Essex Junction, VT: Roscoe Printing House, [1922]. First edition. Octavo (23 cm). Saddle-stapled yellow wrappers printed in black; 24 pp. This commemorative booklet includes a poem by Nora B. Pitts; "Early Residents and Office Holders of the Town of Colchester" by B. F. Gale and J. Murray Wright; "Farming in... More
![Who Is Luis Sarasola? [caption title]](/images/noimage.png)
n.p. n.p. [1936?]. First edition. Broadside measuring 32 x 11 cm; plain white stock printed in black. Unattributed broadside protesting a meeting sponsored by the American League Against War and Fascism and featuring the Spanish priest, Luis Sarasola, who traveled across the U.S. and Canada in 1936 raising funds for... More
[Monticello, N.Y.: The Original Tents of Kedar], 1991. First edition. Octavo (21 cm). Perfectbound with illustrated front wrapper of black Prophet/Messiah Jesus praying; 364, [14] pp.; photographs and illustrations. An extensive and incoherent explication of the beliefs of the Ansaaru Allah Community [also known as the Nubian Islaamic Hebrews or... More
[Ann Arbor?]: American Revolutionary Media, [1971]. First edition. Tabloid format printed in black, blue and yellow on newsprint; 24 pp.; illus. A one-off publication from the Michigan chapter of American Revolutionary Media (ARM) following the three day Student and Youth Conference on a People's Peace, which took place in Feb... More
![The Confessional Lutheran, Vol. XIV, No. 10, October, 1953; Vol. XV, No. 7, August, 1954; Vol. XVI, No. 2, February, 1955; Vol. XVII, No. 4, April, 1956; Vol. XVIII, No. 2, February, 1957; Vol. XIX, No. 3, March, 1958 [six issues total]. Rev. Paul H. BURGDORF.](/pictures/thumb/03110.jpg?v=1471980949)
Morrison, Ill.: Confessional Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 1953-58. First edition. A broken run of six issues of the Confessional Lutheran Publicity Bureau's organ. The CLPB was organized in 1940 by a group of conservative Lutherans in response to worrying conciliations between the Missouri Synod and the American Lutheran Church. Issues include... More
![Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion [cover title: The World's Conundrum]. A. N. FIELD, Sergius Nilus.](/pictures/thumb/02912.jpg?v=1464639352)
Nelson, New Zealand: A. N. Field, 1938. First edition thus. 12mo. (19 cm). Yellow wrappers printed in red & black; 84 pp. Field brought the Protocols to New Zealand with this reprint from Victor Marsden's translation. With an introduction by Field. Extensive and regrettable tape repair to the spine with... More
![Consequences [INSCRIBED ~ John Haynes Holmes' copy]. Julia Ellsworth FORD, John Haynes HOLMES.](/pictures/thumb/03118.jpg?v=1479745215)
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1929. First edition. 12mo. (19 cm). 1/2 leather, 1/2 textured paper with gilt-stamped spine and five raised bands; top edge gilt; xv, [1], [2], 3-342 pp. INSCRIBED by the author on the dedication page to John Haynes Holmes who provides the introduction... More
London: Peter Davies, 1940. First edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt to spine; red top-stain; xx, 407 pp.; collotype plates; dust jacket. The autobiography of Katharine Furse, daughter of the homosexual poet, John Addington Symonds, and the botanical artist, Marianne North. She founded the Voluntary Aid Detachment and... More
[København]: Gyldendal, 1945. First edition. Octavo. Light blue wrappers; 160 pp.; photographic plates. In this Danish language account, roughly translated to "How We Cheated the Gestapo," physician, Jørgen Gersfelt, relays the harrowing episodes ferrying Jews around Nazi-occupied Denmark using his special doctor's license which allowed him to travel at night... More
![The Kingdom of Heaven Is Within You Comix, No. 1, Spring 1969 [cover title]. Allen GINSBERG, Ed SANDERS, Robert CRUMB, John THOMPSON, etc.](/pictures/thumb/02180.jpg?v=1461807268)
Berkeley: [The] Print Mint, 1969. First edition. Comic book format; unpaginated [28 pp., includes covers]. Largely the creation of John Thompson, but with contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Ed Sanders, Daniel Moore, Joel Beck, Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, Kim Deitch, Vaughn Bode, Spain Rodriguez, Charles Gaines, etc. An errant pen mark... More
![The Forgotten Word [Jewish Currents editor Morris Schappes' copy]. William GOLDMAN.](/pictures/thumb/01417.jpg?v=1461806976)
London and Glasgow: Art and Educational Publishers Ltd. 1948. First edition. 12mo. Green cloth, silver-stamped spine. The last novel written by East End chronicler and Jewish proletariat writer, Willy Goldman (1910-2009), best known for his autobiographical East End My Cradle. This copy owned by Morris Schappes (1907-2004), one-time Communist Party... More
Auckland, N. Z. The N. Z. Vegetarian Society, [1940?]. First edition. 12mo. (19 cm). Saddle-stitched blue wrappers printed in black; 7, [1] pp. An ethical argument for vegetarianism from the noted occultist and theosophist who was also President of the New Zealand Vegetarian Society. Sunning to wrapper edges, paper browning;... More
