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Prints↑

Community Prints

Prints for the People. Our policy is that all community prints are tools for co-regulating and synchronizing with each other, they are-pay what you can afford-and if it must be free then it is free. This happens every thursday night 5-8pm hosted by Aaron, Rafael, Rick, and a cast of regulars. Afterwards we Taco.

Prints by People

We are also collectors and brokers of graphic works by other designer/artists, we already have a few...check them out.

Architecture↑

Le Corbusier Collection book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0300
Title:
Le Corbusier Collection
Author:
Prager
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$3000
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Le Corbusier Sketchbooks Vol. 1-4 book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0301
Title:
Le Corbusier Sketchbooks Vol. 1-4
Author:
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$1500
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Braziller Series book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0302
Title:
Braziller Series
Author:
George Braziller
Description:
5/11 Volumes
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$
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Frank Llyod right Monography Vol. 1-12 book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0303
Title:
Frank Llyod right Monography Vol. 1-12
Author:
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$
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The Modulor book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0304
Title:
The Modulor
Author:
Le Corbusier
Description:
COLLECTIBLE. Harvard Press 1954. Hardcover with damaged sleeve.
Edition:
Second Edition
Condition:
Good
Price:
$110
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Modulor 2 book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0305
Title:
Modulor 2
Author:
Le Corbusier
Description:
COLLECTIBLE. Harvard Press 1955. Hardcover with sleeve intact.
Edition:
Second Edition
Condition:
Good
Price:
$225
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The Final Restament of Père Corbu book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0306
Title:
The Final Restament of Père Corbu
Author:
Le Corbusier
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$50
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Louis I. Kahn: Architect book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0307
Title:
Louis I. Kahn: Architect
Author:
Romaldo Giurgola & Jaimini Mehta
Description:
Westview Press. Hardcover with sleeve.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$165
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Unbuilt Masterworks: Louis I. Kahn book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0308
Title:
Unbuilt Masterworks: Louis I. Kahn
Author:
Kent Larson
Description:
The Monacelli Press 2000. Hardcover with Sleeve.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$80
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Miles van der Rohe: Critical Essays book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0309
Title:
Miles van der Rohe: Critical Essays
Author:
Franz Schulze
Description:
COLLECTIBLE. MOMA, NY 1989. Hardcover with sleeve intact.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$100
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ludwig mies van der rohe book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0310
Title:
ludwig mies van der rohe
Author:
Arthur Drexler
Description:
George Braziller 1960. Softcover.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Fine
Price:
$80
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N.48/49, Mies van der Rohe, Casas Houses book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0311
Title:
N.48/49, Mies van der Rohe, Casas Houses
Author:
2G
Description:
Softcover.
Edition:
Editorial.
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$
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Gaudi: His Life, His Theories, His Work book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0312
Title:
Gaudi: His Life, His Theories, His Work
Author:
César Martinell
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$80
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Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0313
Title:
Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works
Author:
Francesco Dal Co & Kurt W. Forester
Description:
The Monacelli Press. Hardcover with sleeve.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$
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Moshe Safdie book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0314
Title:
Moshe Safdie
Author:
Wendy Kohn
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$80
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Brücken Bridges book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0315
Title:
Brücken Bridges
Author:
Fritz Leonhardt
Description:
MIT Press, 1984. Hardcover with sleeve intact.
Edition:
First Edition
Condition:
Good
Price:
$120
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Antoine Predock: Architect book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0316
Title:
Antoine Predock: Architect
Author:
Brad Collins & Juliette Robbins
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$20
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Blur book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0317
Title:
Blur
Author:
Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio
Description:
Architecture book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$80 US
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The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0318
Title:
The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary
Author:
Dhiru A Thadani
Description:
Rizzoli International Publishing, 2010. Hardcover with sleeve.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$200
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City, Signs, and Lights book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0319
Title:
City, Signs, and Lights
Author:
Stephen Carr & Ashley/Myer/Smith Inc.
Description:
MIT Press, 1973. Softcover. Cover/Spinal Damage.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Fair
Price:
$110
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Libraries book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0320
Title:
Libraries
Author:
Allan Konya
Description:
Hardcover with sleeve
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$22
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A View From the Road book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0321
Title:
A View From the Road
Author:
Donald Appleyard, Kevin Lynch, & John R. Myer
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$120
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Creation in Space: Fundamentals of Architcture book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0322
Title:
Creation in Space: Fundamentals of Architcture
Author:
Jonathan Block Friedman
Description:
Kendall / Hunt Publishing. Paperback.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$35
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Grundrißatlas / Floor Plan Atlas book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0323
Title:
Grundrißatlas / Floor Plan Atlas
Author:
Herausgegeben Von
Description:
Birkhauser, 1997. Hardcover with cardboard sleeve
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$100
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Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0324
Title:
Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
Author:
Barry Bergdoll & Peter Christensen
Description:
MOMA, NY, 2008. Hardcover.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$60
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Pamplet Architecture 11-20 book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0325
Title:
Pamplet Architecture 11-20
Author:
Princeton Architectural Press
Description:
Edition:
First Edition
Condition:
Good
Price:
$
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The Ethics of Building book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0326
Title:
The Ethics of Building
Author:
Mario Botta
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$20
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The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0327
Title:
The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment
Author:
Reyner Banham
Description:
The University of Chicago Press. Hardcover with sleeve.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$150
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The City: It’s Growth, It’s Decay, It’s Future book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0328
Title:
The City: It’s Growth, It’s Decay, It’s Future
Author:
Eliel Saarinen
Description:
Reinhold Publishing, 1943. Hardcover
Edition:
First Edition
Condition:
Great
Price:
$200
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The Gothic Cathedral book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0329
Title:
The Gothic Cathedral
Author:
Otto von Simson
Description:
Bollingen Series / Princeton
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0330
Title:
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Author:
Jane Jacobs
Description:
Random House, 1961. Hardcover.
Edition:
Second Edition
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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Neubau Forst Catalogue book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0331
Title:
Neubau Forst Catalogue
Author:
Lars Müller Publishers
Description:
Edition:
First Edition
Condition:
Good
Price:
$45
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Studio Culture: The Secret Life of the Graphic Design Studio book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0332
Title:
Studio Culture: The Secret Life of the Graphic Design Studio
Author:
Tony Brook & Adrian Shaughnessy
Description:
Unit Editions, 2009. Paperback
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$50
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S,M,L,XL book cover
Catalog:
Arch. RA-0333
Title:
S,M,L,XL
Author:
Rem Koolhaas & Bruce Mau
Description:
The Monacelli Press, 1995. Hardcover
Edition:
First Edition
Condition:
Fine
Price:
$175
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Graphic Design↑

