The John Birch Society: A Conspiracy of the Fearful
by The Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.
n.p.: The Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., 1965. Near Fine. [n.p]: The Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A, 1965. Self-wrapped staple bound pamphlet (22cm); 12pp. Wrappers gently rubbed at margins, but overall a Near Fine example with bright clean pages. Curiously paired with an opposition (read: American Nazi party) flyer for the 1965 Virginian gubernatorial election, loosely laid in. The Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. were known for their advocacy for veterans, women, and... Read More
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![The Living Theatre Presents a Reading of Poetry of Wagner [Event Flyer]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/498/558/1699558498.0.l.jpg)
The Living Theatre Presents a Reading of Poetry of Wagner [Event Flyer]
by The Living Theatre; Frank Lima, Joseph Ceravolo, Gerard Malanga, David Shapiro, Anne Fessenden, Ruth Krauss, James Vaughn, Jean Boudin, George Semsel, Brad Sherman, Ellen White, Robert Harson, John Ward, Jonathan Greene and Willard Maas
New York: The Living Theatre, 1962. Near Fine. [New York]: The Living Theatre, [1962]. Flyer (28x21.5cm); single sheet, single-sided. Pink paper printed with black block text. Near Fine. A scarce piece of Living Theatre ephemera. Advertises a reading of the work of Wagner by an impressive line-up of New York poets, including early appearances by Frank Lima, Gerard Malanga, and Joseph Ceravolo. The event was moderated by filmmaker Willard Maas. As of March 2026, we... Read More
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![Two Pieces of Ephemera Related to The Connection [Flyer and Palm Card]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/122/669/1741669122.0.l.jpg)
Two Pieces of Ephemera Related to The Connection [Flyer and Palm Card]
by The Living Theatre; Jack Gelber, Judith Malina, Julian Beck, The Freddie Redd Quartet
New York: The Living Theatre, 1959. Very Good +. New York: The Living Theatre, [1959]. Two pieces of ephemera. Flyer (28x22cm) lightly toned at edges; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Palm card (19x11cm) toned and scuffed. Altogether Very Good or better. Scarce pieces of Living Theatre ephemera promoting The Connection, a play by Jack Gelber. Directed and designed by Living Theatre co-founders Judith Malina Julian Beck, the show also featured jazz music by The Freddie Redd... Read More
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![The Living Theatre presents: One act plays by Frank O'Hara, Paul Goodman, and Kenneth Koch [Program]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/183/563/1699563183.0.l.jpg)
The Living Theatre presents: One act plays by Frank O'Hara, Paul Goodman, and Kenneth Koch [Program]
by The Living Theatre; Frank O'Hara, Paul Goodman, and Kenneth Koch
New York: Living Theatre, 1960. Very Good. [New York]: The Living Theatre, 1960. Event program. Quarto (28cm); two single-sided sheets, stapled in top left corner. Pages lightly bumped and toned; small stain in bottom left corner of first sheet. A Very Good piece of Living Theatre ephemera. Event program for three one act plays: “Love’s Labor,” Frank O’Hara; “A Theory of Comedy,” Paul Goodman; and “Bertha,” Kenneth Koch.
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Fire Insurance Policy of Anderson D. Harvey with the Mutual Fire Insurance Company
by The Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Sinking Springs, Berks Co., PA
Sinking Springs, PA: The Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 1850. Very Good. Sinking Springs, PA: The Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 1850. Bi-fold document folded into quarters (42 cm open). Policy title and details to front with manuscript information of policy holder and fees. Description of coverage and length of policy at interior, signed by Harvey as the policy holder and the president of the company. Manuscript to interior of quarter fold as well. Generally dust soiled, edges rubbed and... Read More
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A Treatise on Retention of Urine, Caused by Strictures in the Urethra; And of the Means by Which Obstructions of This Canal May Be Effectually Removed
by Theodore Ducamp; William M. Herbert [trans.]
New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1827. Very Good. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1827. First English Language Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); slightly later half sheep over marbled boards, brown gilt-lettered spine label; [2],viii,219pp.; five lithographic plates. Slightly ex-Cornell with their discreet markings, boards a bit rubbed and leather dried, else Very Good, internally fine. First published in Paris shortly before the author's early death, in 1823, at the age of thirty. In the early decades of... Read More
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![Moods, Cadenced & Declaimed [Upper jacket title: Moods: Cadenced and Declaimed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/093/289/1368289093.0.l.jpg)
Moods, Cadenced & Declaimed [Upper jacket title: Moods: Cadenced and Declaimed]
by Theodore Dreiser; Hugh Gray Lieber [illus.]
