Los Angeles: Avalon Attractions, Publisher, 1984. Unbound. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Photomechanically reproduced. A flier for a show that also featured the Ramones (not mentioned here), conceived of as a concert in which 1970s punk would meet 1980s hard core. Local authorities anticipated Armageddon, sending police in..... More
Los Angeles: Goldenvoice, Publisher, 1986. Unbound. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Photomechanically reproduced. A compilation flier that reproduces four fliers for a variety of shows in the LA area. This includes a March 25th show for the Damned and Social Distortion; a March 26th show featuring the Damned;..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date (San Diego, late 1980s). Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Photomechanically reproduced flier for a concert at Fairmount Hall in San Diego, featuring D.O.A., Abrasive Wheels, Diatribe and the Dum Dum Boys. Featuring a decorated photo of the Jacksons..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. The Jacksons with D.O.A., Abrasive Wheels, Diatribe and the Dum Dum Boys Concert Flier. No publisher, place or date (San Diego, late 1980s). Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Photomechanically reproduced flier for a concert at Fairmount Hall in San Diego, featuring D.O.A., Abrasive..... More
No Place: Neon Truck/Freddie Krueger, Artist and Publisher. Unbound. No place or date (1986). 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on a single side only. Black and white, photomechanically reproduced. A flier for a show featuring the Angry Samoans, an early hardcore punk band from California. RasZebrae, Three Guys Called..... More
Washington DC: No printer or publisher Given, 1856. First Edition. Original Wraps. Full title: Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th of August, 1856, a report of the progress on the construction and distribution of standards of weights..... More
No Place: Graduated Productions, Publisher. Unbound. Vandals, Super Heroines, Lazy Cowgirls, Agression, Premature Ejaculation, Skulls at the Graduate April 5. Graduated Productions, Publisher. No place or date. Presumed Los Angeles area, mid 1980s. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Photomechanically reproduced, with the band name Agression written in in..... More
Lee, MA: Office of the Valley Gleaner, 1884. Wraps. Printed wraps, side stapled. 31 pp. Perhaps written by John Osborne Sargent, this work contains writings musing on politics at the state and federal level, citing corruption at all level, including referring the Star Route scandal and speaking against party loyalty..... More
Augusta: George S. Carpenter, Publisher, 1841. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued, and presumably disbound from a larger work. Vi, 70 pp. An anonymous work seeking to impartially chronicle political actions undertaken by the Maine legislature that the author deems in his preface to be "enormously and flagrantly wrong, and..... More
London: Longman's, Green and Co, 1889. Cloth. Burgundy cloth. 323 pp. A biography of John Graham of Claverhouse, a Scottish soldier and nobleman, serving in the military during the Franco-Dutch war and in Scotland during the mid to late 1600s. GOOD condition. General fading, heavy to the spine. Spotting to..... More
Paris: Editions Hazan, 2011. Wraps. Photo illustrated wraps. Square folio. 191 pp. With color photos throughout. ALL TEXT IN FRENCH. A detailed monograph on the large installations/sculpture by Jean Dubuffet, detailing not only the artist's creative process, but also including a look at the planning process involved in his larger..... More
New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1892. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 179 pp., plus 12 pages of ads in the rear. Romance style novel by Jacob Ralph Arbanell, an American author, playwright and lawyer. GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, tearing and loss to the head and tail of the spine. General toning to..... More
Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1927. Wraps. Printed wraps. 38 pp. An address that provides a short history of the city of Concord, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, early colonial history and its growth through the 1800s. With an index of names in the rear. GOOD condition. Apparent ex-library..... More
New York: Mason Brothers, 1860. Cloth. Brown cloth. xv, 17-528 pages, including index. With a frontis portrait of Peter the Great. A broad but detailed history of Russia, beginning at 500 BC and the Scythian and Huns to the birth of the Russian Empire and Ruric, Sineous and Truvor. From..... More
New York: Ziff-Davis, 1950. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps by Robert Gibson Jones. 194 pp. (196 including covers, as apparently the publisher considered). A single issue of this science fiction magazine featuring 'The Ultimate Peril' by Robert Abernathy, among work by other authors. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and toning to the..... More
Gillette, NJ: Todd Abramson, publisher. 1978. Wraps. Black and white photo illustrated wraps. Side stapled. 8 ¼ by 11 inches. 16 pages including covers. Black and white photos throughout. Named after a song by the Dictators, Young, Fast and Scientific was a fanzine issued by Todd Abramson, covering punk, new..... More
Gillette, NJ: Todd Abramson, Publisher, 1979. Wraps. Black and white photo illustrated wraps. Side stapled. 8 ¼ by 11 inches. 32 pages including covers. Black and white photos throughout. Named after a song by the Dictators, Young, Fast and Scientific was a fanzine issued by Todd Abramson, covering rock, punk..... More
Washington: Hemisphere Publishing Co, 1988. First American Edition. Cloth. First American edition. White cloth in unclipped jacket. 302 pp. Black and white illustrations/diagrams throughout. An English language edition of this technical work exploring issues concerning the generation of accelerated particles and applications on electron beams in exerting chemical, thermal and..... More
Sacramento: It's About Time Committee, Publisher. 2001. Wraps. Side folding journal. 8 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A newsletter issued by the Black Panther Party Alumni Committee and the Young Comrades, providing news on events relating to Black Panther Party members, brief pieces updating members' activities or passing, news..... More
New Delhi: Rupa and Co, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. 70 pp. SIGNED by the author, with a short inscription, on the title page. Acharya's first collection of poetry, reflecting on the commingling of East and West influences, including spiritual, intellectual and emotional. Shanta..... More
Boston: MFA Publications, 2003. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 344 pp. Illustrations throughout. A work issued to accompany an exhibition of the work of Rembrandt, focusing on his sketches and etchings and how they informed his work as a painter. With several scholarly essays on his work. VERY GOOD condition. Minor rubbing..... More
Washington: The Echolight Co., Publisher, 1984. First Edition. Wraps. First edition, stated first printing, one of 3000 copies. Red wraps. 44 pp. Slightly larger than thumbnail sized black and white photos throughout. A catalog to an exhibition of photographs by Ansel Adams, originally taken in 1944, documenting the Japanese internment..... More
New York: George Eastman House, Publisher, 1964. Wraps. Dark mustard colored wraps. Unpaginated. With a section of black and white photographs. A catalog to an exhibition of photographs by photographers such as Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray, Edward Weston and many others. With a section..... More
San Francisco and Seattle: LesCon, Publisher, 1982. Tabloid. Side folding newspaper tabloid format. 16 pp. First issue of this journal seeking to highlight the role of lesbians within the greater feminist and womens' movements, in an effort to help all women become "woman-identified." This issue with editorials on goals of..... More
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1976. First Edition. Cloth. First Edition. Brown cloth in price-clipped dust jacket. 274 pp. ISBN: 0874511232. Primarily a photo history of the Piscataqua River area in New Hampshire/Maine. The author, a professional photographer, gathered many photos from 1855 to 1920 that chronicled the..... More