United Kingdom: Vicki Bonnet, Publisher, 1979. Wraps. Side stapled wraps. 11 ¾ by 8 ¼ inches. 30 pp., including covers. First and last leaf printed on slightly smoother, slightly glossy, stock. Black and white photos, collages and clip art throughout. First issue of this zine "concerned with relatively unknown musicians,"..... More
New York: Catherine (Ceresole or Bachmann) and Nicholas/Killer, Publishers. Wraps. no date, circa 1984. Photomechanically reproduced side stapled wraps. 20 pages, including covers. Thicker paper stock for covers, with various color paper in the interior. Black and white photos and clip art throughout. Photos by Catherine Ceresole (Bachmann), a photographer..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1971. Trade Paperback. 505 pp. A popular, albeit sometimes criticized, work exploring the transmission of knowledge through myth, primarily drawing on work in the then new field of archaeoastronomy and astronomical knowledge encoded by megalithic civilizations. VERY GOOD condition. Minor scuffing and edgewea. More
No Place: No publisher, 1853. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Washington, 1853. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 92 pp. A work examining economic impacts of trade with Canada and other colonies of British North America, discussing navigable waterways and their control, inland transportation routes, various items of..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1960. Cloth. Revised edition. Blue cloth in jacket. 295 pp., including index. Black and white photos and maps throughout. Revised edition of this work on treasure hunting, relating anecdotes of the findings of various pirate treasures and shipwrecks, including some as then yet unfound..... More
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises, 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format. 76 pp between the three parts. An issue of this pioneering underground newspaper, known as the Freep. Established in 1964, the paper was known for its coverage of the counterculture movement and radical politics, as well as its strong..... More
Purmerend, Holland/Camberly, UK: Elvis Costello Information Service, Publisher, 1983. Wraps. Photo illustrated wraps. 8 ¼ by 6 inches. 36 pp., including covers. Black and white reproduced photos throughout. Typed letter, with signature, by one of the editors of the zine laid in. Fifth issue of this fanzine devoted to all..... More
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publisher, 1973. Cloth. Gray cloth in unclipped jacket. Folio. 207 pp. Text in English and Russian (Cyrillic). Color illustrations throughout. A survey of Russian painting and painters during the early 1900s, including critical commentary. With work by Bakst, Bogayevsky, Chagall, Kandinsky, Zhukovsky, Brodsky and many others. GOOD..... More
Hallowell, ME: N. Cheever, 1816. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued. 32 pp. More of an address than sermon, Pastor David Thurston discusses the goals of missionaries and what expenses and materials are needed to save pagan souls. He discusses the ills of alcohol, among of topics. With an appendix..... More
Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 2011. First Edition. Wraps. First edition, so stated. Illustrated wraps. 192 pp. A work issued to accompany an exhibition of master prints of the Native American photography of Edward Curtis, reproducing prints last displayed in 1906, that were then acquired by the Peabody Essex Museum. With..... More
No Place: Container Corporation, Publisher, 1959. Hard Cover. First printing, so stated. Illustrated paper covered boards. No jacket. 36 pp. Color illustrations by Jan B. Balet. MISSING the slottie assembly figure in the rear. A children's book following the adventures of Papa Pompino, presumably written around the inclusion of a...... More
New York: Frank H. Tubbs, Publisher. Cloth. no date, early 1900s. Red cloth. 72 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A technical look at breathing and the respiratory system in relation to its use in singing. This includes chapters on the anatomy of the chest, respiration, holding the..... More
New York: Associated American Artists. 1972. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 88 pp., plus several plates in the rear. Black and white illustrations throughout. A catalog of woodcuts, etchings and lithographs by Lyonel Feininger, an artist associated with the Blue Rider Group and the Bauhaus. Offered for sale by the Associated American..... More
London: Personal Rights Association, Publisher, 1948. Pamphlet. Side stapled pamphlet. 8 pp. A journal issued by the Personal Rights Association, discussing political and economic issues from an individualist philosophy. The association was formed in 1871, using a quote by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon as its byline in early issues of its journal..... More
Kansas City, MO: Mother Love Tribe, Publisher. Tabloid. no date, perhaps 1969/70. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 6 pp. Color printing and art to the covers. Westport Trucker was an underground newspaper out of Kansas City, using satire and humor to present counterculture and left wing views, as well as..... More
Berkeley: Max Scherr, Publisher, 1974. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 24 pp, plus 16 page sex ads insert. Black and white photos throughout. Front cover illustration of Mick Jagger. Single issue of this long running underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, using a blend of counterculture, politics and sex ads to..... More
No Place: No Publisher, 1872. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office, Washington: 1872. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 180 pp. A lengthy compilation of claims of Texas against the United States, primarily for "reimbursement of expenditures alleged to have been made for the payment and..... More
London: Geo. Virtue, Publisher. Unbound. no date, circa 1850s. Single sheet, disbound. 11 by 8 ¾ inches. Black and white steel engraving with hand colored borders. A map of Asia from the 19th century, depicting China, Japan, Siberia (Russia), India, Korea and other countries. FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, tearing and..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. Cloth. Folio. Brown cloth in unclipped jacket. Folio. 464 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A comprehensive work on all aspects of the art of lithography, drawing on the knowledge of the Tamarind Workshop. GOOD condition. Jacket faded and scuffed, with minor soiling. Jacket..... More
Paris/New York: Paris Review, Publisher, 1958. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this long running literary or little magazine, featuring an interview with Ernest Hemingway; fiction by Philip Roth "The Conversion of the Jews;" poetry by W.S. Merwin, James Wright, William Stafford, W.D. Snodgrass, Robert..... More
Cambridge, MA: Galary 85, Publisher. 1985. Wraps. Single stapled zine style format. Most pages 14 by 8 ½ inches, a few smaller. 10 leaves, printed on single sides only. A zine issued by Peter Grimshaw, perhaps founder/owner of Galary 85, an art gallery that was located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. No..... More
Americus, GA: Koinonia Partners, Publisher. Wraps. no date, perhaps 1971. Wraps. 8 ½ by 5 1/3 inches. 16 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A work promoting the various efforts undertaken by the Koinonia Partners group in an effort to establish and promote communal and integrated living, drawing on Christian..... More
London: Better Badges, Publisher. Wraps. no date, circa 1979/1980. 11 ¾ by 8 ¼ inches. Side stapled format. 20 pp., including covers. Black and white photos throughout, with one partially colorized pink, one with a vibrant blue background, and one somewhat multicolorized. A post-punk fanzine focusing on photography, with Anderson..... More
New York: Catherine (Ceresole or Bachmann) and Nicholas/Killer, Publishers. Wraps. no date, circa 1984. Photomechanically reproduced side stapled wraps. 30 pages, including covers. Black and white photos and clip art throughout. Photos by Catherine Ceresole (Bachmann). Edited and written by Thurston Moore (among others) of Sonic Youth, this fanzine served..... More
No Place: General Foods Corp, 1940. Wraps. Seventh edition, stated. Illustrated wraps. Small square format. 32 pp. A promotional cookbook promoting the use of Swans Down Cake Flour by the Ingleheart Brothers (a division of General Foods). A variety of cake recipes included, such as the Lord Baltimore Cake, the..... More