Constitution adopted at Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1998
Detroit: UAW-CIO, 1998. Paperback. 224p., paperback, very good. Also included is a worn copy of the 1995 constitution. More
Cat.No: 243785
New Arrivals
Soviet Youth Calling . . . Front Line News direct from Young People of the Soviet Union
London: Anglo-Soviet Youth Friendship Alliance, n.d. [1941?]. Pamphlet. 12p., 5.5x8.5 inches, stapled pamphlet, rust to staple, soiled and spotted wraps with a hint of must, corners bumped. A reading copy. Only two found in OCLC as of Oct. 2019. "These reports have been sent by the Anti-Fascist Youth Committee in... More
Cat.No: 243784
The red dyes: cochineal, madder, and murex purple. A world tour of textile techniques
Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1997. 215 pages, very good hardcover in dustjacket. More
Cat.No: 243783
Jewels of Japanese printmaking: surimono of the Bunka-Bunsei era 1804-1830 / America no 3 josei ga atsumeta Bunka-Bunsei no shugyoku no surimono
Tokyo: Ota Memorial Museum of Art, 2000. 170 pages, paperback, illustrations (some color), very good. More
Cat.No: 243782
Artists on the left: American artists and the Communist movement, 1926-1956
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. ix, 357 pages, hardcover, very good but for gift inscription, in a worn dustjacket that has been reinforced with tape. More
Cat.No: 243781
San Francisco Pride June 26 et 27 2004 [brochure]
San Francisco: SF Pride, 2004. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, text in French, color photos, sponsor ads, very good on glossy purple stock. Sir Ian McKellen was the Grand Marshall. More
Cat.No: 243780
San Francisco Pride June 23 and 24 2007 & Fierte de San Francisco [two brochures]
San Francisco: SF Pride, 2007. Two 6-panel brochures folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, one in English, one in French, color photos, sponsor ads, very good on glossy lavender stock. Jennifer Beals and Honey Labrador were Grand Marshals. More
Cat.No: 243779
United Artists Pressbook for "The Christine Jorgensen Story"
New York: United Artists, 1970. Four-panel folded broadsheet, glossy white stock with various photos and publicity options available to theaters showing the UA film, very good. The Irving Rapper directed film starred John Hansen in his film debut as Jorgensen. More
Cat.No: 243777
Peace. Vol. XXIV no. 11 (November 1959)
Annavaram: The Mission of Peace (Sri Santi Ashram), 1959. pp. 323-350, staplebound digest-size magazine, very good. Honorary editor was Sister Lalita Devi. Includes contributions by supporters around the world. More
Cat.No: 243775
Self-realization magazine (Sept.-Oct. 1956)
Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1956. Single issue of the staplebound digest-size magazine published by Paramahansa Yogananda's group, which was instrumental in bringing Yoga to the USA. 54 pages, very good. More
Cat.No: 243774
Jews in the Soviet Union
London: British-Soviet Society, 1948. Pamphlet. 16p., staplebound pamphlet, some edgewear. Pro-Soviet viewpoint. More
Cat.No: 243773
Up From Under: by, for, and about women; vol. 1, #5, (1973)
New York: Up From Under, 1973. Magazine. 65p., 8 x 11 inches, illus., magazine in stapled pictorial wraps, wraps edgeworn, a few dogears, mild rippling at top of front cover and first 2-3 pages, else good condition. Apparently the final issue of the magazine. More
Cat.No: 243772
Gong fei dui zhi shi fen zi "si xiang gai zao" de fen xi
Taibei: Gai zao chu ban she, 1952. 40p., slender paperback, very good. Anticommunist assessment of the "thought reform" program for intellectuals in Mainland China. Cover illustration shows a scholar at his desk, overshadowed by the silhouette of a man wielding a whip. More
Cat.No: 243771
The Advocate: touching your lifestyle; #183, February 11, 1976 in two sections
San Mateo: Liberation Publications, 1976. Newspaper. 48p., and 24p. second section [Trader Dick] folded tabloid newspaper, mild toning otherwise very good on newsprint. Cover stories: Gay in the Country, This Bill is Dangerous [Senate Bill 1] Gay VD Clinic Wins LA Support, The Real Rhoda Makes Her Advocate Debut -... More
Cat.No: 243770
Vim: the magazine for vigorous living; vol. 6, #4, August-September 1959; I was seduced by Hollywood!
