N.p. by the Author, 1962. First Edition. Quarto. Textured wraps (softcover); 33, [6]pp; chiefly illustrations. Mild external wear; wrapper edges lightly sunned; internally clean, fresh and unmarked -- an attractive, Very Good copy. 4pp introductory text by Abbe, followed by 15pp of photographs of her three-dimensional work. Uncommon. More

[San Francisco: Journal of Black Poetry], 1970. Promotional poster for The Journal of Black Poetry Press, a significant Bay Area periodical founded by Joe Goncalves in 1966. The poster features striking Afrofuturist imagery by Harlem-born playwright and artist Benjamin Caldwell (b.1937), depicting a large silhouette of a Black man whose..... More

Oakland: Black Panther Party, [1971]. First Edition. An uncharacteristically positive poster by Emory Douglas, the long-time Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, whose scathing depictions of politicians and members of the establishment, and images depicting or advocating the outright killing of police officers, appeared with weekly frequency in..... More

New York: New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, [n.d. but ca.1971]. Poster produced by the NY Committee to Free Angela Davis, reproducing a well-known and often-used black & white image of Davis in a dashiki. Not separatey listed in OCLC, though we note variations of the poster in the..... More

New York: New York Committee To Free Angela Davis / Afro-Arts Inc., 1971. An original poster designed and produced by Richard McCrary for the NY Committee to Free Angela Davis. The poster prominently features an image of Davis with her fist clenched, and a poem by McCrary printed at upper..... More

Los Angeles: Peace and Freedom Party, [1968]. Registration drive poster produced by the Peace and Freedom Party, prominently featuring a photographic portrait of a light-skinned, wealthy African American woman wearing a mink coat and diamonds. Presumably issued to raise awareness that voters need not belong to a particular soci-economic status..... More

N.p. Barbara Kantrowitz, 1986. Original silkscreened poster, 23" x 17" (ca 58cm x 43cm). Printed in four colors on heavy white art paper. Mild creasing to corners, else a Fine example, Grade A/A-. A striking screenprint in support of leftist rebels in the Salvadoran Civil War (1979-1990). Unsigned, but the..... More

[San Juan, Puerto Rico]: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1958. An attractive poster designed by Puerto Rican printmaker, painter, and calligrapher Lorenzo Homar Gelabert (1913-2004), announcing an exhibition of African sculptures and artifacts at Galería Segy in New York from August 22-September 7, 1958. The exhibition presented fifty pieces from Belgian..... More

N.p. Andrea Kantrowitz, 1987. Each print presents a portrait of a striking worker on the picket line of the Watsonville Cannery Strike, which involved as many as 2,000 production workers and lasted nearly two years. The strike was one of the most-reported labor actions of the Eighties, and was a...... More

[The Netherlands: n.d., but ca. 1983]. Original pictorial poster (43x30.5cm.) printed offset in red and black on white stock; Near Fine. Poster encourages the reader to steal from large chainstores when wages and standards of living are greatly reduced. 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

N.p. [London, ca 1985?]. Universal calendar points to 1985 being the most likely date of creation for this vivid and graphically inspired poster, advertising a meeting of American radicals at the famed Conway Hall, long-time meeting place for radicals and intellectual center of the Conway Hall Ethical Society, thought to..... More

[The Netherlands: n.d., but ca. 1981]. Anti-parliamentary Dutch poster issued the year of the nation-wide elections of 1981 according to geheugenvannederland.nl. White text against a purple background below which shows a photograph of a line of policeman over which have been montaged what appear to be ballot blanks. One copy..... More