Syracuse: Crouse-Hinds Company, 1924. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 12 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A trade catalog for Arktite circuit breaking plugs, with several pages on their construction installation and use, followed by the usual catalog information on the products featured. GOOD+ condition. Minor to moderate wrinkling and creasing, with..... More
New York: New Directions. Wraps. 1959 date given, but much later based on presence of isbn#. Stated twentieth printing. Illustrated blue wraps, in color matching plain blue envelope. Unpaginated. Woodcut illustrations by Ellen Raskin. Christmas themed poem from poet Dylan Thomas. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor fading. Heavy fading, creasing and..... More
New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Publisher, 1965. Wraps. Printed wraps. A long running little magazine focusing on art, literature and politics, that during the 1950s and 60s, was supported by funds from the CIA through its front, The American Committee for Cultural Freedom. This issue with an essay..... More
London: Horizon, Publisher, 1946. Wraps. Printed wraps. With a few reproductions of paintings Ghika. Single issue of this long running magazine devoted to current trends in literature and art. This with a piece "observations on painting" by Henri Matisse; a look at the work of Albert Camus; Berlin Letter by..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Cloth. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. 218 pp. A critical work looking at innovative, experimental devices in the fiction of Samuel Beckett, including his use of narration, chronology and figurative language. VERY GOOD condition. Some fading, soiling and scuffing to the jacket, mostly to..... More
New York: The Christian Herald/Bible House, Publisher, 1896. Cloth. Red cloth. 446 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. An account of Marion Harland's travels through the Palestine region of the Near East, including Jaffa, Beirut, the Dead Sea, Jordan, Jericho, Bethlehem and other places. The author focuses on..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company. 1933. Cloth. Dark greenish-blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 307 pp. Color illustrated frontispiece by Anne Cooper and black and white illustrated plates in the interior by Frank T. Merrill. Children's story following the adventures of a girl, Merrylips, while dressed as a boy. By Marie..... More
No Place: Mark Strangled, Publisher, 1980. Wraps. Single stapled zine format. 11 ¾ by 8 ¼ inches. 22 pp. Black and white photos and clip art throughout. Presumed second issue (states second edition on the front cover). Obscure but well pieced together zine, offering a bit of history into its..... More
Great Baddow, UK: Published by Phil Burford. Wraps. no date, circa 1978. Side stapled wraps, with thicker front cover stock. 12 by 8 3/8 inches. pp., including front cover. Billing itself as the first UK alternative music fanzine, Aura was published by Phil Burford, and ran for a total of..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Free Walter Collins and All Political Prisoners. No publisher, place or date. About 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Blue background with white lettering. A pinback bringing attention to the incarceration of Black activist Walter Collins. He was convicted of resisting the draft..... More
Los Angeles: Western Badges, Printer. Unbound. Youth Power. Western Badges, Printer. Los Angeles, late 1960s. Stickpin style back. 1 3/8 inch diameter. Orange pink and white pinback using counterculture/psychedelic flower motifs and design with an elephant to perhaps subtly promote the Republican party and Nixon's campaign for president. VERY GOOD+..... More
Wendell, NC: Broadfoot's Bookmark, Publisher, 1982. Cloth. Third edition. Beige cloth. No jacket. 35 pp., plus facsimiles of title pages. An historical/bibliographical survey of important published works that chronicled the history of the Confederacy, including wartime experiences, from a Southern perspective. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and a hint of..... More
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Publisher, 1971. Tabloid. Tabloid format. 16 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. A single issue of this radical, counterculture underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, formed after a split with the Berkeley Barb over labor issues. The Tribe embraced more radical and left-wing causes. This issue with..... More
New York: A.S.I. Publishers, 1970. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper format. 24 pp. Illustrations throughout. Early issue of this newspaper devoted to astrology and New Age concepts. This issue contains several essays looking at psychology and astrology and the relationship between the two, and how one can support the other, as well..... More
New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2002. Cloth. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 62 pp. Color reproductions of paintings throughout. Catalog to a 2002 exhibition of paintings by Stuart Davis, an American Modernist painter. With several short essays by Davis. Large color slide laid in at the front. VERY GOOD condition. Minor..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co, 1873. Cloth. Purplish blue cloth. 613 pp., plus ads. A work explaining Swedenborg's ideas on the doctrines of the New Church in the form of a general theology. Emanuel Swedenborg was a theologian and mystic, with some of his ideas touching on the occult. GOOD..... More
London: Personal Rights Association, Publisher. 1949. 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
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 1945. Wraps. Printed wraps. Single issue of this long running little magazine devoted to poetry. This with "Poem in October," by Dylan Thomas; three poems by May Sarton; poems by Josephine Miles, Lawrence Olson and others. GOOD condition. Moderate browning to the covers. Some soiling, foxing..... More
Detroit: United States Radiator Corporation, Publisher, 1911. Wraps. Printed wraps. 289 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A catalog to radiators, parts, accessories, pipes, repairs and other items associated with radiators, all manufactured by the United States Radiator Corporation. Includes tank laundry heaters, boilers, etc. GOOD condition. Heavy splitting and..... More
New York: East Village Other, Publisher, 1970. 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
San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society/Utopian Technology, Publisher, 1990. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 28 pp. Black and white photos and ads throughout, including several for Apple Macintosh computers. A zine style newspaper focusing on music and culture, issued by the Kerista Commune, a utopian commune that originated in..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1935. Hard Cover. Illustrated paper covered boards. Unpaginated. Black and white and a few color illustrations throughout. A book for children recalling the explorations of Ponce de Leon throughout the Caribbean and Florida in search of the fountain of youth. GOOD condition. Heavy bumping, chipping..... More
Portland: William H. Cushing, Printer, 1846. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued. 53 pp. A sermon reflecting on religion and what role Christians should play in the society of the United States. Followed by a report from the Maine Missionary Society, giving an alphabetical list of missionaries, where they worked..... More
Chicago/New York: Johnson Publishing Co., 1969. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Small digest format. 66 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this long running journal devoted to African-American news, culture and entertainment. Jet was noted for its documentation of the Civil Rights movement and the murder of Emmett Till..... More
New York: Café Chambord, Publisher, 1947. Wraps. Folio. Single sheet, brown card stock, illustrated in burgundy. Cover illustrations by Carl Becker, with photos of the interior and exterior of the restaurant on the rear cover. A menu for the Café Chambord, a New York City restaurant serving "French provincial cuisine..... More