Buffalo, NY: Negro Economic Association, [1936]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill with cartoon of a man sitting in a dilapidated apartment (A sign on the wall says "A man's home is his castle," but with rent bill in hand, he replies "Says you!"). Mild toning, "Buffalo, 1936" neatly penned in bottom..... More
Cat.No: 277076
London: Freedom Press, 1964. Single issue of the staplebound digest format magazine, pp. 1-32, very good. Includes: House and home (C.W.), Are council houses necessary? (Peter Neville), Of course they are (Caleb Williams), The multiple family housing unit (Teddy Gold) / In the urban jungle (J.E. & A.B.), Self-help housing..... More
Cat.No: 263858
Philadelphia: Redevelopment Authority, 1975. Paperback. 48p., 8.5x11 inch wraps; color photos., illus., staples slightly rusted, corners lightly bumped, small pen notation on front wrap, some staple punctures on front wrap, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 286192
[New York]: F. W. Dodge Corporation [presumed], 1939. Hardcover. Massive collection of the year's publications in one binding, 12x8.5 inch buckram boards with initial and terminal blanks; professional work. The successive magazines all on coated paperstock with b&w site photography and scattered color reproductions; casebinding done with heavy-duty cloth hinges..... More
Cat.No: 210542
[Amsterdam, Netherlands]: [Slagerzicht], 1990. Magazine. 59p. + [1p.], staplebound, 9x12 inches; heavily illustrated, lightly soiled, small tear on head of spine, somewhat toned, edgeworn wraps, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 278457
Los Angeles: LA County Committee, Communist Political Association, 1945. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, paper toned, minor wear. Newsletter of the organization that temporarily replaced the Communist Party USA. Includes an article on the return of Japanese American evacuees and the need for housing, a piece on the fight against restrictive covenants..... More
Cat.No: 251037
Detroit: City of Detroit, City Plan Commission, 1965. Paperback. 24p., 8.5x11 inch mimeographed and staplebound sheets; illus., maps, some minor shelfwear on wrappers, small tear on front wrapper near bottom staple, else very good. More
Cat.No: 284647
Berkeley: Rent Stabilization Program, [1985]. 22p., 8.5x11 inches, introduction, chronology, history of rent laws, how to calculate rent, evictions etc., resources, very good booklet in stapled blue pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 207887
Dallas, Texas: Raymond D. Nasher Company, 1973. Paperback. 120p., 12x9 inches; illus., photos., maps, wrappers rubbed with slight edgewear, front wrap corner slightly creased, poster inlaid mimicking a front-page newspaper (23x28 inches), ownership signature on cover and poster. Cover title "Flower Mound New Town." Two holdings in OCLC (5/22). More
Cat.No: 284634
Chicago / Knoxville TN: Curt Teich & Co. / Werner News Agency, 1950. Pamphlet. Views of the pop-up city and the factories it serves, built to house a myriad workers and their families. Eighteen colorized postcard-sized photographs printed back to back on a long accordioned leaf that is fastened into..... More
Cat.No: 259101
Petaluma: Heritage Homes of Petaluma, 1978. 28p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, ads, very good in stapled pictorial wraps, map on rear cover. Tour brochure. More
Cat.No: 165767
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, [196-?]. Pamphlet. 42p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, very good condition; wraps with subtitle "A guide for home buyers", aimed at African Americans. More
Cat.No: 80812
New York: National Lawyers Guild, 1958. 45p., 8.5x11 inches, stapled wraps, staples rusted, wraps lightly toned else very good condition. Articles by Ralph Shapiro, Stanley J. Mayer, Moses Sherr and others. More
Cat.No: 45738
San Francisco: Manilatown Historical Foundation, et al, 2001. Pamphlet. [28p.], staplebound program booklet, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Includes historical essays and photos, plus ads from community groups and businesses. More
Cat.No: 229459
Berlin: Cornell University, College of Architecture Art and Planning, 1968. Paperback. 51p. [1], 12x8.25 inches; heavily illustrated with graphic design illus., photos., charts, and maps, wrappers lightly toned, spine toned with a minor tear, ownership signature in pencil on front wrap, else very good. "The six projects presented here are..... More
Cat.No: 284646
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Barcelona: Editorial Leyes, 1941. 159p., wraps, 6 x 8.25 inches, evenly toned, pencil notation on first page else good condition. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 9273
Paris: Ingenia, Constructions de Precision, n.d. [1950s?]. Cardboard Covers. 4p., giant cardstock leaves (11.5x16.5 inches) printed recto-only in vivid colors (Roman interior decoration wasn't subtle), enclosed in a doubly-giant folder printed two-colors in French and Latin, francophone instructions for assembling a tiny cardboard villa (lotsa rooms) around gardens and pools..... More
Cat.No: 291553
Detroit: International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, 1944. Pamphlet. 121p. staplebound booklet, very good. Includes discussion of urban planning, slum clearance, subsidized housing, etc. More
Cat.No: 275162
New York: Democratic Socialists of America, 1989. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, folded for mailing; the reverse has a reprint of an article about DSA from The Blade, a Toledo newspaper. More
Cat.No: 249777
New York: New York State Committee on Discrimination in Housing, 1958. Pamphlet. Six-panel brochure, very good but for date of Feb. 1958 penciled at bottom of rear panel. Asks the reader to support the bill to prohibit racial discrimination in apartment rentals and home sales. More
Cat.No: 283784
Oakland: Uhuru House, [1984]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, printed one side, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. "Now that the Community Control Housing Law is on the ballot to be voted on in the November 6 general elections, it is on us, the black working class masses, to ensure its victory..." Uhuru..... More
Cat.No: 237855
Oxnard: M & N Printing, 1979. Hardcover. [iii] 252p., foreword by Arnold Murphy, several hundred captioned b&w photos, period and modern, very good second printing in red leatherette and gilt. More
Cat.No: 144904
Cheyenne: Wyoming Housing Database Partnership, 2001. ii, 161p., 8.5x11 inches, executive summary, introduction, appendix, illustrated with tables, graphs and figures, very good in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 158700
Lackawanna, NY: Communist Party, [1938]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, paper toned, couple of corner chips. States that many Black families had applied for apartments in the Project, without success. "Discrimination in a Federal Housing Project cannot be tolerated!" More
Cat.No: 283083
[District of Columbia]: [GPO], 1947. Pamphlet. 7p., 10.5x8 inch flyer staple-fastened at left, Q and A for tenants and landlords of several varieties, bears one transverse creaseline, our exemplar unfolded and full-page; it has a bit of handling and edgewear plus staple-rust residue, a good copy. HRA-9 - REV 7-11-47..... More
Cat.No: 287472
