Family, Women and Social Change in the Middle East: The Palestinian Case
Toronto: Canadian Scholar's Press, 1987. Soft cover. 8vo. Orig. card wrappers, sewn and glued binding. 72 pp. Covers are age toned and damp stained. More
Social Studies
The Secret of Divine Civilization
Willmette, Illinois: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1970. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter red cloth, tan cloth boards. xi, 126 pp. B&W portrait frontis. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly bumped to edges, a few small chips to spine ends and corners. More
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1994. Soft cover. 9" x 8.5" The companion book to the award-winning film by Peter Wintonick and Mark Achbar. Oblong. Soft cover. 264 pp. B&W film stills in-text throughout. Fine. Includes 18 "Philosopher All-Stars" trading card. This book features a complete transcript of the film along..... More
On Arab Nationalism
London: Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, 1965. 1st Edition. Audio Book (Cassette). 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 92 pp. Covers soiled, some rubbing to rear cover. More
Limelight on the North of Iraq
Baghdad: Dar al-Jumhuriya, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 18mo. Orig. printed card wrappers. 72 pp. Creased and rubbed to spine, creasing and short tear to upper corner of rear cover. More
Al-Shabak: An Extremist Sect in Iraq: Their Origin, Language, Villages, Beliefs, Traditions and Customs
Baghdad: Al-Maarif Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Scarce. Text in Arabic. Orig. green card wrappers. 314 pp. Sunned to extremities, bumped and creased to corners. More
500 Years On/500 Anos Despues
Madrid: Amnesy International. Soft cover. 8.75" x 8.75" [n.d., 1992]. Photographs taken by indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes. Soft cover. 44 p.p. English and Spanish. B&W photos. Some light wear and creasing. A social photographic essay of the life and the hardships of indigenous Peruvians, on the occasion of..... More
The Albany: A Celebration of the Centennial of The Albany Club of Toronto, Incorporating a history of its first hundred years
Willowdale, ON: Yorkminster Publishing Limited, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper boards. vi, 146, vii-xiv. B&W photos in text. Slight discolouration to edges of boards. Dust jacket is rubbed to covers and extremities, small chip to head of great joints, shot tear to head of rear cover. More
Aspects of Islamic Civilization, As Depicted in the Original Texts
New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orig. yellow cloth.408 pp. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped to spine ends and head of rear cover, lightly soiled to rear. More
The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Tradition
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cream cloth, cream paper boards. xviii, 469 pp. Fine in fine jacket. In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity..... More
Culture & Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
London: MacMillan & Co., 1938. Hardcover. 16mo. Full burgundy cloth, stamped vignette to front board, gilt title to spine. xlix, 238 pp. Neat pencil marginalia and notes throughout. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine and top edges, some rubbing to joints. More
Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of Body Art
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. 8vo. First paperback edition. 292 pp. [8] pp. colour photos. Fine. More
The Ends of Globalization
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paperback, xiii, 193pp. Covers lightly sunned o/w near fine. A sociocultural approach and criticism on globalization, its roots and connections to cultural, political, and economic life. More
Igbo-Ora: A Town in Transition. A Sociological Report on The Ibarapa Project
Ibadan: Oxford University Press, 1966. Soft cover. 5" x 8.5" Orig. card wraps. viii, 80 pp. B&W photos in text. Creasing to joints, a few small stains. Marker inscription to inside front cover. More
The Sorrows of The Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster
Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1996. Soft cover. 8vo. Third printing, and first paperback printing. [12], 210 p.p. Two B&W photos. Slight bumping and curling to corners, else a fine copy. This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical..... More
Jean Baudrillard: Selected Writings
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1989. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. vii, 230 pp. Light staining to spine. Sporadic marginalia and underlining. The selections in this volume represent a cross section of Baudrillard's writings from 1968-1985 and are drawn mostly from his major books. About half appear in English translation..... More
Millennium
Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, 1996. Soft cover. 18mo. Soft cover. 112 pp. Spine tilted, sunned, lightly worn at ends. More
T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism
Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, 2003. Soft cover. 18mo. Soft cover. 147 pp. Spine sunned. Pencil underlining and marginalia. This book contains the full text of Chaos: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism, the complete communiques and fliers of the Association for Ontological Anarchy, the long essay "The Temporary Autonomous Zone," and a...... More
The Devil's Dictionary
New York: Hill and Wang, 1962. Soft cover. 5.5" x 8" American Century Series. Soft cover. 211 pp. Covers deeply toned, spine faded. Light rubbing to edges. More
Muffs and Morals
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. purple cloth. With 11 plates in half-tone and 83 illustrations in line by the author. Dust jacket is chipped to spine head, lightly edge worn, a few short closed tears, rubbed to..... More
English University Adult Education 1908-1958: A Unique Tradition
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Full brown paper boards. xii, 363 pp. Spine slightly tilted, light soiling to edges of text block. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket lightly toned, bumped to extremities. More
A History of The World for High Schools
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1918. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Macmillan's Canadian School Series. Original green cloth. iv, 518 pp. [5 two-page spread plates of colour maps]. B&W illustrations in-text. Rubbing to extremities, some light staining to rear board. Foxing to edges of text block. Covers ancient history in Greece..... More
The Social Structures of the Economy
Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 263 pp. Pencil marginalia to text, else fine. More
Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era. A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress. Embracing as subjects all those which best type the genius, spirit and energy of the age, and serve to bring into brightest relief the grand march of improvement in the various domains of human activity
Philadelphia: A.J. Holman & Co., 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's binding sample. Orig. green publisher's cloth. Various pagination. With alternate leather binding sample spine pasted down inside front cover. Magnificently and copiously illustrated. Spine tilted, chafing to extremities. Age toning to interior. More
The Irrational in Politics: Sexual Repression and Authoritarian Conditioning
Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press, 1993. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 52 pp. Very slight sunning to extremities and light creasing to upper corner of front cover, fine overall. More