California Indian Shamanism
Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, 1992. Paperback. Octavo, 274 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear. Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 39.
Culture, Ethnicity & Gender
Power, Race, and Higher Education; a cross-cultural parallel narrative
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2016. Paperback. Octavo, 206 pages. A small amount of writing and underlining. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear. Foreword by Laurel Richardson.
Certain People; America's black elite
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1977. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 235 pages. Book club edition. Brown boards with gold lettering on spine. Firm binding; no loose pages. Dust jacket with some chips and small tears, now encased in a clear protective cover. Tanned pages.
The Nantucket Indians; legends and accounts before 1659
Independently Published, 1981. Chang, Lula. Second Edition. Staplebound. Staplebound paperback octavo booklet, 45 pages. Book and cover with minimal wear. Prologue by Paul C. Morris, Jr.
Riding Astride; the frontier in women's history
Denver, CO: Arden Press, 1995. Paperback. Octavo, 1963 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear. Some highlighting in back of book, in the bibliography.
The Kris; an earthly approach to a cosmic symbol
Wijk en Aalburg, the Netherlands: Pictures Publishers, 1998. Cloth. Quarto, 95 pages. Gray cloth boards with lighter gray lettering. English-language. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minimal use and wear.
Clarina Nichols; frontier crusader for women's rights
Kansas City: Quindaro Press, 2016. Cloth. Octavo, 230 pages. Unstated first edition. Brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Signed by author on title page (name only). Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minimal use and wear.
Ethnicity: Second Edition
Cambridge: Polity, 2010. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 233 pages. Red decorated boards; small smudge on the title page. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear. Some highlighting inside. A good reading and reference copy.
The Ben Fixman Story; From the ghetto to the gold
Artful Tale, 2009. Hardcover. Firm binding; no loose pages. Author's signature on title page. Book and dust jacket with minimal use and wear, with jacket in clear protective cover. An attractive copy.
Taijiquan and the Search for the Little Old Chinese Man; understanding identity through martial arts
NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 320 pages. Red boards with white lettering on spine. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book with minor wear. Dust jacket with a sunned spine and a crease on inner front flap. Pages 25-39 with heavy light yellow highlighting. No other.....
We Do Not Want the Gates Closed Between Us; native networks and the spread of the ghost dance
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020. Hardcover. Octavo, 360 pages. Illustrated boards. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minimal wear.
Louis Brandeis Slept Here; a slightly cynical history of American Jews
Jerusalem, Israel: Gefen Publishing House, 1997. Paperback. Octavo, 142 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear.
These Were the Last; Ozarks mountain folk
Branson, MO: Land Press, Inc., 1977. Godsey, Townsend. Third Edition. Paperback. Quarto, 128 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minimal wear.
Emerging Ritual in Secular Societies; a transdisciplinary conversation
London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017. Paperback. Octavo, 260 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minimal wear.
A Day in the Life; one family, the beautiful people, and the end of the sixties
Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 338 pages. Orange boards with gold lettering on spine. Firm binding; no loose pages. Bump along bottom edge on front board. Tanned pages. Dust jacket with minor wear, now encased in a clear protective cover. An attractive copy.
Emily Greene Balch; the long road to internationalism
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010. Hardcover. Octavo, 217 pages. Dark gray boards with silver accents. Name written inside the front cover; no other writing or marks observed. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minor wear.
The Democratic Collapse; how gender politics broke a party and a nation, 1856-1861
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Paperback. Octavo, 217 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minimal wear.
Old John Brown: The New Book of Kansas; songs, dances, almanack
Ottawa, KS: Ottawa Herald. Throckmorton, Alma. Paperback. 4to, 29 pages. No loose pages. Curve to the book at the fore-edge and tanned pages and covers. A good usable copy. A collection of songs and dances meant to evoke traditional Kansas values.
"Mari Mavu"; classic stories from the African soil for the evolving young humans around the world
Gaborone, Botswana: Launchit International, 2023. Paperback. Octavo, 171 pages. Inscribed and signed, possibly by author. Additional writing, underlining and marks early in the book. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear. English-language.
Double Click; twin photographers in the golden age of magazines
NY: Scribner, 2024. Hardcover. Octavo, 405 pages. Gray boards with black spine and gilt accents. Second printing. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minimal use and wear. Three eight-page inserts of photographs and illustrations.
Ozarks Hillbilly; stereotype and reality
Shell Knob, MO: White Oak Lodge Publishing, 2021. Paperback. Octavo, 238 pages. Inscribed and signed by author on title page: "Bill ******. enjoy this book. Tom Koob, Dec. '21."
Celluloid China; cinematic encounters with culture and society
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002. Paperback. Octavo, 374 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Curve to the covers and some pages; small smudges on edges. No writing or marks observed.
Romantic Visualities; landscape, gender and Romanticism
London: Macmillan, 1998. Hardcover. Octavo, 222 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minor wear. Slightly askew spine. Black boards with gilt lettering; limited underlining in pen. Alternate dust jacket with minor rubbing, chips and tears. A good copy. From the dust jacket: "What is the.....
Perfume Dreams; reflections on the Vietnamese diaspora
Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2005. Paperback. Octavo, 143 pages. Signed by the author on the title page; no inscription. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear. Some underlining and marks in text. Foreword by Richard Rodriguez.
Once I Too Had Wings; the journals of Emma Bell Miles, 1908-1918
Athens: Ohio University Press, 2014. Hardcover. Octavo, 352 pages. Beige decorated boards. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear. Tanned edges and pages. No dust jacket was issued. Foreword by Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt.