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2005ref. 81189Thames & Hudson. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 256 pages over 550 color illus. timeline collector's guide sm. 4to. -- with a bonus offer--; A definitive and indispensable guide to the very best and most collectible sneaker designs. Sneakers trainers tennis shoes baskets—wherever you live whatever you call them however you wear them it is impossible to escape this humble shoe's rise to global popularity. Sneakers have moved beyond sports attire to become a fashion staple that simultaneously transcends class and race yet defines who you are in today's urban tribes. The world of the sneaker collector encompasses a huge international audience passionate for the rarest shoes the latest designs or reissued classics in a myriad of colors and materials. This encyclopaedic guide with more than 500 specially taken color photographs displays over 180 sneaker designs that have made a mark on sneaker culture worldwide. There are examples to delight both the novice collector and the hard-core sneaker freak from acknowledged classics like the Converse All Star to the latest Nike Air technology to forgotten styles no longer in production but worthy of modern recognition such as the Ewing Reflective. The book features comprehensive reference sections for collectors including histories of the fourteen leading brands from Adidas to Vans; practical tips on building and caring for a collection; a fully illustrated glossary and chronology; and a directory of shops resources and Web sites. Over 500 color illustrations. . 2005. 0500512159 . Thames & Hudson hardcover
1941ref. 441h1911Boston: The Christopher Publishing House. Fair. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. "More than seventy-five years ago Abraham Lincoln freed the American Negro from physical slavery. His mission was not to save us from mental slavery - inferiority complex - a lack of appreciation of our ability - our powers our opportunities. This task of working out our destiny our success was left to us. In these seventy-five years and more we have progressed far toward the goal of full complete American citizenship - an effective citizenship damned and cursed by the greatest of all hindrances to progress - an inferiority complex within ourselves both as to our racial and individual abilities." - pages 15-16. xiv 15-102 p. Black and white photographic frontispiece portait of author. Includes contributions from several additional sources/authors. Styles also wrote "Negroes and The Law" in 1937. Former library copy with usual markings. Sturdily rebound in olive buckram. A sound copy of this early black American self-help book.; 12mo . The Christopher Publishing House hardcover
