Poppers the Pony Draws Pin-Ups
no pl. Self-published by the author, no date. Pamphlet. [32p.], 5.5x8.5 inches, explicit line drawings of fantasy women ripe for coloring, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 284239
Self-Published, Self Published
Some blue, some bold, some new, some old [song lyrics]
Sausalito: West Sausalito Teredo Society and Occasional Bar and Bathroom Balladeers, n.d. [16p] including covers, mimeographed, 4.25x5.5 inches, stapled yellow wraps. A selection of song lyrics (some hand-corrected) probably typed up by a club member for gatherings."Blue Skies" with ink hand-correction of final verse, "Shine on Harvest Moon" etc. More
Cat.No: 134150
Wings; poetry
San Francisco: Self-published by the author at Mission Cultural Center, 1994. Paperback. 76p., poems in English and Spanish, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Poetry by mostly Hispanic school children in San Francisco's Mission District, with an introduction by Jorge Argueta. More
Cat.No: 8038
Seeds of Heaven
San Francisco: TPJA Publishing/Trafford, 2005. Paperback. 279p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, very good second printing trade paperback in original pictorial wraps showing a comix-style fantasy scene. Philippine-American author's self-published scifi about Arcturean aliens fraternizing with their creations in Atlantis. More
Cat.No: 133504
The Palisade: a Lavender Shores novel
no place: Self-published by the author as Wings of Ink, 2017. Paperback. 222p., very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. M/M Romance by female author. More
Cat.No: 242976
Bonnie Jeanne
San Francisco: Self-published, 1971. vi, 103p., 7x10 inches, very good in original pictorial wraps. Poetry by a brother and sister living in San Francisco. She married into Society of Friends. More
Cat.No: 119543
Gurunguita; libro de poemas
N. pl. Self-published by the author, 1984. Paperback. 32p., text in Spanish, very good first edition chapbook in cream printed stapled wraps. Poetry by a Florida-based Cuban American author, graduate of the University of Miami. More
Cat.No: 87020
Picture me in a poem; poetry
Elmsford, NY: the author, 1980. 20p. 7x9 inches, illustrated with photos of African American children by a number of contributors, signed and inscribed by the African American author, second edition, second printing, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 229827
Freedom in His Arms
Tallahassee: Dreamspinner Press, 2014. Paperback. 204p., fine first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. M/M Romance novel written by a cisgender woman. More
Cat.No: 234334
A sister's face
Washington: Self-published by the author, 1977. 22p., 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly soiled, small colored pencil mark on rear wrap else very good second printing booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 20293
For Violet & Be Your Own Androcles Two poems, original manuscript and carbon with hand-corrections
Hollywood: Unpublished, [1940s]. Two 8.5x11 inch sheets, one appears to be typescript the other more likely carbon copy, both hand-corrected in ink, fold creases and wear at edges, toning and light stains. Sir Douglas was of landed gentry and a close friend of Walter Pater, Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde..... More
Cat.No: 273381
Black Americans at the crossroads; - where do we go from here?
San Francisco: The First African Arabian Press, 1981. Trade Paperback. 236p., paperback, first edition, very good condition. Argument for a future Pan-African Republic, intermingled with autobiography. More
Cat.No: 237243
The challenges of spreading Islam in America and other essays
San Francisco: The First African Arabian Press, 1990. Trade Paperback. 213p., wraps, first edition, very good condition. Articles by the Black Muslim authors, including a couple on the supposed Jewish control of the Black community through the NAACP, etc. More
Cat.No: 237242
Santa Fe Ladies, or Margaux Hummingbird Dances with the Last Cowboy: Poems
npl: Self-published by the author, 1980. Pamphlet. [16]p., stapled wraps, 5x7 inches, wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 288931
Absolute Time
no place: Self-published / Chill House, 2007. Trade Paperback. [44p] very good slim trade paperback in blue pictorial wraps. Bay area San Francisco native. Jazz musician. The 'Chill' of the publisher's name most definitely a jazz chill (as opposed to a horror chill). More
Cat.No: 206828
Recopilación de: cuentos cortos
Miami: Self-published by the author, 1968. 27p., 7x8.5 inches, introduction, biography, text in Spanish, illustrations, very good first edition booklet in stapled blue pictorial wraps. Exiled self-taught Cuban artist and writer living in the US. Founder of the Cuban Association of Plastic Arts in Exile (ACAPE). More
Cat.No: 73923
Irene, Or, The Life and Fortunes of a Yankee Girl, a tale in eight cantos.
Joliet IL: Signal Printing Office, for the author, 1878. Hardcover. xii, 167p., hardbound in 7x4.5 inch green cloth boards cover-titled gilt and panelling in blind. Casing is faintly dust-soiled with a few touches of silverfishing, else near-immaculate; the matte brown endsheets unmarred, the textblock completely sound. The superb condition is..... More
Cat.No: 232663
Irene, Or, The Life and Fortunes of a Yankee Girl, a tale in eight cantos.
Joliet IL: Signal Printing Office, for the author, 1878. Hardcover. xii, 167p., 7x4.5 inch brown cloth boards cover-titled gilt and panelling in blind, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 265482
Sing me a new song,
El Cerrito, CA: Bay Area Cross Cultural Consultants, 1984. Paperback. 123p., slightly shelf worn wraps else very good condition, first edition. African American author from Louisiana at the time based in Richmond, CA. More
Cat.No: 266232
Poems and Prose volume 1, number 1
Pittsburgh: Know Inc., [1971]. 36p., 5.5x8.75 inches, very good first edition chapbook in stapled purple decorative wraps with mild sunning to spinefold and top edge. Early publication by the founder of Shameless Hussy Press. More
Cat.No: 220534
Versos y prosas
Miami: Self-published by the poet at San Lázaro Graphic Corp. 1990. Paperback. 97p., text in Spanish, very good first edition trade paperback in yellow wraps. Cuban exile poetry. Only 4 copies located in OCLC as of 4/2020. More
Cat.No: 174577
We
San Francisco: Self-published by the author as Night Horn Books, 1999. Paperback. 56p., 4.25x5.5 inches, a few illustrations, first edition paperback pocketbook original in black wraps, slight shelfwear and light creasing on wraps, else very good. Self-described leader of the San Francisco underground poetry scene. More
Cat.No: 242459
Mayaland Cuisine: the food of Maya Mexico
n.p. Self-published by the author, 2007. Paperback. 213p., introduction, scholarly notes, references, includes recipes collected by the anthropologist author, as new second edition stated trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 247326
Wives, Mothers and other women: poems about women and their issues
Springfield: Marriage and Family Life Education Center, 1988. Paperback. 48p., introduction, gift inscription otherwise a very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Self-published book by the African American marriage counselor living in Springfield, Illinois. She was born, raised and practiced in Mississippi. More
Cat.No: 223560