New York: Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation, 1969. Special Introduction by Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of NAACP. First Edition. 80 pp. VG or better illustrated stapled wraps (edgewear, light vertical crease affecting entire publication, toning). "Suppressed until now--the proud story of the black man's achievements in every area of American..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Southern University Department of Psychology, 1964. VG or better (toning to covers, with about 4 tiny pin holes that are present throughout). Perfect bound. (ix) 78 pp. with 25 tables (printed on rectos only). "The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a contract with the United..... More
Lexington, KY: Maxie C. Maultsby, Jr./Psychiatry Out-Patient Clinic, Uinversity of Kentucky Medical Center, 1974. First Edition. Illustrations by Grace von Drasek Ascher. 109 pp. VG+ llustrated softcover (toning and creasing to corners, affecting opening two pages). Contents include You and Your Emotions, This is Rational Thinking, ABC's of How to..... More
Snohomish, WA: Snohomish Publishing Co., 1977. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on ffep in year of publication: "Happy Carving Paul N. Luvera Sr. Nov. 1977." VG+ Softcover, 158 pp. Numerous illustrations and photographs throughout. Uncommon signed. More
Renton, WA: Jehlor, 1979. First Edition. 44 pp. VG+ stapled pictorial covers (scuffing, ghost of teddy bear pattern inside front cover). Traditional and cabaret patterns for creating your own costumes "for the belly dancer, folk dancer, musician--anyone who wants to wear Middle Eastern garments, to folk festivals, practice sessions and..... More
Names of all the 9 men are in white below the image. Photographer name in white is "(H.H.) Haskell, Columbus, O." Not examined outside of frame. Because of the shortage of pilots during World War I, the War Department formed the Aviation Cadet Training Program (1917-1919) and commissioned six universities across..... More
Film-Lectures, etc. Free Day Care. Sept. 29 + 30, 1973. Sat. 10AM-9PM and Sun. 9AM-5PM. 24.5” x 29” screenprinted poster on heavy stock, overall about VG+ with vibrant colors and striking graphics, folded in quarters, a touch of wrinkling and light wear at folds, with pinholes in all four corners. The..... More
Illustrated (presumably the author) on both sides, with striking and skilled line drawings with watercolor accents. Approximately 6” x 42” (unrolled). No author identified. No place identified. Dated “3/21/1973.” A unique dreamlike story that begins as a letter to S (Sedric), recounting how the female speaker “felt my shadow disengage itself”..... More
Ed. John Osborne. 8 issues total: Volume 1, Number 2 (July-August 1970), Number 3 (September-October 1970), Number 4 (November-December 1970), Number 5 (January-February 1971), Number 6 (March-April 1971), Volume 2, Number 1 (May-June 1971), Number 2 (July-August 1971), and the 1970 IVA Directory. Mimeographed, all stapled at top left corner..... More
26 total photographs: eleven 8” x 10” black and white photos and ten 6” x 8” black and white photos, all with “British Information Services: An Agency of the British Government” stamp on verso—most also contain handwritten notations and markings, taped printed descriptions, and seven contain Harper & Row Publishers..... More
String-tied cloth boards reinforced with tape. 12” x 13” (2.5” thickness), soiling to covers. 33 leaves (chipping and edgewear, some pages brittle) filled with photos and ephemera on all rectos and versos. 126 photographs, profusely captioned on pages (and many with notations on versos), most in corner mounts, some black..... More
The album was compiled by one Don Cranmer of Birmingham, Alabama, documenting his involvement with the association from its early days and featuring photos of the shows he attended. Oblong (19.5” x 13”) photo album/scrapbook, faux leather covers a bit dusty, ring bound with metal fasteners. Overall VG or better. 32..... More
New York: Sunbury Press, 1975. First Edition of the author’s first book. 32 pp. VG+ illustrated stapled wraps, with design by Ralph Vega II. A chapbook of poetry made possible, in part, through a grant from The Bronx Council of the Arts. “These poems belong to all women who dare..... More
New York: Nuyorican Press/Nuyorican Poet’s Café, Inc., 1978. First Edition. 122 pp. VG+ illustrated wraps. Illustrations by Sandra Maria Esteves; cover drawing by Fernando Salicrup; photos by Suzanne Karp Krebs. INSCRIBED by Algarin on ffep: “October 29, 1979 Marilyn, So I remember your upper New York [ ] when we..... More
Two (2) Newsletters—June and July 1990—for the Harley Strokers MC (headquartered in Portland, OR). Both stapled, taped, and folded for mailing (both addressed to Club member from Berkeley, CA), one printed on peach paper (8 pp.) and the other on white (10 pp.). About VG+ (some wear, and one has..... More
Both pictorials were published in Sacramento, CA, by Cimini Graphics. The 1979 edition is comb-bound, with 106 pp. Pictorial cover, overall VG+ (staining to cover, with pen notation “Oct. 1-6, 1979” written vertically). In addition to photos of activities (exhibit hall, clubs, tours, show competition, and field events), there are..... More
An outstanding collection of ephemeral material (approximately 200 separate pieces) from the New York City record store/record label Midnight Records from the years 1984-1989. Midnight Records was founded by J.D. Martignon (who died in 2016), a French record dealer who has been called “the mover and shaker” behind the 1980s..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. First Edition, early printing. INSCRIBED on ffep: “For Bill Ellis with best regards, Bob Jones.” VG+ (wear to edges, offsetting and staining to endpapers, a hint of spine lean) in an about VG+ unclipped dustjacket (dampstaining to spine and flaps, edgewear). “Bobby Jones’..... More
Illustrated uncut sheet on rag paper (no watermark visible), sepia-toned, measuring approximately 25.25” x 21”. Im Verlag und zufinden bey Peter Schencken (Amsterdam, circa 1705). Originally published in Paris in the seventeenth century, with a few variations listed in OCLC, mostly appearing in European institutions (one appears at Harvard). Half-inch loss to..... More
Dot Replinger (1924-2018) was an artist and educator who exhibited her work at art fairs and galleries throughout the Midwest, and her commissioned work is displayed throughout the country. The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. also has in its collection one of her colorful bedspreads. Three-ring binder with five divider tabs, one..... More
Keene, New Hampshire: Ralph Page. 17 non-consecutive issues include Volume 2 Numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and Volume 3 Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 36-40 pp. per issue. Stapled illustrated wraps (one issue intact without staples, another with two hole punches)..... More
Phenix, RI: The Gleaner Print/Rhode Island Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1905. First Edition. Approximately 4.5” x 7.5”. [2] 93 [17—includes memorandum pages and advertisements]. Illustrated stiff blue wraps with red quarter cloth spine. VG or better (toning and soiling, a bump to first two pages, residue stain and tear at..... More
Contents include the following: 23 buttons, pinbacks, and patches (includes International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs 1985, International Mr. Leather 1991, AIDS Emergency Fund, Living Sober San Francisco, Foggy City Dancers, Gay Pride 1990, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force). 83 Male Calling cards and Gay-themed business cards, with an additional 48..... More
Photojournalist Cornell Capa (brother to the famous WWII photographer Robert Capa) founded New York’s International Center of Photography in 1972. In 1946, he was working as a staff photographer for Life, and over the following eight years he worked on approximately 300 assignments for the magazine. Capa said that his aim..... More
Washington, D.C. The New Classroom, 1972. Black cardboard box with folding flap, approximately 4.25” x 7.25” which houses two audio cassette tapes and a yellow printed insert, “Liner Notes (#1), folded to make six panels (5” x 10.5” unfolded). Liner notes are a touch wrinkled, with wear to box and..... More