Washington, DC: Off Our Backs, Publisher, 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 12 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Second issue of this newspaper devoted to issues affecting women in the United States and worldwide. Founded in 1970, the journal published until 2008, providing a voice to feminist philosophies..... More
Detroit: Trans Love Energies, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper format. 12 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this paper produced by the ever industrious and active John Sinclair. He found the Detroit paper, the Fifth Estate, to be a bit bogged down in Marxist ideas that didn't..... More
South Grafton, MA: Dawn Wilson, 2003. Wraps. Clasp bound wraps. 8 ½ by 5 ½ inches. #15 of 300 copies. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations throughout, along with various assortment of laid in paper ephemera. Single issue of this zine primarily devoted to the practice of collage art (thus the..... More
Newcastle, UK: Published by the Author, 1977. Wraps. Side stapled zine, 11 ¾ by 8 ¼ inches. 11 leaves, including cover. Cover printed on a paper that feels almost waxy. Poorly reproduced images throughout. Perhaps first and only issue of this zine. A zine from Newcastle in the UK, seemingly..... More
Oakland: Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Publisher, 1968. Wraps. Single sheet, folded into four pages. A piece addressing the state of Black Americans, using Marxist theory to advocate for proposals put forth by the Black Panther Party, including that the Peace and Freedom Party run their (Black Panthers) candidates. In..... More
New York: The Century Co, 1889. Half Leather. Half leather. 960 pp. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. Bound volume of this magazine featuring many articles written by generals on battles and events of the Civil War. This includes Gettysburg, Harper's Ferry, etc. Also present is an article on..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1870. Tabloid. Tabloid paper format. Pagination runs 609-624. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this long running magazine focusing on fashions, trends and culture. This issue with several crochet patterns for corsets for girls; illustrations of a variety of New York fashions, dresses..... More
New York: Comstock and Gest, Publisher, 1909. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Photos throughout. Front cover art by Winsor McCay, the noted American cartoonist, illustrator and "father" of American animation. A program for the 1909-1910 season of shows at the New York Hippodrome, featuring a ballet depicting life in Japan..... More
Derby, CT: Charlton Publications, 1985. Wraps. Photo illustrated wraps. 66 pp. Black and white photos throughout, with a small section of color photos. Single issue of this magazine devoted to rock and soul, with hip hop, (or rap) being represented as well. This issue has a cover story on Prince;..... More
Boston: William J. Reynolds and Co, 1850. Cloth. Dark brown cloth in a presumably homemade dust wrapper. 130 pp. Text in French and English. An edition of Guillaume Tell, or William Tell, taken from an 1830 French edition. This edition was prepared with students of French in mind. Includes an..... More
Los Angeles: Open City, Publisher, 1967. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper format. 16 pp. Single issue of this newspaper devoted to the counterculture and radical movements locally, nationally and internationally. This issue with front cover and rear cover photo montages depicting the "Love-In Experience." "Notes of a Dirty Old Man," by Charles..... More
New York: East Village Other, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 24 pp. Black and white illustrations and comix throughout. East Village Other was an underground newspaper from New York (duh), known for its early embrace of the counterculture and counterculture aesthetics, often using absurdist pieces to provide social..... More
Los Angeles: African Collective, presumed Publisher, 1983. Unbound. Single sheet, blue paper stock. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on a single side only. A flyer for a two day event, held August 20-21, 1983 at the Elegant Manor in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. Titled Subliminal Suggestion..... More
Yellow Springs, OH: Communitas, Publisher, 1972. Wraps. Side stapled wraps. 64 pp. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. First issue of this journal devoted to communes, but looking past their connotations and toward the idea of community. It appears the editors were looking to shift the definition of communes..... More
Durham, NC: North Carolina Independent Publishing Company, 1967. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 8 pp. Single issue of this underground newspaper from the Durham, Chapel Hill area, being a "weekly newspaper of politics and the arts." While probably leaning to the left end of the political spectrum, it is very..... More
Akron: The Saalfield Pub. Co, 1948. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 4 leaves. A paper doll book featuring Baby Sparkle Plenty, a character that appeared in Dick Tracy comics. GOOD+ condition. Minor uneven toning and fading to the covers. Minor soiling and creasing. More
New York: Merrimack Publishing Corporation, 1988. Wraps. Folio. Stiff card wraps. Folio. 6 leaves. A reprint of a Queen Holden book of paper dolls, featuring Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Roo and Kanga. With various outfits in the interior. NEAR FINE condition with light edgewear. More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Circa 1939-45 based on the "MADE IN U.S.A." printed in upper case. 5 5/16 by 3 5/16 inches. No printing on the reverse. An exhibit baseball card featuring all time great Joe DiMaggio, with a facsimile "Cordially Joe DiMaggio" on the front. We believe this..... More
Lowell: J.C. Ayer and Co. Unbound. no date, presumed late 1800s. Single sheet, 4 7/8 by 3 inches. Chromolithograph illustration on the front with promotional copy on the reverse. A trade card for the patent medicine, Ayer's Hair Vigor, purported to restore gray hair, cure dandruff and stop hair loss..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Publisher, 1982. Wraps. Orange wraps. 504 pp. Illustrations throughout. A collection of somewhat technical archaeological and anthropological essays looking at early settlements in modern day Mexico, prior to the arrival of the Spanish. This includes looking at various Toltec and Aztec sites. GOOD+ condition. Some..... More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1950. Wraps. Printed wraps. 23 pp. A pamphlet issued to follow up on the author's previous book, Map Maker and Indian Traders, where the author, somewhat disappointedly, discusses a recently discovered letter that contradicted some of his previous assertions, thereby casting doubt on parts of..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No producer, place or date. Presumed circa 1989. Single sheet on wax paper backing. 7 ¼ by 3 ¼ inches. A promotional sticker for Louder Than Love, the second studio album from Seattle grunge pioneers, Soundgarden. The album was released in 1989. VERY GOOD condition..... More
Los Angeles: Detour, Publisher. Unbound. no date. Single sheet, printed on a single side only. Roughly 4 ½ by 4 ¼ inches. Promotional handbill for the Los Angeles area LGBTQ+ bar, Detour, billing itself as a leather and western cruise bar for men. It was located at 4100 Sunset Blvd..... More
No Place: No publisher. Wraps. No publisher, place or date. Dayglow lime yellow wraps, with a large image of Huey Newton over a smaller image of Buckley and the television show. 14 pp. No indication as to who, where or when this booklet was produced, though it may have been..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Perhaps Pennsylvania, 1970. Single sheet, light blue paper stock, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on both sides. A flyer promoting a three day event discussion a revolution of women, envisioning talks on what that entails, goals, actions, etc. The event was to have been..... More