60th Art Dirctors Annual book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0201
Title:
60th Art Dirctors Annual
Author:
The Graphic Press
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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The Art of Color book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0202
Title:
The Art of Color
Author:
Johannes Itten
Description:
Hardcover with cover.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$300
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Avant-Garde Graphics 1918-1934 book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0203
Title:
Avant-Garde Graphics 1918-1934
Author:
Lutz Becker & Richard Hollis
Description:
Hayward Gallery, 2005. Softcover
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$75
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Kent Garland: Structure and Substance book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0204
Title:
Kent Garland: Structure and Substance
Author:
Adrian Shaughnessy
Description:
Out of Print
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$80
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De Stijl • 1917-1931 book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0205
Title:
De Stijl • 1917-1931
Author:
H.L.C Jaffé
Description:
The essential book on the Dutch design movement.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$35
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Design Since 1945 book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0206
Title:
Design Since 1945
Author:
Philadelphia Mesu
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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Design, Form, and Chaos book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0207
Title:
Design, Form, and Chaos
Author:
Paul Rand
Description:
Edition:
10th Edition
Condition:
Mint
Price:
$120
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Form + Communication book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0208
Title:
Form + Communication
Author:
Walter Diethelm
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$-
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Herbet Bayer: Collection and Archive book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0209
Title:
Herbet Bayer: Collection and Archive
Author:
Gwen F. Chanzit
Description:
Denver Art Museum, 1988. Paperback.
Edition:
First Edition
Condition:
Good
Price:
$50
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Graphis Logo Design 7 book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0210
Title:
Graphis Logo Design 7
Author:
B. Martin Pedersen
Description:
Hardcover with sleeve.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$35
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Logo: The reference guide to symbols and logotypes book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0211
Title:
Logo: The reference guide to symbols and logotypes
Author:
Michael Evamy
Description:
Softcover
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer 1918-81 book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0212
Title:
Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer 1918-81
Author:
Adrian Shaughnessy
Description:
Hardcover with sleeve
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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Manual of Typography book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0213
Title:
Manual of Typography
Author:
Giambattista Bodoni
Description:
Hardcover.
Edition:
First Edition
Condition:
Good
Price:
$45
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Marks of Excellence: The History and Taxonomy of Trademarks book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0214
Title:
Marks of Excellence: The History and Taxonomy of Trademarks
Author:
Per Mollerup
Description:
Phaidon, 2013. 2nd Revision, expanded. Hardcover with sleeve.
Edition:
Second Edition
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$60
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Materials, Process, Print. Creative Solutions for Graphic Design book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0215
Title:
Materials, Process, Print. Creative Solutions for Graphic Design
Author:
Daniel Mason
Description:
Softcover.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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New York City Transit Authority: Graphic Standards Manual book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0216
Title:
New York City Transit Authority: Graphic Standards Manual
Author:
Unimark International
Description:
Compact Edition, New York, 2015. Hardcover with sleeve.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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Official Symbol of The American Revolution Bicentennial: Graphic Standards Manual book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0217
Title:
Official Symbol of The American Revolution Bicentennial: Graphic Standards Manual
Author:
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Description:
Limited edition of 1,976 copies. SEALED.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Excellent
Price:
$-
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Only on Saturday: The Wood Type Prints of Jack Stauffacher book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0218
Title:
Only on Saturday: The Wood Type Prints of Jack Stauffacher
Author:
Chuck Byrne
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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Paperwork: The Potential of Paper in Graphic Design book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0219
Title:
Paperwork: The Potential of Paper in Graphic Design
Author:
Nancy Williams
Description:
LIMITED. Phaidon Press, 1993. Paperback with sleeve.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Fine
Price:
$40
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Systemic Planning: Theory and Application book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0221
Title:
Systemic Planning: Theory and Application
Author:
Anthony James Catanese & Alan Walter Steiss
Description:
Lexington Books.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$90
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Total Design 63-73 book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0222
Title:
Total Design 63-73
Author:
Ben Bos
Description:
An insider view on Total Design and its pioneering role in graphic design. Hardcover with Sleeve. Unit Editions.
Edition:
First
Condition:
Good
Price:
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Trademarks designed by Chermayeff & Geismar book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0223
Title:
Trademarks designed by Chermayeff & Geismar
Author:
Clare Jacobson
Description:
Princeton Architectural Press, NY, 2000. Hardback.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Great
Price:
$95
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The Untold Stories Behind 29 Classic Logos book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0224
Title:
The Untold Stories Behind 29 Classic Logos
Author:
Mark Sinclair
Description:
Laurence King Publishing, 2014. Hardback.
Edition:
First Edition
Condition:
Fine
Price:
$50
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Swiss Graphic Design: Origins and Growth of an International Style book cover
Catalog:
Gra. RA-0225
Title:
Swiss Graphic Design: Origins and Growth of an International Style
Author:
Richard Hollis
Description:
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$-
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Art↑

