Lorne Bair Rare Books

Second edition (per Myerson; see note below). Small octavo (20cm). Publisher's green cloth-covered beveled boards (Blanck's binding "B"; no priority); deep brown coated endpapers; pp [i-viii], 1-24,[8]. Mild rubbing to board edges and corners; cloth very slightly bubbled on front and rear covers with small spot of sticker residue to.....

More info about After All, Not to Create Only. Recited...on invitation of managers American Institute, on opening...

19 quarto broadsides (12" x 7-1/2" - ca. 30.5cm x 19cm), with text and illustrations printed recto-only in black on variously-colored stock. Light upward curl along lower edge, and a few broadsides with subtle toning to extremities; two examples with some old, faint splash marks, and a handful with modest.....

More info about 19 Democratic Party Campaign Broadsides for the Elections of 1938

Strike placard comprised of original photographic poster (43x28cm.) printed offset in purple and black on white stock, stapled to pastepaper board, hole-punched and threaded with thick string for hanging around neck. Extremities rather chipped and bottom edge slightly curled, poster rather dust-soiled, else Good or better, with clear evidence of.....

More info about Placard] The D.C. Four Against the Poor

Broadside, ca. 24" x 16", on newsprint. Old folds; marginal losses; brief ink annotation at upper right. Brief losses to text, without loss of sense, at center fold.

More info about Broadside] Abajo el Fanatismo!! Abajo Los Curas!! Viva La CRMDT

Octavo. Printed pink paper wrappers; 40pp; ads; illus. Tipped inside both covers is a trade card, printed in colors, for Yeend & Potter, purveyors of work clothing. Wrappers darkly stained at upper fore-margin, with stain extending through marginal extremities throughout (not approaching printed area). Other wear and soil; marginal loss.....

More info about Central Trades Council Directory of Mobile, Alabama, containing a complete list of all labor...

Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in yellow decorative dust jacket printed in brown; [6],199pp. A few short closed tears to jacket extremities, minor soil and shelf-wear, some brief soil spots to bottom textblock edge, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First two plays of the author's proletarian Dublin Trilogy, the.....

More info about Two Plays: Juno and the Paycock; The Shadow of a Gunman

Octavo (19.5cm). Blue cloth boards, lettered in red and blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; blue top-stain; 206pp. Slight discoloration to cloth on spine, else a fine, tight copy, with top-stain deep and even. In an especially crisp example of the dustwrapper, unclipped and with just a hint of.....

More info about Southways. New Stories by Erskine Caldwell

Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 27pp. Wrappers toned at margins, else a tight, Very Good or better copy. Series of articles originally published in the Sun-Times on Chicago's juvenile narcotics epidemic. Addressed to an adult audience, but includes a number of reputed first-hand testimonials from young addicts, including "Sam.....

More info about Dope – and Chicago's Children. Reprinted from The Chicago Sun-Times

Octavo (20cm.); original green cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket printed in three colors; 288pp. Very minor wear to jacket extremities, cloth boards rather mottled though spine still vibrant. Very Good or better.

More info about The Mountain Tavern and Other Stories

Small octavo (19cm). Green paper-covered boards lettered in black on spine and front cover; 104pp; 8 inserted leaves of plates (halftones); numerous text illustrations. Mild external soil and wear; coated endpapers slightly musty; scattered faint staining and foxing to text block; Good or better.

More info about Drug Smuggling and Taking in India and Burma

Slim octavo (20cm.); publisher's pink pictorial wrappers; 24pp. Evidence of having been removed from larger volume, upper wrapper nearly separated, small loss at bottom fore-edge corner not approaching text, some toning along extremities, else Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on upper cover verso: "Au citoyen Clément.....

More info about La Commune de l'Avenir: Amour & Pensée Libres [Inscribed & Signed

Octavo (22.5cm.); original pale grey printed wrappers removed from larger work, contemporary stitching; 23pp. Tiny losses to top corner of upper and rear cover spine edges, a few tiny closed tears to textblock not approaching text, brief faint pencil notations to Preface, else Very Good or better.

