Jury Report on Prohibition" Historical Postal Covers
[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 one woman) accompanied by their job title and a made-up satirical quotation, depicting a panel of supposed jurors for a trial regarding the violation of prohibition laws. All of... Read More
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Magyar Nyomdászat: A Könyvnyomtató és Testvériparágak Havi Szakfolyóirata
Year 35, No. 1 (January 1923) through Year 35, No. 12 (December 1923), 12 issues bound in 1, 228 pp. serial devoted to numerous aspects of the Hungarian printing industry, including advertising posters, book cover design, print ads, etc., heavily illustrated throughout, many images in excellent color, some tipped-in. 4to. 3/4 cloth and boards, spine slightly faded, bottom right-hand corner bent on front, original wrpps. bound in. Budapest 1923. A fascinating glimpse into the Hungarian printing world during an... Read More
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Lenin (V. I. Ulyanov)
Unpaginated (circa 220 pp.) text documenting the life of the Soviet leader, including images of numerous letters and articles written by the leader accompanied by translations into English, the work is a remarkable example of political hagiography, featuring images from the moment of his birth through to his death, heavily illustrated throughout (most full-page, many color, many tipped-in) with reproductions of paintings, facsimiles of documents, and images from photographs. Large 4to. Cloth, edges slightly rubbed, spine torn. Ogiz (State... Read More
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Oz. No. 1 (April 1963) through No. 41 (February 1969) (all published)
A complete run in 41 issues of the irreverent Australian counterculture journal, under the editorial direction of Richard Neville with Peter Grose, Dean Letcher, Martin Sharp, and Richard Walsh, containing stories related to topics including abortion, chastity, censorship, homosexuality, police brutality, organized crime, the Vietnam War, religion, domestic and international politics, film, and literature, together with information on the social scene in Sydney, cultural calendars, letters, cartoons, poetry, crossword puzzles, and satire and humor. Illustrated throughout. Some scattered pen... Read More
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Señales. Le Habla al Pueblo en Su Proprio Idioma. Year I, No. 1 (27 Feb 1935) through Year IV, No. 162 (29 April 1938) (all published)
A complete run in 4 years and 162 issues of the weekly Argentinian newspaper, each issue approx. 24 pp., founded by and under the editorial direction of Enrique Martinez de Castillo and Leo Rudi, with articles on current events including politics, the economy, education, and culture. Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings, and cartoons. Folio. Orig. stapled self-wrpps., paper fairly fragile with some tearing along folds, bottom right corner of first issue with paper loss, scattered toning and age-darkening, minor... Read More
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Subjectif. Nos. 1 (Feb. 1978) through 7 (1979) (all published)
Seven issues, 50-64 pp. each, comprising a complete run of Raphaël Sorin's legendary but short-lived literary review including contributions by and new translations of Bukowski, Kerouac, Olivier Cohen, Jurij Moskvitin, Gérard Guégan, Philippe Delaroche, Alain le Saux, Richard Brautigan, Charles Olson, Raymond Chandler, and others, illustrated throughout with wildly erotic and bizarre illustrations, as well as photographs of television screens. 8vo. Illustrated wrpps. Paris (Groupe pour l'Organisation Unifiée de la Lecture Appliquée et Généralisée) 1978-1979. As of March 2025,... Read More
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Scandal, nos. 1-3 (of five published)
Groningen: self-published, 1966. Slim quartos (29.8 × 10.4 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers; mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos, often on color stock or using colored ink; ca. 20 pp. per issue. Very good. Issue called 0 constitutes no. 1. Issue no. 2 (unnumbered) is complete with the match and the Hitler stamp to front wrapper verso. As of August 2019, KVK and OCLC only show one (incomplete) holding in North America.