Only on Saturday book cover
Catalog:
Art. RA-0098
Title:
Only on Saturday
Author:
Jack Stauffacher
Description:
Art book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$23 US
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Africana↑

Militant Black Writer book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0003
Title:
Militant Black Writer
Author:
Mercer Cook, Stephen E. Henderson
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$41 US
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Soul on Ice book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0004
Title:
Soul on Ice
Author:
Eldridge Cleaver
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$22 US
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To Die for the People book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0005
Title:
To Die for the People
Author:
Huey P. Newton
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$29 US
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Nigger book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0008
Title:
Nigger
Author:
Dick Gregory
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$24 US
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Black Power book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0011
Title:
Black Power
Author:
Stokely Carmichael, Charles V. Hamilton
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$45 US
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White on Black book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0013
Title:
White on Black
Author:
Shirley Thompson, Steven Nipson
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$33 US
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Pedagogy of Hope book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0039
Title:
Pedagogy of Hope
Author:
Paulo Freire
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$26 US
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White Malice book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0040
Title:
White Malice
Author:
Susan Williams
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$33 US
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New World Negro book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0041
Title:
New World Negro
Author:
Melville J. Herskovits
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$40 US
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Black Stats book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0042
Title:
Black Stats
Author:
Monique W. Morris
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$21 US
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Culture of Silence book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0058
Title:
Culture of Silence
Author:
Malcolm Quantrill
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$29 US
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Out of Place book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0077
Title:
Out of Place
Author:
Edward W. Said
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$32 US
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Misreading America book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0108
Title:
Misreading America
Author:
Vincent L. Wimbush
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$41 US
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Race to Power book cover
Catalog:
Afr. RA-0110
Title:
Race to Power
Author:
Africa Research Group
Description:
Africana studies book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$29 US
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Philosophy↑

Politics and the Arts book cover
Catalog:
Phil. RA-0014
Title:
Politics and the Arts
Author:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Description:
Philosophy book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$40 US
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Mindfulness book cover
Catalog:
Phil. RA-0030
Title:
Mindfulness
Author:
Martin Heidegger
Description:
Philosophy book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$41 US
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Ideas book cover
Catalog:
Phil. RA-0035
Title:
Ideas
Author:
Miller
Description:
Philosophy book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$24 US
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Poetics of Being book cover
Catalog:
Phil. RA-0037
Title:
Poetics of Being
Author:
Adrian Del Caro
Description:
Philosophy book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$38 US
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Utilitarians book cover
Catalog:
Phil. RA-0060
Title:
Utilitarians
Author:
Jeremy Bentham
Description:
Philosophy book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$43 US
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Poetics book cover
Catalog:
Phil. RA-0086
Title:
Poetics
Author:
Aristotle
Description:
Philosophy book selected for the Riot Act used books catalogue.
Edition:
Unknown
Condition:
Good
Price:
$43 US
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