New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. Cloth. Blue cloth. No jacket. 437 pp. Black and white illustrations reproducing bookplates throughout. A survey and history of the creation and use of bookplates in the United States, looking at name labels and mottoes, armorial bookplates, pictorial and allegorical bookplates, college and library..... More
No Place: Boy Scouts of America, Publisher, 1959. Wraps. Green illustrated wraps. 128 pp. A program notebook for the Boy Scouts of America program, used by the Beaver Patrol. This contains handwritten entries from August 16th to August 22nd of 1969, describing various activities and learning programs conducted, including building..... More
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Publisher, 1971. Tabloid. Tabloid format. 20 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. Front cover art by OSPAAAL. 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..... More
Jamaica, NY: Black Art, Ltd, 1978. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 72 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Front cover art by Mildred Thompson. Single issue of this journal devoted to Black art and artists, with articles including: "I, Too, Am America, Protest and Black Power: Philosophical Continuities in Prints by Black Americans;"..... More
New York: Theatre Arts Inc, 1933. Wraps. Printed yellow wraps. Pagination runs 253-328. Single issue of this magazine devoted to theater arts, with this having articles on the Russian theater scene, new Italian ballet, a roster of new playwrights, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy uneven darkening and browning to..... More
New York: George P. Putnam, 1850. Cloth. Stated author's revised edition, with new edition, revised, on the half title. Blue green cloth. 492 pp. Fold out map of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and Eastern United States, at the front. Volume three only of this work on Columbus, being an..... More
Cleveland, OH: Gay People's Chronicle, Publisher, 1991. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 20 pp. The Gay People's Chronicle was founded in 1985, originally focusing on the gay community in and around Cleveland, Ohio, but expanding its distribution to serve parts of Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. It ceased publication in..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917. Cloth. Green cloth with color pastedown illustration on the front cover. 120 pp. Black and white illustrations by J.M. Conde throughout. A book for children, part of the Hollow Tree Series. GOOD condition. Heavy fading and scuffing. Pastedown illustrations browned and worn, with some..... More
Concord: The Hound and Horn, Inc, 1931. Wraps. Wraps. A little magazine, originally focusing on Harvard related authors, but evolving by 1930 to a more general, Modernist scope. Hoffman states that it is "in a sense a 'continuation of The Dial,'" (Hoffman p. 285). Featuring poems by Horace Gregory and..... More
Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, Publisher, 1875. Cloth. Dark brown cloth. 422 pp. A history of New Hampshire, including early explorations by European explorers along the coast, early European settlements and colonial politics, agriculture, industry etc. GOOD condition. Loose maritime bookplate of Clyde L. Whitehouse laid in. General fading, scuffing..... More
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises, 1969. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format. 36 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
Chicago: Poole Bros, 1924. Unbound. Single sheet, approximately 29 by 17 inches. Printed on a single side only. Perhaps removed from a book or booklet. A map of Canada and the United States, depicting the various railroads operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway, with those printed in red, and other..... More
No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Washington, DC: 1903. Single sheet, 2 pp., disbound from a larger work. Short government document outlining the terms of opening land up for auction under the homesteading act, land previously owned by Native Americans of the Red Lake Reservation..... More
Camden, NJ: The Dial Publishing Company, 1926. Wraps. Printed wraps. Single issue of this little magazine offering featuring work by Modernist and avant-garde artists and authors. This with work by Conrad Aiken and others. Includes art by Picasso, Renoir, Andre Derain and two woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. GOOD+ condition. Minor..... More
London: Printed For R. Griffiths and Sold by T. Becket in Pall Mall, 1799. Hard Cover. Half leather, covered in blue paper dust jacket. 586 pp, plus 6 pages of index. May to August 1799. Most likely from the collection of George Peabody, as this was purchased in a lot..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Drab green cloth. No jacket. 376 pp. A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, drawing on the personal recollections and interactions of the author with Roosevelt, while classmates at Harvard and after. This includes a look at his life in college, in the..... More
New York: The Quadrangle Press, 1948. Hard Cover. Paper covered boards in dust jacket. 153 pp. Black and white and six color plates throughout. A monograph on the art of Joan Miro, offering a detailed critical assessment of his work. With an introduction by Ernest Hemingway. POOR jacket on a...... More
San Francisco: Students for a Democratic Society, Publisher. Unbound. no date, 1969. Single sheet, folded into four panels measuring 8 ½ by 11 inches, being 17 by 22 inches unfolded. Black and white illustrations on both sides. A poster doubling as an informational booklet, issued by the Students for a...... More
No Place: D.H. Athmer et al, Publishers. Pamphlet. No place or date, 1946. Side stapled booklet. Front cover with an illustration of the ship and two mermaids. 8 pp. A newsletter issued aboard the USS Hugh L. Scott while on its voyage from Seattle on February 5, 1946, transporting occupation..... More
Columbia, MO: Columbia Free Press Corp., Publisher, 1969. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. An underground newspaper presumably published by students of the University of Missouri. This issue includes a centerfold illustrated poster titled "Black is Beautiful," as well as a front cover photo..... More
Los Angeles: Saladin Productions, 1973. Unbound. Single sheet. 34 ¼ by 23 ¼ inches. A psychedelic blacklight poster alluding to drug use, mostly marijuana, but with one mouse wearing a "coke" button. The poster depicts various mice smoking a variety of pipes and bong-like apparatuses. By Joe Petagno, an artist..... More
No Place: No publisher, 1970. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Syracuse, New York: 1970. Medium paper stock, single sheet, 11 by 17 inches. Printed on a single side only. Poster for a Friday, November 13, 1970 rally protesting the Vietnam War that was held at the Syracuse Induction..... More
Boston: Union Publishing Company, 1900. Hard Cover. 468 pp., plus ads in the front and rear. A directory arranged by town for the state of New Hampshire, including government information for each town, a guide to businesses, including merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, etc. Illustrated advertisements throughout. GOOD condition. Moderate toning and..... More
Atlanta, GA: First World Foundation, Publisher, 1977. Wraps. Maroon/sienna wraps. Photos of Julian Bond, James Turner and Ayi Kwei Armah on the front cover. 64 pp. Second issue of this journal devoted to Black studies. This issue with an interview with Julian Bond; Black America: colonial economy under siege; the..... More
New York: The Gunton Company, 1901. Pamphlet. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 255-280. A lecture by George Gunton considering arguments against trade unions, both in the United States and England, mostly the argument by Benjamin Taylor (in an issue of the North American Review) against unions. Gunton cites higher wages and..... More