Moscow: Editorial de la Agencia de Prensa Novosti, 1990. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about 40p., illustrated throughout with profuse color photos of camp, personnel and activities, the kids all between 10 and 14 years old. Item in the Spanish language only, with a few specs in cyrillic Russian. Softbound in 6.5x8.5 inch..... More
Cat.No: 294868
Ruigoord, Holland: IAB, 1988. Handbill. 6x8 folio; blue and purple ink photocopied onto white, somewhat handled else in very good condition. Backside reads: "Er zijn haast geen voorzieningen: water wc's. Iedereen moet zich dus instellen op wild Kamperen..." More
Cat.No: 282243
Vichy: Federation Francaise des Eclaireuses, 1944. Pamphlet. 63p., newsprint, with a b&w photo section on semi-coated stock; softbound, a pamphlet in 9x6 stapled semi-coated pictorial wraps, a fragile item in fairly good shape. Staples still shiny and holding well, paperstock toned of course, covers dusty, front cover foxed round the..... More
Cat.No: 242309
Oakland, CA: East Bay Regional Park District, 1997. 75p., 8.5x11 inches, pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 121189
Wellington: W.A.G. Skinner, Government Printer, Undated, circa 1910. map. Folio leaves of glazed alkaline paper (still bright-white, 9.5x24 inches) printed, folded and stapled to make eight triple-column pages of text that when folded is 9.5x4 inches. Find numerous b&w photos reasonably well-reproduced amidst pretty printers' ornaments, while the outer layer..... More
Cat.No: 227257
Berkeley: Berkeley-Albany-Kensington Girl Scout Council, [1960-?]. Pamphlet. Six-panel brochure, very good. An appeal for donations after the group's camp in the El Dorado National Forest burned down in October 1959. Includes before-and-after photos. More
Cat.No: 271434
Campbell, CA: South Bay Bears, 2000. Six panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches, information, contact numbers and addresses, single-sheet application form folded in, very good on heavy lime green stock. More
Cat.No: 210730
Washington, DC: CIO Political Action Committee, [1947]. Pamphlet. 4p., wraps, 5x6.5 inches, creased, rubberstamp of California CIO research dept. on back cover else very good condition. Cover shows family standing around large empty stew pot; asks workers to contribute to the PAC to support labor in the upcoming 1948 elections..... More
Cat.No: 131440
Joshua Tree CA: Self-published by the author, 1983. Pamphlet. 44p., illustrated with b&w site and portrait photography, plus a variety of vignette sketches (swiped?), softbound pamphlet in 9x6 inch decorated stapled wraps. Covers are faintly toned with a touch of crimping, entirely clean and sound within, a very good copy..... More
Cat.No: 289795
Guerneville: Self-published by the author at Guerneville Graphics and Printing, 1975. [24p] 7x8.5 inches, illustrated with block-print drawings, prose poetry, very good chapbook in stapled light-olive pictorial wraps. Poetic memoir of car camping out of Furnace Creek. More
Cat.No: 170951
Guerneville: Self-published by the author at Guerneville Graphics and Printing, 1975. [24p] 7x8.5 inches, illustrated with block-print drawings, prose poetry, very good chapbook in stapled light-olive pictorial wraps signed by the author at the top left corner of the rear cover. previous owner's name to center of same. Laid in..... More
Cat.No: 203197
Chicago: W.D. Boyce Company, 1928. Hardcover. xviii, 125p., presswork on semi-glazed alkaline paperstock, profusely illustrated with b&w photos taken on-site in unmapped New Guinea, hardbound in black cloth boards titled and ruled in gilt. Rear endsheets are doublespread maps in colors. Front endsheets appear to be constituted of a cancel..... More
Cat.No: 296508
Martinez: self-published, 1992. v, 170p., forword, illustrated with photos and drawings, very good first edition self-published trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Lengthy personal inscription drawing attention to several pages in the text (which are marked) indicating that the inscribee was part of the stories. Signed by the Martinez-based author... More
Cat.No: 150531
Brooklyn: the author, [196-]. Pamphlet. 32p. staplebound booklet, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. 22 pages in Yiddish, with crudely reproduced photos of Camp Kinderland in the late 1930s and early 1940s; the last portion is an English short story by Davidman, "The Heroic Aviator." Latest date mentioned in the text is..... More
Cat.No: 292495
San Francisco: Reclaiming Quarterly, 2019. Paperback. 358p., wraps, illustrated, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 253250
Lyon: Editions Scouts de France / La Hutte, 1943. Pamphlet. 40p., snapshot illustrations scattered in text, glazed alkaline paperstock, softbound, an 8x5.5 inch pamphlet in stapled white wraps titled and decorated in red. Item has been enclosed in an expertly folded clear plastic sur-cover to size (taped to itself so..... More
Cat.No: 250840
Bristol, UK: Tribal Messenger and Freedom Festivals, 1986. Pamphlet. [40]p., stapled wraps, 8.5x12 inches, illus., mild dust to wraps, old price sticker, top edge lightly foxed, else very good. Directory & listing for 1986 "freedom festivals" (ala the Rainbow Gatherings and free music festivals) primarily in the UK. Includes reprints..... More
Cat.No: 244670
Los Angeles: WorldWay, 1976. 170p., wraps, illust., map. Covers the author's travels with his wife by bicycle and on foot over the De Anza trail, from the Mexican border to San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 123194
Ketchum ID: Self-published by the author, 2015. Paperback. ix, 127p., presswork on high-gloss paperstock throughout, softbound in 10.5x8 inch photodecorated wraps. Self- or friend-published but quite professional. A crisp, clean copy, really as-new: absolutely sound and unmarked. A curious mix of corporate service (helped Dan Rather's TV ratings) and self-expression..... More
Cat.No: 294763
Barcelona: Libreria Sintes, n.d., circa 1930. 60p., b&w photos as called for reproduced on inserted coated stock, text printed on acidic paper, softbound in 7.5x5 inch decorated glossy wraps. The cover picture has been tinted or "colorized." Worn copy, front cover bears an ineradicable dust-line along foredge, back cover a...... More
Cat.No: 249516
Toronto: Belford & Co., 1880. Hardcover. 410p., illustrations and ads, frontis portrait and a classic "Moses" depiction, a recased and repaired copy of a Canadian issue, reading copy. Hardbound in 7x4.5 inch green cloth boards decorated in blind and titled gilt with gilt spine-image, cloth quite worn with turned corner-tips..... More
Cat.No: 293696
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977-1997. Paperback. Five yearbooks, all softbound, one bound comb copyshop style, three saddle-stitched, one standard, contents conventional yearbook stuff. Each bears a tidy ownership name in ink, none have autographs or inscriptions, all quite good and clean. The five as a small lot. More
Cat.No: 239753
Ypsilanti, MI: High/Scope Press, 2004. Paperback. x, 313p., b&w photos., trade paperback, in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author. More
Cat.No: 284471
New York: Boy Scouts of America, [1931]. Paperback. 258p., preface, foreword, introduction, appendixes, references, bibliography, illustrations, tables. The former owner signed his name ink on titlepage (neatly enough) and also rubber-stamped it (crookedly); else very good (in fact, remarkably well-preserved, with just a touch of edgewear) in 8x5 inch plain..... More
Cat.No: 126301
