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

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

Cat.No: 224209

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

Cat.No: 225814

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

Cat.No: 54294

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

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

Cat.No: 197830

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

Cat.No: 210083

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

Cat.No: 145043

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

Cat.No: 15595

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

Cat.No: 228568

Yonkers: The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948. Paperback. [22p] 5.5x8.5 inches, green text on black heavy stock, five illustration (4 on separate tan plates, one in lavender on title page) complete list of Outcast chapbooks on rear cover, covers lightly sunned and worn otherwise a very good limited edition chapbook of... More

Cat.No: 216426

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

Cat.No: 216634

Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo Leningradskogo universiteta, 1967. 286p., very good hardcover, pages evenly toned. On censorship in czarist Russia. More

Cat.No: 187608