Berkeley: Red Mountain Tribe, 1972. The final issue of this radical left newspaper from Berkeley, published by a contingent who left the Berkeley Barb in 1969. According to the collective, the paper was a "victim of overwork, bourgeois individualism movemment slump, stale format, transient work force, no pay, declining circulation... More
Berkeley: Red Mountain Tribe, 1971. A radical left newspaper from Berkeley, published by a contingent who left the Berkeley Barb, and containing a mix of politics, sex, and drug-related content. This issue contains a center spread calling for support of The White Panther Defense Fund, as well as a list... More
New York: The American Jewish Committee, 1969. Bibliography of books, pamphlets, magazine articles, and training materials related to police interaction and race. Third Printing. Quarto (28cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 16pp. Some trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. More
Los Angeles: Peace and Freedom Party, [1968]. Variant registration drive poster produced by the Peace and Freedom Party, prominently featuring a photographic portrait of a young white female next to the slogan "You don't have to belong to a minority group to register Peace and Freedom." Not found in OCLC... More
Los Angeles: Liberation Union, [ca.1970]. Flyer produced by the Los Angeles-based Liberation Union, drawing attention to the plight of Chairman Bobby Seale, who was on trial in 1970 for charges of conspiracy and inciting riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Prominently displayed are illustrations of a bound and gagged... More
Emeryville, CA: Black Panther Party for Self Defence, [1968]. Attractive copy of one of the most iconic posters produced by the Black Panther Party, depicting a striking portrait of Defense Minister Huey P. Newton. Newton was among the most highly-publicized personalities by the Panthers, with photographs and artistic renderings of... More
![Stop! Don't Shop! Downtown [Original Window Decal]. AFRICAN AMERICANS, CAF-SNCC.](/pictures/medium/37943.jpg?v=1529353899)
[Chicago: Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963]. Attractive, ephemeral relic of the 1963 "Stop! Don't Shop Downtown" Campaign, coordinated by the Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (CAFSNCC) in conjunction with the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO). The Campaign called for the... More
Chicago: Muhammad's Mosque/Temple No.2, 1963. First Edition. Though statements from within the Nation of Islam are often conflicting, it is generally accepted that Malcolm X founded the weekly Muhammad Speaks in 1961. A long-running and entirely independent periodical (even of advertisers) which would become the official publishing organ of the... More
Chicago: Muhammad's Mosque/Temple No.2, 1966. First Edition. Though statements from within the Nation of Islam are often conflicting, it is generally accepted that Malcolm X founded the weekly Muhammad Speaks in 1961. A long-running and entirely independent periodical (even of advertisers) which would become the official publishing organ of the... More
Plainfield, NJ: Plainfield Joint Defense Committee, [1969]. Appeal pamphlet by the Plainfield Joint Defense Committee written on behalf of the three remaining members of the Plainfield 12 - Bobby Lee Williams, Gail Madden, and George Merritt, Jr. During the summer of 1967, Williams was shot by John V. Gleason, a.... 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
New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1963. Contents reprinted from The International Socialist Review, October, 1963. "Text of resolution "Freedom Now: The New Stage in the Struggle for Negro Emancipation and the Tasks of the SWP," adopted by the 1963 Convention of the Socialist Party" (from copyright page). Final pages delineate the... More
N.p. 1969. First Edition. Original poster, offset lithographed in black on white stock, measuring 57.5x45 cm. (22.75 x 17.75"). Fine. Poster produced after comedian and political activist Dick Gregory's failed 1968 run for presidency as a write-in candidate for the Freedom and Peace Party (splintered from the Peace and Freedom... More
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. First Edition. Edited collection of essays on the subject of African-American representation in news media. Contributors include Ralph McGill, Armistead Pride, Charles Evers, Ray Williams, Tommy Jacquette, and others. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 86pp. Mild external rubbing; text clean, tight and unmarked; VG+ to NF. More
New York: Verso Books, 2005. Reprint. Octavo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 403pp. Clean, tight and unmarked copy, about Fine. Reprint, with new Preface, of Ali's autobiography originally published London, 1987. More
New York: American Civil Liberties Union, [1965]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original pictorial staplebound wrappers; 112pp. Spine ends a bit chipped, some discoloration to rear wrapper, else Very Good and sound. More
[New York]: Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, N.d. [ca 1973]. First Edition. Fundraising appeal for the Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, issued (based on text) shortly after Davis's acquittal. Text highlights the cases of other Black and Latino political prisoners and calls... More
New York: Kanrom, 1964. First Edition. Collection of cartoons unflatteringly adorned with the heads of unnamed Hollywood celebrities. Not in OCLC as of January, 2015. The record for another collection published by Kanrom, Doctor Ratfink, M.D., lists a Richard Miller and Viola Ilma as the co-authors. Slim quarto (27cm.); original... More
![Locus Solus I-V [Complete Run]. John ASHBERY, Harry Mathews, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler.](/pictures/medium/33216.jpg?v=1529353718)
Lans-en-Vercors and Geneva: Locus Solus Press, 1961-1962. First Editions. Complete run of this poetry journal called "the overseas wing of the New York School...The magazine was definitely "no nonsense" from the beginning, presenting no manifestoes or editorial statements, just high-quality literature - simply and elegantly presented with care and respect"..... More
![Radical Feminism [drop title]. Ti-Grace ATKINSON.](/pictures/medium/29416.jpg?v=1529353605)
[New York: The Feminists, 1969]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); self-wrappers staplebound at top left-hand corner; printed from typescript on pink stock. A bit cockled from damp, some discoloration, else About Very Good. Seminal piece on militant feminism by the founder of the October 17th Movement, later known simply as The... More
New York: New York Civil Liberties Union, 1969. First Edition. Small quarto (28cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 159pp. Moderate cover wear, including small scuff to front cover; text clean, tight and unmarked - a Very Good copy. Highly critical evaluation of police action during the Columbia student protests of 1968. There... More
Pittsburgh: Know, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 10pp. Fine. Paper presented at the Symposium on Behavioral Sciences, American Psychological Association, September 3, 1969. More
New York: Pyramid Books, [1968]. First Thus. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers, all edges stained yellow; 302pp. Light shelf wear, else Near Fine. This edition published the same year as the first. "A Southern black boy's struggle to discover his manhood in a riot-torn northern ghetto -- explosive... Timely!"... More
![The Vagabond Anthology (1966-1977) [Inscribed]. John BENNETT, Charles BUKOWSKI, d. a. levy, William Wantling, contributors.](/pictures/medium/35247.jpg?v=1529353809)
Ellensburg, WA: John Bennett, 1978. First Edition. Attractive copy of this anthology of Vagabond Press authors, published simultaneously in cloth and wrappers. Includes contributions by Charles Bukowski, Jack Micheline, Ann Menebroker, William Wantling, T.L. Kryss, d.a. levy, Douglas Blazek, Steve Richmond, Al Masarik, and others. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo;..... More
![Noh [Issued as Linesheet no. 1]. Ted BERRIGAN, Ron Padgett.](/pictures/medium/40660.jpg?v=1546641445)
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
