Little lessons in lunacy
San Francisco: Authors Press, 1948. Two 5.5x3.5 inch postcards meant to be mailed to friends or congressman, titled Little Lesson in Lunacy No. 1 and 2; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 314376
San Francisco: Authors Press, 1948. Two 5.5x3.5 inch postcards meant to be mailed to friends or congressman, titled Little Lesson in Lunacy No. 1 and 2; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 314376
San Francisco: Fake ID, LLC, 2001. 16p., 7.5x3.25 inches landscape layout, illustrated with dot-matrix-styled digital images of phallic symbols etc., humorous sexology item on phallic imagery, very good in stapled brown wraps. More
Cat.No: 207597
Monaco: Editions Societe de Publicite et d’Editions monegasques, 1944. Pamphlet. Pages 51-70, illustrations, color printed wraps. Vertical fold runs the entire height of the issue; edgeworn; paper toned. Humorous medical journal issued just a few months before the liberation of France. Includes stores, verse, original comics, and advertisements. The title..... More
Cat.No: 297449
Greenwich, CT: the museum, n.d. Paperback. Unpaginated slick large pamphlet, thirty pages or so, stapled-fastened 11x8.5 inch pamphlet with presswork on glazed alkaline stock throughout, about equally color and b&w, we see no flaws besides a couple flecks (flyspecks?) to front cover: sound, otherwise clean and unmarked. More
Cat.No: 292188
no place: National Song Parade, [circa 1940]. Magazine. 32p., small-font production on newsprint, stapled 11x8 inch self-wraps, the red cover wrapper is decorated with a sly photoportrait of Bing Crosby. Cover slightly edgeworn and a little faded, text is quite toned but handleable, a good copy. Caveat emptor, no music..... More
Cat.No: 208480
Rorschach: the magazine, 1934. Magazine. Single issue of the Swiss satirical magazine, 19p., 9.25x12.75 inches, horizontal crease, paper toned and mildly worn, two small holes near staples . Cover image of a hand stopping a raised fist, with caption to the effect that it is hands, not fists, that create..... More
Cat.No: 230555
Rorschach: the magazine, 1934. Single issue of the Swiss satirical magazine, 23p., 9.25x12.75 inches, cover edgeworn with a couple of closed tears. Cover depicts Pu-yi, recently propped up as the ruler of Manchukuo, as a puppet in the hands of a Japanese ape. More
Cat.No: 230554
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1999. Paperback. Unpaginated, about ten pages of critical material and 31 full page color plates, first edition 9x7.5 inch frenchfold wraps, a very good copy of a nice production. A number of items show traditional figures in contemporary drag attire, dolls in..... More
Cat.No: 167061
Kimballton IA: Kimballton Welfare Club, [early 1920s]. Pamphlet. 32p., sepia presswork on tinted alkaline paperstock, softbound, a 9.5x6.5 inch staplebound pamphlet; illustrated with period photography, half of the town, the rest mugshots. Cover somewhat handled and crimped, textblock less so but has suffered a two-inch scratch to title page (slightly..... More
Cat.No: 232952
New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1988. 23p., tabloid format newspaper, light wear and toning. Laid in, as issued, is a "Stop Contra funding" poster in color. More
Cat.No: 179116
New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1985. 23p., tabloid format newspaper, minor wear and faint edge stain. Centerfold is a color poster featuring a Rube Goldberg device in which turning on the television triggers an invasion of Nicaragua. More
Cat.No: 179117
New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1985. 23p., tabloid format newspaper, pages lightly toned else very good. Centerfold is a color poster featuring a Rube Goldberg device in which turning on the television triggers an invasion of Nicaragua. More
Cat.No: 179121
New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1986. 23p., tabloid format newspaper, lightly toned, wraps lightly foxed, beginning to split along spine else good condition. Centerfold is a color poster giving directions on spray-painting stencil graffiti. Also includes Abbie Hoffman interview, articles on the Philippine resistance to Marcos, the 11th..... More
Cat.No: 242084
New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1987. Newspaper. 23p., tabloid format newspaper, minor wear and toning. Centerfold is a color poster featuring a board game, "Reagan's Cash to the Contras." Garish cover cartoon captioned "Ron sells crack to fund Contras." More
Cat.No: 179155
New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1987. Newspaper. 23p., tabloid format newspaper, minor wear evenly toned, wraps lightly foxed along edges else very good condition. Centerfold is a color poster featuring a board game, "Reagan's Cash to the Contras." Garish cover cartoon captioned "Ron sells crack to fund Contras."..... More
Cat.No: 261765
New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1987. 20p., tabloid format newspaper on decent paper stock, minor ink smear at edge of cover. Centerfold is a color poster advertising an impeach Reagan/Bush/Meese event, titled "Bury the Dead." Includes an article on the Contra drugs-for guns racket. More
Cat.No: 179113
New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1980. 31p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, minor edge tears else very good condition. Cover story is "Weird Nazi cult behind anti-pot groups." Centerfold is a text-heavy poster for the upcoming Yippie conference. More
Cat.No: 179156
St. Petersburg: A.D. Rysis, 1906. 8p., 9.5x13.5 inches, edgeworn, especially at the top edge, though the fraying does not reach the text. Single issue of the satirical magazine, "The Gadfly." Cover image depicts a proud eagle atop a pile of skulls. More
Cat.No: 271194
Fairfax, Virginia: Capital Concepts, Inc., 1994. Paperback. [50]p., 5.5x8.25 inch pictorial wraps; heavily photoillustrated, price sticker on back wrap, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 311418
npl: npub, [c1911]. Postcard. 3.25x5.5 inch postcard; some creasing, address and name written twice black pen (first time) and then scratched out in purple pencil and written again, message simply says "guess who". Good only. Philosophy Series. More
Cat.No: 311424
Berkeley, Oakland, New York: Plutonium Players, 1980. Three newsletters from the radical theater group, 8.5x11 to 8.5x14 inches, together with two handbills advertising performances in New York as part of the Players' ironic "Reagan for Shah" campaign. Minor toning and handling wear, very good. Newsletters have tongue-in-cheek subsections such as..... More
Cat.No: 319852
Oakland, CA: the magazine, [1996]. 36p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Several articles on public transit fare hikes, with facsimiles of hoax flyers put out by friends of the magazine (including one with fake day passes for riding MUNI). Fraudulent full-page ad for Gloria La Riva's sheriff campaign proclaims her..... More
Cat.No: 145101
Lansing, MI: Popular Reality, [1999?]. Newspaper. 12p., single issue of the tabloid format newspaper; illus., photos., horizontal fold, paper toned, mailing address on back wrap, else very good. More
Cat.No: 297793
San Francisco: San Francisco Steampunks, nd. Pamphlet. [4]p., 5.5x8.5 inch folded zine; photos., folding crease, otherwise very good. Humorous local reports by San Francisco Steampunks. More
Cat.No: 310713