Chicago: Nirvack Pub. 1959. Magazine. 51p., 5.5x8.5 inches, photos of male nudes mostly in posing pouches but some fully nude from rear, ads, services, resources, health tips, very heavily worn, toned covers, chipping at spine fold, big red newstand stamp on rear cover, digest-size magazine in stapled white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 243769
Nihon no funaema: Kitamaebune
Tokyo: Kashiwa Shobo, 1977. 298p., very good hardcover in slipcase. Black and white photos, text in Japanese. On funa-ema, or wooden votive plates for boats. More
Cat.No: 243768
Up From Under: by, for, and about women; vol. 1, #3, January/February 1971
New York: Up From Under, 1971. Magazine. 65p., 8 x 11 inches, illus., magazine in stapled pictorial wraps, wraps lightly worn, some rust to staples, subscriber address written on back cover, else very good condition. Contributers include Tillie Olsen and Marge Piercy. More
Cat.No: 243767
Orandae Imari / Orandae-Imari Ware
Tokyo: Gohachi Puresu, 1973. Unpaginated hardcover, very good in slipcase, with illustrations in color and black and white. Includes an English introduction, the rest in Japanese. On Japanese porcelain with motifs inspired by Dutch and other foreign influences. More
Cat.No: 243766
100 of the best antique chests: Yi dynasty and Japanese chests / Kodansu hyakusen: richo dansu to wadansu
Tokyo: Sojusha Bijutsu Shuppan, 1980. 218p., very good hardcover in a moderately rubbed and soiled slipcase. Photographs of traditional wooden storage cabinets, or tansu; some in color. Examples from both Korea and Japan are illustrated. Includes an English introductory essay and brief English captions to the illustrations, with longer Japanese captions. More
Cat.No: 243765
Wadansu shusei
Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kodansha, 1982. 224p., very good hardcover in an edgeworn dustjacket. Photographs of traditional wooden storage cabinets, or tansu; some in color. Text is in Japanese. More
Cat.No: 243764
Appareils Sanitaires
Lyon: Danto-Rogeat & Cie, n.d., circa 1910. Hardcover. 124p., artists' renderings of bathroom fixtures, mostly realistic b&w wash drawings showing a single appliance accompanied by engineering diagrams; in the terminal section (plumbing and towelracks) find multiple images sometimes with commentary. Presswork is on coated alkaline paperstock, hardbound in stiff titled..... More
Cat.No: 243748
Teamster Bureaucracy
New York: Monad Press, 1977. Paperback. 304p., wraps, frontispiece portrait of Dobbs, spine creased and sunned, wraps worn, distributer's sticker on rear wrap, else very good condition. First edition. More
Cat.No: 243718
Lessons of the Spanish revolution. 1936-1939
Oakland: PM Press, 2019. Paperback. 285p., 505x8 inches, trade paperback, as New. Largely a reprint of the out of print Freedom Press 1983 edition. More
Cat.No: 243707
Rachael and Elexis / On Our Backs [poster]
San Francisco: Blush Productions, 1985. 22x17 inch poster, very good, featuring photo by H.L. Cottrell. "On Our Backs" was the iconic magazine offering "entertainment for the adventurous lesbian." More
Cat.No: 243647
Compagnie Ceramique de Pouilly-S/-Saone & Belvoye. Etablissements Jacob, Delafon, Ingenieurs-Sanitaires. Catalogue General
Paris: the business, 1925. Hardcover. xviii, 525p., illustrations on nearly every page, most often painterly drawings but also diagrams, printed on coated alkaline paperstock throughout. Sections are stubbed with cardstock dividers for easy thumbing. Hardbound, 9x7.5 inches, a handsome, heavy item in brown cloth boards lettered and panelled white. The... More
Cat.No: 243573