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No Place: No publisher, 1978. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Single sheet, die cut shape. Measures 14 ½ by 11 at its tallest and widest. Blue image of jeans with white printing. A small poster advertising Gay Blue Jeans Day. Begun at Rutgers in 1974 by the Rutgers Student..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed mid to late 1960s. Measures 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Dark yellow background with reddish brown printing. A pinback promoting Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) and his work. Ture was a civil rights leader and Black power activist, chairing the..... More
London: Gay Christian Movement, Publisher, 1985. Wraps. Reprint edition. Illustrated wraps. 22 pages. A work looking at Christianity and homosexuality in general terms, seeking to reconcile Christianity and the acceptance of homosexuality as found perhaps in early teachings. Published by the Gay Christian Movement, an organization founded in the United..... More
Los Angeles: Open City, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper format. 16 pp. Front cover a full page illustration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Black and photos throughout. Single issue of this newspaper devoted to the counterculture and radical movements locally, nationally and internationally. This issue with a printing of..... More
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1988. Hard Cover. Photo illustrated paper covered boards in unclipped jacket, with photo illustrations duplicating the cover. 224 pp. With maps, illustrations and photos. A detailed history of the railroads of Northern California, primarily the Northern and Southern Humboldt County areas. This includes the..... More
Missoula, MT: Art Museum of Missoula, Publisher, 2001. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps over plain green wrapper. Unpaginated. Color and black and white reproductions of art throughout, as well as a tipped in Treaty Card. A catalog to a 2001 exhibition of the art of Corwin Clairmont, accompanied by critical and..... More
Concord, NH: Ira C. Evans Co., Printers, 1906. Cloth. Blue cloth. 558 pp. A biographical survey of the surgeons who served with various New Hampshire regiments during the Civil War. This includes brief accounts of where they served, etc. First part of the book contains abstracts of histories of the..... More
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition, one of 303 copies. Printed by D.B. Updike, with types and decorations by Herbert P. Horne. 201 pp. A collection of writings by Leonardo Da Vinci musing on art, culture, life, etc. Printed by the noted and influential small press..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. Cloth. Brown cloth with a decorative black border. 482 pp., plus ads. A work in which Darwin explores cross and self-fertilization in plants, providing evidence for the detrimental effects of inbreeding. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a faint oval library stamp on the front..... More
London and Berlin: No publisher, 1770. Cloth. Library binding, red cloth. 366, (28); 136 pp. All text in French. Volume two only of this study of the people, climate and animals of North America. By Cornelius de Pauw, a Dutch philosopher, who despite never visiting America, considered himself an expert..... More
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Boston: Hale, Cushman and Flint, 1929. First American Edition. Cloth. First American edition. Black cloth. No jacket. A strongly satirical, darkly humorous anti-death penalty work, highlighting the perfection that humanity seeks in killing its fellow man, as well the hypocrisy of society. Duff, and Irish writer, is perhaps best known..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904. Cloth. Green cloth, decorated by Margaret Armstrong. Black and white photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner throughout, including some depicting African-Americans. Interior decorations by Margaret Armstrong. 123 pp. Later printing of this collection of poetry by the influential American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, with..... More
London/ New York: The Studio Publications, Inc, 1933. Cloth. Illustrated paper covered boards with a black cloth spine. 71 pages. Tipped in color plates and photos throughout. All present as called for. Signed by the author and artist, George Pearse Ennis, with a short dedication. And instructional guide to watercolor..... More
London: John Ingham, Publisher, 1976. Wraps. Single stapled at the upper left corner. 11 ¼ by 8 inches. 14 leaves, printed on single sides only. Collage, clip art and photos throughout. First, and only, issue of this zine "by a Clash fan for Clash fans." Created by John Ingham, a...... More
Hanover, NH: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1993. Cloth. Brown cloth in unclipped jacket. Folio. 454 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Signed by the editor on the title page. A history, as well as a descriptive catalog, of furniture made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire from 1670..... More
Cambridge, MA: Juche Collective, presumed Publisher, 1970. Tabloid. Single sheet, large broadside format. 22 ¾ by 17 inches. 2 pp. A few black and white illustrations. A broadside newsheet, being an underground publication issued by the Juche Collective. The collective organized in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1969, embracing left wing causes..... More
Cincinnati: The contemporary Arts Center, Publisher, 1967. Wraps. no date, 1967. Glossy color illustrated wraps, oblong format. 8 pages. Black and white reproductions of art throughout. A primarily visual catalog to a 1967 exhibition of art by Roy Lichtenstein, preceded by a short critical introduction. VERY GOOD condition. Minor rubbing..... More
Manchester, UK: Ghast Up, Publisher, 1977. Wraps. Single stapled zine. 10 leaves, printed on single sides only. 11 ¾ by 8 ¼ inches. A few poorly reproduced photos throughout. First of three issues produced of this zine (last one published in July of 1977). Inspired by 48 Thrills and Sniffin..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Green cloth in unclipped jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 96 pp. Black and white illustrations by Anthony Browne throughout. The first work for children written by Ian McEwan, following the adventures of a 10 year old boy..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1911. Half-Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. Binding done by E. Lauriat of Boston. 316 pp. Several illustrated plates throughout, all present as called for. A history of various clubs in London, from their origins as taverns and coffee houses to their evolution of more exclusive..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Cloth. No publisher, place or date. Presumed 1939. Brown cloth covers. 18 by 18 inches. A collection of 93 wallpaper samples all labeled Kan-Wash on the rear, although no other company name is present. NOTE: while approximately 93 samples are present, only about 50 are blank..... More
No Place: Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts, Publisher. Cloth. No place or date. Presumed Massachusetts, circa 1914. Brown cloth with a white and green cover illustration of a yacht sailing. 142 pp. Fold out chart/map of Boston Harbor in the rear. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. This includes..... More
New Bedford, MA: George R. Phillips, Publisher, 1909. Tabloid. Large tabloid format, single sheet. 2 pp. Single issue of this weekly paper devoted to the whaling industry. It was founded in 1843 and published until 1914. This issue with a list of names, masters, sailing date, and destination, along with..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for W. Creech, 1775. Full Leather. Full calf leather. Xii, 311 pp. A collection of short philosophical passages musing on life, proper ways of thinking and acting, etc. using historical allegories and other examples. By Henry Homes or Lord Kames, a Scottish philosopher and judge and prominent figure..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. High-Energy Scattering. Berkeley Commune, Up Against the Wall/Motherfucker Flier. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Berkeley Commune, UAWM, publishers, Berkeley ca 1968. Single sheet. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on both sides. Photomechanically reproduced. A few small illustrations on one side, with a poem-like..... More