Glances
London: Michael Joseph, [1983]. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; unpaginated; chiefly photographic illus. Compilation of the artist's erotic photographs. More about Glances
New Arrivals
[Text in Russian] Golubye Dorogi Rodiny
Moskva: "Sovetskii Khudozhnik" 1982. First Edition. Slim quarto (30cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 11pp. & unnumbered leaves of colored plates. Some wear and chipping to jacket extremities, else Fine in Very Good jacket. Catalog of Soviet maritime paintings, text almost entirely in Russian, save list of reproductions... More about Text in Russian] Golubye Dorogi Rodiny
The Snap Revolution: A Post-Mortem
[Quezon City, Philippines: Karrel, 1986?]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's decorative mustard staplebound wrappers; 27pp. A hint of toning, else Fine. Account of the 3-day People Power Revolution which took place on February 22-25, 1986, resulting in the departure of the kleptocrat President Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of democracy... More about The Snap Revolution: A Post-Mortem
Changeover, Vol. 1, no. 1, September 15, 1971
[Detroit]: Motor City Labor League, 1971. First Edition. Contents include Angela Davis's eulogy of George Jackson, killed during an attempted prison break, titled "The Rumble of Our Feet Will Make the Earth Tremble." Tabloid format (39.5cm.); pictorial self-wrappers; 12pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear, horizontal mail fold, stock uniformly toned due... More about Changeover, Vol. 1, no. 1, September 15, 1971
Woman and Her Mind: The Story of Daily Life
Cambridge: Bread and Roses, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's yellow pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 20pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear from handling else Near Fine. Four-part essay by a leading member of the Women's Liberation movement. More about Woman and Her Mind: The Story of Daily Life
Susan Saxe Defense Committee Newsletter, Nos. 1-2
West Somerville, MA: Susan Saxe Defense Committee, 1976. First Edition. First two of five newsletters issued by the Committee. Susan Saxe, a student a Brandeis University, was one of the few women to make it to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list after she and a group of other radicals... More about Susan Saxe Defense Committee Newsletter, Nos. 1-2
Quash - Broken Run of Four Issues
New York: Grand Jury Project, 1975 - 1976. First Edition. Quarterly issued by the Grand Jury Project, an organization devoted to jury reform, articles chiefly covering cases of corruption and the practice of imprisoning witnesses who refuse to testify, often members of minority groups. Two issues cover the case of... More about Quash - Broken Run of Four Issues
Amazon Quarterly, Vol. 1, no. 4 / Vol. 2, no. 1: Special Double Issue in which the editors traverse the continent interviewing our readers plus stupendous Women's Resource Directory / Lesbian Lifestyles 1973
Oakland: Amazon Press, 1973. First Edition. Quarto (27cm.); publisher's yellow pictorial staplebound card wrappers printed in red; 72pp.; illus. Extremities toned, light soil to wrappers, loss at bottom fore-edge corner of pp. 29/30 affecting text with loss of meaning, else Very Good and sound. More about Amazon Quarterly, Vol. 1, no. 4 / Vol. 2, no. 1: Special Double Issue in which the editors...
Amazon Quarterly, Vol. 3, no. 1
West Somerville, MA: Amazon Press, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's pink pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 72pp.; illus. throughout. Extremities a bit toned, faint ringstain to upper cover, else Very Good, internally fine. Contents feature visual artwork, fiction, and poetry, including Judy Grahn's "Plainsong." More about Amazon Quarterly, Vol. 3, no. 1
Amazon Quarterly, Vol. 3, no. 2, March, 1975 [Special Issue: Sexuality]
West Somerville, MA: Amazon Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's staplebound photo-illustrated card wrappers; 72pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, else Very Good and sound. Includes poetry by Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Miriam Dyak. More about Amazon Quarterly, Vol. 3, no. 2, March, 1975 [Special Issue: Sexuality
[Cover title] Christians for Socialism: Highlights from Chile's Religious Revolution
[Washington, DC: EPICA, 1973]. First Edition. Quarto (26.5cm); publisher's tan pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 32pp.; illus. throughout. Old price sticker to upper cover, else Fine. "Inaugural act of the First Encounter of Christians for Socialism, held in the gymnasium of the Hirmas textile factory in Santiago, Chile, on April 23... More about Cover title] Christians for Socialism: Highlights from Chile's Religious Revolution
Inside the Atom
[Schenectady, NY: Educational Relations, Dept. MWH, General Electric Co., 1965]. Octavo (26cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 16pp.; chiefly color illus. Stock uniformly toned due to inferior quality, rubberstamp cancel of the "Consumers Power Company, Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant," else Near Fine. Forms part of G.E.'s "Adventures in Science Series," a...... More about Inside the Atom
[Cover title] Cultural Revolution in China
[Chicago]: Students for a Democratic Society, [1969]. First Thus. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound self-wrappers; 22pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Upper cover quite toned and slightly chipped, else Very Good, internally sound. Interview with 18-year-old American student Chris Milton who spent three years in China, first published in "The Movement," February, 1969. More about Cover title] Cultural Revolution in China
Earth's Daughters: A Feminist Arts Periodical, Nos. 5/6, Fall, 1975 [Marge Piercy's Copy]
[Buffalo, NY: Earth's Daughters, 1974 but 1975]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's magenta pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 61pp.; illus. throughout. Slightly ex-University of Michigan Library with their rubberstamp "Not Added by University of Michigan Library" to p. [3], light wear, tiny dampstain to upper cover, rear cover postally used and... More about Earth's Daughters: A Feminist Arts Periodical, Nos. 5/6, Fall, 1975 [Marge Piercy's Copy
Feminism and Marxism
[New York: World View Publishers, 1971]. First Thus. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's green staplebound card wrappers lettered in orange; 69pp.; photographic illus. Light wear to extremities, else Fine. Collection of pieces originally published in "Workers World," including "Love, Marriage, and Monogamy," and "The Bolsheviks and the Sexual Revolution." More about Feminism and Marxism
No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation, Issue No. 6, May 1973 [Cover title "Tell a Woman"]
Cambridge: Cell 16, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's blue pictorial card wrappers; 192pp.; illus. throughout. Extremities and spine toned, else Near Fine. Contents include Abby Rockefeller's' "Sex: The Basis of Sexism"; Indra Allen's "Why I Am Celibate"; and a section dedicated to Tae Kwon Do photos. This was the... More about No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation, Issue No. 6, May 1973 [Cover title...
