Barcelona: Rister, n.d., 1920s. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about nineteen printed pages on coated alkaline paperstock, included eight color plates showing the variety of styles, tiles, taps and special features; with another dozen or so b&w drawings and diagrams. Also shown is an artist's aerial rendering of the Barcelona factory, a number..... More

Cat.No: 243502

Emeryville: Mike Roberts Color Productions, [1980s?]. Single 4x6 inch color postcard illustrated with a photo of the billboard depicting semi-naked young men louging in a steambath advertising the 330 Ritch Street Baths, very good. 330 Ritch was mentioned in Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" It closed with most other..... More

Cat.No: 209931

San Francisco: California Voice, 1984. Newspaper. 32p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, art, ads, articles, news, reviews, services and resources, events and opinion, very good on newsprint. This issue finds the onetime entertainment and arts paper turning into a full-blown political periodical. Cover stories on the closing of the baths, harry..... More

Cat.No: 237431

New York: That New Magazine, 1982. Magazine. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, reviews, news, ads, cartoons, photos, staples rusty otherwise a very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Introduction of a special 16p. San Francisco supplement titled "Our Town" Robert Mapplethorpe cover photo. More

Cat.No: 239480