New York: Situationist International, 1969. First Edition. Issued January 10, 1969 as a "supplement" to the first issue of the American journal Situationist International, the imminent publication of which it announces. Possibly the first official pronouncement of the American Situationists following their admission to the SI in December, 1968. The..... More
Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1861. First Edition. Short missive on the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 by the U.S. Representative from Massachusetts Benjamin Franklin Thomas (1813-1878). LCP AFRO-AMERICANA 10195. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's tan card wrappers printed within triple rule; 22pp. Textblock separated from wrappers, extremities dust-soiled, spine chipped, else..... More
Chicago: The Institute of Positive Education, 1980. First Edition. Attractive issue of this quarterly literary journal covering Black publishers, essays, poetry, criticism, and book reviews. Contents include contributions by Dr. Jacob Carruthers, Gwen Gilbert, Diedre Wimby, Dr. Clifton Washington, Dr. Frances Welsing, Rose Blouin, and others, with an interview with..... More
Chicago: The Institute of Positive Education, 1974. First Edition. Early issue of this quarterly literary journal covering Black publishers, essays, poetry, criticism, and book reviews. Contents include contributions by John Henrik Clarke, Fred Hord, Saundra Towns, Safisha Madhubuti, and others, with an interview with Gwendolyn Brooks. DANKY 778. Small quarto..... More
Chicago: The Institute of Positive Education, 1972. First Edition. Early issue of this quarterly literary journal covering Black publishers, essays, poetry, criticism, and book reviews. Contents include contributions by Darwin Turner, David Llorens, Cleve Washington, Joyce Ladner, Eugene Perkins, Clay Goss, Gayla Cook, Sterling Plumpp, Don L. Lee, and others..... More
Concord, MA: 1862. First Separate Edition. Originally delivered as a lecture before being published in the abolitionist newspaper "The Pine and Palm" (also known as the "Weekly Anglo-African"). Sanborn, a member of the "Secret Six" who provided funding to John Brown in the 1850s, describes the effects of the emancipation..... More
[Montevideo?]: Convención Nacional de Trabajadores, [ca.late 1970's]. First Edition. Striking poster produced by the CNT, the National Workers Union of Uruguay, demanding the release of union members held as political prisoners by the country's military dictatorship. Not separately listed in OCLC. Original photographic poster, offset printed in two colors on..... More
London: Vincent & James Figgins, Typefounders, 1855. An elaborate facsimile of the second edition of Caxton's The Game of The Chesse, printed in Westminster in 1483, this edition printed from type cut expressly for this work at the foundry of V. & J. Figgins. The book was printed and sold..... More
New York: Baker & Taylor Company, 1888. Second Edition. Uncommon work of marital advice, the author arguing that divorce will become a thing of the past if unhappy couples would just follow his advice on the most common causes of martial strife and how to abolish them. Palmer describes ten..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1931. First Edition. This work the result of a year-long study of penological practices across the globe, from the criminal tribes in India, Japanese penal institutions, and the Parchman prison farm in Mississippi. John L. Gillin (1871-1958) was president of the American Sociological Association and showed..... More
Moline, IL: Wistrand & Thulins Förlag, [1877]. First Thus. Swedish-language commentary of Hebrews IX by the Swedish theologian and pastor Gustaf Emanuel Beskow (1834-1899), published in Moline, Illinois, and printed by the Swedish Printing Company. Publisher's advertisements printed on rear cover. 12mo (15.5cm.); publisher's green cloth-backed printed boards; 157pp.; text..... More
N.p. Chile Solidarity Coordination Committee, ca.1980. First Edition. Attractive Chilean solidarity poster, depicting an illustration of a campesino and a soldier in fraternal embrace, beneath the caption: "In solidarity with Nicaragua: support the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional! No internvention by CONDECA or the U.S.! Death to Somocismo!" Original illustrated..... More
Detroit: J.S. and S.A. Bagg, 1840. First Edition. Uncommon Michigan abolitionist pamphlet, the movement never fully reaching maturation in the state until the eve of the Civil War. The text combines two anti-slavery sermons delivered at the First Presbyterian Church in Detroit, the latter sermon stating that "there is nothing..... More
[San Francisco]: Galeria de la Raza / Fireworks Graphics, 1988. First Edition. Attractive poster for an exhibition of painting, poetry, drawing, sculpture, photography, and video at the Galeria de la Raza in San Francisco, held between January 26 - February 27, 1988. Signed "Brooke / Fireworks" in plate, along lower..... More
[New Haven? 1867?]. First Thus. Scarce handbill issued within the first two years of the founding of the Association, this version of the Constitution listing XII clauses, chiefly "to aid the development of Social Science, and to guide the public mind to the best practical means of promoting the Amendment..... More
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San Francisco: San Francisco Public Library, 2009. First Edition. Original poster (43x28cm.); printed offset lithograph in blue, red, brown, and black. Fine condition. Poster adorned with a photographic portrait of Baraka by Lynda Koolish. Signed and dated the day of the talk by Baraka. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as..... More
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San Francisco: Before Columbus Foundation, n.d. but 2011. First Edition. Original poster (43x28cm.); printed offset lithograph in black on stiff white stock. Brief ink marks to verso, else Fine. Signed and dated by the three billed performers and the artist. Poster reproduces a woodcut by Drooker depicting a saxophonist playing..... More
Boston: Celebrity Art Co., 1910. Original photogravure on heavy art paper; 13-3/4" x 11" plate size on 16-1/4" x 13-1/2" sheet. Deckled edges. Faint marginal soil, else fine. A decorative novelty photomontage image, offering a visual pun on the common phrase in the title. Celebrity Art Co. was a prolific Boston..... More
An attractive, large-format professional portrait of LBJ in casual dress, kneeling in a pasture with his trademark Stetson resting on his knee. An excellent association; Cartha "Deke" De Loach was Deputy Associate Director of the FBI during the Hoover era and a close associate of LBJ's; in 1963, immediately after..... More
[New York: United Office and Professional Workers of America, CIO, n.d., but 1946]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 23pp.; illus throughout. Slightly ex-University of California with their rubberstamp to upper cover, light toning and faint vertical crease, else Very Good and sound. Promotional post-WW2 pamphlet for the UOPWA..... More
New York: International Publishers, [1957]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's blue-grey wrappers printed in maroon; 91pp. General wear from handling as well as some light dust-soil, spine slightly cocked, else Very Good and sound. Basic introduction to Marxist principles. SEIDMAN B749. More
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1939. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's brown pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 32pp. Light wear from handling, old defaced price sticker to upper cover slightly affecting text without loss of meaning, else Very Good or better. Forms part of the Works Progress Administration Social..... More
[New York: New York State AFL-CIO], 1972. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); dark blue library cloth, gilt-lettered spine, original pictorial card wrappers bound in; 221pp. Binder's receipt bound in before title page, else Near Fine. More
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's blue printed card wrappers; ix,[1],198pp.; graphs and charts throughout. Spine sunned, soil spot to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Substantial portion of text devoted to "Unfair Labor Practices," including employer discrimination, the bargaining obligation, and..... More
Washington DC: Bits N' Pieces, Inc., 1973. First Edition. Attractive issue of this monthly magazine focussed on the development of Black art, theatre, and culture. Contets include articles on Jon Lucien and Black musicians, a conversation with Sam Green Lee, and poetry, et al. Not in DANKY. Slim octavo (21.5cm);..... More
