Sheffield, UK: Published by Garry M. Cartwright. Wraps. no date, presumed 1980. Side stapled format with a tonal pink front cover. 11 ¾ by 8 ¼ inches. 28 pp., including covers. Black and white photos and clip art throughout. Second issue of this fanzine that featured "groups, poets, etc. from..... More
London: Rough Trade, 1978. Wraps. Single stapled collage/clip art decorated wraps, in red, black and white. 11 5/8 by 8 ¼ inches. 24 pp. including covers. Clip art/collage and black and white photos throughout. Produced by Tony Drayton, this zine 'covered the punk scene in both Glascow and London,' and..... More
Chicago: Muhammad's Mosque No. 2, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 28 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Muhammad Speaks was a newspaper published by the Nation of Islam, founded by Elijah Muhammad and providing coverage of current events and news relating to African-Americans and the African-American community..... More
Berkeley: Max Scherr, Publisher, 1966. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 12 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this long running underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, using a blend of counterculture, politics and sex ads to achieve success. This issue with columns on a proposed freedom march against..... More
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises, 1969. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format. 52 pp. A later 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 anti-Vietnam War stance..... More
Hartford, CT: Wadsworth Athenaeum, 1965. Wraps. Red wraps. 60 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A catalog to a 1965 exhibition of Italian panels and manuscripts from 1200-1399, providing historical and critical annotations to the entries included. The exhibition offered a range of examples of Italian art and painting spanning..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1883. Pamphlet. No place: 1883. Pamphlet. 7 pp., including covers. Handwritten "from the compiler June 1887" on the front cover. Fold out family tree style chart at the beginning. Issued as a supplement to M. Halliday's "Description of the Monument and Effigies in Porlock Church, Somerset."..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Publisher, 1957. Hard Cover. Page paper covered boards in rice paper jacket. Small pocket sized format. 28 pp., plus color reproductions of the Book of Hours of Jeanne D'Evreux. A work examining the history of the form of the Book of Hours, as..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Tabloid. No publisher, place or date, presumed 1971. Tabloid newspaper format. 16 pp., including covers. Photos and illustrations throughout. An underground newspaper style piece, perhaps issued as a supplement to another paper (given that pagination runs S1-S16), advertising a variety of protests and activities planned for..... More
Stuttgart: Gebruder Scheitlin, Publisher. Wraps. no date, perhaps 1863 based on OCLC records. Light pink wraps. 100 pp. Illustrated frontispiece plate. All text in German. A story of a juvenile audience reflecting and moralizing favorably on courage in youth. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven toning to the wrappers, with some soiling..... More
Buffalo, NY: Daniel Zimmerman, Publisher, 1970. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations throughout. The first, and apparent only, issue of this little magazine featuring poetry and essays among excerpted classical texts and illustrations, including illustrations by William Blake. This issue with a poem by Allen Ginsberg, May King's..... More
New York: Motion Olympus Inc, 1973. Tabloid. Folded tabloid newspaper. 48 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A single issue of this newspaper covering a range of pop culture topics and personalities. This issue with pieces on Stevie Wonder, Malcolm McDowell, Ricky Nelson, Peter Bogdanovich and others. Rear cover a...... More
New York: Frank Leslie, Publisher, 1980. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Tall quarto. Pagination runs 193-288. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a few depicting fashions. MISSING color frontispiece. A single issue of this general interest magazine, featuring fiction and essays, etc. With a one page illustrated comic section featuring The Dreadful..... More
New York: The Century Co, 1895. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations and ads throughout. Single issue of this general interest magazine, featuring a detailed account, with photos, illustrations and maps of the Battle of the Yalu (or Battle of the Yalu River) in 1894, being the largest naval..... More
Waterville, ME: Colby College Art Museum, 1963. Wraps. Folio. Printed light blue wraps. 32 pp. Color and black and white reproductions of paintings throughout. A catalog to a 1963 exhibition of art by Maine artists from 1710 to 1963. With a critical and historical survey of art in Maine. Includes..... More
New York: Light Work, Publisher, 2004. Wraps. Folio. Folio. Wraps. Unpaginated. Black and white photos throughout. A catalog to a 2004 exhibition of photography by John Gossage, all included in his book Berlin in the Time of the Wall, and depicting the Berlin Wall, or scenes around Berlin, Germany. VERY..... More
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, Publisher, 1987. Wraps. Printed wraps. 6 pp. Presumably an offprint from another source. Signed by the author, with a short inscription, on the top of the front cover. A short discussion of the history and importance of a manuscript printer's copy of a translation of Archimedes..... More
New York: Printed for the Typophiles by Woodrow Offset Corporation. Pamphlet. no date, perhaps late 1940. Single sheet, folded into thirds (6 pages). A short prospectus style piece describing upcoming publications. Devices by John Averill, Milton Glick, Lester Douglas, Eugene M. Ettenberg and Clarence P. Hornung decorate the text. GOOD..... More
New York: Hurst and Co, 1872. Wraps. Orange wraps. 49 pp., plus many pages of ads for books and novelty items (illustrated) in the rear. A few illustrations throughout the text. A guide to various causes of bashfulness and their remedies, seemingly designed for a young man, especially those of..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, presumed Publisher, 1853. Half-Leather. Half leather with red cloth. 336 pp. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. A bound volume of this magazine aimed toward the burgeoning middle-class woman market in the UK, with a mix of gossip, history, poetry and literature. This issue with pieces..... More
Seabrook, NH: The Withey Press, 1976. Cloth. Orange cloth. No jacket. 130 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A history of the town of Epping, New Hampshire, written primarily as an annotated timeline with many illustrations. GOOD condition. Heavy uneven fading and offsetting to the covers, especially to the lower..... More
Berkeley: Max Scherr, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 24 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this long running underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, using a blend of counterculture, politics and sex ads to achieve success. This issue with a piece by Jerry Rubin declaring 1968..... More
Providence, RI: Atheneum, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, stated. Red cloth. No jacket. Folio. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Popular children's story following the exploits of three robbers who change their ways. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling, fading and edgewear. Light scattered foxing in the interior. More
London: The Folio Society. 2001. Cloth. Blue cloth decorated in gilt. No dust jacket (or slipcase if, presumably, issued). 330 pp. With a section of black and white and color illustrations. A history of the Renaissance in Europe, focusing primarily on Venice and the arts. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading..... More
Palo Alto, CA: Peninsula Observer, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper format. 20 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Front cover with a photo of Angela Davis. The Peninsula Observer was an underground newspaper published by undergraduate students from Stanford opposed to the Vietnam War. It was published from 1967 to..... More