A Nation of Nations.
New York: Harper, 1945. Illustrated. 399pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped and worn. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1945). Second edition. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
IMMIGRATION
Two-Way Passage.
New York: Harper, 1941. viii + 327pp., 8vo, cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1941). Third edition. A very good copy. More
Open the Gates! A Personal Story of "Illegal" Immigration to Israel.
New York: Atheneum, 1975. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1975. very good. Preface by Golda Meir. More
History of the Huguenot Emigration to America
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1885. 20 maps and plates, some of the maps are folding. 2 volumes. 8vo, original green cloth, ex-lib, cloth lightly soiled on both volumes, corners lightly bumped on both volumes, foxing to Frontis. and title-page margin in both volumes, inner hinges strengthened in volume II. New York: Dodd, Mead, (1885). First Edition. "A pioneer work of highest grade...The author analyzes the episode of the Revocation, the flight from various parts of France, the refuge..... More
Images; A Pictorial History of Italian Americans.
New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1986. Illustrated, some in color. 4to, stamped green cloth, d.w. (spine faded) N.Y.: Center for Migration Studies, 1986. Text in English and Italian. A very good(+) copy. More
The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West, 1450-1800
New York: Berghahn Books, 2001. Volume 2 ONLY. Black & white illustrations throughout. 567 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Berghahn Books, (2001). A near fine copy. More
The Other Half: The Life of Jacob Riis and the World of Immigrant America
New York: Norton, 2008. Illustrated. xvi + 327 pages, 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Norton, (2008). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World; A New History
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Some black & white illustrations, maps. xiv, 489 pages. 8vo, brown cloth-backed white boards with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2010). First American edition. Previous ownership inked at front endpaper, still a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Texas, 1844 - 1845.
Houston: Anson Jones, 1936. Translated from the German. frontispiece portrait and 3 other illustrations; 4 maps and plans (two bound at rear and two on one sheet laid in, as issued). 144 pages. Slim 4to, blue cloth. Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1936. Limited edition. Upper corners bumped, but still a very good clean copy with mostly un-opened pages (some pages at rear with chipping/tearing in margins from careless opening). One of 750 copies of this first edition in English, this..... More
When the French Came to California.
And California Unveiled; a Translation by Desire Fricot of Treny's La Californie Devoilee. illus. 2 vols. in one. 56pp. 4to, pr. wrs. San Francisco: California Hist. Soc., 1944. vg Presentation copy by Chinard. More
Lives and Voices.
A Collection of American Jewish Memoirs. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: JPS, 1972. Very good. More
Uprooted Children: The Early Life of Migrant Farm Workers
Pittsburgh: University Press, 1970. Illustrated sparsely in color. xxiii, 142 pages. 12mo, red boards, d.w. (rubbed). Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1970). About 10 pages dog-earred and some neat pencil marginalia, else very good in a very good dust wrapper. Horace Mann Lecture 1969. Foreword by Senator Walter F. Mondale. More
The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West
New York: Atlantic Monthly, 2010. Illustrated. xvii + 218 pages, 8vo, maroon cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2010). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Strangers and Pilgrims: The Last Italian Migration.
New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1980. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w., front endpaper and front flyleaf partially browned. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1980). History of the Italian immigration to West Germany. More
In The Shadow of Liberty: The Chronicle of Ellis Island.
New York: LaGuardia Memorial House, 1966. 8vo, black cloth with large pictorial panel on front cover, a bit dust-soiled. (New York: LaGuardia Memorial House, 1966). A very good(+) copy. Reprint of the 1935 Macmillan edition. More
Coming To America; A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life.
New York: HarperCollins, 1990. Illus. 450pp. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, d.w. and cloth dampstained, some pages with pencil marks in margins. (New York): HarperCollins, (1990). More
Mexican Voices, American Dreams; An Oral History of Mexican Immigration to the United States
New York: Henry Holt, 1990. 446pp. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (1990). Very good. More
Admission of Aliens into the United States
Buffalo: William S. Hein, 2006. 8vo, red cloth. Buffalo: William S. Hein, 2006. Very good(+) Reprint of the Washington, 1929 edition. More
The Swedish Immigrant community in Transition: Essays in Honor of Dr. Contrad Bergendorff.
Rock Island: Augustana Historical Society, 1963. Frontis portrait. x + 246pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, lightly edgeworn. Rock Island: Augustana Historical Society, 1963. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The German-Polish Frontier.
3 folding maps. illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. chipped, otherwise very good). Chicago: Polish Western Assoc. of America, 1959. History of post-war emigration of Germans from Poland to Germany. More
What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
San Francisco: McSweeney`s, 2006. 475 pages. 8vo, pictorial brown boards. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2006. First Edition. Without dust wrapper, as issued, but with paper sleeve on the rear cover with advance comments on the book. Near fine. Biographical fiction centering on the "Lost Boys" of the Sudanese War. More
From Many Lands.
New York: Atheneum, 1970. Illustrated. 216pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w; minor chipping to dust wrapper. New York: Athenum, 1970. First edition. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Invisible Immigrants; The Adaptation of English and Scottish Immigrants in Nineteeth-Century America.
Leicester University Press, 1972. Illus. 531pp. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Leicester University Press, (1972). Very good. More
A Love Affair with the Law: A Legal Sampler
New York: Macmillan, 1968. 181 pages. Small 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (spine faded). New York: Macmillan, (1968). Third Printing. Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Illustrious Immigrants: The Intellectural Migration from Europe, 1930-41.
Chicago: University of Chicago press, 1968. Illustrated. xi + 440pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; some pen and pencil notes on rear free endpaper. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (1968). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More