Amsterdam: Provo. 8 1/2 x 13 1/2", mimeographed on recto only. A leaflet announcing the Provo movement's White House Plan, which addressed the low inventory for family housing in Amsterdam due to rampant real estate speculation by advocating squatting. Creased and soiled, but complete and about very good. More
[Amsterdam]: Provo. 8 1/2 x 14", mimeographed on recto only. Published as Provokatie No. 5, this leaflet outlined the Provo white bicycle plan, in which approximately fifty bicycles were painted white and distributed in Amsterdam in protest of capitalism and traffic congestion. This would become one of the most enduring..... More
[Amsterdam]: Provo, 1966. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2", mimeographed from typescript and drawing on both recto and verso. Illustrated by Willem (Bernard Holtrop). One of the most geographically specifica dn symbolic Provo flyers, illustrated with drawings by Bernard Holtrip of familiar statues around Amsterdam. The title translates roughly into English..... More
Maastricht: Luuksgroep, 1967. 8vo, 24 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in Dutch. Tenth issue of one of the most beautiful periodicals of the Provo movement, and the entire decade. Some toning and a touch of insect damage to covers, else very good. More
Maastricht: Luuksgroep / Instant Art, 1966. 8vo, saddle-stapled silkscreened wraps. Printed in green and black. Text in Dutch. Fourth issue of one of the most beautiful periodicals of the Provo movement. Covers toned with some droplet staining, thus good only. More
Maastricht: Luuksgroep, 1966. 8vo, uynpaginated, printed on various colors, sizes, and shapes of paper stock via mimeograph or offset lithography. Text in Dutch. Sixth issue of one of the most beautiful periodicals of the Provo movement, and the entire decade, complete with oddly folding pages, exquisite layout, and die-cut portions..... More
Zurich: Jean-Christophe Verlag, 1937. First edition. 8vo, 223 pp, bound in dove grey cloth printed in blue; illustrated dust jacket. The first German translation of a work which had originally appeared in Dutch two years prior. The poet and socialist Roland-Holst was a close friend of Luxemburg. Following the ascent..... More
![Item #30312 Debate on Birth Control [Little Blue Book No. 208]. Margaret Sanger, Winter Russell](/pictures/thumb/30312.jpg?v=1666818151)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1921. 32mo, saddle-stapled in blue wraps. Gibbs' 208a, variation no. 4, with the LBB(2) binding. An early printing, likely made around 1924 or 1925, of this important debate on birth control in the LBB series. Besides the title debate, it also includes Shaw vs. Roosevelt on..... More
New York: School for Democracy, 1942. 8vo, 22 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. A course catalog for the School for Democracy, founded by Selsam and others at 13 Astor Place and associated with the CPUSA. The faculty and lecturers listed for the four month periodi are staggering, including Gwendolyn Bennett, Langston Hughes..... More
Waldport, Oregon: The Illiterati, 1945. First edition. Small 4to. Offset printed in several colors and saddle-stapled wraps. The fourth installment of The Illiterati, one of the greatest little magazines of the twentieth century, published from the conscientous objector's camp at Waldport, Oregon. The magazine would have an incalculable and still..... More
Scottsdale, AZ: Cosanti Foundation, 1979. 22 1/2 x 17" poster catalog, printed on newsprint in two colors, and folded three times to 8 1/2 x 5 3/4". Illustrated with photographs and drawings. A poster prospectus of workshops and other events held at Arcosanti in 1979, outlining the goals of the..... More
San Francisco: Spring Mobilization Committee, 1967. 3 panel brochure, folded size 4 x 8 7/8", printed on white paper. Pamphlet announcing the Spring Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam, a series of events held in New York and San Francisco on April 15, 1967, which on the west coast..... More
Paris: Le Mouvement Surrealiste, 1956. First edition. 8 1/2 x 11”, printed on recto only on handmade, speckled brown paper. Surrealist tract protesting the recent election of 52 members of the Poujadiste movement, accusing them of fascism, and drawing attention to the war in Algeria and the fate of Algerians..... More
Paris: 1963. First edition. 8 5/8 x 11", offset printed in black on yellow paper. Text in French and Spanish. A manifesto prompted by an exchange of undesirables between France and Spain, with an attack on Malraux. With the printed signatures of Philippe Audoin, Jean-Louis Bedouin, Robert Benayoun, Vincent Bounoure..... More
[Berkeley?]: nd. 8 1/2 x 11", photo-mecahnically reproduced. Illustrated with a drawing attributed to Arthur, with a date that appears to be 13, likely 2013. A mysterious flyer illustrated with a deturned drawing of the anthropomorphic UC Berkeley mascot Oski the bear, holding a hammer with the anarchy symbol emblazoned..... More
[San Francisco]: Communication Company, [1967]. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of yellow watermarked Mead Bond paper hole-punched along left margin (as issued) and mimeographed from typescript. Some faint toning to margins and some faint handling creases else fine. More
San Francisco: Communication Company, [1967]. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, mimeographed from typescript. A rare petition handbill printed by the Communication Company, calling for Haight Street be closed to vehicular traffic from Stanyan Street to Masonic Street during the weekends to ease overcrowding. Given that most examples would likely have..... More
np: nd [c. late 960's]. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, offset printed on recto only, with some orange hand-coloring. 1.5" area of staining to verso, bleeding through slightly to left margin of recto, else very good. More
New York, Amsterdam, Seattle: The Immediast Underground, 1992. First edition. 12mo, 25 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Superb zine attacking the "ecology of coercion," written by Greg Ruggiero (of the mail art zine Noospapers) and others. We've heard that there was also an interactive version of this pamphlet published for the Macintosh..... More
San Francisco: Order of Maximilian, c. 1970]. Single sheet folded twice to make a 3 panel leaflet. Offset printed on orange paper. Prospectus outlining the aims of the conscientous objector and anti-war group, named after the 3rd century Roman saint and martyr Maximilian of Tebessa, and composed largely of clergymen..... More
Zurich, Vienna, Prague: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1933. First edition. 8vo, 254 pp, bound in full slate blue cloth with red blind-stamped titles. Printed dust jacket. The first edition of the third book in the Mahogany series, and the first book published by the Buchergilde Gutenberg following the seizure of the Berlin..... More
Hamburg: [Quer-Verlag], 1968. First edition. Oblong 16mo. Mimeographed on white paper, with red card section dividers. Stapled into red wraps, which are tipped into aluminium boards with red tape. Illustrated title pastedown to front panel. Perhaps the first book ever to be designed as a weapon. Kampfreime is a collection..... More
[Paris]: Ministere de la Defense Nationale de la Guerre, c. 1940. 5 1/4 x 9" sheet, offset printed on newsprint. A strikingly designed leaflet distributed to French citizens to keep it dark at night to reduce visibility from the air during bombings, illustrated with a stark and powerful illustration of..... More
San Francisco: Alternatives. The Modern Utopian, 1971. First edition. 8vo, 7 + [3] pp, mimoeographed from typescript and laid into a mimeographed card folder. Addressed and postmarked in the year of publication. A short pamphlet presenting three short texts which seems aimed largely at urban and suburban folk wishing to..... More
