Atlanta: Georgia Teachers and Education Association, 1953. First Edition. 12” x 9”. 18 pp with numerous ads (including the Afro-American Life Insurance Company and Coca-Cola), black and white photographs of schools and officers throughout along with a detailed program of events. Sunning to edges with light creasing to bottom rear..... More
Waterbury, CT: Mattatuck Press, 1904. Published by the Ladies of Mill Plain Chapel. First Edition. 76 pp. About VG (rubbing and soiling to covers, light crease to corner, stapled and reinforced binding, internally clean). Includes historical sketch of chapel with images. Local advertisements throughout. Recipes for soups, fish, eggs and..... More
Newport, RI: Clouseau Publications, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. VG+ in comb-bound wraps (sticker ghost on front cover). 61 pp. A guide to give yacht chefs tips and information to "increase their value as a commodity in the charter yachting circuit." Contents include: Setting Up Shop: Freelance Necessities, Getting Work..... More
Freetown, Sierra Leone: Commercial Printers Company Limited, 1978. First Edition. 56 pp. with illustrations and advertisements throughout. VG+ in illustrated stapled wrappers (soiling and rubbing, previous owner signature on title page). Greene, a nutritionist and home economist, writes in her Introduction that this "booklet of recipes has been prepared for..... More
Miami, FL: The Central Press, Inc., 1948. 94 pp. VG in spiral comb binding (creasing to cover edges, soiling, spotting to rear cover, edgewear, with Ex Libris pastedown and NYC Corner Book Shop tag inside front cover). Dedicated to the many Key West cooks, both Conch and Cuban. Putcamp and..... More
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. 164 pp. with illustrations and photos. VG quarto in wraps (2" tear to crown of spine, scuff and loss at top edge of cover, soiling). INSCRIBED by the author on ffep: "To Virginia Sherrill who probably doesn't need this book to..... More
San Antonio, TX: Gebhardt Chili Powder Company, 1923. First Edition. 32 pp. in VG or better illustrated stapled wraps (approximately 5" x 7"). Gebhardt Mexican Foods Company was founded in 1896, a company that, according to the Texas State Historical Society, "went on to shape the commercialization of chili powder..... More
Charleston, IL: Prairie Press Books, 1971. Third Printing. 34 pp. VG+ illustrated stapled wraps. LuTour is noted on back cover as poet and founder of the World Poets Resource Center. Poems include "Black Power," "The Jolly Workman," "I Took Time Out to Pray today," "Mother's Week," and "Rhapsody in Black."..... More
San Francisco: Leswing Press, 1971. First Edition. 75 pp. Illustrations by Doug Noble. VG+ in glossy illustrated wraps (crease and bubbling on front cover). INSCRIBED to prolific Black author Ishmael Reed in May 1974: "To Ishmael Reed from Leona Nicholas Welch. 'The beauty of being Black lies in the wisdom..... More
San Diego, CA: Daily Impulse/Open Road Club, April-May 1985. "A Bi-Monthly Anti-Authoritarian NewsJournal Published by the Open Road Club." Premiere issue. 8 pp. with inserts including "Resist the Draft." Includes the article "What Do Anarchists Want?" with Community News section (Hardcore '85 Picnic, Local Anti-Sex League, Punks vs. Police), movie..... More
New York: Pan-African Students Organization, 1968. Edited by Maina D. Kagombe. VG+ in stapled blue printed wraps (soiling and toning with penciled address on rear cover and marking inside rear cover). 48 pp. Premiere issue of the Pan-African Journal, established to "promote African Student' creativity and scholarship"; "to create a...... More
[n.p.]: [n.p.], circa 1973. First Edition. [8 pp]. 8.25" x 10.75" printed in black and orange wraps. Near Fine. A combined awareness plea and fundraising appeal for leftist political prisoners across the United States, with brief histories of the cases against Angela Davis, Billy Dean Smith, John Line, Carlos Feliciano..... More
