Essex, UK: Adrian Thrills, Publisher, 1977. Wraps. no date, 1977. 11 ¾ by 8 ¼ inches. Single stapled format. 8 leaves, printed on single sides only. Poorly reproduced black and white photos throughout. A fanzine created to offer an alternative to mainstream music magazines, relying on spontaneity, often reflected in..... More
Cambridge/Somerville, MA: The Old Mole, Publisher, 1969. Tabloid. Newspaper tabloid format. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. Early issue of this underground newspaper from Boston, Massachusetts, devoted primarily to politics and left-wing struggles. Issued by sympathizers and associates of the SDS, and primarily focusing on the Boston..... More
No Place: No publisher, 1868. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed US Government Printing Office, Washington DC: 1868. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. No wrappers. 2, 2 pp. Short outline of appropriations requested to help Native Americans into the summer, before their crops could be harvested. GOOD condition..... More
No Place: No publisher, 1827. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed US Government Printing Office, Washington DC: 1827. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. No wrappers. 3 pp. A short, detailed explanation of legal issues surrounding what, if anything, various Native American tribes may owe people in the territory..... More
Baltimore, MD: The Steeler, Publisher, 1972. Unbound. Single legal sized sheet, dark yellow paper stock. Printed on both sides. A newsletter issued by workers at the Bethlehem Steel Company mill at Sparrows Point in Maryland, addressing various labor and worker rights issues. This issue looks at Coke Oven workers and..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Cloth. Blue cloth in price clipped jacket. 138 pp. Black and white photos throughout. An account of the explorations and experiences of the author in the Arctic while assisting the US Navy in helping to establish air routes and bases in and around the Arctic..... More
New York, Paris: The Paris Review, 1980. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 219 pp, plus ads. Single issue of this long-running literary journal or little magazine, with this number containing a conversation between Allen Ginsberg and Andrei Voznesensky, fiction by T. Coraghessan Boyle, poetry by Stephane Mallarme and others. GOOD condition. Covers..... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1940. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, limited to 300 copies. This copy not numbered, with "author" written where a number would appear. Brick colored cloth. No jacket. 78 pp. An essay on the importance of the work of artists incorporated into early printed books. GOOD condition..... More
Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1855. Wraps. Printed wraps, although MISSING the rear wrapper. 56 pp. A lengthy essay on the duties of ministers and other religious leaders, with brief reference to slavery and asserting that all enslaved people should be freed. Parker also states that women should be considered and..... More
Columbus, OH: Columbus Free Press, Publisher, 1973. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. An underground newspaper from Columbus, Ohio, the Columbus Free Press was founded in 1970 and was published intermittently through the 1990s. It is still published online and in..... More
San Francisco: War Resisters League, Publisher. Unbound. no date, presumed 1969. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on orange-yellow paper stock. Mostly text, with two illustrations of guns. A flier for an event sponsored by the pacificist organization, the War Resisters League, on July 3rd of 1968, celebrating..... More
New York: Lisa Baumgardner, Publisher, 1979. Wraps. Pink wraps and paper, side stapled. 32 pp., including covers. 8 ½ by 5 ½ inches. Black and white photos and clip art throughout. With a two song transparent red square record insert (music by the Furors). Issue number four of this fanzine..... More
Chicago: Insanity Inc., Publisher. Unbound. no date, perhaps late 1960s, early 1970s. 43 ½ by 28 inches. A psychedelic, counterculture blacklight poster incorporating the word peace among a stylized star illustration. VERY GOOD condition. Minor rubbing and edgewear, with a few faint creases and wrinkles. More
Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2008. Cloth. Gray cloth in unclipped jacket. 268 pp. Color illustrations and reproductions of paintings throughout. Issued to coincide with a 2008 exhibition, this work offers a detailed, scholarly examination of the work of American painters such as James McNeill Whistler, George..... More
San Diego: Door to Liberation, Publisher, 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 12 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Originally started in early 1968 as Teaspoon Door, the Door to Liberation was one of a variety of short-lived names for what became known as the San Diego..... More
Cleveland: Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, 1915. Wraps. 74 pp. A bibliography of works relating to political parties in the United States from 1800 to 1914, with sections on general and miscellaneous works, histories of political parties including in individual states, campaign histories and literature..... More
No Place: Students for a Democratic Society. Pamphlet. No place or date. Perhaps Ann Arbor, MI, mid 1960s. Side stapled booklet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. 8 pp. A pamphlet, "Our Invisible Poor," by Dwight Macdonald intentionally stapled to the first page. A piece prepared by the Students for a...... More
Japan: Shichigatsudo Press, 1986. Wraps. Red printed wraps. 30 pp. Text in English and Japanese. With a fold out sheet advertising a staging of the piece. An "American" play using the form of the Japanese No. By Janine Beichman, an author and scholar specializing in Japanese poetry. GOOD condition. Moderate..... More
No Place: Western Electric, Publisher. Wraps. No place or date. Light brown wraps. 31 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. A guide to the operation and uses of the Western Electric Portable Sewing Machine, describing general maintenance, parts, as well as a guide to various techniques in sewing, including hemming, cross..... More
Chicago: Montgomery Ward and Co., Publisher, 1922. Wraps. Original illustrated wraps depicting a family sitting around a radio. 32pp. With black and white illustrations throughout. A Montgomery Ward trade catalog devoted to radio, telephone and telegraph equipment for the home. This includes Westinghouse and DeForest equipment, as well as many..... More
Naples, FL: Harmon-Meek Gallery, 1995. Wraps. Glossy illustrated wraps, oblong format. 56 pp. Color illustrations throughout. A catalog to a 1995 traveling exhibition of the art and paintings of Robert Vickrey, an American artist specializing in the use of egg tempera to create surreal imagery of everyday scenes. With essays..... More
Boston: Prisoners' Friend Office, 1853. Wraps. Printed wraps. 8pp. Frontis portrait of Daniel Webster. A short essay/eulogy on Daniel Webster and the influence of his name. The author recalls trying to fund a mission to England, presumably for raising awareness for prisoners' rights, where Daniel Webster offered to write letters..... More
New York: Astoria Press, 1972. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 24 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Single issue of this underground newspaper type publication, billing itself as a "review of religion and American power." This issue with several lengthy articles on the Vietnam War, secret bombing..... More
Whittier, CA: Flipside Magazine, Publisher, 1982. Wraps. no date, 1982. Side stapled photo illustrated wraps. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Black and white reproduced photos throughout. Flip Side was started in 1977 by Al Kowalewski, Larry Lash, Tory, Pooch, and X-8, a group of music fans who frequented The Masque..... More
Honolulu: Welfare Office US Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Publisher, 1945. Wraps. Side folding journal. 8 pp., including covers. Photos throughout. Pink paper on the exterior, presumably due to this being the Easter edition. A newsletter style piece issued for servicemen and women serving at the Kaneohe Bay Naval Air..... More