[Berkeley]: University of California Chronicle, 1930. Quarto (26 cm). Saddle-stapled wrappers; 38-70 pp. An offprint from the University of California Chronicle, in which Holmes, who was an ardent eugenicist, disagrees with the contemporary prevailing belief that the Negro race would ultimately be absorbed into the White race due to its... More
New York: Random House, 1972. First edition. Octavo. 1/4 red paper with embossed silouhette of Jackson over black cloth; xix, 197 pp.; dust jacket. Jackson's final book finished days before he was gunned down in San Quentin. A Near Fine copy with slight musty smell in a Near Fine, unclipped... More
New York: Random House, 1978. First edition. Octavo. Black cloth with red-stamped spine; 304 pp.; dust jacket. Kramer's controversial novel about pre-AIDS promiscuity in and around New York City, which ostracized him from some members of the gay community upon its release. A Near Fine copy with owner's inscription to... More
![Rex versus Leese [cover title]. Arnold LEESE.](/pictures/thumb/02193.jpg?v=1461769999)
Guildford, Surrey: Arnold Leese, [1951]. First edition. Original stapled wrappers printed in black & red with Jew banker caricature to front cover; [2], 3-14, [2] pp. (includes covers). Leese published this "amost verbatim report of the trial at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) on 12th December, 1950" to revel... More
![Masonic Vocabulary: Containing the Abbreviations and Definitions of All Expressions Used in Masonry [bound with] Transactions of the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, 1850-1855. LEVASNIER, Francis E.](/pictures/thumb/03380.jpg?v=1483722069)
New York: Published for the Author, 1858. First edition. Thick octavo (22 cm). Marbled paper over calf; gilt spine; speckled page edges; various pagination. This volume evidently belonged to the Palymra Lodge, No. 248 (stamped in gilt to spine), although there are no markings internally. Includes Levasnier's scarce vocabulary guide... More
![The Hounds of Tandalos [Association copy INSCRIBED to Nils Hardin]. Frank Belknap LONG.](/pictures/thumb/03552.jpg?v=1492359926)
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. First edition. 12mo. Black cloth with printed gilt spine; 316 pp.; Hannes Bok-designed dust jacket. The limitation page states 2,500 copies printed and bound by the Collegiate Press, although it appears 2,602 copies were published. This copy INSCRIBED by Frank Belknap Long to pulp... More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1965. First edition. Octavo (20.5 cm). Black cloth with gilt spine; xi, 3-413 pp.; dust jacket. One of 3,471 copies of the first printing. A Near Fine copy with one tiny stain to top edge and minor fading to the black of the top... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First edition. Octavo; ix, 250 pp.; maps; plates; dust jacket. Black papered boards with gilt titling to spine. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with some slight sticker residue to spine. A scarce book in commerce. This book is based on... More
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994. First edition. Octavo; xxv, 209 pp. Red cloth titled in gilt to front board and spine. A Fine copy with no jacket as issued. More
London: B. U. F. Publications Ltd. 1936. First edition. Original, stiff card wrappers printed in black; unpaginated [65 pp.]. Following the Olympia violence perpetrated by BUF stewards in 1934, membership precipitously declined and Mosley was forced to double his propaganda efforts to win new members. Here he poses and then... More
![Fascination, Or the Philosophy of Charming Illustrating the Principles of Life in Connection with Spirit and Matter [Hypnotist and Magician, Stanley Sokeitous's copy]. John B. NEWMAN.](/pictures/thumb/01519.jpg?v=1462039441)
New York: Fowler & Wells Co., Publishers, 1875. Twelvemo. Tenth thousand. Black, blind-stamped cloth with copper-stamped spine; x, [1], 12-176 pp, [16 pp. of occultish advertis in rear, some illustrated]; illustrated with engravings, many anatomical. This copy owned by Philadelphia-based magician and hypnotist, Stanley Sokeitous (1904-1989), with his scripted stamp... More
New York: The Wadsworth Press, 1932. First edition. 12mo. (19 cm); 327 pp.; six photographic plates; dust jacket. 3/4 red cloth over white buckram with red paper title label to spine. A fresh, Near Fine copy with a hint of soiling to board edges and the corners of one leaf... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926. First edition. Octavo. Light blue paper with printed label over navy blue cloth; gilt-stamped spine; red topstain; black and red-printed title page; 131 pp.; illustrations by Edwin Avery Park. An about Near Fine copy with slightly canted boards and very minor... More