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Very Good+/Very Good+. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First Trade Edition. Thick octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in pink dust jacket printed in red and blue; xi,[3],385pp.; frontispiece, fourteen leaves of plates. Light shelf wear, chiefly at cloth spine ends, small shallow losses at top margin of rear jacket flap not approaching text, spine panel a shade toned, else a Very Good or better, internally fine copy. Substantial poetry... Read More
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Old Army Songs. A Collection of the Songs Sung by the Union Soldiers During the Late War
by Compiled by One Who Was There
Chicago: C.E. Ellis & Co, 1883. Good. Chicago: C.E. Ellis & Co., 1883. First Edition. 12mo. 62 pp. Stitched, lacking original wrappers. Light edgewear with a few nicks and short tears, soiled along edges, a bit wrinkled from exposure to damp. Good. Scarce collection of Civil War songs including "John Brown," "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny," "Slavery Days," "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground," and "The Year of Jubilee," among others. No copies in retail as... Read More
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train through Asia
by Paul Theroux
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First UK Edition. Octavo. 342 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Magenta boards stamped in gilt; map endpapers. Touch of rubbing to edges of unclipped dust jacket with a few inoffensive spots. Boards show light shelfwear; vertical production crease along spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good or better.
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![Girls at Play [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/964/861/1728861964.0.l.jpg)
Girls at Play [Signed]
by Paul Theroux
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Very Good/Very Good -. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. First Printing, stated. Octavo (21cm); illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; boards in marigold cloth with green lettering; [xiv],209pp. Jacket shows a few shallow chips and tears along edges and spine ends, with some general smudging and soiling to surface. Boards lightly shelfworn with scuffing along joints and bumping at head and tail. Smudging to textblock fore-edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked. ... Read More
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The History of the French Revolution
by M.A. Thiers
London: William P. Nimmo, 1878. Very Good-. London: William P. Nimmo, 1878. Thick octavo (23.5cm); contemporary prize binding of full tan calf with emblem of the Wallasey Grammar School stamped in gilt to upper cover, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; [4],972pp.; text printed in double columns. Leather rather scuffed and dried, spine label perished and rear joint starting to split with brief separation of two of the spine panels; overall Good to Very... Read More
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Jack Mason, the Old Sailor. With Illustrations. For Children
by Theodore Thinker
New York: Clark, Austin & Co, 1850. Very Good. New York: Clark, Austin & Co., 1850. First Edition. Small square 12mo (11.5 cm); publisher's blue-green blind-embossed cloth, gilt spine; 96pp.; frontispiece, seven full-page illus., additional woodcut vignettes throughout. Cloth a bit mottled, corners bumped, contemporary gift and ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and flyleaf for J.H. Haight from his sister Nina, textblock foxed, else Very Good. Charming toy book detailing the exploits of Jack Mason the... Read More
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Wizard of the Crow [Signed]
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
New York: Pantheon Books, 2006. Near Fine/Very Good+. New York: Pantheon Books, [2006]. First U.S. Edition with full numberline. Thick octavo (24.5cm); publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [12],768pp. Very light dust-soil to jacket and textblock margins else a Near Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page.
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Alma Thomas: Phantasmagoria. Major Paintings from the 1970s. September 13 - November 3, 2001
by Alma Thomas
New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2001. Very Good. New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2001. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); original scarlet blind-embossed felt over boards; 56pp.; full color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear and dust-soil to cloth, boards a bit bowed, else Very Good. Exhibition retrospective of the late painter Alma Thomas (1891-1978), the first African American woman artist to be featured in the White House's permanent collection.
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![Rolling Renaissance / San Francisco Underground Art in Celebration: 1945–1968 [With map]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/014/560/1699560014.0.l.jpg)
Rolling Renaissance / San Francisco Underground Art in Celebration: 1945–1968 [With map]
by Thomas Albright [curator]; Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery, Cellini Gallery, Arline Lind Gallery, et al; Kenneth Patchen, Peter Voulkos, Imogen Cunningham, Ron Boise, et al.
San Francisco: Intersection, 1968. Very Good +. San Francisco: Intersection, 1968. First Edition. Oblong octavo (15cm); 64pp. With single-sided map (31.5x45.5cm), as issued. Publisher’s stiff orange wraps; staple-bound. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Wraps lightly bumped; spine toned. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean, if lightly toned. Map creased from pervious folding; toned along creases. Very Good or better. Catalog of a city-wide exhibition celebrating two decades of underground art. Map lists all participating galleries, including... Read More
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Under Milk Wood Premiere Performance Playbill
by [Dylan Thomas]
New York: Playbill, 1957. Very Good. [New York: Playbill, 1957]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's printed staplebound gilt wrappers; 56pp.; illus. throughout, including ads. Light wear from handling, tiny soil spot to rear wrapper, else Very Good and sound. Program to the premiere U.S. performance of Dylan Thomas's radio drama-turned-play "Under Milk Wood," staged at the Henry Miller Theatre, October 15, 1957, starring Donald Houston.
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The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre
by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, et al.
