Buffalo, NY: 5th Ward Branch, Workers Alliance, [1938]. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill, toned with tiny edge chip, otherwise very good but for "Buffalo, 1938" penned in lower right corner. The 5th Ward in Buffalo was the heart of the segregated African American community, though this leaflet makes no reference to..... More
Cat.No: 321563
Dublin: Blackrock College, 1935. 156, xxiv p. paperback yearbook for the Catholic secondary school, card covers edgeworn where they project past the textblock, minor foxing; signed by de Valera on the title page. A note in pen dated Oct. 1, 1935, by a Bro. Declan to a "Dear Miss D....... More
Cat.No: 314869
San Francisco: Coalition Opposed to Medical and Biological Attack, 1971. 12p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned; very good condition. Created by the Asian-American Coalition in opposition to chemical and biological warfare and its application in Vietnam. Authors believed that the US military was crafting weapons that would only..... More
Cat.No: 290577
[Berkeley]: Rag Baby Records, [1966]. Poster. 14x20 inch screenprint poster promoting the second EP from the band, featuring "Section 43," "Bass Strings," and "Thing Called Love." Lists local vendors for the album at the bottom; artwork by Tom Weller. Fine condition; a duplicate from Country Joe's personal collection. This album..... More
Cat.No: 308676
n.p. [1986]. 17x11 inch poster on stiff card, opposing the Lyndon LaRouche-backed AIDS quarantine initiative. Depicts a stampede of cattle with human faces trampling Civil Liberties. This example printed on yellow stock. Minor damage to verso, not visible from the front. More
Cat.No: 323649
New York: Workers (Communist) Party, District 2; Young Workers' League, [1927]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, chipped at bottom, with old paper tape backing along the top. An unusual Communist flyer celebrating Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic solo flight. “But there are cunning and dangerous elements in this country, who see in this celebration an..... More
Cat.No: 323532
[Berkeley]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], [1970]. 23x29.75 inch poster, very good, a couple of minor ink smudges. In the Maggs Bros book "4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970," this design is illustrated on page 47. Participants in the Political Poster Workshop practiced the techniques of silkscreened..... More
Cat.No: 325821
San Francisco: Bay Area Committee Against the Briggs Initiative, 1978. 8.5x11 inch flyer, very good. The Briggs Initiative, on the ballot as Proposition 6, would have banned gay school teachers in the state of California. This was a large event held on Nov. 4, just before the election, to raise..... More
Cat.No: 320916
Buffalo, NY: 5th Ward Branch, Communist Party, [1939]. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill, very good but for "Negro CP Buffalo 1939" penned in lower right corner. Announcement of an outdoor May Day rally. The 5th Ward in Buffalo was the heart of the segregated African American community. More
Cat.No: 320395
San Francisco: Black Panther Party, 1969. Poster. 17.5x21.75 inch poster, apparently untrimmed at left and right edges (register marks still visible), very good condition. An unusually clean example of this poster, from the library of a journalist/activist who was involved in the defense of Eldridge Cleaver (provenance available upon request)..... More
Cat.No: 298963
Denver: Western Federation of Miners, 1906. Magazine. Three issues of the 16-page magazine, 11.75x16 inches; issues present are vol. 8 nos. 158-160. The first has the cover separated but present, with several tears; the second issue has some edge chips to the cover, otherwise very good. The WFM had been..... More
Cat.No: 319172
Berkeley: Jabberwock, 1966. Poster. 14x20 inch screenprint poster promoting upcoming appearances by the band; artwork by Tom Weller. Pinholes at corners, otherwise fine condition; a duplicate from Country Joe's personal collection. More
Cat.No: 308677
[Berkeley]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], [1970]. 14.25x11 inch poster screenprinted on the back of used computer paper, sprocket strip at left still intact. This poster is not included in the Maggs Bros book "4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970." Participants in the Political Poster Workshop practiced..... More
