Xuyun lao he shang
Hong Kong: Xing dao ri bao, n.d. 28p., slender paperback, pages toned, vertical crease. On the Buddhist monk Xuyun, who died in 1959. More about Xuyun lao he shang
Cat.No: 240458
New Arrivals
The Fifth Estate, vol. 2, no. 25, April 1-15, 1968
Detroit: The Fifth Estate, 1968. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid, illus., toned, a few closed tears, tiny chips at spine quarterfold, mildly fraying, else very good. One of the first underground newspapers, Detroit's The Fifth Estate is still being published, against all odds. This issue's cover sports a drawing of a.... More about The Fifth Estate, vol. 2, no. 25, April 1-15, 1968
Cat.No: 240454
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Tanka: from a collection titled Snow Falling on Snow [signed]
Tangram, 2012. Eight-panel pamphlet, 4.25x5.5 inches, double-folded pages, fine, signed on cover by the poet. More about Tanka: from a collection titled Snow Falling on Snow [signed
Cat.No: 240450
Proudhon's solution of the social problem. Including commentary and exposition by Charles A. Dana and William B. Greene. Edited, with introduction by Henry Cohen
New York: Vanguard Press, 1927. Hardcover. xvi, 225p., 4.5 x 7.25 inches, ex library from the FBI's library with extensive library markings and stamps. More about Proudhon's solution of the social problem. Including commentary and exposition by Charles A. Dana...
Cat.No: 240449
Personal reminiscences of the anti-slavery and other reforms and reformers
Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. xx, 279p., very good condition. Reprint of 1899 edition. An important account of the movement in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York. More about Personal reminiscences of the anti-slavery and other reforms and reformers
Cat.No: 240448
Collected Poems 1930-83
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1984. Hardcover. xvi, 260p., index of first lines, very good first edition in cloth boards, gilt titles, unclipped lightly-edgeworn brick dj. Miles was a native of Chicago who became a professor of English at UC Berkeley. More about Collected Poems 1930-83
Cat.No: 240446
Orogrande: vol. 1, #2, March 1979
San Francisco: Orogrande, 1979. [5p] 8.5x11 inches, very good poetry journal in stapled decorative tan wraps. Six poems by Eigner, two by Noyes and three by Beene. Last issue. At front is a request for funding which likely failed. Eigner was a disabled Black Mountain poet. Noyes was a Berkeley... More about Orogrande: vol. 1, #2, March 1979
Cat.No: 240445
Blue Unicorn vol. 18, #2, February 1995
Kensington, CA: printed at West Coast Print center, Berkeley fo Blue Unicorn, 1995. 32p., 5.5x8.5 inches, very good poetry journal booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More about Blue Unicorn vol. 18, #2, February 1995
Cat.No: 240444
Blue Unicorn vol. 8, #1, October 1984
Kensington, CA: printed at West Coast Print center, Berkeley fo Blue Unicorn, 1984. 48p., 5.5x8.5 inches, very good poetry journal booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More about Blue Unicorn vol. 8, #1, October 1984
Cat.No: 240443
Blue Unicorn vol. 1, #1, October 1977
Kensington, CA: printed at West Coast Print center, Berkeley fo Blue Unicorn, 1977. 32p., 5.5x8.5 inches, very good poetry journal booklet in stapled blue pictorial wraps. More about Blue Unicorn vol. 1, #1, October 1977
Cat.No: 240442
Earth Poetry: selected essays & interviews, 1950-1977
Berkeley: Oyez, 1980. Hardcover. 251p., foreword, introduction, notes, biographical note, index, very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Sacramento-born Everson joined the Dominican Order as Brother Antoninus. In the late 1950s he left the order, married and moved to the mountains of Santa Cruz and became poet in... More about Earth Poetry: selected essays & interviews, 1950-1977
Cat.No: 240441
Dos elegias/two elegies
Los Angeles and Fairfax, CA: The Red Hill Press, 1977. Paperback. [48p] 5.5x8 inches, text in Spanish and English, very good first edition booklet in brown printed wraps. Bilingual poetry, elegies to Jorge Cardona Jiménez, who immigrated to Los Angeles from Costa Rica, becoming a railroad worker and newspaperman, then..... More about Dos elegias/two elegies
Cat.No: 240439
Preliminary Regional Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region
Berkeley: Association of Bay Area Governments, 1966. 53p., features eleven intricate fullpage line maps in vivid colors, and a number of small b&w such maps, printed triple-column; huge softbound, 12.2x11.2 inches in decorated wraps, rather edgeworn with a 1.5 inch chip at the head of spine, and on the cover... More about Preliminary Regional Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region
Cat.No: 240438
Coastlines: vol. 4, no. 4 whole number 16, Autumn, 1960
