Emeryville, CA: Marxist-Leninist Party, SF Bay Area Branch, 1986. 8.5x14 inch handbill, fold-creased, otherwise very good. Issued in support of the strike by SEIU Local 250, Lab Techs, and Optical Workers of SEIU Local 505. More
Cat.No: 249870
Cambridge, MA: Bach Mai Hospital Emergency Relief Fund; Medical Aid for Indochina, [197-]. Pinback Button. 1.25 inch diameter pin with white flower on black background, very good. In 1972, the Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi was destroyed by US bombs, leading to a movement by anti-war activists to help rebuild..... More
Cat.No: 185346
San Francisco: San Francisco County Medical Society, 1934. Pamphlet. 27p., 7x10 inches; phtos., illus., horizontal middle crease throughout, wraps foxing, front wraps slightly soiled, pencil notation on back wrap, wraps slightly handled, front and back cover slightly detached from top staple, back wrap contains tear, staples rusting. More
Cat.No: 288215
San Francisco, Oakland: Local 250, 1957. Four bulletins, all mimeographed on a single sheet of 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 inch paper, updating on union contract negotiations. Minor wear. Issues present are April 12, June 20 and 27, and August 15, plus a single-sheet message to East Bay hospital members urging them..... More
Cat.No: 176971
San Francisco, Oakland: Local 250, 1957. Single issue of the bulletin, mimeographed on a single sheet of 8.5x14 inch paper, minor wear, hole from removed staple at top left corner else very good condition. Notes that contract negotiations were underway, and that employers would probably say "No no no!" (Cartoon..... More
Cat.No: 176972
San Francisco, Oakland: Local 250, 1957. Single issue of the bulletin, mimeographed on a single sheet of 8.5x14 inch paper, minor wear, hole from removed staple and small rust stain at top left corner else very good condition. Notes that contract negotiations were underway, and urges the reader to join..... More
Cat.No: 176973
Cambridge, MA: MAI, [197-]. Six-panel brochure, illustrated, introducing the organization, very good condition. Projects included rebuilding the Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi after it was destroyed by US bombs in 1972. More
Cat.No: 207730
Newton, MA: MAI, 1972. Six-panel brochure introducing the organization. More
Cat.No: 270302
New York: Mfg. by NG Slater, [197-]. Pinback Button. 1.5 inch diameter pin promoting the organization, very good. Projects included rebuilding the Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi after it was destroyed by US bombs in 1972. More
Cat.No: 280158
[London]: Inter-Hospital Socialist Society, 1937. Pamphlet. 30p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps slightly toned with minor staining, staples rusted else good condition. "These articles appeared in "The Lancet" of August 8th, 15th and 22nd, 1936, under the title "Russia To-day, Medicine under Scoailsim. By a special correspondent." - verso title..... More
Cat.No: 264331
Madison, WI: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 1947. Pamphlet. 15p., 4.5x6 inch wraps; slight uneven toning on rear wrapper, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 285711
Emeryville, CA: Marxist-Leninist Party, SF Bay Area Branch, 1986. 8.5x11 inch handbill, fold-creased. Issued during the strike by SEIU Local 250 representing hospital workers at Kaiser. More
Cat.No: 250262
Concord, NH: Evans Printing Company, 1918. 28p., 30p., 21p., 9p., 25p., 14p., bound together in to a single hardback volume, ex libris, a sound, handleable copy. A series of New Hampshire state government reports for the year 1918. More
Cat.No: 117498
New York: mfg. by NG Slater, n.d. 2.25 inch pin depicting a Vietnamese girl, a superimposed falling bomb representing a tear. More
Cat.No: 259277
Los Angeles, CA: n.pub. [1947]. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed one side, edgeworn with yellowing areas else good condition. B&W photos of a "wild west" style rundown health department office, as contrasted with a state-of-the-art facility. Calls for the construction of a receiving hospital. Issuing entity unstated, though the handbill..... More
Cat.No: 131969
San Francisco: the newsletter, 1975-76. Two issues of the 8.5x14 inch newsletter, 4 pages each, both with horizontal fold creases, no. 14 with uneven toning else generally good condition. Includes discussion of the results of a survey of workers' attitudes at the hospital ("Attitude Surveillance"). More
Cat.No: 213152
Honolulu: the Hospital, [1953]. 286p., mimeographed, black plastic comb spine, pictorial card cover; 8.5x11 inches, light handling wear, rear cover edgeworn, interior is very good. Detailed report on medical services, day-by-day list of events and activities for the past year, tables and charts, etc. More
Cat.No: 224588
[Vietnam]: n.d. Two small metal pins, both smaller than one inch across, one for the Bach Mai Hospital (destroyed by US bombs in 1971, leading to a movement by anti-war activists to help rebuild it), the other for the Vietnam Friendship Village, an institution founded in Hanoi in 1992 by..... More
Cat.No: 269226
Oakland, CA: Needle Press, 1994. Pamphlet. 82p., wraps, very good condition, 5.25x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 157130
Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Free People's Clinic, [1973?]. Pamphlet. 8, [i]p., wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition, illustrated with political cartoons. Exposé of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (run by 17 nuns allegedly) for lack of charity care and abandoning the community. More
Cat.No: 212594
San Francisco: Art Commission, 1978. Paperback. xiii+69p., 8.5x11 inch softbound; preface, introduction, catalogue, illustrated with reproductions and photos in b&w and color, pictorial wraps are a little edgeowrn and handling-soiled, and a faint packing- or damp-ripple affects entire volume, a good-only copy. Find a frontis-photo salute to Mayor George R...... More
Cat.No: 105245
San Francisco: Art Commission, 1978. Paperback. xiii+69p., 8.5x11 inch softbound; preface, introduction, catalogue, illustrated with reproductions and photos in b&w and color, pictorial wraps. Foredge is evenly darkened as from smoke, but we see no other indication of scortch. A good to very good copy. Find a frontis-photo salute to..... More
Cat.No: 240571
Bath: James Leake, Bookseller, 1744. Sewn Binding. A disbound item, two separately paginated tracts together as issued, 18, 34p., presswork on mouldmade paperstock, rough spine with ancient glue remnants next to empty stabholes, one leaf (25/26) protruding and held only by a single thread (no damage to leaf or adjacent..... More
Cat.No: 300363
Ithaca: ILR Press, 1997. Paperback. xi, 177p., wraps, very good condition. "[Budrys] documents the emergence and development of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1972, and suggests it may be a harbinger of renewed organizing efforts throughout the country" More
Cat.No: 38089
Sacramento, CA: The Well-Being Project, 1989. Paperback. 134p., 8.5x11 inch wrappers; wrappers slightly soiled from handling, top right corner slightly curled, slightly sheflworn edges, else in very good condition. Mental health patients give testimonials of their encounters with mental health institutions, societal discrimination and stigma, their communities and families, and..... More
Cat.No: 285614
