Various authors

Don Slater 1921-1997. A Gay Rights Pioneer Remembered by His Friends

Bossier City, LA, Homosexual Information Center, 1997. Wraps. Printed wraps. 30 pp. A collection of reminiscences on the life of gay activist and founder of ONE magazine, Don Slater. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling and a spot of staining to the covers. Good .

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Book number: 018978

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Noisbn gay/lesbian Studies LGBTQ+

Bonner, Gerald

Saint Augustine of Hippo. Life and Controversies

Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, 1995. Leather. Full black leather with ornamentation in gilt. 428 pp. Easton press edition of this biography of Louis Pasteur. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading and edgewear. Unused Easton Press bookplate on the inside front cover. Very Good .

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Book number: 014574

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Noisbn

Boorman, Howard L.

Liu Shao-Ch'i: A Political Profile

London, China Quarterly, presumed Publisher, 1962. Wraps. Blue printed wraps. 22 pp. Offprint from the April-June issue of the China Quarterly, providing a history of the political career and political philosophy of Liu Shaoqi, anticipating him as a successor to Mao Zedong. While Shaoqi was a prominent leader of the Communist Party in China, dissent between him and Mao caused him to be jailed and tortured in the late 1960s, serving as an example to others. He died in 1969, due to several years of harsh mistreatment. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven fading and browning to the wrappers, with minor soiling and a few small stains. Interior toned. Good .

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Book number: 013540

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Noisbn Radical Studies Communism, Socialism, Marxism Chinese History

Chapin, William

Memoir of Mrs. Susan Howard, Late of the South American Mission. With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters

New York, Published for the author at the Methodist Book Concern, 1845. First Edition. Cloth. Finely ribbed dark brown cloth with gilt titling and minor ruling and decoration in blind. 138 pages. With a frontis portrait. Drawn mostly from journal entries and letters, this work reflects primarily the spiritual life of Susan Howard, with the last 50 plus pages chronicling her trip from New York to Buenos Aires, by way of Monte Video. Howard recounts life aboard the ship and in South America, as well as her time in Buenos Aires, where her efforts would be spent engaging in a missionary school. In GOOD condition. Slightly EX-LIBRARY with a few faint library stamps on the inside front cover and title page. Call numbers on the title page. No markings on the exterior. General fading, minor rubbing and minor soiling, a bit heavier to the rear cover. Corners bumped and worn. Head and foot of the spine pulled, with minor loss of cloth. Previous owner's signature on the title page. Minor to moderate scattered foxing throughout. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004066

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Noisbn Susan Howard Missionary South America Travel