Voltaire: A Lecture [Little Blue Book No. 829]
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled in dark pink wraps. Gibbs 829, noted variation no. 2, in the unusual LBB(2) dark pink binding. A touch of fading to extremities else fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled in dark pink wraps. Gibbs 829, noted variation no. 2, in the unusual LBB(2) dark pink binding. A touch of fading to extremities else fine. More
Pretoria, South Africa: Ophir, 1969. 8vo, pp, saddle-stapled in lettepress printed yellow card wrappers. With subscription form laid in. A 20 part poem, and early work by the New Zealand poet and later, frequent collaborator with the filmmaker Peter Weir. Davies co-wrote The Cars that Ate Paris!A faint indent to..... More
Langlois, Ore. Division Leap, 2022. First edition. 4to, [40] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. One of about 75 copies risograph printed by Kate Davis. Afterword by Adam Davis. New from the publisher. Black Mirrors is an investigation into a collection of anonymous paintings that were found in Oakland before the..... More
New York: Hillman Books, 1961. First edition. 16mo, 160 pp, paperback. First and only edition of this novel of bisexual life in Greenwich Village, which was written under pseudonym by the New York School writer Joseph LeSueuer, written while he was living with Frank O’Hara. The actually ends up in..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, [1920]. 32mo, saddle-stapled in blue green wraps. Gibbs 127b, noted variation no. 3. Includes material on conceptation, menstruation, miscarriage, morning sickness, convalescence, and care of newborns. A very good example with marginal toning to the wrappers. More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1980. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated with black and white illustrations. With a foreward by Steve Tabor. Bookseller catalog devoted to a collection of more than 1200 engraved wood blocks used by McLoughlin Brothers for children's books and games issued by the firm. A gorgeous and..... More
Napoli: Gennaro M. Priore, 1905. 8vo, 281 pp, complete with all 15 plates as called for. early rebind in workmanlike green cloth, not preserving the original wraps, with typewritten title label affixed to spine. Red silk bookmark bound in. First edition of this important early study of tattoos and tattooing..... More
Buffalo, NY: Hallwalls / Top Stories, 1983. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 24 pp. saddle-stitched wraps. A collection of texts by one of the best prose stylists of the era. Near fine with a small spot of darkening (as if held close to a flame) affecting the fore edge of the..... More
Amsterdam: Published by the artist, 1966. First edition. 8vo, [24] pp, wraps. The first edition, first state, with Spring 1966 on the colophon, and no mention of Thoms Rap as publisher. A gorgeous artist book of experimental typography, concrete poetry and printing techniques on various colors of paper stock, all..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps [one staple]. Gibbs 917, in the 8th noted binding, yellow wraps illustrated with a superb drawing of the room in question. Fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled in wraps. Gibbs 367a, in the first noted wrapper state. Faint tidemark to upper tip throughout, some moderate fading and rubbing to wraps, but a very good example. More
Girard, Kansas: Appeal to Reason, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled [2 staples] in wraps. Gibbs 197a, in the first noted variation, and first wrapper state for that variation. Wraps faded, creased, with the binding slightly shaken and a couple minor wormholes to margin. About very good. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled [2 staples] in wraps. Gibbs 197a, third noted variation, TCPS wrappers with 2 ads at back. Near fine with some light fading to margins and a hint of rubbing at spine. More
Lyon: Bosc frères : M. et L. Riou, 1933. First edition. 8vo, 229 [2] pp, printed wraps. Text in French. This expansive work on tattoos grew out of De Tromelin's doctoral thesis, in which he studied 788 subjects and 4,142 tattoos, making classifcations between ethnic, professional, and allegorical tattoos. The..... More
London: My Own Mag, 1966. First edition. Foolscap, five leaves mimeographed from typescript and drawing [note: one leaf is a found sheet and 2 of the leaves are narrow and half sheet in format], side-stapled. Sixteenth issue of the little magazine, edited by Nuttall under cover at Better Books under..... More
Np: nd. 8vo, saddle-stapled in cream wraps printed with red. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Debord. Early pirate edition of the text first published in June of 1957, here with the Pinot-Gallizio text dated Mai 1958 appended on back cover. Very good with light creasing to wraps. More
Paris: Internationale Situationniste, 1965. First edition. 8vo, [8] pp. incl. covers, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in English. Housed in the original mailing envelope, with the IS rubberstamp in red to verso flap. Issued as a supplement to IS 10. The IS statement on the Watts Riots, unattributed but penned by Debord.A...... More
[Paris]: Internationale Situationniste, 1967. First edition. 8vo, [9] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in French. First edition of this text on China, signed by the IS but generally believed to be authored by Debord, likely helped with input by Rene Viénet, who refers to it in his foreward to The Chairman's..... More
[Paris]: Internationale Situationniste, 1967. First edition. 8vo, [9] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in French. Housed in the original mailing envelope addressed and mailed to Tjeerd Deelstra on August 21, 1967, at the Rue St. Denis post office in Paris. With the SI rubberstamp to verso flap noting that this was..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps (1 staple). Gibbs 1088, first noted variation, in the fourth noted wrapper variation. A pre-war warning on Mussolini, by the great (and still far too unsung) feminist science fiction writer, who wrote several titles both credited and credited in the Little Blue Book..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps (1 staple). Gibbs 197b, noted variation 1, sixth noted wrapper variation. An anthology of French writers, each introduced with a short biography by the feminist and science fiction writer Miriam Allen deFord, a frequent contributor to the Little Blue Book series. Includes writings..... More
New York: Peter Leggieri, 1969. First edition. Tabloid, unbound, folded sheets. Offset printed on newsprint with spot color within and a color cover. Fifth issue of 8 published, including a cover by Kim Deitch, and work by Justin Green, Spain Rodriguez, Bill Griffith, Trina Robbins, George Metzger, Jay Lynch, Ralph..... More
London: Virgin Records, 1979. Folded tabloid format, printed on newsprint. House fanzine from Virgin Records, this issue featuring lengthy articles and interviewss on on Gang of Four. The Cure just after their tour with Souixsie and the Banshees, Destroy All Monsters, and Meatloaf. A clean very good example with some..... More
San Francisco: Eidolon Editions, 2001. First edition. 4to, clip bound with a color xerox cover into a blue card folder with glassine overlay sheet. One of a limited edition of 25 numbered copies for friends, signed by the poet at colophon. This copy is inscribed to Gerrit Lansing:"Dear Gerrit -..... More
np: 1986. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, original xerox. Addressed by hand and mailed from the band and addressed to Ron Phillips at verso, with franking and postage stamp. Scarce flyer. Folded twice for mailing, with some toning and small tears, else very good. More