New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1995. Small Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 195 x 130 m), [2], 104, [6] pages in yellow printed wrappers. SIGNED by Terrence McNally (1938-2020) in ink on the title page of this acting edition. A comedy featuring eight gay friends who hash..... More
Candia, New Hampshire: John LeBow, 2008. No Edition Stated. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 217 x 136 mm), 37 pages, in printed stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Amiri Baraka on the title page. The trade edition of this defense of Malcolm X; there was also a limited edition of..... More
Detroit: The Radio League of the Little Flower, 1933. First Edition. Small Octavo pamphlet measuring 7 3/4 x 5 inches (197 x 128 mm), [16] pages, in stapled printed wrappers. Transcript of a radio broadcast by Father Coughlin in which he says government action so far has amounted only to..... More
Pasadena, California: Self-Published, 1937. First Edition. Single volume measuring 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (193 x 140 mm), 96 pages, in gray-green stapled wrappers printed in black. Upton Sinclair's short novel about how a group of young men in New York were inspired to go to Spain to fight..... More
New York: Totem Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 220 x 145 mm), 8 pages, in illustrated stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Michael McClure on the title page to book editor William Targ: "This copy for Bill Targ / and / all / cause..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1976. First Edition Thus. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), 95, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by John Ashbery on the title page: "For William Targ /John Ashbery / 4/11/77." Targ was the editor-in-chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons and..... More
New York: Corinth Books, 1962. First Edition. 8vo (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 225 x 137 mm), 159, [1] pages in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Glenford Mitchell: "To Mrs. Veal / with my compliments and / appreciation. / Glenford / 2/4/62." Seven essays on the black struggle for civil rights in..... More
Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 235 x 190 mm), 72, [4] pages in illustrated wrappers. Exhibition catalogue focusing on artistic renderings of the Epic of Gilgamesh (in German, Gilgamesch), a Mesopotamian king. With drawings by..... More
New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 1/2 x 7 inches; 220 x 180 mm), [44] pages in illustrated wrappers and illustrated slipcase. Scarce exhibition catalogue for Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in 1968. Nicely written preface by playwright Edward..... More
Beverly Hills, California: Glencoe Press, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm), xxiii, 774 pages, in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Clarence Major, one of the contributors, in the year of publication: "To Bert -- my friend -- / with the..... More
Washington, D.C. Department of the Army, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 279 x 215 mm), 71, [1] pages, in stapled card wrappers. U.S. government guide explaining how North Korea interrogates and indoctrinates American prisoners of war. While the focus is mostly on North..... More
![Letter to supporters about a neo-Nazi group]. James H. Sheldon](/pictures/thumb/2180_1.jpeg?v=1589147780)
New York: Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights, 1947. Two mimeographed leaves, measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches (278 x 215 mm), bound with paper clip, and signed in ink by James Sheldon at end. Letter concerning trial and conviction of leaders of a white-supremacist, neo-Nazi..... More
[Palma de Mallorca, Spain]: The Divers Press, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. 16mo (6 3/4 x 5 inches; 172 x 125 mm), 141, [3] pages in French-fold dust jacket (soft cover). SIGNED by Robert Creeley on the title page and featuring 11 stories and a preface. Published by Creeley's..... More
New York: The Fuck You/Press, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. 4to (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 217 mm), 14 mimeographed leaves, printed on rectos only, in stapled illustrated wrappers. Pirated edition of Ezra Pound's Cantos 110-116, published by Ed Sanders's Fuck You/Press. Number 284 of 300 copies. Cover illustration..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 209 x 155 mm), xi, [3], 286, [4] pages, blue and red boards, gilt titles to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket. Another in Peter Mayle's acclaimed series on Provence, this one in..... More
New York: International Publishers, [1939]. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 186 x 126 mm), 63, [1] pages, in stapled wrappers Stalin's report to the 18th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party delivered March 10, 1939. He discusses the economic situation in capitalist countries, Soviet achievements, strengthening the party, etc. This..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1971. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 203 x 135 mm), 153, [1] pages, in brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, in an illustrated dust jacket. Tom Wolfe in top form with these two essays on radical chic. This is the..... More
![Prospectus for] La Ville: Cent Gravures Sur Bois. Frans Masereel](/pictures/thumb/2161_1.jpeg?v=1576439965)
Belvès, France: Pierre Vorms, Éditeur, 1962. Single sheet folded at top to create a flap containing text on both sides of the flap. 10 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches (258 x 185 mm) when folded. A rare prospectus for the third edition of Frans Masereel's wordless novel, La Ville. The..... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, ca. 1905-1909. 24mo (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 145 x 89 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers. A scarce contribution to the Christian Socialist movement of the early 20th century. "For the first time in the history of the world there is an intelligent..... More
n.p. [Chicago]: Workers Party of America, n.d. [1923]. First Edition. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 224 x 145 mm), 7, [1] pages in stapled illustrated wrappers. A recruiting pamphlet by C.E. Ruthenberg, executive secretary of the Workers Party of America, the above-ground organization of the Communist Party. Among other..... More
![An Elucidation by Gertrude Stein Printed in Transition April, 1927 [Cover Title]. Gertrude Stein](/pictures/thumb/2158.jpg?v=1576439963)
[Paris]: [Transition], [1927]. First Edition. Small 8vo (7 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 195 x 142 mm), 16 pages, in stapled wrappers. A special supplement to the April, 1927 issue of Transition to correct the botched text of Gertrude Stein's piece, "An Elucidation." Elliot Paul explains in an introduction that..... More
New York: The Living Theatre, 1951. First Edition. Small 4to (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 235 x 160 mm), 16 pages, in stapled printed wrappers. Program for Kenneth Rexroth's four short plays in verse on classical Greek themes. "Beyond the Mountains" opened at the Living Theatre on December 30..... More
[San Mateo, California]: Drama Teachers Association of California, 1935. First Edition. Small 4to (9 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 234 x 157 mm), [50] pages, in illustrated stapled wrappers. Helpful hints for putting on amateur plays, especially at schools. Chapters deal with such areas as costumes, make-up, set design, playwriting, acting..... More
[London]: Arts Council of Great Britain, [ca. 1971]. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 210 x 147 mm), 80 pages, in illustrated wrappers. Catalogue for an exhibition documenting Erwin Piscator's long career as a theatrical director. Includes essays by John Willett and Lutz Becker as well as translated passages..... More
London: Progress Publishing Co. Ltd. for Unity Theatre Society Ltd., n.d. [1945]. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 184 x 121 mm), 11, [1] pages, in pictorial stapled wrappers. A short history of the Unity Theatre, a left-wing theatre group founded in London in 1936..... More