More info about The Revolutionary Movement in Russia. Reprinted from the "New York Herald" with notes and preface

Octavo (23cm.); publisher's blue grey pictorial card wrappers, yapp edges; 148pp. Wrappers a bit dust-soiled, spine rather toned with small chip at foot, else a Near Very Good, unopened copy. Warmly inscribed and signed to fellow-psychiatrist Heinz Hartmann: "Pour Heinz Hartmann, cet essai d'exploration d'un domaine obscur, tres amicalement, Marie.....

More info about De la Sexualité de la Femme [Inscribed & Signed to Heinz Hartmann

First Printing. Octavo; olive green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; green topstain; dustjacket; 312pp, [2]. Bookplate signed by Tyler loosely laid in. Sunning to spine and upper board edges, topstain faded at one end with a few tiny splash marks, and a faint dampstain to upper front.....

More info about The Clock Winder

Original silkscreened poster, text printed in black on thin, powder gray stock made with coca leaf pulp, measuring 49.75cm x 70cm (19.5" x 27.5"). Old folds smoothed out, small, unobtrusve tear at center, with faint smudge at upper left corner; very Near Fine / A-.

More info about Poster: The Movement of the Liberation of the Coca Plant

Octavo. Full navy blue morocco with gilt spine titles; top edge gilt; 190pp. One of 350 copies, signed by the author on limitation leaf. A fine, unworn copy.

More info about Moise and the World of Reason (Signed / Ltd Ed

12mo. Sewn pamphlet; printed blue paper wrappers; 16pp. Light external soil; Very Good.

More info about Cover Title] The Akron Post-Office. [Drop Title] To the Public

Together, 28 octavo volumes. Original printed card wrappers. Condition uniformly fine - free of markings or significant wear. Texts entirely in German.

More info about Exilforschung: Ein Internationales Jahrbuch. No. 1 - No. 28 (1983 - 2010, complete

Original illustrated poster, offset printed in black on thick beige stock, measuring 43cm x 71.5cm (17" x 28"). Light wear and handling to extremities, tiny chip to lower left corner, stray ink mark to left edge, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and a longer one (1 9/16") at.....

More info about Poster: Dr. Joseph Charles Price, 1854-1893. First President of Livingstone College, Salisbury,...

First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 navy blue paper over quarter red cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 309pp, [1] Inscribed by Hiaasen on the half-title page. Spine ends slightly nudged, with lower corners tapped (though still sharp); Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, with a single closed.....

More info about A Death in China [Inscribed

Original cartoon illustration in black ink on watercolor paper; sheet size 63cm x 50cm (ca 24-13/4" x 19-3/4"). Signed in ink lower right. Drawing spotted and lightly soiled; glue remnants to margin, apparently from a removed mat; title in pencil below image; Very Good.

More info about Original cartoon illustration, "The Colossus Leans," ca 1943

12mo (18cm.); contemporary green morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in five compartments, original wrappers bound in; [6],484pp. Boards very slightly rubbed, spine leather almost entirely toned to brown, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. At head of title: "Bibliothèque des Recherches Sociales - No. 7."

More info about La Cité Future: Essai d'une Utopie Scientifique

Small octavo bifolium (19cm.); bottom third dampstained, the whole quite foxed, shallow dog-ear to bottom fore-edge corner; still, Very Good overall.

More info about Drop title] "What Has the North to Do with Slavery?"

Quarto (34cm x 26.5cm). Paper over boards (hardcover) with illustrated end papers; 640pp; illus. Very Good copy; gentle shelf wear and soiling to bottom text block; bumped corners. Spanish language only. History of the Spanish Civil War told through 2000 political posters. 2432 color reproductions; detailed indices and timeline of.....

More info about La Guerra civil en 2000 carteles: República - Guerra civil - Posguerra [Volumes I & II