The NGO Movement
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, fine copy. 273 pp.
New Arrivals
Struggles of Voice, the Politics of Indigenous Representation in the Andes
Pittsburgh: University of PIttsburgh Press, 2008. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, about fine. 236 pp.
The Irish Boys: The Civil War Letters of the Irish Family -- inscribed by editor
Chicora, PA: Mechling, 2013. First Printing. Wraps. Large 8vo, wraps, very good, inscribed by Semple. 500 pp. Family had deep western Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh roots.
The Collected Stories of Sean O'Faolain
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1983. First American Printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, cloth backed boards in dust jacket, fine copy, jacket price clipped and with light rubbing and wear, mainly to rear panel.
The Good Lord Bird -- signed
New York: Riverhead Books / Penguin, 2013. First Printing. Hardcover. Number line to "1." Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, fine copy, signed by McBride in Brooklyn in 2017.
Epidemic Empire
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, about fine. 396 pp.
Hidden Caliphate, Sufi Saints beyond the Oxus and Indus
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021. First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's black boards in dust jacket, fine copy. 354 pp.
Hajj to the Heart, Sufi Journeys Across the Indian Ocean
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. Wraps. Wraps, very good or better. 303 pp.
The Saline Solution
New York: Olympia Press, 1971. First Printing. Wraps. Paperback, very good or better. Erotica by the writer most often compared to Henry Miller, who has been called the greatest erotic writer of his time and "foremost of his generation," and praised by Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Saul Bellow, and Kate.....
Mind Blower
New York: Olympia Press, 1970. First Printing. Wraps. Paperback, very good with light wear at spine ends. Erotica in the Traveller's Companion series, by the writer most often compared to Henry Miller, who has been called the greatest erotic writer of his time and "foremost of his generation," and praised.....
Wounds of Our Past: Remembering Captivity, Enslavement and Resistance in African Oral Narratives (Studies in Global Slavery; Volume 12)
Leiden: Brill, 2022. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, boards, near fine, with ownership signature of Seymour Drescher, a well known historian of the Atlantic slave trade. 182 pp.
From Abraham to Obama, A History of Jews, Africans, and African Americans
Trenton: Africa World Press, 2015. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, near fine, inscribed with initials, From HB to SD, best regards; inscription is from Brackman to historian of the slave trade Seymour Drescher, whose article, "Jews in the Atlantic Slave Trade" is cited in the bibliography. 288 pp.
Slaves and Missionaries: The Disintegration of Jamaican Slave Society 1787-1834
Barbados, etc. The Press University of the West Indies, 1998. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, good with some pen marks (some in red ink) by Seymour Drescher to text, plus his signature and blindstamp and page referrals on title page; Drescher's "Econocide" is cited in the bibliography -- he is a major.....
I-Man: An Outline of Philosophical Anthropology
New Britain, CT: Mariel Publications, 1983. First Printing. Hardcover. Translated from the Polish by Marie Lescoe, et al. 8vo, publisher's red boards stamped in gilt, very good, no jacket, minor wear, rubbing to spine ends and tips, a few pages with pencil or pen marginal marks (fewer than 10 pages).....
German Social Democracy 1918-1933
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, very good, inscribed by author to historian Seymour Drescher and his wife with thanks for their help, and with Drescher's ownership blindstamp on title page, twice. 292 pp.
St. Francis of Assisi, Writings and Early Biographies; English Omnibus of the Sources for the Life of St. Francis
Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1973. First Printing. Hardcover. Thick 8vo, publisher's red boards, very good, half title page has a two-part bookmark owner's bookplate neatly pasted on, with date in pen. Text clean and unmarked. Includes St. Francis's complete writings as well as many other accounts of him. Quite an.....
The Evolution of the Human Mind, from Supernaturalism to Naturalism, an Anthropological Perspective
Clinton Corners: Eliot Werner Publications, 2010. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, very good, fondly inscribed to "Bob, who put me on the track which ultimately led to this book. With esteem and gratitude. Bob Carneiro." 489 pp.
The Political Ideas of Marx and Engels, I: Marxism and Totalitarian Democracy, 1818-1850
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, black cloth, very good, no jacket, minor spots to cloth, inscribed by author to Seymour Drescher, a historian at the University of Pittsburgh and with his blindstamp on title page; a few pages have very light pencil marks by him.....
Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America: Their Friendship and Their Travels
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010. First Printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, cloth in dust jacket, very good or better with just a slight bit of wear, ownership signature of historian Seymour Drescher on title page; he authored at least two books on De Tocqueville. 698 pp, illustrated.
Fifty Years Later: Antislavery, Capitalism and Modernity in the Dutch Orbit -- contributor Seymour Drescher's copy
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo wraps, very good with light wear and minor discoloration to spine and small piece of tape at spine head. With Seymour Drescher's ownership signature; he contributed the opening essay and the epilogue in which he offers some reflections.
Fifty Years Later: Antislavery, Capitalism and Modernity in the Dutch Orbit
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, fine copy, still in shrinkwrap. Although not stated, from the collection of Seymour Drescher, who contributed one of the essays to this book as well as the epilogue.
The Evolution of Moral Progress, a Biocultural Theory - inscribed by Buchanan
New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's boards in dust jacket, near fine, inscribed to historian Seymour Drescher from Allen Buchanan and with Drescher's blindstamp on title page. 422 pp.
Slaves in Red Coats, The British West India Regiments, 1795-1815 -- inscribed to Seymour Drescher
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, book good with some ink underlining and marks by Drescher to perhaps 10 pp, jacket used and chipped. Inscribed by author fondly and gratefully to Seymour Drescher, considered one of the premier historians of the Atlantic slave.....
Timeless -- Photography of Rowland Scherman, foreword by Judy Collins - ins. by editors
Portsmouth: Peter E. Randall, 2014. First Printing. Wraps. Oblong small quarto, wraps, near fine, inscribed by editors to "Marcus." Photos from the 1960s, civil rights era.
Dear Pittsburgh: Words of Comfort and Support from Around the World
NP: JFCS, No date, probably 2019. Wraps. Small quarto, wraps, near fine, 159 pp, a few photos. Netanyahu, like the creep he is, starts off by thanking Trump for condemning the shooting, even though a case could be made that Trump and his ilk's rightwing rhetoric was the cause of.....