Hollywood: California Quarterly, Inc., 1960. Paperback. 56p., 6x9 inches, very good poetry journal in stapled pictorial wraps. Coastlines was a left-leaning publication that lasted between 1955 and 1964, replacing The California Quarterly when it folded in the mid-1950s. It published many radical poets including John Beecher and Thomas McGrath, both... More about Coastlines: vol. 4, no. 4 whole number 16, Autumn, 1960
Cat.No: 240437
The political freshman
Philadelphia: Bushrod Library, 1902. Hardcover. 569p., first edition, very good condition. Political novel by the Philadelphia based homeopath & surgeon. not found in Hanna. More about The political freshman
Cat.No: 240436
Lenin's last bastion, a story of a Communist takeover in Southern California
New York: Exposition Press, 1966. Hardcover. 160p., first edition, very good condition in a shelf worn dj with a faded spine. Novel about the future takeover of the Communists (with the help of the UN and New Left of course) and about the conservative freedom fighters that rise up. More about Lenin's last bastion, a story of a Communist takeover in Southern California
Cat.No: 240434
Guerra en Paterson (y otras cronicas). Prologo de Hector Aguilar Camin
Mexico City: Ediciones Era, 1981. Paperback. 175p., wraps, very good condition. Translations of John Reed's article for the Masses etc., that appeared in English in "The education of John Reed" in 1955" More about Guerra en Paterson (y otras cronicas). Prologo de Hector Aguilar Camin
Cat.No: 240433
Modern Russian Poetry
New York: The Viking Press, 1972. Hardcover. 210p., b&w portraits of the poets accompany excellent translations (these do not read like translations!), hardbound in black cloth boards spine-titled gilt. Slight cover wear at extremities, clean sound, square and tight, a very good copy. No DJ. More about Modern Russian Poetry
Cat.No: 240432
Death solves nothing. Translated by Barbara Barclay Carter
New York: Sheed & War, 1938. Hardcover. 272p., very good condition in a worn and heavily chipped dj. Catholic anti-Communist novel, set in Germany. More about Death solves nothing. Translated by Barbara Barclay Carter
Cat.No: 240431
Trace; A Villiers Publication. Year's Mags; New Chronicle, Satires, Photo-Art, Poetry. Complete 1968 series.
Hollywood/London: Villiers Publications Ltd., 1969. Paperback. Pp.353-547, xxi, numerous b&w photos on inserted stock, print contributions on several sorts of expensive paperstock, a luxury production softbound in 8x5 inch glossy wraps. Rather rubbed with a touch of edgewear, contents pristine, a good to very good copy, sound, clean and unmarked..... More about Trace; A Villiers Publication. Year's Mags; New Chronicle, Satires, Photo-Art, Poetry. Complete...
Cat.No: 240430
Le Socialisme Romantique; Pierre Leroux et ses contemporains
Paris: Librairie Marcel Rivière et Cie, 1948. Paperback. 260p., 6.25x9.75 inches, toned and stained wraps, text block toned, some slant to spine, inscription by author on first title page (though not signed), text in French; good. More about Le Socialisme Romantique; Pierre Leroux et ses contemporains
Cat.No: 240429
Sumac: an active anthology vol. 4, #1, Fall 1971; final regular issue
Fremont, MI: Sumac Press, 1971. Paperback. 147p., very good first edition trade paperback literary journal in white printed wraps. Early Eigner. Harrison "interviews" fellow editior/author Tom McGuane whose second novel "Bushwacked Piano" had just been published. Hilarious. More about Sumac: an active anthology vol. 4, #1, Fall 1971; final regular issue
Cat.No: 240428
Graue Kolonnen 24 neue gedichte
Berlin: Internationaler Arbeiter-Verlag, 1930. Paperback. 79p., first edition, wraps shelf worn with a corner torn off of the front wrap else good condition. Proletarian poetry by a member of the German Communist Party (KPD). Neue proletarische dichtung band 4. More about Graue Kolonnen 24 neue gedichte
Cat.No: 240427
De Wording van het Communisme in Nederland 1907-1925 (The Inclusion of Communism in the Netherlands)
Amsterdam: P.N. Van Kampen & Zoon N.V., 1948. Hardcover. 240p., 6x9 inches, illus., cloth boards, toned text block with a bit of foxing on foreward edge, a small blemish on back cover, else very good. Text is in Dutch. More about De Wording van het Communisme in Nederland 1907-1925 (The Inclusion of Communism in the Netherlands
Cat.No: 240426
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Malpais Review; vol. 1, no. 1, Summer 2010 [slogan:] "The Badlands are everywhere."
Placitas NM: the review, 2010. Paperback. 128p., illustrated with a half-dozen exhibit and site photos, softbound in glossy 9x6 inch wraps. Bottom edge has a mild bump affecting cover stock and every leaf, else completely sound, clean and unmarked. A very good copy. More about Malpais Review; vol. 1, no. 1, Summer 2010 [slogan:] "The Badlands are everywhere."
Cat.No: 240425