London: Congress for Cultural Freedom, 1965, 1966. Two issues of the staplebound journal, lightly worn wraps. Issues present are No. 4 (Autumn 1965) and No 5 (Winter 1966). Topics discussed include censorship of theater, China's information control system, and much more. In 1966 it was revealed that the sponsoring organization... More about Censorship [two issues
Cat.No: 226036
N.pl. n.pub. [circa 1915 - 1917]. Handbill, printed on both sides, all text, 6x9 inches, paper browned and fragile with a few closed tears. Anti-preparedness polemic issued in the run-up to World War I. Issued without attribution or even location, no doubt to escape state repression. A sample quote "Flushed... More about Militarism in our schools
Cat.No: 224209
[Boston?]: n.pub. [1838?]. 15p., self-wraps edge worn, paper foxed, small tear in rear page in blank area, string bound. Defense of free speech, Abner Kneeland and an attack on Samuel Kirkland Lothrop for refusing to sign a petition requesting a pardon for Kneeland. The pardon petition was signed by a.... More about Review of the Rev. S.K. Lothrop's sermon, delivered in the Brattle Street Church, on Sunday, June...
Cat.No: 173379
Berkeley: Revolutionary Communist Party, [197-]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, mimeographed both sides, mild wear, toned around edges. Discusses the store's difficulty getting a lease for political reasons, despite the avilability of suitable storefront spaces.Undated, but issued after the fall of the "Gang of Four." More about Revolution Books denied lease - Telegraph Ave. space sits empty [handbill
Cat.No: 225814
London: No Conscription Fellowship, 1916. 23p., wraps with minor edge wear, stain (coffee cup ring) on front wrap. Bertrand Russell was on trial for a pro-conscientious objector pamphlet that he had written. More about Rex v. Bertrand Russell: report of proceedings before the Lord Mayor, Mansion House Justice Room,...
Cat.No: 155956
San Francisco: Coming Up! 1992. Newspaper. 60p. tabloid newspaper with cover photo with the head of SF police chief Richard Hongisto on a police uniform, with his billy club in a most suggestive pose (collaged of course; body was posed for by a uniformed lesbian lady, so runs the knowledgable... More about San Francisco Bay Times: the gay/lesbian/bisexual newspaper & calendar of events for the Bay...
Cat.No: 54294
n.p. [1956]. Single page, typescript handbill mimeographed on thin paper, 8.5 x 11 inches, printed on one side. Anonymous exhortation to California voters to press their assemblymen to support the "senate book bill" (SB 1671). This bill would remove from school libraries any works that did not "impress upon the... More about The time has come for RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
Cat.No: 123647
Xi'an: Tai bai wen yi chu ban she, 2006. 316p., paperback, very good. Text in Chinese. Zhongguo gu dai jin hui yan qing xiao shuo, vol. 6. Part of a series reprinting erotic works that had previously been banned. Both of these novels date to the Qing dynasty. More about Wu mei yuan / Shan shui qing
Cat.No: 237004
Xi'an: Tai bai wen yi chu ban she, 2006. 301p., paperback, very good. Text in Chinese. Zhongguo gu dai jin hui yan qing xiao shuo, vol. 7. Part of a series reprinting erotic works that had previously been banned. These three novels date to the Qing dynasty. More about Yuan yang ying / Jing wu zhong / Shen lou zhi
Cat.No: 237005
![Zang shu [four volumes] together with Xu zang shu [two volumes](/pictures/thumb/228949.jpg?v=1536806283)
Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1974. Total of six paperback volumes, old rubberband marks across the front cover of the last volume. Reprint of the infamous "Book to be hidden away" and its sequel, by the unorthodox late Ming dynasty philosopher who committed suicide in prison. More about Zang shu [four volumes] together with Xu zang shu [two volumes
Cat.No: 228949
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2000. Hardcover. 303p., cd with 78 minutes of the African American journalist's banned radio commentaries and readings by literary figures and activists supporting Mumia inserted in a sleeve pasted to the f.e.p., first printing, a fine copy. More about All Things Censored
Cat.No: 197830
Chicago: American Civil Liberties Union, [1949]. 31p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x5.5 inches, very good copy. Critique of the Seditious Activities Investigation Commission, aka Broyles Commission, which recommended extreme measures of harassment of CP members, ''to treat them as the mongrel class of citizenry" (from document quoted on p.13) thus censoring "personnel"... More about " To take a copy from the Nazis
Cat.No: 149473
New York: Norton, 1982. Hardcover. xx, 643p., foreword, introduction, author bios, illustrations (for "Fetters") very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. The poetry is translated literally rather than into verse. Includes poetry, fiction, diary entries, essays, prose. A collection of Soviet writing refused publication without censorship and... More about Metropol literary almanac
Cat.No: 210083
Indianapolis: American Trust Publications, no date, circa 1980. Paperback. xii, 355p., trade-sized paperbound in 8.5x6 inch decorated wraps; mildly edgeworn with some thumb-soil to foredge, clean and unmarked within, a good copy. More about The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam: Al-halal wal-haram fil Islam. Translators: Kamal...
