Gonova: Commercio-Gazzetta Di Genova, 1888. 8vo, 99 pp, rebound in red linen with the cover of the photographically illustrated original wrapper preserved. Illustrated with drawings in the text. Text in Italian. First and only edition of one of the rarest of all tattoo books. Orazio based his study on a.... More about Il Tatuaggio Nelle Prostitute
np: Pacificmoonplanet Ecological Theatre, nd. 8 1/2 x 11", mimeographed from typescript on yellow paper. A poetry broadside. We can find no reference to the group, though we've seen other broadsides signed by the project, all with a similar poetic voice with heavy use of portmanteau word constructions. Very good with moderate creasing. More about Jailbirth
[Paris]: Carnet latino de Rhinocéros jr, 1997. First edition. Square 16mo, 48 pp, bound in still photographically illustrated wrappers. One of a limited edition of 1500 copies. This unusual book, which presents photographs of Emiliano Zapata and his circle, along with transcriptions of documents and other ephemera, is one of... More about Z para Zapata: évocation d'une histoire de peu d'images
Np: nd [c. 1930's]. Red balloon, approximately 4 1/2 x 2 1/2" deflated, with the word "Strike" printed in white in a gothic font. A balloon probably designed for use in a labor strike, though we've been able to find no information about what group may have produced it. The... More about Strike
Amsterdam: Provo, 1966. Foolscap format, 6 leaves mimeographed on both recto and verso. Text in Dutch. The third issue of this rare and ephemeral Provo periodical, issued almost weekly for a short span of time in the summer of 1966, and acting as a more immediate counterpoint to the other... More about Image 3!
Amsterdam: Provo, 1966. Foolscap format, 7 leaves, mimeographed from typescript, drawing and collage and stapled once at the upper left hand corner. Single issue of this rare and ephemeral Provo periodical, issued almost weekly for a short span of time in the summer of 1966, and acting as a more... More about Image No. 7
[Amsterdam]: Provo, c. 1965. 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... More about Provo's Fietsenplan
New York: NACLA, 1971. 4to, offset printed on newsprint. Saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps. An English language comic adapted from Los Agachados by Ruis, about the Uruguayan movement, and here directed at an English-speaking audience. Some page toning, and some moderate toning and soiling to covers, but very good. More about The Tupamaros
Chicago: Solidarity Bookshop, [c. 1965-1966]. First edition. 4to, 10 pp, mimeographed from typescript and holograph. Side-stapled in mimeographed wraps. First and only edition of this pamphlet which gathers three essays on rock music and the revolution; Franklin Rosemont's Mods, Rockers, & The Revolution, which previously appeared in the Rebel Worker... More about Mods, Rockers & The Revolution
Ulan Bator: Editorial del Estado, 1966. 8vo, 144 p, bound in red cloth with gilt titles; red silk bookmark bound in. No dust jacket. A translation into Spanish of the work best known in English as "The Mongolian people's struggle for national independence and the building of a new life... More about Lucha de Pueblo Mongol por Su Independencia Estatal y Por La Construccion de una Nueva Vida:...
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 about The Illiterati Number 4
Detroit: Artists' Workshop, 1966. Second edition. 4to, mimeographed from typescript and bound in photographically illustrated wraps. The second edition, expanded with an additional poem, and issued in a run of 500 copies upon Sinclair's release from prison. This is a battered, poor copy, the wraps detached from the text block... More about Firemusic: A Record
np: Insurgent Worker, 1972. 8vo, 20 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Published as an Insurgent Worker Pamphlet by the Chicago group of the same name. Near fine with a light crease to one tip and some faint toning to extremities. More about Organization in the Workplace
Amsterdam: 1969. Oversized tabloid, [4] pp, single sheet folded once (with two additional folds). Offset printed on newsprint. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. First and only issue of this satirical periodical produced by Dutch students during their 1969 occupation of the Maagdenhuis, the headquarters of the University of Amsterdam -... More about Het Pariool. Vrij Omgekeerd. Rotste Krant in Amsterdam. Juni 1969
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 about Cote d'Alerte
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 about La Voie Inique / La Via Inicua
[Paris]: 1956. 8 1/4 x 10 3/4", broadside printed on red paper. A leaflet prepared in response to the supression of the Hungarian Revolution by the USSR earlier in that month. Signed by Anne Bedouin, Robert Benayoun, Andre Breton, Adrien Dax, Yves Elleouet, Charles Flamand, Georges Goldfayn, Louis Janover, Jean-Jacques... More about Hongrie Soleil Levant
Stanford: Tabloid Collective, 1980. First edition. 4to, 80 pages [incl. covers], saddle-stapled wraps illustrated by photomontage. Debut issue of the post-situ periodical, with contributions from Carol Becker, Jean Franco, Daphne Patai, Dana B. Polan, Mary L. Pratt, Peter W. Rose, Herbert Schiller, Jeffrey Schnapp, Jon Spayde, and Charles Contagion. Very... More about Tabloid. A Review of Mass Culture and Everyday Life. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2
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New York: The Commune, 1968. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11" sheets, [2], [6] pages, mimeographed from typescript. April 8 issue a single sheet; second issue three stab-stapled leaves. Two issues, and the only two issues we've seen, of this Situationist-influenced journal. The first issue appears to have been spurred by... More about The Commune April 8 & 27, 1968 [All Published?
[Berkeley]: nd [c. early 1980's?]. 4to, 8 pp [incl. covers], offset printed and saddle-stapled into wraps illustrated in color. An anonymously produced manual for incoming and returning students to U.C. Berkeley, which includes includes community resources, quotes from a variety of sources (Emma Goldman, Jack London et al) and an... More about The Official U.C. Berkeley Obedience Training Manual
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 about Der Marsch ins Reich der Caoba
[Northern Germany]: c. 1921-23. Contemporary album, 10 x 13 1/2", bound in padded faux crocodile-skin boards, with gilt-stamped device to front panel (entitled 'Notgeld Album'). With 258 examples of Notgeld, each printed in color, and each mounted loose via mobile fasteners. A remarkable and carefully assembled album of Notgeld, the... More about Album of Weimer Notgeld
New York: Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, nd. 8 1/2 x 11", mimeographed on both recto and verso from holograph and drawing. A leaflet attacking TPF and Bill Graham, with reference to the end of the Henry Street Commune. The verso advertises the Free Store at 89 East 10th St... More about From the Depths of the Lower East Side
Frankfurt: Verband des Linken Buchhandels, 1976. 4to, 48 + 12 pp, perfect bound in photographically illustrated wraps. Text in German. A compilation of articles from the underground press, newsclippings, and other texts about attacks on leftist bookshops in Germany. A valuable reference for German bookstore history as well as a.... More about 88a in Aktion, oder, Wie man Bücher verbrennt ohne sich die Finger schmutzig zu machen....
np: Christopher Gray and Ammunition Pressworks, nd. 8vo, [10] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. A translation into English of Vienet's piece that was first published as the sixth chapter of his "Enrages et Situationists dans le Mouvement d'Occupations". Fine. More about Depths and Limits of the Revolutionary Crisis