Cat.No: 325704
Vancouver: Partisan Party, 1971-1972. Newspaper. All issues published of the newspaper, beginning with a single broadside sheet, but quickly becoming a substantial tabloid-format newspaper. All issues have a horizontal fold and are evenly toned, but otherwise very good. Includes volume 1, nos. 1-12, vol. 2 no. 1, and supplements 1-3..... More
Cat.No: 283471
San Francisco: Shred of Dignity, 1989. 8.5x11 inch handbill, near fine condition; selected for condition from a small stack saved by Jerry “the Faerie” Berbiar. Announces a benefit at Deaf Club on Valencia to support the queercore zine Homocore, with performances by MDC, Popstitutes, Blue Vulva Underground, Kamala and the..... More
Cat.No: 325499
N.pl. Spear and Shield Publications, [1985]. 18p. staplebound pamphlet, 8.5x11 inches, small stain on front cover, otherwise minor handling wear. Rubberstamp of Cooperative Distribution Service on title page. Study notes series. Introduction by Atiba Shanna states that "The comrads here represent a small, INDEPENDENT, group of New Afrikan communists. They..... More
Cat.No: 148471
[Berkeley]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], [1970]. Poster. 17x22 inch poster, very good; number 4973 at the bottom identifies this as a product of the Political Poster Workshop at Berkeley in 1970. In the Maggs Bros book "4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970," this poster is number..... More
Cat.No: 325703
Berkeley: NCCF (National Committee to Combat Fascism), [1971]. Poster. 14.75x22 inch poster silkscreened on the back of conjoined sheets of computer printout paper, perforated sprocket edge strips intact. Very good. Issued to support a Berkeley ballot initiative that had been written by the Committee to Combat Fascism, a group affiliated..... More
Cat.No: 299721
[New York]: [1970]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, pinholes at two top corners, otherwise very good. Describes the gallery showing as the "Jive pig nation 'cultural' bullshit non-event of the new year. Hey John, is it love or money?? Admission by invitation only." Laments that the invited throngs of "fancy young..... More
Cat.No: 313370
[Twin Cities campus, University of Minnesota]: [Baker campaign for Minnesota Students Association], [1971]. 8.5x11 inch poster/handbill with a photo of Baker in jeans, button-up shirt - and high heel shoes. Fine condition. Baker, a law student, won the election in what he hailed as a victory for "sophistication" among the..... More
Cat.No: 189126
![Cat.No: 308312 Weeds [signed print]. W. Roloff Beny](https://bolerium.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/308312.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692832145)
n.p. the artist, 1946. Poster. 8.75x12.5 inch print on a 11.25x15.5 inch sheet, with "Weeds, proof, W. Roloff Beny 46" penciled across the bottom. Mild dust-soil and foxing. Beny, who became one of Canada's foremost landscape photographers, was 22 years old at the time he produced this work. More
Cat.No: 308312
Los Angeles: Christopher St. West [at Peace Press], [1971]. Handbill. Single 8.5x11 inch offset printed handbill for the 1971 parade in Hollywood illustrated with a linocut by DeRosa, very good. Announces the second Gay Pride Parade held on Hollywood Boulevard. After no other printer would agree to print this handbill..... More
Cat.No: 187723
Fuzhou: Mei hua shu ju 美華書局 / M.E. Mission Press, 1890. iv, 116 pages, slender volume bound in limp blue cloth, pencil ownership signature, otherwise very good. Textbook for speakers of the Cantonese dialect, featuring questions about the Bible, the Resurrection, the Law of God, the lives of various Biblical..... More
Cat.No: 324958
Boston: Chinese Services Bureau, 1936. Hardcover. 92p. hardcover, very good in like dust jacket, inscribed by the Chinese immigrant author to Agnes Woodman. John Dewey states in a dust jacket blurb, "A very enlightening piece of work. Antiquity becomes human and understandable." More
Cat.No: 272471
Shitaya Shôboku, 1861. Woodblock print. Woodblock print, approximately 10x14.5 inches, depicting Dutchman in military costume on horseback, followed by a Javanese man holding an umbrella. Very good condition. The odd title in capital letters represents an attempt to Romanize the Japanese title, further adding to the exotic allure of this..... More
Cat.No: 298062
