East Orange, NJ: The Albatross Collective, 1977. Magazine. 54p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in staplebound wraps. Includes humorous prose and poems as well as straightforward content. More
Cat.No: 294525
[Berkeley]: [First Presbyterian Church], 1926. Unpaginated, perhaps sixty leaves mimeo'd recto only plus numerous slapdash screen-printed section dividers, and several sheets of vignette snapshot portraits reproduced a dozen to each leaf; real photographs, if not terribly clear. Has most of the usual departments although not the classic "school yearbook." 8.5x7.5..... More
Cat.No: 167401
Wilkinsburg PA: The Student Body, 1924. 176p., printed on glossy alkaline paperstock throughout, the usual yearbook format hardbound in flexible black oilcloth boards titled in embossed blind. Rear joint is split for one inch, the sole external damage; internally find a sandpapered erasure on the front free endsheet, the only..... More
Cat.No: 238166
Athens: Konstantine Alexandropolous, 1875. Magazine. Single issue of the scarce satirical periodical, four pages, folded from a single sheet; folded into quarters, with a couple of minor splits at the folds. Poetry, prose, and a full-page cartoon. More
Cat.No: 287243
[various]: 1922-1948. Magazine. Five issues of the occasionally annual publication parodying the American Ornithologists' Union's quarterly, The Auk. Some toning, otherwise very good condition, most issues 6x9 inches. Issues present are Vol. 1 no. 2 (October 1922, printed in Chicago), Vol. 2 no. 4 (October 1931, Detroit), Vol. "?" no..... More
Cat.No: 282288
no place: no publisher, [1970s?]. Single 11x8.5 inch handbill landscape layout illustrated one side only with explicit and pornographic drawing of two heart-shaped genitalia, one female, one male, being manipulated with the owners' hands surrounded by ribbon bearing the statement; "Be Your Own Valentine", light wear and pinholes at top..... More
Cat.No: 262397
Wichita, KS: Sunset Research Group, 1993. Pamphlet. 31p., 5.5x8.5 inch staplebound wraps; illus., slightly handled wraps, light sticker residue on front wrap, else very good. More
Cat.No: 287681
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St. Petersburg: G.P. Ėrastov, 1905. Two issues of the satirical magazine, 8 p. each, 10.5x13.5 inches, paper toned, mild edgewear. Numbers present are No. 1 (dated Dec. 18) and no. 2 (dated Dec. 4). Rear cover of No. 1 has detached. Also thrown in is a chipped and worn example..... More
Cat.No: 271197
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New York: A Joint Production of the Los Angeles County Mueum of Art [and] Universe Publishing; distributed by St. Martin's Press, [2000]. Unpaginated, manufactured in Thailand with lots of hand-work, an ambitious 3-D compendium of high and low art, many pop-up styles and pop-up devices on display here, not entirely..... More
Cat.No: 251483
Chester: Printed by J. Hemingway, 1807. Pamphlet. iv, [9]-60p., disbound pamphlet in 8x5 inch wraps; humorous vitriol in prose ending with several pages of satirical lyrics (one to be sung to a Beggars' Opera tune). The textblock is well-adhered through p.56, with a split-away leaf present in the same condition..... More
Cat.No: 189864
San Francisco: [Coming Up!], 1985. April Fool's Day parody newspaper, apparently a supplement to "Coming Up!", eight pages, tabloid format. Fake news articles, ads, columns; plus a feature with baby photos of local LGBT personages. Cover art for "Lesbian / Gay Co-Parenting: After the birth" depicts a woman in a...... More
Cat.No: 201818
San Francisco: Mission Mini Comix, 2012. Pamphlet. [8p.], 2.75x4 inch photocopied wraps; comic illustrations, in very good condition. A brief history of copyright laws. More
Cat.No: 295559
Goleta, CA: Ebullition, [2001]. Paperback. 98p., wraps shelf worn else good condition, 8.5x11 inches. Lacks the CD that was issued with this book. Punk music, humor and left politics. More
Cat.No: 262753
Paris: Procedes Dorel, 1932. Pamphlet. [68] pp., illustrations, printed wraps. 10.5 x 8.25 in. Edgewear; a 3/4 inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. An eclectic assemblage of caricatures and humorous illustrations by students at the Ecole Central Paris (also known as the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures). One..... More
Cat.No: 297424
The Hague: [publisher not identified], 1945. Pamphlet. [16] pp., illustrations, wraps. 10 x 7.5 in. Cover price: “Prijs: f 1.25.” Covers slightly toned at edges. A comic book celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands after the surrender of Nazi German forces in May 1945. The comics are generally light-hearted, and..... More
Cat.No: 297448
Hempstead, NY: Larry Fox, [197-?]. Pinback Button. 1.75 inch diameter pin, very good. Refers to a late 1969 statement by vice president Spiro Agnew that anti-war protesters were “an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals." More
Cat.No: 296580
Neukolln: the gallery, 1986. 48p., coated paperstock throughout with reproductions of period b&w photos and posters, 8x7.5 inch color-decorated wraps, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 170129
N. pl. ABC, 1997. 4p., 5.5x8.5 inches, brochure/playbill for the first episode of season four, cast photo, short bios, trivia quiz, etc., very good on blue pictorial stock. More
Cat.No: 144226
King Mountain, NC: J.A. Neisler; Committee to Elect Godzilla for President, 1966. Newsletter. Three issues of the mimeographed 8.5x14 inch newsletter, unnumbered, 4 to 8 pages per issue, year penned in corner of two issues, another with notation "Viet Nam" in corner. Two issues have circular marks and pinholes at..... More
Cat.No: 272073
Washington DC: Workers Education Local 189, AFT, [1972]. Pamphlet. [20p.], wraps, 4.25x5.5 inches; undated but back cover design celebrates the 50th anniversary of Local 189, established 1922. Collection of quotes on social change from figures ranging from Eugene Debs and Robert F. Williams to Helen Keller and H. Rap Brown..... More
Cat.No: 175453
Los Angeles & NYC: Playkill Prods. & Encore, 1983-1997. Five theatre programs, various pagination, 5.5x8.5 inches, cast bios, ads, very good in pictorial wraps. Four Playkill programs (a parody of Playbill) from the Los Angeles productions in 1983 at the Comedy Store and the 1988, 93 & 94 editions at..... More
Cat.No: 269780
n.p. n.d. Pinback Button. 2.25 inch pin featuring a billy club, very good. More
Cat.No: 289377
San Francisco: Mission Mini comix, 2011. Pamphlet. [8p.], 2.75x4 inch photocopied wraps; in very good condition. Critique of America's inception. More
Cat.No: 295561
[Bay Area, CA?]: n.pub. n.d. Handbill. Single-sided handbill, 8.5x11 inches; middle crease, else in very good condition. Short communique on humor as power, especially against Stalinists and Maoists. More
Cat.No: 293168
Pittsburgh: United Steelworkers of America, [197-?]. [32p.], staplebound booklet, 4x6 inches, wraps shelfworn else very good condition. Cartoons by "Floyd" intended to take a light-hearted look at racial and workplace fairness issues within the union, though a few of them would not pass muster in today's culture. More
Cat.No: 242034
