A complete run in eight issues of the late 1980s science fiction and fantasy digest zine, not illustrated, issues range from 38 to 76 pp. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches). Original side-stapled color cardstock wrappers with vivid black and white illustrations to front covers. Some light rust to..... More
Calendar consisting of six color screenprints by some of the most important Pop artists, one print for each two-month spread, the prints done on light cardboard, each with transparent protective film sheet, screenprints typographically noted to versos with artist names. Folio (15 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches), sheet sizes of..... More
24 pp. booklet on the ornamental ironwork at the Hotel Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco, designed by the architectural and engineering firm of Weeks & Day, plus a laid-in four-page pamphlet with facsimiles of three letters sent to Michel & Pfeffer Iron Works, the firm who executed the ironwork..... More
The only issue published of the poster-style newspaper regarding the establishment of the Black Gate art space in New York. Broadside/poster (sheet size 22 x 17 inches, folded to 11 x 8 1/2 inches). Very light fold marks, overall excellent condition. New York: Black Gate, 1967. This poster was published..... More
16 total issues in 15 fascicules (of 23 total published) of the small press poetry magazine edited by poets David Ball and George Tysh. Quarto. Original stapled illustrated wrappers. One issue with some minor water stains, no. 14 with back cover detached but present, very light handling wear, overall very..... More
Fourteen circa 1910s-1960s catalogs from two well-known gambling and gaming supply companies, each approximately 40-70 pp., profusely illustrated. Octavos (most approximately 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches, slight variations in size). Original wrappers, held in two black clamshell boxes from Ken Klosterman's Salon de Magie, gold-stamped titles to covers and..... More
Three manila folders housing typed and hand-written documents, reports, invoices, and testimonies regarding the Red Scare at MIT, released by the State House of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Special Commission on Communism and Subversive Activities, which was modeled after the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Quarto size, most 8 1/2..... More
Group of assorted documents and publications related to the American labor movement in the 1930s and the San Juan Exploration Company, headquartered in Washington DC but with mining operations in Colorado, dating primarily to the first half of the 20th century. Various sizes, most quarto and octavo. Most original wrappers..... More
32 black-and-white photographs of engineering projects undertaken by the Morrison-Knudsen Corporation during the first half of the 20th century, most with caption sheet describing the project and its location. 8 x 10 inches each. Loose as issued, currently housed in protective sleeves and an archival box. Excellent overall condition. Various..... More
Incredible collection of over 700 decks of playing cards, primarily American but also with examples from Europe and elsewhere in the world, published from the mid-19th through the early 21st century, most in original boxes and cases, many still sealed in original wrapping, some double decks in larger folding boxes..... More
A complete collection in 22 issues of the 1960s Libertarian journal, scattered illustrations. Quarto (11 x 8 3/8 inches). Original printed wrappers, some illustrated, with covers designs by famed American graphic designer Herb Lubalin (1918-1981). Light scattered soiling and general handling wear, some light foxing, overall excellent. New York: Fact..... More
Unpaginated (28 pp.) collection of promotional visual material for the Internationalist Arts Festival held in San Francisco in 1982, photomechanical reproductions to rectos only. Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches). Original cardstock wrappers, front cover illustrated, with plastic comb binding. Some toning along bottom edge of front cover and..... More
[np, circa 1930]. Twelve postal envelopes measuring 9.2 x 16.5 cm each. Loose as issued. Very light occasional dust-staining, very good condition. This collection of twelve unused satirical postal covers comprise a complete series titled "Jury Report on Prohibition". Each envelope contains a caricature of a juror (eleven men and..... More
128 pp. illustrated trade catalogue for copper store front designs, from the Kawneer Company in Michigan, profusely illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs. Oblong 12mo (5 7/8 x 9 inches). Original cloth-backed publisher's stiff blue cardstock wrappers with raised type to front cover. Some very light wear and abrasions to..... More
A complete run in 19 issues, most approximately 18-28 pp., of the free Southern California rock music magazine. Tabloid-size (14 x 11 1/4 inches). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Light toning, extremely minor chipping and edgewear, overall very good. San Diego: In Your Ear Productions, 1979-1981. A complete collection of San Diego's..... More
Various cities including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston: various publishers, primarily circa 1890's to 1920s. Various sized quartos (most measuring approximately 31 x 23.5 cm or 35 x 26.5 cm). Original publisher's colorful wrappers; most circa 4-8 pp. Wrappers worn, many with detached covers, some with tape repairs..... More
Portfolio of 10 linocuts printed in black and orange on cotton rag paper. Small folio (12 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches). Original yellow decorated wrappers with text printed in black and underlined in green. Extremely light dust-staining to top right corner of wrappers, linocuts bright and clean, excellent condition overall..... More
A complete collection in five issues of the modern Brooklyn-based journal showcasing new writing and artwork from an international slate of artists, issues ranging from 100 to 200 pp. each. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Excellent condition. Brooklyn, New York: Long News, 1991-1994. Long News..... More
A complete run of the small American poetry magazine, illustrated. 16mo (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches). Original side-stapled illustrated wrappers. Very light scattered yellowing, no. 2 with a detached image mounted scrapbook-style with discoloration and old glue residue, overall excellent. Ranches of Taos, New Mexico: Motive Press, 1956-1959. A..... More
Unique contemporary compendium containing three original items from the 1869 National Peace Jubilee in Boston and the 1872 World Peace Jubilee. Tall narrow octavo (11 x 7 inches), interior pages various sizes. Bound together in a turn-of-the-century cloth-backed cardboard portfolio with hand-written title label to front cover, three items affixed..... More
Six total fascicules, four issues (15, 25, 44, and 66 pp.) and two supplemental booklets (16 and 12 pp.), first two issues mimeographed. Various sizes, octavo and quarto. All original wrappers, three side-stapled, two stapled, one bound. Some light chipping and edgewear to wrappers of first two issues, no. 2..... More
[Alternate titles: New York Rocker Pix; NY Rocker; NYRocker.] Altogether 58 fascicules (includes the rare May 1979 "New York Rocker Pix" supplement, numbered separately as vol. 1, no. 1) comprising a complete run of the seminal New York punk and pop music tabloid, with articles, band interviews and reviews of..... More
A complete run in four issues of the rare 1970s Texas music magazine, each issue 30-40 pp. Quarto (10 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches). Original photo-illustrated wrappers, three of the four issues side-stapled. Some light toning throughout, nos. 3 and 4 with some old damp-staining, light abrasions to covers, issue..... More
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The second of four total issues published of the short-lived magazine issued by the Niagara region of the SDS, or Students for a Democratic Society, 18 pp., illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings. Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches). Illustrated pink and green side-stapled wrappers with a front cover..... More
Single issue of the 1970s zine on the Los Angeles proto-punk scene, 20 pp. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches). Original printed side-stapled wrappers. Some light creasing and minor toning, overall very good. Whittier, California: Prize, n.d. (circa 1979). Prize covers the proto-punk scene in Southern California in the late..... More