?, The Student as Nigger, Mobilization: Gettin' the Stu…dents Together, Student Power, Black Power for the Black Students, Educational Reform, Youth Culture: The Rock Revolution, and Postscript: And It's Just the Beginning. John Birmingham, the editor of "Our Time is Now," is a witty, engaging guide through the high school underground from the vantage point of his own involvement as editor not only of the official student newspaper "VOICE" but also of the underground paper "Smuff" at Hackensack, N. J., High School. He traces the career of "Smuff" and presents a good sample of underground writing from high schools across the country. Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007) was an American writer and humorist known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works; further collections have been published after his death. In addition, his short pieces, such as his Introduction to Our Time is Now, often have been overlooked and under-explored for there insights into both his creative genius and the social conditions and topics reflected in the works he agreed to introduce. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., in his introduction to "Our Time is Now," quotes a friend who went to high school with him in Indianapolis: "When you get to be our age, you all of a sudden realize that you are being ruled by people you went to high school with. You all of a sudden catch on that life is nothing but high school.class officers, cheerleaders, and all." Vonnegut agrees, adding, "High school is closer to the core of American experience than anything else I can think of.Richard Nixon is a familiar type from high school. So is Melvin Laird. So is everybody." Radicalized not by reading Marx but by looking at their own situation. Todd Ash [First symbol] (illustrator).
Published by Praeger Publishers, USA, 1970
- Hardcover
Seller: Biblioteca di Babele, Tarquinia, VT, ItalyBiblioteca di Babele
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Condition: DISCRETO USATO. IIED. Da revisionare INGLESE Sovraccoperta illustrata mostrante lievi segni di usura da scaffale ai margini con abrasioni agli stessi e leggere tracce di usura da sfregamento ai piatti. Coperta rigida in mezza tela nera e gialla con titoli a contrasto al dorso. Testo in lingua inglese con introduzione…di Kurt Vonnegut, ampi margini e richiami agli stessi. Pagine perfettamente agibili alla lettura anche se già lette e sfogliate. Numero pagine 262.
Published by Praeger Publishers, New York, Washington, ET AL, 1970
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine edition in a like dust-jacket; This book is a compilation of essays written by high school students who have found themselves in a time of change. They talk about the current state of the world and how they are responding to it. The es…says are written in a frank and open style, and they provide a unique perspective on the current political and social climate.; 8vo; 262 pages.
[J. W. Robertson Scott, journalist and author on rural affairs, founding editor of 'The Countryman'.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'Walters' [John Cuming Walters (1863-1933], speculating whether the Birmingham Daily Gazette is 'into Radical hands'.
J. W. Robertson Scott [John William Robertson Scott] (1866-1962), English journalist and author on rural affairs, founding editor of 'The Countryman' [Birmingham Daily Gazette; H. J. Palmer]
Published by 13 January Acocks Green Birmingham, 1888
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Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Add to basketAn interesting letter casting light on the Victorian provincial press. Scott's entry in the Oxford DNB states that, while he was living in Birmingham, 'H. J. Palmer offered him a staff appointment on the Birmingham Gazette; but he had to leave when he stipulated that, as a Liberal, he should write nothing in support of the Conse…rvative cause. He was working again as a freelance when, in 1887, he was invited by W. T. Stead to join him on the Pall Mall Gazette. He worked for six years on that paper under Stead and then Edward T. Cook.' 4pp, 12mo. On bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged. Folded once for postage. The final page is smudged, including the signature, which clearly reads 'J. W. Robertson-Scott', with a hyphen. Begins: 'My dear Walters. / I heard a few days ago in a prominent B'ham politician's family that the Gazette was going into Radical hands! - of course the Rad. Unions was [mentioned?]. Are you able to put two and one together yet, to the manufacturing of an aquaferous (this word is original & patented) theory as to B[irmingha]. D[aily]. G[azette]. future? If you haven't, I have but a poor opinion of you.' He continues with reference to 'H. J. P.', i.e. H. J. Palmer (see above), The Times, plagiarism, Macaulay, Charles Blount, Milton's Areopagitica and the Biographia Britannica'. Postscript begins: 'The whole matter is pretty well settled if one knew whether H. J. P. was sacked or not.'.
Autograph Letter Signed ('J Morley') from the politician John Morley to the National Liberal Federation secretary Francis Schnadhorst, rearranging meetings in the build-up to the 1885 General Election.
John Morley (1838-1923), 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Liberal politician, writer and newspaper editor [Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914); Francis Schnadhorst (1840-1900), Birmingham Liberal]
Published by Putney on cancelled letterhead of Joseph Chamberlain's mansion Highbury Moor Green Birmingham; 2 September, 1885
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Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Add to basket2 pp, 12mo. He is only in Putney for a day, and does not expect to be able to see Schnadhorst. Sir Charles Dilke 'says that Oct. 13 is fixed for Halifax, and that he is not sure that he may not be able to go there after all'. If this is so, 'it would be best to change my day at Newport from the 13th. October'. He will tell '', a…nd would be grateful to Schnadhorst for arranging another day.
