The Alarm, no. 3, June 1980. The Natalia Trotsky papers
San Francisco: F.O.R. Organizing Committee in the U.S., 1980. Pamphlet. 11, [i], wraps, not stapled, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 199572
San Francisco: F.O.R. Organizing Committee in the U.S., 1980. Pamphlet. 11, [i], wraps, not stapled, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 199572
San Francisco: F.O.R. Organizing Committee in the U.S., 1980. Pamphlet. 11, [i], staplebound pamphlet format, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 236889
Santa Ana, CA: Bedfellows, 1989. Handbill. Five 8.5x11 inch sheets including an application form and four computer-font text handbills with horizontal folds for mailing and a lengthy scrawled note from someone named Chuck explaining the history (club founded in 1987). More
Cat.No: 280582
London: A. Price, 1749. Sewn Binding. 79p., a disbound pamphlet, complete text lacking blanks and any trace of issuing wrapper, title page is half-detached and bears an small inked scribble and a modern dealership's penciling, terminal leaf has a puncture that obliterates the "f" of Finis, two leaves (pp.73-76) are..... More
Cat.No: 300113
[Berkeley]: [UC Faculty], 1985. single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides, folded once. Copy of the letter to have been accompanied by 100 signatures (missing). More
Cat.No: 130224
Shanghai: Shijie shuju, 1928. 112 double leaves, paperback bound with thread in traditional format, rather worn, some edge tears to early pages. Guide to letter writing. More
Cat.No: 221448
San Francisco: International Longshoremen's & Warehouse Union, Local 6, 1982. Letter. 4p., From the library of former ILWU Local 6 member, Tom Edminster, a letter addressed to candidate Albert V. Lannon critiquing his campaign proposals; slight coffee stain on bottom edge, minor rust on staple, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 314874
East Lansing: Ambitious Amazons, April 17, 1992. Two 8.5x11 inch sheets printed three sides with horizontal folds for mailing else very good on yellow stock. Page one and two is "A Little About Us & How You Can Help" Page three is a Welcome to the mailing list and coupon/donation..... More
Cat.No: 262226
London: T. Cooper, 1734. Sewn Binding. Half-title, titlepage, 36p., disbound 7.5x4.5 inch pamphlet; the half-title is quite dust-soiled with a dealer's penciling and a nicely penned collection numeral, the titlepage having more text and less dust with an authorship penciled in, terminal leaf (printed both sides) also dusty with a...... More
Cat.No: 300358
New York: National Gay Task Force, 1975-1982. Ten membership letters and other materials, light wear and folds for mailing. Urgent call to membership to support Governor Shapp. Letters and updates from 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979 & 1982. More
Cat.No: 287130
Shanghai: Fu Hua tushuguan 富華圖書館, 1914. Six slender paperback volumes, bound with thread in traditional format, paper toned, first and last volumes with minor edge chipping; 3.5x5.75 inches. Collection of sample letters to use as models, sorted by category, with special focus on business correspondence. Volumes 4, 5 and 6..... More
Cat.No: 222094
Shanghai: Shangwu yinshuguan 商務印書館, 1921. 665p., hardcover, read board coming loose at the hinges, pages toned and edgeworn, a reading copy only. Guide to letter-writing, originally published in 1913. More
Cat.No: 219714
Shanghai: Shi jie shu ju 世界書局, [192-]. Paperback, variously paginated internal sections, spine panel chipped, pages toned. Style guide for letter writing and other composition. More
Cat.No: 225882
Great Lakes, IL: Willis O. Scott, 1944 October. Manuscript / Typescript. 3 leaves (5 pages of manuscript text). 3.75 x 6.5 in., in envelope; 10 x 6.25 in., unfolded. Letterhead: “U.S. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois.”. Two affectionate letters from Gunnery Sergeant Willis O. Scott to his wife Gertrude. Willis..... More
Cat.No: 313391
Hong Kong: Chang xing shu ju 長興書局, [196-]. 67, 63p., paperback, pocketbook sized guide to writing letters; text in Chinese. Very good. More
Cat.No: 219019
Shanghai: Guang wen shu ju 廣文書局, 1921. Two paperback volumes, bound with thread in traditional format, pages toned, light handling. Letter writing guide. More
Cat.No: 244280
Shanghai: Shi jie shu ju 世界書局, 1939. 196p., paperback; ownership stamp on front cover. Letter-writing guide. More
Cat.No: 231100
San Francisco: City of San Francisco Recreation & Park Dept. Jan. 24, 2000. Ephemera. Two stapled 8.5x11 inch sheets of Recreation & park Dept. letterhead with information on Colvin's request for a permit to gather 10,000 people at Justin Herman Plaza and Joseph Alioto Performing Art Piazza on May 13..... More
Cat.No: 318563
San Francisco: Self-published by the author, July 9, 1987. Two 8.5x11 inch sheets printed one side only with Agnos's argument for the LGBT community's support of his run for mayor of SF, stapled upper-left corner, two horizontal fold creases for mailing else good. More
Cat.No: 264015
North Easton, MA: the author, 1901. Letter. Single sheet of stationery, 8.5x11 inches, faint creases from having been folded. The letter begins with an apology for mislaying the precise amount of money Ames owed to Baker, an instructor of Latin at Harvard, for some recent translation work. “The translations were..... More
Cat.No: 201579
Sebastopol: Scorpion Romance, 2006. Paperback. 80p., illustrated with erotic nude and seminude photos, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Anaya Valdepeña was born in Mexico and lives in Sebastopol. An erotic story-poem told in an epistolary style. More
Cat.No: 218030
Pawlet VT: printer Fredericks the publisher, 1956. Ephemera. [2]p., sewn, letterpress on a single leaf of unwatermarked but splendid paper, paginated 96/97 (ergo, the essay was printed in toto, and each friend got a leaf of the result). Protected in the original matte-blue wraps bearing a printed paper label. Content..... More
Cat.No: 317442
San Francisco: AIDS Walk San Francisco, 1992. Ephemera. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet of stationary with Baez's name printed at top center and a seven paragraph plea for contributions printed one side only. Attached is the original mailing envelope with the organization's return address. More
Cat.No: 312545
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Hardcover. xxiii, 241p., preface, introduction, street map of San Francisco in 1850, notes, bibliography, index, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Personal inscription signed by the editor. More
Cat.No: 169239
San Francisco: Capp Street Foundation WWII, [1982?]. Single 8.5x11 inch open letter seeking funding for the project folded to 3.75x8.5 inches printed both sides with Project letterhead, also a reprinted column N.C. Gitz from Chicago's Reader reporting on the story of Berube's research, a 3.5x5.5 inch donation card with envelope..... More
Cat.No: 244310