San Francisco: 1976. Single sheet, 11" x 8-1/2", color printed on glossy stock, in red & green. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear, age-toning, faint, short diagonal crease to lower left corner. A RARE SURVIVAL OF THIS "HIPPY" LEAFLET, ANNOUNCING A CELEBRATION OF "SISTERHOOD AND OUR SOLIDARITY..... More
[Okinawa, Japan]: 1945. Single sheet typescript on onion-skin paper (327 x 200 mm), two brad holes at top (staining along left edge), folded four times. PRECIOUS WWII RELIC FROM WAR-TORN OKINAWA, BEING A TYPEWRITTEN ANNOUNCEMENT OF GERMANY'S SURRENDER, THE NEWS OF WHICH HAD BEEN RECEIVED VIA SHORTWAVE RADIO AND DISSEMINATED..... More
![Item #3905 ["THE VIRGINIA NEGRO" IN 1875]. 'A Rich Treat.' Dr. G.W. Bagby will deliver a lecture,...](/pictures/thumb/3905.jpg?v=1671827753)
Richmond, VA: Clemmitt & Jones, 1875 or 1876. Broadside (48 x 31 cm). Abrasions to outer edges in places, overall very good. STRIKING 1875 POSTER ANNOUNCING A "HUMOROUS" LECTURE ON VIRGINIA NEGROES, DELIVERED BY A POPULAR ANTI-NORTHERNER AND FORMER SLAVE-OWNER, GEORGE WILLIAM BAGBY (1828-1883). The editors of "Representative Men of..... More
![Item #3878 [AFRICAN-AMERICANA - FILM]. Promotional Broadsheets for Owners of "Colored" Movie...](/pictures/thumb/3878.jpg?v=1666718345)
Arlington, Florida: Norman Studios, 1926-1928. First Edition. Together 4 large color-printed promotional broadsides of equal size. 4 pp. 22" x 14" (unfolded) and 11" x 3.4" (folded to create a multi-paneled mailing brochure). Trifle wear to unfolded specimens (evidence of horizontal fold to "The Flying Ace"), a few short tears..... More
![Item #3853 [SINGLE MOTHERS AND CHILD NEGLECT, England 1871]. Arrest Warrant For Elizabeth...](/pictures/thumb/3853.jpg?v=1666718229)
Leek, Stafford County, England: 1871. Single sheet (340 x 210 mm), printed on pale blue paper, completed in MS, folded 3 times and docketed in MS, signed by. PUBLIC "SANITATION," CHILD NEGLECT, AND IMPOVERISHED SINGLE MOTHERS IN 1871. Striking Arrest Warrant for Elizabeth Ainsworth for child neglect, executed in October..... More
![Item #3812 [AFRICAN-AMERICANA / EBONICS / SONG SHEET]. Bob-Tailed Nag (a.k.a. Camptown Races)....](/pictures/thumb/3812.jpg?v=1666718093)
Philadelphia: T.M. Scroggy, 1853-1857. 8vo. leaflet (9.5" x 5.25"). Type surrounded by typographical border (paper toned). One of the best known American minstrel songs, "Camptown Races" (a.k.a. "Bob-Tailed Nag") has for us been memorialized by the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn, who sang portions of it many of his Looney Tunes..... More
![Item #3810 [CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR 1933 CRIME EXHIBITION]. Crime and Thrills. Crime House. Thrill...](/pictures/thumb/3810.jpg?v=1666718092)
Chicago: 1933. First Edition. 8vo. 3 pp. (1 sheet folded once to produce 4 pages, final page blank). 1" tear in fore-edge of both leaves, otherwise very good. CRIME AND CRIME DETECTION EXHIBITION AT THE 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR. From a contemporary Guidebook "World's Fair Suvenir" (sic) published by Unk..... More
![Item #3790 [WEIRD 19TH CENTURY KITES]. Crandall's Sun Kite (advertising booklet). Crandall's Sun...](/pictures/thumb/3790.jpg?v=1666718046)
New York: Crandall's, 1889 (ca.). 12mo (5.75" x 3.75"). 8 pp., large illustration of Crandall's Sun Kite on p. [1] (text a little toned). Sewn in original printed wrappers (upper wrapper LACKING). Only a special few collectors will enjoy this little pamphlet as much as we do! Advertising booklet for..... More
Los Angeles: Universal Pictures, 1974. First Edition. Pressbook (8 1/2" x 11" stapled as issued). 9 ff. printed in b/w on glossy paper (rectos only). Preserved in mylar sleeve. Uncommon promo materials for one of the earliest Janis Joplin documentaries. "Janis: A Film" is justly considered to be a major..... More
![Item #3677 [ANTI-PSYCHIATRY MANIFESTO FROM THE AVANT-GARDE "LETTRISM" GROUP]. "Nous demandons...](/pictures/thumb/3677.jpg?v=1643381051)
Paris: 1969. 1 leaf (210 X 297mm), dactylograph on recto/verso, dated 30 September 1969. ¶ SCARCE ANTI-PSYCHIATRY MANIFESTO BY THE "GROUPE LETTRISTE," a French avant-garde movement which involved political theory, art, film, and poetry. "Lettrism" was founded in Paris in the mid-1940s by Romanian Isidore Isou. Lettrism was inspired by..... More
Mexico City: 1759-1941. Altogether 33 items (plus 14 duplicate pieces of religious ephemera). Includes 5 monographs dating from 1759-1941, various bindings, various conditions (see below). INTRIGUING "COLECCION RELIGIOSA MEXICANA" totalling 33 items (of which 5 are monographs dating from 1759, 1833, 1857, 1933, and 1941), with a goodly quantity of..... More
![Item #3672 [MEXICAN AND CUBAN THEATER EPHEMERA 1905-1932 - Six items]. Mexican, Cuban Theater...](/pictures/thumb/3672.jpg?v=1642868043)
Mexico City and Havana: 1905-1932. Various sizes (8vo to large 4to), together six items. All original wrappers, various wear. ¶ 1-4. Programs from "The Little Theatre" of Mexico City (1931-1932). NONE ARE LISTED IN OCLC / FIRSTSEARCH. THIS THEATER SEEMS TO HAVE FADED INTO OBLIVION. But judging by the number..... More
![Item #3671 [COLLECTION OF 8 JEANNE D'ARC / JOAN OF ARC PAMPHLETS, IN FRENCH, 1886-1956]. Joan of...](/pictures/thumb/3671.jpg?v=1642864044)
1886-1956. All in original wrappers, conditions vary from fair to very good (some wrappers chipped and worn; some textblocks browned and brittle on account of the WWI paper supply). One pamphlet is ex-Harvard (duplicate) with associated markings, another is a presentation copy. Small collection of 8 French pamphlets celebrating the..... More