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grOnk Series 3: The Big Mid-July grOnk Mailout
Incomplete collection of the third series of the Canadian concrete poetry publication edited by bpNichol, David UU, and Bill Bissett, comprised of three-page typed and stapled introduction on yellow, blue, and pink paper stock listing contents, news items, letters, and announcements of other publications and productions, a small pamphlet "Gerry Carrier - Instructions" by Gerry Gilbert, a portrait of Nelson Ball by Barbara Caruso, a stapled booklet "Nights on Prose Mountain" by bpNichol, and a series of typewriter poems... Read More
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![Putevi: mesečne sveske za umetnost i filozofiju [Paths: a monthly periodical for art and philosophy]. Series I, nos. 1-2 (1922) and Series II, nos. 1, 2, and 3/4/5 (1923-1924) (all published)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/339/641/1559641339.0.l.jpg)
Putevi: mesečne sveske za umetnost i filozofiju [Paths: a monthly periodical for art and philosophy]. Series I, nos. 1-2 (1922) and Series II, nos. 1, 2, and 3/4/5 (1923-1924) (all published)
Belgrade: Marsias, 1922-1924. Series I: quartos (28 × 23.5 cm), Series II: octavo (23.5 × 16 and 22.5 × 15.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; Series I 32 pp. per issue, Series II 128 pp. continuously paginated. Very minor general soiling and toning; text block of one issue neatly detached from wrappers; pages uncut and unopened; overall very good, in protective mylar. A complete run, in altogether five variously paginated issues, of the first major avant-garde periodical to appear in... Read More
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Collection of Journals, Documents, Proceedings, Stock Certificates, and Meeting Minutes
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, San Juan documents in two albums. Some scattered toning, foxing, general wear, loss to stock certificate album cover, a few sheets with some shattering and paper losses, overall good... Read More
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Kicks. San Diego's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine. No. 1 (September 1979) through No. 19 (March 1981) (all published)
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 "first and only" rock 'n' roll magazine, founded and edited by Thomas K. Arnold and Albert Carrasco, both students at the time at San Diego State. While still in... Read More
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De Los Grupos Los Individuos: Artistas Plásticos de los Grupos Metropolitanos. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Junio-Agosto 1985
64 pp. exhibition catalogue containing essays, chronology of Los Grupos, list of artists, bibliography, and list of works, profusely illustrated. Folio (18 x 13 1/4 inches). Original printed wrappers. Some light abrasions and edgewear to covers, areas of loss along spine, slight separation along spine between front cover and flyleaf, overall very good. "Comentarios al margen" envelope affixed to inside back cover complete with four pamphlets in the pocket. Ciudad de México: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1985. This... Read More
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Artes; Monuments et Mémoires. Vols. 1-8 (all published in the first series)
A complete set of the first series of the annual, ed. by Wilhelm Wanscher, each of the 8 volumes containing 200 to 300 pp. of annotated articles (in English, French or German) on Danish art and architecture, ancient, Italian, and Oriental art that relates to Danish collections, and some general topics such as geometric art, documents interspersed throughout, (36) pp. bibliography of Danish writings on art and architecture in first volume, numerous illus. in the text and on foldout... Read More
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Der Hafen von Dortmund: Denkschrift zur Feier der Hafeneinweihung am 11. August 1899
83 pp. text discussing the construction of the harbor, bridges, and other structures and buildings associated with the harbor, text illustrations, 7 excellent engraved photographic plates showing views of the harbor, 4 color maps (2 fold-out, 1 double page). Large 4to. Cloth, lightly rubbed. Dortmund n.d. (circa 1899).
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World Outlook: Perspective Mondiale. Un Service de Presse Ouvrier/A Labor Press Service. Vol. I, No. 1 (27 September 1963) through Vol. VI, No. 16 (26 April 1968)
A near-complete run in 187 of a total of 189 published issues (lacking only 2 issues: Vol. I, No. 8 and Vol. II, No. 37) of the international Trotskyist political journal before its name changed to Intercontinental Press, under the editorial direction of Joseph Hansen, Pierre Frank, Livia Maitan, and George Novack, published under the auspices of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International and covering world political struggles and major events including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 1968... Read More
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Urbanistica. Rivista dell'Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica. Year XVIII, No. 1 (July/August 1949) through No. 59/60 (October 1972)
A sequential run of 60 issues in 49 fascicules of the long-running Italian journal founded originally in 1932 by the Piemontese division of the Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica, under the initial editorial direction of Adriano Olivetti and later Giovanni Astengo, with the aim of promoting and spreading urban studies and documenting urbanism in Italy and abroad, covering economic, social, and political topics, with two issues devoted to the proceedings of the 1954 Congresso Nazionale di Urbanistica and one double-issue... Read More
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Nouvelle Génération. La Jeunesse Interroge Le Lettrisme. No. 1 (January/February 1962) through No. 2 (March/April 1962) (all published)
A complete run in 2 issues (12 and 8 pp., respectively) of the short-lived Lettrist journal conceived of by a group of young students consisting of Thierry Paul-Lévy, Paulette Liétard, Patrick Brault, Guy Chastel, and Jean-Charles Depaule, and published with the help of the Lettrists, directed by Jacques Spacagna with collaborative assistance from Isidore Isou and Maurice Lemaître. Not illustrated. Some slight toning, especially along edges, minor scattered soiling. 4to. Original stapled self-wrpps. Paris, 1962. Isidore Isou, a Romanian-born... Read More
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Jahrbuch der Sammlung Kippenberg. No. 1 (1921) through No. 10 (1935). (All published)
Altogether 10 issues, ranging between 306 and 343 pp., of the first run of the literary serial examining 18th and 19th century German literature with a special emphasis on the works of Goethe, including unpublished works, text illustrations, a few fold-out facsimiles of documents. Tall 8vo. 1/2 cloth and boards, a couple of covers slightly bowed. Leipzig 1921-1935.
