Barcelona: CNT - AIT Comité Nacional / Sección Información y Propaganda, 1937. First Edition. Transcript of an address made by Federica Montseny at a March, 1937 conference of the CNT in Valencia. Montseny has been called "the one true intellectual" among the Spanish anarchists who collaborated with the Republican government;..... More
N.p. [NY: Lines Press, ca 1965]. First, Limited Edition. Copy 33 of fifty hand-numbered copies, signed in ink by both poets. Broadside, 33cm x 20.5cm. Printed in red on cream laid-paper stock. Faint crease at upper left corner; light soil to extremities; Very Good Plus. FISCHER [Ted Berrigan: an Annotated... More
[Washington, D.C. Office of War Information, ca.1942]. First Edition. Scarce anti-German propaganda pamphlet issued by the U.S. Office of War Information, presumably for distribution among English-speaking Axis soldiers. The contents juxtapose Hitler's public promises of peace against images of Nazi atrocities, documenting with words and images the Reich's continued aggressions..... More
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
[N.p.; photographer unidentified; 1965]. Exceptional inscribed portrait of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson as President and First Lady; almost certainly taken on the occasion of LBJ's signing of the landmark Immigration Act in October of 1965 – other depictions of the event, which took place on Liberty Island, show him... 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
[Kraków: Drukarnia Narodowa, 1939]. First Edition. 1. "George Washington." 2. "Jan z Kolna." 3. "The Polish pioneers in Virginia in the 17-th Century." 4. "Olbracht Zaborowski (Zabriskie)." 5. "Karol B aszkowicz." 6. "Tadeusz Ko ciuszko." 7. "Ko ciuszko constructing the fortifications of Saratoga." 8. "Felix Miklaszewicz." 9. "Jakub Sadowski." 10. "Kazimierz Pu aski." 11. "George Washington and Kazimierz... 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
Moscow: VOKS, 1935. First Edition. Unusually well-preserved copy of this landmark of Soviet book design, featuring copious examples of the revolutionary photomontage work of Rodchenko and Stepanova. The two extremely fragile inserted design elements – a die-cut, folded plate bearing Lenin's portrait on a movie screen, and a clear celluloid... 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
Washington DC: Repression Information Project, 1977. First Edition. Single inaugural issue in original wrappers. Staple-bound thick-paper wrappers; 64pp; illus. Bit of discoloration to covers and contents; text printed on newsprint, toned but not fragile. Described on masthead as "..a journal of political events, social interaction and change which analyzes current... 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
[Mokelumne Hill, CA: Health Research, [1988]. Reprint. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial staplebound wrappers; 33,[3]pp. Fine condition. First published by the Grand Rapids Flying Saucer Club, 1956. This edition unlocated in OCLC as of January, 2018. 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
N.p. [New Yorki]: International Center of Photography, 1983. First, Limited Edition. Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies (this no. 74). Large folio. Emerald silk-covered boards in publisher's pictorial board slipcase; [44pp]; illus. Slipcase with a few minor surface scratches and mild bumps to corners, else Fine. Sensual, dramatic large-format... 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
[Amsterdam: Aktiegroep Nieuwmarkt, 1972]. Issued during the years-long battle between developers and citizens regarding plans to build a freeway through Amsterdam's Jewish neighborhood, the (eventually successful) protests spearheaded by the Aktiegroep Nieuwmarkt. Designer and publication information provided by OCLC no. 943722911 (IISH only as of September, 2017)--the dimensions differ slightly... 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: ca. 1980. Original pictorial poster (42.75x61cm.) printed offset in black on white stock. Wrinkling from handling, as well as some old tape repairs to verso not showing through to image, else About Very Good. Squatters movement protest poster issued in response to the newly passed vacancy law ("leegstandswet"), which... 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. 1981]. Original photo-illustrated poster (42x60cm.) printed offset on recto and verso. Light wrinkling from handling, else Very Good. Squatters movement protest poster showing 50 snapshots of plainclothes policemen working undercover as squatters. One copy located in OCLC as of August, 2017, at the IISH. 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
[Amsterdam: 1984]. Original photo-illustrated poster (56.5x40cm.) printed offset in colors on white stock; minor wrinkling to extremities from handling, else Near Fine. Protest poster issued by a conglomeration of women's rights groups, tenants' rights groups, and the Dutch squatters movement. Though the poster calls for a peaceful protest, the image... More
![Noh [Issued as Linesheet no. 1]. Ted BERRIGAN, Ron Padgett.](/pictures/medium/40660.jpg?v=1546641445)
![Tar Baby [Uncorrected Proof Copy]. AFRICAN AMERICANS, Toni MORRISON.](/pictures/medium/40191.jpg?v=1546641445)
![[Poster] Liberacion del Campesino, Dos Fechas: 1919 / 1938: Conquista de la Economia Agricola / Comité Nacional de la Campaña Pro-Educación Popular. GRAPHICS, DEPARTMENTO DE ENSEÑANZA AGRICOLA Y. NORMAL RURAL.](/pictures/medium/38622.jpg?v=1546641444)
![[Poster] Demonstratie Tegen de Sloop in de Nieuwmarkt! Vanavond half acht Westermarkt / Vandaag Wij, Morgen Jullie [Demonstration Against Demolition of Houses in Nieuwmarket...Today It's Our Turn, Tomorrow, Yours]. Marijke GROENEVELD.](/pictures/medium/35298.jpg?v=1546641442)
![[Poster] Saneren - Deporteren - Speculeren [Cleaning Up - Deportation - Speculation]. Ernest ANNYAS, design.](/pictures/medium/35295.jpg?v=1546641442)
![[Poster] Leegstandswet = Oorlog [Vacancy Law = War]. SQUATTERS MOVEMENT - NETHERLANDS.](/pictures/medium/35078.jpg?v=1546641442)
![[Poster] Leegstandswet = Oorlog [Vacancy Law = War]. SQUATTERS MOVEMENT - NETHERLANDS, AMSTERDAMSE KRAAKGROEPEN.](/pictures/medium/35077.jpg?v=1546641442)
![[Poster] Hier Zijn We Dan. Hoelang Nog? [Here We Are. But for How Long?]. SQUATTERS MOVEMENT - NETHERLANDS.](/pictures/medium/35076.jpg?v=1546641441)
![[Poster] Leegstandwet is Ontruimingswet: 20.000 Krakers op Straat / Leegstandwet Beschermt Speculanten [Vacancy Law is Evacuation Law: 20,000 Squatters Thrown Out in the Streets / Vacancy Law Protects Speculators]. SQUATTERS MOVEMENT - NETHERLANDS.](/pictures/medium/35075.jpg?v=1546641441)
![[Poster] Red de Stad: 10 Februari Dag Van on Rust [Save the City: February 10, Day of Protest]. SQUATTERS MOVEMENT - NETHERLANDS.](/pictures/medium/35074.jpg?v=1546641441)