Riga, Latvia: the newspaper, 1931. Three issues of "The only non-partisan newspaper for politics and the arts," according to the masthead. Numbers 3, 34 and 45 for 1931, Eight pages each, 9.5x13 inches, paper toned, otherwise very good with light handling wear. Text in Latvian. More
Cat.No: 233644
[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
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
Tempe AZ: B S P, [1987]. Unpaginated, [8]p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch copyshop clipart wraps, excellent condition. What to subscribe to, complete runs of unsaleable zines still available, a MaLLife De Grazia parody ("actual tortilla art!" "includes mini-tortilla painting!"). More
Cat.No: 168099
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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
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
New York: Cultural Correspondence, 1983. Magazine. 96p., 8.5x11 inches, illus., wraps slightly edge worn else very good condition. Includes C.L.R. James at Black Ink: on Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange. Other contents include a special section on radical humor and an arts roundup. More
Cat.No: 130470
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
Athens: 5 Asteria, [197-?]. 124p., paperback, mild handling, pages toned. Collection of jokes and cartoons in Greek. More
Cat.No: 251760
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
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
n.p. Ephemera, INC, 1993. 1.25 inch diameter pin, black text on white field, very good. More
Cat.No: 248710
Jakarta: Grafiti Pers, 1984. 111p., edgeworn wraps. Text in Bahasa, illustrated with cartoon drawings. Indonesian humorous stories. More
Cat.No: 143172
West Orange, NJ: Ferne Sales & MFG. CO. INC., n.d. 1.5 inch pin, black text in white field; very good. More
Cat.No: 248156
n.p. n.p., n.d. 23p., 5.25x7 inches, illustrated with sexually graphic cartoons, in stapled wraps that have a couple of light creases, a half-inch closed tear, and mild handling soil. In spite of the academic title this is a joke book featuring extremely graphic nude drawings of the residents of a...... More
Cat.No: 140458
New York: The Judge Publishing Company, 1892. Pp.133-148, [16]p. staplebound 13.5 x 10.25 inch self-wraps, three color plates and numerous b&w cartoons, wraps split, detached, and chipped, and the front wrap is completely torn across and mildly browned and stained. Other general handling signs, as is. Condition is a pity..... More
Cat.No: 99631
Genève: Noir, 1977. Pamphlet. 23p., stapled wraps, 5,75x8.25 inches, very good condition. Text in French. Critique of the Maoists. Cover depicts Mao as a child with a toy boat. More
Cat.No: 118613
Seattle: Left Bank Books, 1983. Calendar. [28p] 8.5x11 inches, wall calendar opens out to 11x17 inches, anarchist, communist, radical-Left history calendar for a very significant year with the cover reproducing the Signet Giant cover for the Orwell novel and quotes from the novel throughout, illustrated with Anarchist artworks, Left-wing calendar..... More
Cat.No: 190500
San Francisco: Fake ID, LLC, 2001. 16p., 7.5x3.25 inches landscape layout, illustrated with dot-matrix-styled digital images of phallic symbols etc., humorous sexology item on phallic imagery, very good in stapled brown wraps. More
Cat.No: 207597
Berlin: Panorama DDR, December 1983. 48p., inserted plates with dozens of color photographs repro'd two to a page, and other couple dozen b&w. Captions and text. Glossy 7.25 x 5.5 inch color photographic wraps back cover and some leaves of text are creased and slightly foxed at the crease, otherwise..... More
Cat.No: 86013
