New York: Kensington, 1977. First edition. Omar the Beggar, aka Alan Abel, was the founder of Omar's School for Beggars. The book was republished in a limited edition in 2010 of 500 copies by Kunstverein Publishing, an edition which itself has become scarce. Despite its status as an underground classic... More about The Panhandler's Handbook
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
San Francisco: Millions of Square Feet, 1984. First edition. 4to, printed on various colors and types of paper stock and stab-stapled into photographically illustrated wraps. Illustrated by Scott Skinhead and Lance LeClaire. The second issue of this periodical for Squatters, which was formerly entitled "Squat for Life." The Kaliflower commune... More about Brix and Bottles Vol. 1, No. 2. A Magazine By, For, & About Squatters and Protestors
Berkeley: People's Park Defense Union, [1991]. 8 1/2 x 11", original xerox in b/w. A flyer for a proposed rally by the group in their campaign against the construction of volleyball courts in People's Park, in the same year that the University built the courts. The flyer concludes with the... More about Defend People's Park
Mountain View, CA: PHASE (Project on Health and Safety in Electronics), c. 1979. Three 8 1/2 x 11" flyers, the first two offset printed on rectos only, and the last offset printed on both recto and verso, all with union printing slugs. Three handbills by PHASE drawing attention to health... More about Three Handbills Concerning Health Dangers in Silicon Valley
np: 1984. 74 color polaroids, 3 1/2 x 4 1/4", housed in a comemrcial plastic sleeve album. A remarkable series, consisting mostly of portraits of attendees to the convention in Dallas, Texas. The anonymous photographer had a keen eye for detail, and a good handful of the snapshots are small... More about Album of 74 Polaroids Documenting the 1984 Republican Convention
[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
Kent, UK: Prompt, nd [c. early 1980's]. 8vo, 58 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. A drug guide issued by a crisis hotline and publisher based in Kent, outlining connections between the drugs and control, as well as their relation to capitalism and drug companies. According to a note on the front cover... More about Anti-Psychiatry Drugs Directory
[New York]: 1939. Three 8.5 x 14" sheets, mimeographed on rectos only and stapled once at the upper left hand corner. Pencilled date of July, 1939 to first sheet; folded once, with some toning and staining; very good. Prospectus for a proposed project to create an organizational committee that would... More about Prospectus for an Anti-Fascist Pulp Fiction Magazine
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
Np: 1979. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4", mimeographed from typescript and holograph. Text in German. Very good with overall handling creases and a single small spot of discoloration. More about Erklärung der Gefangenen aus der RAF zur Unterbrechung des Hunger- und Durst- Streiks
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
San Francisco: Solidarity- Gay/Lesbian Liberation, 1982. 8vo, single sheet folded once to make a four panel booklet. An anti-nuclear manifesto that urges Gay and Lesbian support for Proposition 12, the Bilateral Nuclear Weapons Freeze Initiative, and makes the observation that the same politicians escalating the arms races also tend to... More about The Freeze: Lesbians and Gays take a stand!
Np: 1981. 16 3/4 x 22 3/4", silkscreen in green on white paper. A poster likely made to protest police oversight and actions during the Carnival march of 1981 in Notting Hill, after tensions between police and the squatters in the neighborhood were high. Some creasing and closed tears and nicks to margins; very good. More about Carnival Revellers. Notting Hill 1981
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