Carver: a great soul
Fairfax, CA: Serpent Wise, 1998. Paperback. 79p., book-length prose poem on George Washington Carver, personal inscription signed by the author, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 192543
Fairfax, CA: Serpent Wise, 1998. Paperback. 79p., book-length prose poem on George Washington Carver, personal inscription signed by the author, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 192543
Twain Harte: Reunion Press, Inc., 1984. [128p.], glossy colorphoto wraps, later printing (same year as first), some pressure marks on back and front covers, otherwise slightest signs of handling (no singe marks). FYI: Look to other Burkan treatments on the prep for the Big Hotfoot; in this book the Burkans..... More
Cat.No: 148626
San Francisco: Ramparts Magazine, Inc., 1973. Magazine. 61p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, wraps worn, address label on front wrap, front wrap and next few pages lightly dampstained along top edge, else good condition. Articles on mysticism in the new left, Cambodia, John Lee Hooker, and more. More
Cat.No: 230441
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Hardcover. 292p., first US edition, frontispiece, b&w photographs of his associates Margaret Sanger et al, slightly frayed and toned dustjacket, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 60030
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. Hardcover. x, 249p., brown cloth boards titled in silver foil, very good condition in a price-clipped dj with two old price stickers on front panel. More
Cat.No: 170979
Syracuse: Light Work / Robert B. Menschel Photography Center, Syracuse University, 2000. Paperback. 32p., coated paperstock throughout, with captioned b&w and color reproductions, a longish vita, and 2p. of information by Jeffrey Hoone, director of Light Works. Softcover, 10x9 inch photographic cardstock wraps, a very good copy. Chong's photos on..... More
Cat.No: 176426
Lockport, IL: The Ogren Press, 1975. Paperback. 108p., + [5p. of plates], limited first edition, 8.5x11 inch staplebound covers; price sticker on front cover and title page, spine duct taped, damp ring on front cover, good only. Sociological history of the Amana community. More
Cat.No: 310250
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. Hardcover. xvi, 398p., numerous b&w photoillustrations, uncommon ones, second printing of the 1968 first issue. Hardbound in 10x6.5 inch black cloth boards gilt, enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself has a touch of color-loss to spine rims, and a little dust to top edge; while..... More
Cat.No: 316239
Covina, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1950. Pamphlet. pp578-640, stapled wraps, 6x9.25 inches, slightly warped, dampstain on pp621-640, front wrap unevenly toned, staples rusted, two crayon marks each on first page and p583, a reading copy only. Includes an article about Helena Blavatsky and a reprint of her article "False Conceptions"..... More
Cat.No: 250907
no place: Lapis Publications, Inc, 1978. 62p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.5 inches, wraps lightly soiled, previous owner's name penned on first page else very good condition; number 146 of 200 copies. Probably a midwest production, several Illinois residents, the guy who did the cover illustration and probably the layout is in..... More
Cat.No: 158916
Dornach-Basel: Hybernia-Verlag, 1950. Hardcover. 171p., first edition in 9x6.5 inch red cloth boards cover-titled gilt. Ex library with a small spot of dried adhesive at the tail, item's sole hint it was institutionally owned. Further traces of damage: the top rim and three corner-tips show a little cardstock from mild..... More
Cat.No: 262510
[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], [not before 1958]. Hardcover. [4], 33, [3]p., portraits, boards. Bound in publisher’s red cloth, gilt stamped on cover. Misbound. Minor blemishes on covers, otherwise Very Good. Published version of a 1958 lecture at the Anthroposophical Center in New York delivered by a...... More
Cat.No: 319437
San Francisco: author, 2003. Pamphlet. 36p., illus., 8.5x5.5 staplebound untrimmed xerox. More
Cat.No: 158764
New York: Smyrna Press, 1969. [48p.], 7x8.5 inches, introduction, dedication to Dr. Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan et al, afterword, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. The "Jerusalem" that is meant is the thematic Blakean one. More
Cat.No: 134996
Swarthmore, PA: Swarthmore College, 1951. Pamphlet. 20p., wraps. 9 x 6 in. Very Good. More
Cat.No: 319448
Birmingham, AL: The Altrurian Society, 1925. Pamphlet. 14p., 4x6 inches in wraps; slight toning on wrapper edges, minor rust on staples, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 302166
London: Self-published by the author, 1974. Pamphlet. 28p., 5.5x8.5 inch staplebound, minor edgewear, else very good. Musician and New Age spiritual teacher. More
Cat.No: 302444
Chattanooga: Freedom, 1987. 217p., tls from the author advertising the book laid in, wraps. A self-published exploration of the ideas of black inferiority built into historical religious practices, and an exposition of true religious principles. African American author. More
Cat.No: 90448
New York: Vantage Press, 1980. 43p., first edition boards in dj, a very good copy that is inscribed and signed as "Joan." Happy Christian sentiment happily recorded in koan- or zen-like brevity, from a college-educated Massachusetts woman who settled in San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 170181
New York: Globe Press Books, 1986. Hardcover. 167p., review copy rubberstamp on publisher's blank, letter from the publisher insert, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 274744
Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Co., 1981. Paperback. pp. 3-138, illustrations, wraps. 7.25 x 5 in. Very Good. Articles include “The Psychic Heritage of Thomas Wolfe” by M.A. Hancock, "A Device for Harnessing Bioenergy, " by Guy Lyon Playfair, and "Strange Death of Ella Salamon," by Michael Goss, among many..... More
Cat.No: 310401
Edgewater, CO: Bridgeway Media, 1992. Paperback. xxvii, 107p., signed by the Christian mystic, very good first edition trade paperback in white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 102321
Edgewater, CO: Bridgeway Media, 1993. Paperback. vii, 120p., signed by the Christian mystic, very good first edition trade paperback in white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 189518
Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1985. Hardcover. 326p., first American edition, hardbound in 9x5.5 inch faux leatherette boards lettered silverfoil and enclosed in the dust jacket. Nearly as new; top and bottom margins of the dust jacket are very slightly worn, and top edge of textblock bears a few sprinkles of..... More
Cat.No: 318149
Oxford: Amate Press, 2001. Paperback. 96p., an elegant small softbound in 8x6 inch terracotta wraps titled in brown. Faintest handling, perfectly sound, clean and unmarked, an as new copy. More
Cat.No: 261304