London: Chatto & Windus, 1981. First U.K. Edition. Uncorrected proof for the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth novel, portraying a love affair between two African Americans from very different worlds. The UK edition follows the American by six months; scarce in this format. Publisher's photostatically-reproduced sheets (11.5" x 8", rectos only)... More

Chicago: Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago, 1950. 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... More

New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First Edition. Distinguished copy of Carter's 1974 memoir, written from Rahway State Prison in New Jersey, where he was serving two consecutive life sentences. Carter was a high-ranking middleweight boxer before his 1966 arrest and wrongful conviction for murder, which inspired widespread support from... More

Mexico City: Cooperativo de Artes Graficas, 1938? Poster promoting the Comité Nacional de la Campaña Pro-Educación Popular and the accomplishments of the Zapatismo agrarian movement in Mexico, featuring a massive portrait of a Zapata-like face adorned with his famously pomaded mustachios. Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919) was a leading figure among the..... More

Paris: Souvenirs du Futur, [1988]. First Edition. Quite possibly the only comic book in its class, Le Grand Rêve Americain (The Great American Dream) adapts technology developed by Philippe Schléret and Véronique Hauss, using molded plastic to create brilliantly colored 3D images. The work exuberantly lampoons Pop Art, American culture..... More

[New York]: Columbia Pictures, 1934. First Edition. Lushly produced promotional work for the 1934-5 season of the production company. Films include One Night of Love, starring the soprano Grace Moore; The Black Room, starring Boris Karloff; and spreads devoted to Columbia stars Claudette Colbert, Jack Holt, Edward G. Robinson, and... More

[Beaudesert, QLD: Earthlink Publishing], 2002. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; 64pp.; illus. Near Fine. Cover story: "Waking Paralysed: Abduction or Sleep Paralysis?" OCLC finds two holdings in the United States as of January, 2018, at Los Angeles Public Library or Ohio State. More

Oakland: Awareness Productions, [n.d. but ca.1980's]. First Edition. Educational coloring book, each page with accompanying text, compiled by 16 year old Ayanna Zareef, a student at the Arts School in Oakland, California. "This project was pursued with the objective of stimulating the young mind with the awareness of a great..... More

New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. First, Limited Edition. Seven octavo pamphlets in die-cut slipcase; one of 1500 numbered copies (this no. 1187). Fine, as issued, with original subscription blank laid in. Single issue of this lavishly-produced fashion and art quarterly. Contributors to this issue include François Berthoud, Jean-Phillippe Delhomme, Jean-Paul... More

Amsterdam: Amsterdams Scholieren Komité, Actiegroep Nieuwmarkt, Studenten Steunkomité, Redt Amsterdam, [1972]. Poster calling for a demonstration on the evening of March 24, 1972, against the proposed demolition of the Jewish neighborhood of Nieuwmarkt to make way for a highway. The artist, Marijke Groenveld, was a student at the Rietveld Academy... More

Radford, VA: Commonwealth Press, 1977. First Edition. Small octavo. Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt; dustjacket; 51pp; illus. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Tight, Near Fine copy in lightly worn dustwrapper with hand-written price on front flap. Uncommon memoir of African-American life in the small southwest Virginia... More

Amsterdam: Amsterdamse Kraakgroepen, ca. 1980. Original pictorial poster (42x59.5cm.) printed silkscreen in green and orange on pale green stock. Light wrinkling from handling, else Near Fine. Squatters movement protest poster issued in response to the newly passed vacancy law ("leegstandswet"), which allowed home owners to rent their homes while simultaneously... More

Amsterdam? ca. 1980s. Original pictorial poster (61x43cm.) printed offset in black and pink on white stock. Extremities quite wrinkled with a number of small closed tears along edges, none approaching text, else About Very Good. Protest poster issued in response to the newly passed "vacancy laws" (leegstandwet), allowing home owners..... More