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Demain: Pages et Documents. Paraissant le 15 de Chaque Mois. Nos. 1 (January 1916) through 11/ 12 (November/ December 1916)
The complete first year of the journal (in 11 issues, most approx. 64 pp.), published under the editorial direction of Henri Guilbeaux, presenting essays, letters, documents, and other writings pertaining to social, political and cultural issues of the time, with entries by numerous noted cultural figures including Romain Rolland, Ethel Sidgwick, Gustave Dupin, P. J. Jouve, Ramsay Macdonald, Jacques Mesnil, Jeanne Bertrand, Marcel Martinet, Rabindranath Tagore, A. Lunatcharsky, et al., with two woodcuts by Frans Masereel. 8vo. Orig. wrpps.... Read More
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Collection of British Religious Pamphlets, ca. 1790-1870
A collection of approx. 72 pamphlets, mostly religious in nature though peppered with some secular tracts, most published in Great Britain in the18th century but with a few before and after, including a wealth of sermons relating to the nature and practice of religion, its place in civil society, and other topics, many of the sermons in response to landmark occasions both large and small including days of thanksgiving and fasting, the ordination or retirement of a minister, funerals... Read More
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Occident: Le Bi-Mensuel Franco-Espagnol. Year I, no. 1 (25 October 1937) through Year II, no. 39 (30 May 1939) (all published)
Paris: Imprimerie Georges Lang, 1937-1939. Folio (58.5 x 38.5 cm). Original illustrated newsprint self-wrappers; each issue approximately 8 pp. Evidence of previous folds, some light toning, small tear to first page of no. 34, overall very good. A complete run of all 39 issues of the Paris-based periodical, in tabloid format, dedicated to the solidarity of the French and Spanish people during the Spanish Civil War. This cultural journal contains articles by noted international cultural figures on various aspects... Read More
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Collection of Supplementary Booklets and Associated Volumes for Rouge: Journal d'Action Communiste
A sizeable collection of supplements to Rouge and other associated serials and publications, dating primarily from the 1970s. - Supplements to Rouge: 40, 56, 63, 105, 132, 133, 140, 143, 154, 156, 177, 185, 188 (3 different), 189 (3 different), 190 (2 different), 192, 197, 204 (4 different 204s), 206, 243, 247, 253, 276, 297, 333 - Poche Rouge: 1, 4, 5, 6, and 10 (1972-1974) - Série Classique Rouge: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, and 11 (1970-1972) -... Read More
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883 Bremen. Vol. I, no. 1 (of 3 published)
Bremen: self-published, 1973. A4 (30.5 × 21.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; offset-printed and xeroxed text, photographs, and drawings on loosely inserted sheets; 10 pp. Very good. Single issue of this uncommonly seen German underground journal, inspired by the "Agit 883" periodical published in Berlin from 1969 to 1972. It was intended as a broad forum for a left opposition in Germany, and evolved from an initial interest in Marxism into an anarchist-inspired publication. After the journal published the first... Read More
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Toeval: Studium Generale 1972, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht
Unpaginated (approx. 300 pages) two-ring looseleaf binder published as a sort of exhibition catalogue to accompany a five-day interdisciplinary workshop on the role of chance and coincidence in the arts, including artistic and scientific projects, performances, and concerts, the catalogue with workshop program and tabbed dividers labeling sections such as visual arts, biology, literature, music, psychology, and math and physics, with contributions from such celebrated artists as Vito Acconci, George Brecht, John Cage, Douglas Huebler, Peter Hutchinson, David Medalla,... Read More
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Seven Illustrated Catalogs and Brochures for Japanese Safes
Various cities: various publishers, circa 1924. Various sizes, mostly octavo 18 to 24 cm high, some fold out to larger sheets. Original printed wrappers and self-wrappers; pagination ranges from single sheets to a 14-pp. catalog. Some light handling wear, chipping, minor soiling, overall very good. An assortment of seven 1920's catalogs and brochures from Japanese safe manufacturers, including the Goto Safe Company, the Okura Safe Company, and the Tokyo Safe Company. The items range from a single sheet with... Read More
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