Cat.No: 227304
![Zhongguo jin shu da guan [A complete introduction of Chinese banned books]. Pingqiu An, Zhang...](/pictures/thumb/145043.jpg?v=1510528159)
Shanghai: Shanghai wenhua chubanshe, 1994. 715p., hardcover in lightly edgeworn dj; black and white illustrations. Overview of book banning in Chinese imperial history, including a list of 3,000 banned titles and their authors. More about Zhongguo jin shu da guan [A complete introduction of Chinese banned books
Cat.No: 145043
![Zhongguo jin shu da guan [A complete introduction of Chinese banned books]. Pingqiu An, Zhang...](/pictures/thumb/184558.jpg?v=1510805324)
Shanghai: Shanghai wenhua chubanshe, 1994. 715p., lightly shelfworn wraps; black and white illustrations. Overview of book banning in Chinese imperial history, including a list of 3,000 banned titles and their authors. More about Zhongguo jin shu da guan [A complete introduction of Chinese banned books
Cat.No: 184558
![Communism: menace or promise? The speech they banned [sub-title from cover]. Herbert Aptheker](/pictures/thumb/15595.jpg?v=1502683715)
New York: New Century Publishers, 1963. 24p., wraps. Text of a speech that Aptheker was to give at New York State University in Buffalo, and was prevent by a court injunction from delivering. More about Communism: menace or promise? The speech they banned [sub-title from cover
Cat.No: 15595
New York: Viking, 1987. Hardcover. 206p., very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Cuban American novelist. This was his first novel, meant to be the beginning of a semi-autobiographical series of 5 books of which "Farewell to the Sea" was the third book but the first... More about Singing From the Well a novel
Cat.No: 16223
New York: Viking, 1987. Hardcover. 206p., review copy with slip and glossy b&w author photo laid-in, very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Cuban American novelist. This was his first novel, meant to be the beginning of a semi-autobiographical series of 5 books of which "Farewell... More about Singing From the Well a novel
Cat.No: 228568
México DF: Joaquin Porrúa, 1989. 350 p., [72] p. of plates; edgeworn wraps with minor foxing. On the government's suppression of student protests. More about Nuestra verdad: memorial del movimiento estudiantil popular y el dos de octubre de 1968
Cat.No: 173872
New York: Horace Liverwright, 1928. Hardcover. 323p., one of 3,000 copies, very good first edition in blue cloth boards and red & gilt titles, mild shelfwear, Bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. no jacket. The US edition was censored by the USPS so Barnes added asterisks where illustrations or text deemed... More about Ryder; with illustrations by the author
Cat.No: 53075
New York: Horace Liverwright, 1928. Hardcover. 323p., illustrations, one of 3,000 copies, very good first US edition(expurgated) in blue cloth boards with red and gilt titles and triangle design in poor, heavily-chipped and torn price-clipped dj, large section missing from upper-front panel and head of spine. The US edition was... More about Ryder; with illustrations by the author
Cat.No: 216634
Elmwood Park, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1991. Paperback. viii, 250p., foreword, a note on the text and illustrations, afterword, illustrations, very good second printing of this trade paperback reissue in pictorial wraps. More about Ryder with illustrations by the author
Cat.No: 235425
London: Pluto Press, 1982. xvi, 218p., first edition softbound, 8x5 inch decorated wraps. An intense small brown stain affects lower tip of last 25 leaves, paperstock is mildly toned, a sound and otherwise clean copy. More about Wild Lilies: Poisonous Weeds. Dissident voices from people's China
Cat.No: 177965
Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo Leningradskogo universiteta, 1967. 286p., very good hardcover, pages evenly toned. On censorship in czarist Russia. More about TSarskaia tsenzura i bor’ba bo’shevikov za svobodu pechati (1895-1914
Cat.No: 187608