London: William Pearson, for the Company of Printers, 1713. Very Good +. London: William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1713. Octavo (20cm.); full contemporary black gilt-tooled morocco, spine in six compartments, preserving both steel clasps, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [304]pp. A few faint surface scratches to leather, spine gilt a bit dulled, else a wonderfully preserved copy in Very Good or better condition. Front front flyleaf verso adorned with four ownership inscriptions: "For my Daughter... Read More
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The Original, Vol. 1
by Thomas Walker, M. A.
London: Henry Renshaw, 1835. London: Henry Renshaw, 1835. Armorial bookplate belonging to Nathanael Ellison on front pastedown. Ellison wrote in the top margin above the first two essays: "No. 1 and 2 were given to me soon after their publication, by the author, now deceased. Nath Ellison 4 Feb 1836." Three quarter bound in sheepskin with marbled paper. A collection of Thomas Walker's weekly periodicals containing No. I (May 20, 1835) through No. XXIX (December 2, 1835). ... Read More
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![Hopping on the Border (The life story of a bellboy) [Inscribed and Signed with original business card laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/356/621/1677621356.0.l.jpg)
Hopping on the Border (The life story of a bellboy) [Inscribed and Signed with original business card laid in]
by Matt Thomas
San Antonio, TX: Naylor Company, 1951. Very Good/Good+. San Antonio, TX: Naylor Company, [1951]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00); xii,170pp. Jacket margins quite chipped with long shallow losses along top edge of upper panel not touching text, additional losses to rear panel edges, light soil to front endpapers, else a Very Good copy in a Good or better jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on half title... Read More
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Frog Life in America
by Richard Thomas
Postdam, NY: Racquette River Print Shop, 1979. Very Good +. Potsdam, NY: Racquette River Print Shop, 1979. First Edition, stated First Printing. Quarto; publisher's grey pictorial card wrappers printed in red and green; [80]pp.; chiefly illus. Light wear and soil to wrapper extremities, contemporary gift inscription to title page, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Uncommon cartoon collection, a series of vignettes depicting aspects of American life (populated in this case by a crowd... Read More
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The Cold War Swap
by Ross Thomas
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. Very Good/Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth-backed textured boards in original blue pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.95); 222pp. Dust jacket a bit faded along spine panel, upper panel wrinkled along top margin, corners bumped, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy. The author's first novel, an espionage thriller which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in... Read More
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Les Oeuvres Spirituelles de M. Thomas Becasse, Prieur de la Chapelle-la-Reyne, Cure de Brie-Comte-Robert, & Doyen du vieil Corbeil
by Thomas Becasse; Edme Couterot [print.]
Paris: Edme Couterot, 1676. Very Good. Paris: Edme Couterot, 1676. Two volumes bound in one; 12mo (16 cm); [xx],475,[1]; [12],394pp. Collated complete. Boards full bound in contemporary mottled calf with gilt stamping to spine. Edges speckled red. Front board corners worn, shelfwear to bottom margin and tail of spine has minor loss and is pulling away from book block. General scuffing and scratching to boards with creases to spine. Generally dust soiled. No front endsheets. Pasted contemporary manuscript... Read More
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Forma Sacra, or, a Sacred Platform of Natural and Revealed Religion; Exhibiting a Scriptural and Rational Account of These Three Important Heads..
by Thomas Blackwell; Simon Williams [intro.]
Boston: William M'Alpine, for the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Windham, 1774. Very Good. Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine, for the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Windham, 1774. Presumed First American Edition. 16mo; full contemporary calf, unadorned spine in six compartments; xvii,[1],xviii,vi,[i.e. vii],8-339,[1]pp. (B8 2B8 C-P8 Q4 R-2A8, collated complete). Leather a bit scuffed at extremities, a few surface scratches to boards, lacking endpapers, contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy overall. Treatise first published... Read More
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Queens Walk in the Dusk
by Thomas Burnett Swann; Jeff Jones [illus.]
Forest Park: Heritage Press, 1977. Very Good. Forest Park: Heritage Press, 1977. Limited First Edition, numbered 940 of 2000 copies on colophon at back. Octavo; 139pp. Nine tipped-in full color illustrations, all present. In slightly-too-short clear jacket. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Boards lightly shelfworn with a few faint scuffs to cloth and a bit of fading along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Part of the author's Latium Trilogy.
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The Life and Works of Thomas Graham, D.C.L., F.R.S. Illustrated by 64 Unpublished letters
by [Thomas Graham] R. Angus Smith; J.J. Coleman [ed.]
Glasgow: John Smith & Sons, 1884. Very Good. Glasgow: John Smith & Sons, 1884. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm); publisher's dark brown-black gilt- and blind-embossed cloth, yellow coated endpapers; vi,[7]-114pp.; mounted photographic portrait frontispiece. Cloth margins rubbed with small chip near spine crown, uneven browning to half title page, else Very Good and sound. Contemporary presentation ex libris from the Society of Apothecaries to front pastedown, as well as 20th century ex libris of the late chemist and... Read More
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