No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation, Issue No. 5, July, 1971 [Cover subtitle: "The First Revolution"]
Cambridge: Cell 16, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's tan staplebound card wrappers lettered in red; 127pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear and dust-soil, else Very Good or better. Includes multiple contributions by Betsy Warrior, including "The Politics of Rock Culture"; and Dana Densmore ("The Dating Fraud"). The group, originally founded... More about No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation, Issue No. 5, July, 1971 [Cover subtitle:...
No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation, Issue No. 3, November, 1969 [Cover subtitle: "The Dialectics of Sexism"]
Cambridge: Cell 16, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's white staplebound card wrappers lettered in red; 116pp.; illus. throughout. Light toning and dust-soil to extremities, faint crease to upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Includes multiple contributions by Betsy Warrior, including "Females and Welfare"; Dana Densmore ("Chivalry--The Iron Hand... More about No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation, Issue No. 3, November, 1969 [Cover...
No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation, Issue No. 2, February, 1969
Cambridge: Cell 16, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's white staplebound card wrappers lettered in red; 127pp.; illus. throughout. Light toning and dust-soil to extremities, else Very Good or better. Includes multiple contributions by Betsy Warrior, including "Contemporary Capitalism: Drag Queen Intellect"; Mary Ann Weathers ("An Argument for Black Women's... More about No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation, Issue No. 2, February, 1969
Manuscript Ledger, 1882 - 1885
[Boston: Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, 1882-1885. Detailed medical ledger dating February 27, 1882, to June 22, 1885, describing 201 cases of which 155 are women, mostly members of Boston's servant class, many suffering from acute complications after a back injury or difficult pregnancy, with treatments ranging from rest to small doses... More about Manuscript Ledger, 1882 - 1885
For an Authentic Socialist Alternative, Peace & Freedom in 1980
Oakland: Alameda County Campaign Committee / Peace & Freedom Party and Movement, 1980. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); single leaf folded into six-panelled brochure; illus. Fine condition. Listed on the ticket for the Party are Maureen Smith for President ("A clerical worker and union steward"); and Elizabeth Cervantes Barrón for Vice... More about For an Authentic Socialist Alternative, Peace & Freedom in 1980
Rules for the Operation and Supervision of Air Brake and Train Signals
Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Company, 1943. First Edition. 16mo (12.5cm.); publisher's drap printed staplebound card wrappers; 36pp. Card wrappers rather rubbed along extremities, wrappers and textblock rather dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. More about Rules for the Operation and Supervision of Air Brake and Train Signals
391 Questions & Answers on Air Brake Equipment
Hollidaysburg, PA: L.G. Plank, 1940. First Edition. 12mo (14.5cm.); publisher's maroon staplebound card wrappers lettered in black; 97pp. Textblock slightly toned, minor rubbing along spine, else Fine. More about 391 Questions & Answers on Air Brake Equipment
[Drop title] Richard Nixon... It's Nixon in '60!
[San Francisco: Nixon-Lodge Committee], 1960. First Edition. Small octavo (20.5cm.); bifolium; illus., text printed in red and blue. Fine condition. Small hand flyer promoting Richard Nixon's 1960 presidential campaign in his native California: "Californians in every community are closing ranks behind Dick Nixon--California's Number One Citizen and California's enthusiastic choice... More about Drop title] Richard Nixon... It's Nixon in '60!
Black Mammy: a Song of the Sunny South, and Other Poems
Cheyenne: Bristol & Knabe, 1886. Second Illustrated Edition. Lengthily inscribed to "My Dear Mathias" on front free endpaper, dated October 1893. Publisher's pictorial gilt boards; 232,(4)pp. Text paper darkened throughout; spine ends a bit rubbed; Very Good. A collection of predictably awful Black dialect verse by a native Kentuckian. It... More about Black Mammy: a Song of the Sunny South, and Other Poems