[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1977. INSCRIBED on inside of folder: "To Tommy Mew Best Regards Joyce Cutler Shaw." From Mew's estate—Mew was a former Professor and Chair of the Art Department at Berry College in Rome, GA. Mew received his Ph.D. from New York University in 1966, and later became Director of..... More
New York: Harmon Foundation, 1930. First Edition. [16 pp.]. VG or better in illustrated stapled wraps (soiling, edgewear, eraser mark on upper corner of cover). Scarce exhibition program of exhibit presented by the Harmon Foundation and The Commission on Race Relations, Federal Council of Churches, with the aim of "not only..... More
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1969. First Printing. Softcover, 282 pp. VG or better (soiling and toning, chipping to spine edges). INSCRIBED by Bullins on half-title page: "Brother John To your future Black Writing Salaam Ed Bullins 3/29/70." Plays include Goin' a Buffalo, In the Wine Time, A Son..... More
New York: B&D Pleasures Ltd., 1982. Edited by Bill and Debbie Majors. Arthur Wallace, Art Director. Advertisements in this issue point to a February 1982 publication date). 11" x 13" printed on newsprint, VG or better overall. 32 pp. On p. 9 in his column, Jay Hartwell (original publisher of..... More
Belmar, NJ: Neptune Productions, 1980s. Issues lack dates, but we date these to the early 1980s. Numbers 39, 43, 45, 48, 49, 51. Billed as "The Only Drag Newspaper," each issue ranges from 20-24 pages, printed on newsprint, each with horizontal fold lines. VG overall, with signs of dampstaining on..... More
[Berkeley, CA]: A Defense Publication of the Iranian Student Association of the United States (I.S.A.U.S), 1972. VG stapled wraps (cup stain to front cover, toning and soiling). 52 pp. A June 1972 publication of the Iranian Student Association based out of Berkeley, CA. Contents include: "Rude Awakening Due for U.S.-Shah..... More
Oshkosh, WI: Self-Published, 1939. Done By the Hand Of The Author Into A Manuscript At Oshkosh, Wisconsin. September, 1939.104 typed mimeographed leaves (printed on rectos only) in bound illustrated wrappers (7.5" x 10.5"), VG or better overall (soiling and edgewear). Contains five (5) approximately 5" x 5" hand-color tipped-in drawings..... More
Taos, NM: Self-Published, 1938. One Hundred Copies Done Into A Book By The Hand Of The Author. Taos, New Mexico. May, 1938. Color title pastedown, stitch string bound octavo. VG or better overall (two-inch closed tear and edgewear to cloth covers, internally clean). 122 mimeographed leaves printed on rectos only..... More
Kent, OH: Parnell, Allen & Dave Associates Inc., 1976. Oblong (14" x 10") in illustrated stapled wraps. [36 pp.]. Illustrated by Bob Lindsey. Good (dampstaining throughout, sticker ghost and closed tear to front cover, soiling, wrinkling, two internal page tears). Stamp on rear cover reads "Collections of Life & Heritage..... More
Denver, CO: Indian Ministries--Reformed Church in America, 1968. Vol. II, No. 3 (1968). [16 pp., 4 bifolia]. VG+ (toning). Photo of Grandma Margarette De Dois of the village of Dulce on front cover. Indian Ministries, Reformed Church in America donation envelope laid in, for monetary support for either Apache, Dulce..... More
A collection of twenty 8 x 10" black and white photographs and eleven smaller photos (many dated in late 1940s), showing factory shots, command center, workers, the Oppama Ordnance Plant, Eight Army signage, and aerial shots of land and factories. Many of the larger photos have stamps identifying these as..... More
San Francisco and Berkeley, c. 1980-1995. 41 flyers (31 are 8.5" x 11", 7 are approximately 8.5" x 14", 3 are 5.5" x 8.5 or smaller). Photocopied or other offset printing processes. The majority are for individual shows, although six are venue calendars or club special event announcements. Overall VG+..... More
Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, New York, March-May 1914. Thick oblong (8" x 5.5") string-tied album in limp black cloth boards with "Photographs" in gilt lettering. 109 original photographs (most 3.5" x 5", many captioned in white ink), 11 clipped news articles by MacWethy, and 13 pieces of ephemera, including postcards, the..... More