Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1901. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's "A" binding, blue pictorial cloth stamped in white, top edge gilt; [4],459pp. Very light shelf wear, spine just a hint cocked, faint ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown else Very Good or better. The author's first book... More about Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne
New York: John Wilcock, 1968. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about Other Scenes - Vol.1, No.6 (September, 1968
New York: John Wilcock, 1968. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about John Wilcock's Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Vol.1, No.8 (November, 1968
New York: John Wilcock, 1968. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about John Wilcock's Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Vol.2, No.4 (July, 1968
New York: John Wilcock, 1968. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about John Wilcock's Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Vol.2, No.3 (June, 1968
[Basle: C.-A. Junger, 1918]. First Edition. Study of women's rights by the eccentric meat packing millionaire and playwright John Wesley de Kay, who concludes that "industrial toil should be performed exclusively by men and machines" (p. vii). Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt with design by Masereel;... More about Women and the New Social States
[Washington? Government Printing Office?], 1864. First Edition. Report delivered March 7, 1864, by the Senator from Massachusetts Charles Sumner on the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, in which Sumner argues that "These acts may be viewed as part of the system of Slavery, and, therefore, obnoxious to the judgment which... More about In the Senate of the United States ... Mr. Sumner submitted the following Report
Washington DC: James C. Dunn, 1833. First Edition. Slim octavo (20.5cm.); disbound; xxii,[2],40pp. Preliminary leaves separated from textblock (but still complete), the whole toned and faintly dampstained, loss at bottom fore-edge corner of title page not quite touching text. Good only. Report by the Society which founded the colony of... More about The Sixteenth Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of...
New York: John B. Alden, 1885. First Thus. Condensed edition of Holyoake's "History of Co-Operation." The author, originally inspired by the writings of Robert Owen, would eventually form a secular splinter group with Charles Southwell called the "Oracle of Reason." Two years after the publication of this title Holyoake would... More about Manual of Co-Operation, Being an Epitome of Holyoake's "History of Co-Operation"
New York: John Wilcock, 1969. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about John Wilcock's Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Vol.3, No.5 (May, 1969
New York: Other Scenes, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place... More about John Wilcock's Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Vol.3, No.9 (July 15-30, 1969
New York: John Wilcock, 1969. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about John Wilcock's Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Third Year, No.6 (June 1-14, 1969
New York: John Wilcock, 1969. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Third Year, No.2 (February, 1969
New York: John Wilcock, [1969]. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about Other Scenes - Vol.3, No.14 (September 30, 1969
New York: John Wilcock, [1969]. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place as... More about Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Vol.3, No.12 (September 1, 1969
New York: Other Scenes, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place... More about John Wilcock's Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Vol.3, No.8 (July 1-14, 1969
New York: Other Scenes, Inc., [1969]. First Edition. Though never as popular or widely-circulated as its brethren like The East Village Other and The Berkeley Barb, nor as political as such radical-left undergrounds as The Black Panther and New Left Notes, John Wilcock's Other Scenes probably deserves pride of place... More about Other Scenes: The International Newspaper - Vol.3, No.11 (August 15, 1969
Omaha: National Printing Co., 1915. First Edition. The earliest English-language Czech cookbook, translated from the original by the author's daughter "because we continually receive inquiries for a Bohemian cook book written in the English language, from the daughters of Bohemian immigrants, who were born and raised here and do not... More about Bohemian-American Cook Book: Tested and Practical Recipes for American and Bohemian Dishes
Orwigsburg, PA: Bacon and Freeman Publishers, 1989. First Edition. "This is a book about Alcatraz before prisoners controlled their own cell lights - before they had radios and talked as they wished. We write here of the prison's first four years, 1934-1938, when the big names and the hard guys... More about Alcatraz: The Hard Years, 1934-1938. As Recalled by One of the Prison's First Guards and Recorded...
Berkeley: The Red Mountain Tribe, 1970. First Edition. Contents include coverage of Huey Newton being freed, the incarceration of White Panther Pun Plamondon, articles on the Youth Coalition for Self-Defense, Soledad Brothers, Los Siete de la Raza, etc. Photographic centerfold of two hitch-hiking hippies, with front cover featuring Huey Newton... More about Berkeley Tribe - Vol.3, No.5 (August 7-14, 1970
Berkeley: The Red Mountain Tribe, 1971. First Edition. Contents feature a lengthy article on the Panther's struggle over party direction and tactics, with the full text of a speech by Huey Newton, and a letter from the Panther 21 (reprinted from RAT). Tabloid (41.5cm); illustrated newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus. Old... More about Berkeley Tribe - Vol.4, No.8 (March 12-19, 1971
Berkeley: The Red Mountain Tribe, 1970. First Edition. Contents include articles on Ericka Huggins, People's Park, movement activity in Quebec, Ruchell Magee, coverage of the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, and police brutality. Full-page photographic cover of Ericka Huggins. Tabloid (41.5cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 28pp; illus. Some dustiness and mild toning... More about Berkeley Tribe - Vol.3, No.20 (November 20-27, 1970
Berkeley: The Red Mountain Tribe, 1970. First Edition. Contents include articles on the Black Panthers, Angela Davis, remembrance of the Days of Rage, Seattle Liberation Front, and prison rebellions in New York. Large photographic cover of Angela Davis, with text of "Poem For Angela." Tabloid (41.5cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 24pp;... More about Berkeley Tribe - Vol.3, No.15 (October 16-23, 1970
Berkeley: The Red Mountain Tribe, 1970. First Edition. Contents include an interview with George Demmerle, contributions by Tom Hayden, Carlos Marighella, and Stew Albert, with articles on Huey Newton, Al Fatah, Yippies in Moscow, et al. Large photographic cover of Huey Newton, and a full-page psychedelic poster (p.9) of a.... More about Berkeley Tribe - Vol.2, No.22 (June 5-12, 1970
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First Edition. Handsome set containing Weld/Grimke family correspondence, making public for the first time a collection of letters discovered in a farmhouse attic in Massachusetts, which "throw new light on the antislavery movement of the eighteen-thirties and offer evidence to show that the driving... More about Letters of Theodore Dwight Weld, Angelina Grimké Weld and Sarah Grimké, 1822-1844
