San Francisco: the G.G.I.E., 1937. 16p., coated alkaline paperstock, a folio-size pamphlet stapled into 14x10 inch self-wraps, illustrated with numerous b&w photographs many aerial (work in progress: dredging etc.), modernist layout with tint-blocks amidst the double-column text and a terrific centerfold double-spread of How It Will Look in '39. This..... More

Cat.No: 254137

San Bruno, CA: Purple Lotus Society, [2009]. 136p., slender paperback, very good. Booklet containing a traditional Chinese calendar for the year and short essays on contemporary life from a Buddhist perspective, distributed by the Purple Lotus Temple. More

Cat.No: 242402

Oakland: the Program, 2002. Folder with label logo, includes the 1st place winner of the Chester Himes Black Mystery Writing contest ("Mystery of the Smoked Herring" by 11th Grade Skyline High School student John Lo), a Himes chronology, a profile of Hugh Holton reprinted from the Sept. 29, 2000 issue..... More

Cat.No: 199000

San Francisco: Pisani Printing & Publishing, 1939. Pamphlet. [16]p., profuse b&w production and still photography, stapled pamphlet / program in 11.5x8.5 coated alkaline wraps. Handling crimps throughout (lots of t&a to ogle), no other damage, a good copy. More

Cat.No: 254155

Oakland: the Coalition, 1980. 8p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter, folded for mailing, mild soiling. News from Bay Area unions. More

Cat.No: 254156

[Bay Area, CA]: Bay Area John Brown Gun Club, [2010s]. Single sheet folded to make a 4-panel zine, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, very good condition. One page flier for the group's parent organization Redneck Revolt laid in. Promotional zine for the anarchist/anti-fascist gun club. More

Cat.No: 255759

San Francisco: BeatBox, 2000. Four-page newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, horizontal fold. Political hip hop updates, with brief notes about Michael Franti, Dilated Peoples, Invisibl Skratch Pickls, Makeba Mooncycle and others. More

Cat.No: 249897

Hayward, CA: the Troupe, [1971]. 11x8.5 inch handbill, very good with some toning at upper right corner. Black and white photo depicts the cast posing onstage. A contemporary newspaper announcement described the show as an overview of Black history in America. More

Cat.No: 227960

Oakland: the Brotherhood, 1941. 7p., staplebound booklet, bottom of front cover lightly creased. More

Cat.No: 219788

Wilmington, CA: Calship Shipbuilding Corporation, 1942. Pamphlet. 12p., 9x12 inches, b&w site, vessel and personnel photos, somewhat edgeworn with short splits and a small chip along the spinefold. A handleable reading or reference copy of the magazine in stapled pictorial wraps, Photo of the bow of the John C. Fremont..... More

Cat.No: 221210

Newmark: The Church, 1980. vi, 142p., + ads, 8.75x11.25 inches, photos, ads, gift inscription otherwise very good first edition limited to 1500 copies bound in gilt-decorated cloth. More

Cat.No: 162185

San Francisco: Chinese Business Publishing Co., 2000. 526p., very good in wraps; personal phone listings as well as numerous bilingual ads. More

Cat.No: 186776

San Francisco: United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2005. v, 133p., extensive appendix, illustrated with period and contemporary photography (many aerial views) and line plats in colors; first issue 11x8.5 inch wraps with binder's tape spine, a very good copy. Appended leaves are rather elaborate; these show..... More

Cat.No: 173558