Davisville, R.I. 129th Naval Construction Battalion, 1943-1944. Three issues of this Seabees newsletter published from Camp Thomas in Davisville, RI. Included are Vol. 1, Nos. 6, 8-9. Issue 9 is solely devoted to the farewell of Commander David Y. Taylor and includes the printed signatures of each battalion member. Corner..... More
Detroit: Johnson Smith & Company, ©1935. Illustrated wrappers, 64 p., 60 illustrations. Some soiling to the front wrapper and to the bottom of the first page. More
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San Francisco: Freedom House, 1964. An issue of this mimeographed newsletter issued by Freedom House, a community organizing hub established in the Fillmore District of San Francisco in March 1964 to combat a proposed urban renewal project. The organization, which was primarily staffed by white college students from San Francisco..... More
Newark, N.J. Abas Magazine, 1969. The final issue of this short-lived underground newspaper founded at Barringer High School in Newark as Column. This issue - like others - is heavy on LNS content, but also features fiction by Ann K. Lower, cartoons, music and film reviews, etc. Tabloid format printed..... More
Newark, N.J. Abas Magazine, 1969. The seventh of only ten published issues of this short-lived underground newspaper founded at Barringer High School in Newark as Column. This issue is heavy on LNS content concerning the Vietnam War, Yippies, the counterculture, etc., plus a lengthy article on Cesar Chavez and the..... More
Los Angeles: Federation of Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc., 1982. Later printing. A booklet published by a parental gay & lesbian advocacy group “to help change attitudes and create an environment of understanding so that our Gay children can live with dignity and with respect” (p. 3)..... More
Philadelphia: American Civil Liberties Union, [ca. 1954]. A detailed analysis of the dismissal of educators from Temple Univ., Jefferson Medical College, and the Philadelphia public schools for invoking the Fifth Amendment when called to testify in front of HUAC. Stapled wrappers (6” x 9”), 36 p. About Fine. More
Springfield, Mass. Press of Springfield Printing Company, 1887. ¾” paper over brown cloth boards, 283 p. Spine label missing; penciled doodling and soiling to paper over boards; paper starting to front hinge, a very good copy. More
Durham, N.C. Africa News Service, 1976-77. Three issues of this weekly bulletin focused on providing comprehensive reporting and analysis on political, economic, and social developments across the African continent, especially related to anti-colonial and liberation movements. The bulletin was issued by the non-profit Africa News Service, which was founded in..... More
Durham, N.C. Africa News Service, 1976. A single issue of this weekly bulletin focused on providing comprehensive reporting and analysis on political, economic, and social developments across the African continent, especially related to anti-colonial and liberation movements. The bulletin was issued by the non-profit Africa News Service, which was founded..... More
Greensboro, N.C. African Liberation Support Committee, 1973. This is a "special" one-off newspaper published by the African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) following African Liberation Day (ALD), 1973. It includes an article on ALD, local ALD capsule reports, a message from ALSC chairman Owusu Sadaukai, a report on ALD in Montreal..... More
n.p. n.p., [194-]. A photo album compiled by an unidentified African American Army Staff Sergeant consisting of approximately 130 black & white snapshots (most 2 ½” x 3 ½”) depicting his tour in what appears to be Germany and France. The album begins with a studio portrait of the compiler..... More
18 x 26 cm; 38 pp.; photographic plates. Ribbon-bound, colorful wrappers. Some light rubbing to wrappers with slight chipping/splitting to tail of spine; rear wrapper a trifle foxed. Very Good. Although the photographic descriptions are both in English and Japanese, publication information is all in Japanese characters, an indiscernible language..... More
n.p. [Partisan Defense Committee?], [1994]. A poster announcing a demonstration organized by the Partisan Defense Committee against the Klan and other white supremacists in Springfield, IL, on January 16, 1994. The Klan was protesting the existence of Martin Luther King holiday, which was first observed in 1986. Approximately 55 white..... More
Berkeley: The Ally, 1968. Tabloid format printed in black on newsprint, [8] p., illus. State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin stamp to the top of the front page. More
[Detroit]: [Gerald L. K. Smith], [ca. 1943]. A scarce press release issued by far right demagogue Gerald L. K. Smith in which he announces the formation of an America First party to counter the "Henry Wallace philosophy of internationalism and the [Wendell] Wilkie philosophy of world politics." In January 1943..... More
Temple City, California: Pyramid Publications, [193-]. One of the many editions of George Washington and General McClellan's oft-printed, but dubiously recorded, visons/dreams heralding America as the "chosen" nation. This edition published by a British Israel outfit. An uncommon edition. Small, stapled wrappers (6" x 3 ½”), 16 p. A fine..... More
New York: American Committee for Non-Participation in Japanese Aggression, 1938. Second Printing. The American Committee for Non-Participation In Japanese Aggression was founded in mid-1938 by educational missionary to China Harry B. Price, his brother Frank, and a small group of pro-Chinese missionaries, foreign policy figures, and writers. Their aim was..... More
New York: American League Against War and Fascism, 1936. A pamphlet that outlines the history, program, and activities of the American League Against War and Fascism, which was founded at the U.S. Congress Against War held in September 1933. Tri-fold pamphlet (8 ½” x 5 ¼”), six panels. Slightly mis-folded..... More
Washington, D. C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963. Glossy, perfect-bound wrappers, v, [7], 86 pp., photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt, charts & graphs. A near fine copy. More
Vancouver: British Israel Association of Greater Vancouver, [ca. 1944]. The title is from Luke 21:25 and references the astronomical conditions preceding Christ's return, which the author investigates thoroughly. Small format, stapled wrappers (6” x 3 ½”), 16 p., one diagram. Some offsetting to the front wrapper, else near fine. More
Ann Arbor: Communications Committee, Ann Arbor Tribal Council, [1971]. A tabloid newspaper announcing a four day communal event in celebration of the first anniversary of the People’s Food Co-op. The week of poetry, film screenings, music, and meetings was “designed to introduce people on campus to the life of the..... More
Bronx: The Anti-Fascist Commentator, 1973-1976. Half of all published issues of this newsletter-turned-newspaper issued by a Marxist-Leninist collective in the Bronx between 1973-77. The group believed that Nixon represented America's slow descent into fascism and therefore originally called its newsletter The Anti-Fascist Commentator. But by 1974, beginning with issue no..... More
New York: National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism, [1933]. A flyer issued by a Communist front group in NYC to draw attention to the trial of four Communists in Germany who were alleged to have participated in the Reichstag fire on Monday February 27, 1933. The arson attack..... More
London: W. Speaight & Sons, 1916. Stapled wrappers, 12, [1] p. Toning to cheap paper stock, faint offsetting. More