n.p. n.p., [1971?]. A scarce, unrecorded document written by the militant black power activist, James Forman, during his involvement with the Black Workers Congress. The document is an open letter to “Sisters and Brothers” (in the BWC) on revolutionary theory and its implementation. Forman discusses Vietnamese resistance to U.S. imperialism..... More
Vancouver, B.C. Pedestal, 1975. Two issues of the lesbian feminist newspaper written and published by the Pedestal Collective in Vancouver. Articles on what it means to be a lesbian feminist, on activities and resources for lesbians across Canada, on becoming independent, on mutual aid, etc. Other content includes profiles of..... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1966. A photo-illustrated book on the techniques and methods of judo and karate by the London-born, Bond actress Honor Blackman. Cloth boards, 125 p., photographs, dust jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
Chicago: Point Magazine, 1947. Two issues of this Chicago-based Jewish-American cultural magazine that began publication in 1946. The magazine was edited by Norman Temple and featured news and articles on arts and entertainment, humor, and Jewish social organizations. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (11” x 8 ½”), 16 p., illus. ‘Sample’ stamped..... More
[Miami?]: [F.O.R.D.C.?], [ca. 1965]. An evocative flyer issued by the Frente Obrero Revolucionario Democrático Cubano (FORDC) depicting an exhausted Cuban bricklayer building Castro’s socialist state. The FORDC was a Cuban exile group based in Miami and funded by the CIA. It was founded in 1960 by a group of exiled..... More
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1914. First Edition. Although best remembered for his substantial contributions to the field of sociology and his concept “consciousness of kind,” Franklin Henry Giddings (1855-1931) also published one volume of poetry (“I have made the book because it bade me make it!). Regarding the title..... More
New Orleans: The Conservative Society of America, 1968. A brochure by the right wing Conservative Society of America praising Chicago pastor Henry Mitchell for publicly repudiating MLK’s civil rights activities in Chicago. Mitchell, who was the pastor of North Star Missionary Baptist Church and President of the North Star Missionary..... More
[New York]: Provisional National Government, [1971]. A scarce flyer for the short-lived political party founded by independent rightist, conspriacist and Church of Satan member Ken Duggan. Duggan spent much of the 1970s trying to unify extreme right and extreme left individuals and groups against what he perceived to be the..... More
Tulsa: Christian Crusade, ©1968. First edition. A perennial favorite at D. Anthem headquarters, this anti-sex ed pamphlet targets the SIECUS (Sex Information and Education Council of the United States) agenda, which Drake contends is anti-religious and which encourages the public school to intrude upon the family and church. Provides recommendations..... More
Nürnberg: Stürmer Verlag, 1934. A notorious book of anti-Semitic caricatures by the Nazi artist Philipp Rupprecht (1900-1975) who operated under the pen-name Fips. Rupprecht was the chief illustrator for Julius Streicher's newspaper Der Stürmer and collaborated with Streicher on two children's books, Trau keinem Fuchs auf grüner Heid und keinem..... More
New York: Council for Democracy, 1941. A title in the Council for Democracy's Democracy in Action series, which was issued under the auspices of its Committee of Correspondence. Discusses organized anti-Semitism in the U.S. and refutes the notion that Jews disproportionately control business, the media, finance and other fields. The..... More
Rio de Janeiro: Redemptor Spiritualist Center. A pamphlet with instructions for undergoing 'psychical cleansing' by partaking in group irradiation sessions at the Redemptor Spiritualist Center in Rio de Jainero, Brazil. Included are precise instructions for attendees, including an illustration of seating arrangements, and directions for the preparation of "fluidic water."..... More
København: Kristeligt Dagblads Forlag, 1964. A Danish translation of Martin Luther King, Jr's sermon, "Loving Your Enemies," in which Christ's injunction is one of "practical realism," not naive utopianism. First delivered in 1957, King gave the sermon many times at churches across the United States. It was first published in..... More
Los Angeles: Bryant Foundation, 1954. A history of the founding of Los Angeles by the writer and progressive political activist John “Jack” Weatherwax (1900-1984) who highlights the outsized contribution by Spaniards of African descent. This is made explicit by the pamphlet’s opening sentence: “The overwhelming majority of the original founders..... More
Detroit: News and Letters Committees, 1978. The first printing of this News & Letters pamphlet written by two long-time black movement activists in the U.S. on the development of black revolutionary thought based on anti-colonialist movements in Africa and the intellectual writings of Frantz Fanon. Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers (8 ½”..... More
Tokyo: The Shiunso Press, [ca. 1946]. An account of the diplomatic efforts of Tetsuma Hashimoto (1890-1990), a political commentator and head of the ‘rightist’ Shiunso organization, to secure goodwill between the United States and Japan leading up to Pearl Harbor. Hashimoto’s five “lectures” provide insight into the “China Incident”, his..... More
Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Anti-Saloon League, [ca. 1932]. A flyer published by the West Virginia Anti-Saloon League arguing that “the deliberate disobeying and scoffing at law,” not prohibition, is responsible for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. The flyer primarily reprints an editorial, “This Man-Bred Monster,” from the St. Louis Star..... More
Los Angeles: Christian Nationalist Crusade, ©1958. One of the more substantial G. L. K. Smith titles, in which he covers the perils or race-mixing, immigration, Zionist-Jew control, World Government, cultural degeneracy, anti-Christianism, etc. Stapled black wrappers (5 ½” x 7 ¾”), 96 p., illustrations of Smith, photographs juxtaposing patriots with..... More
Boston: J. M. Hewes, 1859. A significant and early tribute to abolitionist John Brown in the form of a sermon preached two days after his execution by the sympathetic Methodist Episcopal preacher Fales Henry Newhall (1827-1883) in Roxbury, MA. Newhall recounts Brown’s life leading up to the insurrection at Harper’s..... More
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[New York?]: n.p., [1931?]. A scarce pirated edition of the first English translation of the controversial erotic novel first published in Vienna in 1906 and generally attributed to Bambi author Felix Salten. The book is told from the perspective of an aging Viennese prostitute who recounts in graphic detail her..... More
Washington, D. C. Gateways Unltd, [197-]. A button in support of the Wilmington 10, a group of nine African Americans and one white activist given long prison sentences following racial unrest in Wilmington, NC in early 1971. The most high profile member of the group was Benjamin Chavis, an assistant..... More
Berkeley: The Print Mint, [1971]. A collection of psychedelic comix edited by Barbara Mendes (who used the pseudonym Willy Mendes). Mendes was also involved in the Print Mint comic It Ain’t Me Babe, the first comic produced entirely by women. The contributors to this title include Trina Robbins, Kim Deitch..... More
Washington, D. C. Columbia Publishing Co., ©1946. Second Edition. In this book, which is described as the “factual story of the Washington Scene from 1933 to date, sugar coated with breezy satire to forestall an epidemic of bursted blood vessels on the part of persons reading it," the acerbic, right..... More
Amherst: Drum, [1986?]. A double issue of the long-running, irregularly published black literary journal published by students at UMass-Amherst. Selected content for this double issue includes interviews with Run DMC, rappers Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, musician Avery Sharpe, and Celtics star Dennis Johnson; profiles of basketball coaches John Thompson..... More
Amherst: Drum, 1984. A double issue of this long-running, irregularly published black literary magazine published by students UMass-Amherst from 1969-1988. Selected content for this double issue includes a long poem by Andrew Salkey, a long article on jazz, other articles on U.S. intervention in Central America, Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition..... More