San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1970. First edition. Anita Hoffman’s pseudonymously written semi-autobiographical book about life in the counterculture: “The scenario runs from our heroine’s first LSD trip and hippy wedding in Central Park to rape, orgy, stealing, and street-fighting: the pranks from Halloween smoke-ins to bombings.” Blue cloth..... More
Port of Spain, Trinidad: Education Renewal Action, 1974. A study guide for hip Christian youth edited by Ken Cadette of the Caribbean Conference of Churches. The book was designed to facilitate discussions (“rap sessions”) between Christian youth on questions of morality, social problems, atheism, etc, some of it specific to..... More
Djakarta, Republic of Indonesia: Afro-Asian Journalists' Association, 1964-65. Four early issues of the organ of the Afro-Asian Journalists’ Association (AAJA), an organization founded in 1963 under the umbrella of the Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization to foster solidarity among journalists from formerly colonized nations. The journal sought to counter the hegemonic..... More
Hannover: Paul Steegemann, 1920. First edition. The last book of poetry by the troubled Expressionist poet and morphinist, Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner (1892-1931). Wagner was associated with the Dada movement and co-edited Der Zweemann with Christof Spengemann from 1919-1920. He also did a few stints in an insane asylum. Stapled wrappers..... More
Los Angeles: MAN! 1940. A collection of essays on anarchism compiled and published by Marcus Graham (Shmuel Marcus). War and Capitalism by Melchior Seele, The Russo-German Union by Ray Randall, The Economic System of Today by Samuel Polinow, Government and Franchise by Edward Cunningham, Anarchism by Ammon A. Hennacy, The..... More
Berlin: Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaften Franke & Co., [1940]. An original promotional program for the popular and notorious anti-Semitic film, Jud Süss (1940), made at the behest of Joseph Goebbels and directed by Veit Harlan. The film was loosely based on the 1925 novel written by Jewish novelist Leon Feuchtwanger and concerns..... More
Madison: John E. Waters, [195-]. An uncommon anti-Communist treatise written and published by John E. Waters of Madison, Wisconsin. Waters describes himself on the cover as a former employee of the Soviet government. He blames Communism’s growth in the U.S. to sympathetic policies by the Roosevelt and Truman administrations and..... More
New York: Henry H. Klein, [1944]. A collection of letters sent by Henry H. Klein to Members of the House of Representatives concerning his fifteen charges for the impeachment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also included are the replies of two Members, one of which questions his mental sanity and..... More
New York: Movement for a Democratic Society, 1968. The second issue of this Movement for a Democratic Society’s newsletter, which functioned primarily as an internal organ for members and prospective members. This issue includes an interesting article by computer scientist, Robert Shapiro, titled “Meta Information Applications: Technology in a Radical..... More
San Francisco: Poster Brigade, 1980. A San Francisco Poster Brigade (SFPB) flyer soliciting submissions for the inaugural Internationalist Art Show “on the theme of international opposition to WWIII or any aspect of the anti-imperialist struggle around the world, satire of the ruling class, the draft, the history of struggle against..... More
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Riverdale, Maryland / Xenia, Ohio: J. B. Barnhill, 1919-1920. Two of only four issues published of this anti-usury periodical edited by the anti-Socialist money reformer, John Basil Barnhill (1864-1929). Also included is the periodical’s prospectus featuring quotes by Napoleon and Charles A. Dana on interest and Barnhill’s introduction. The first..... More
Rooseveltown, NY: Wesleyan University / State University of New York at Buffalo, 1970-1981. A broken run of 18 issues of this important, long-running Native American periodical and the official publication of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne. Issues included coverage of the American Indian Movement from a Native American perspective, which..... More
n.p.: n.p., [ca. 1939]. A purported confidential document issued before the U.S. entered WWII describing the ways Communists have infiltrated the U.S. Armed Forces. The first section includes excerpts from Communist publications describing the Communist attitude and objectives within the armed forces. The second section lists the methods of infiltration..... More
Wichita, Kansas: Defender Publishers, ©1935. Second printing. The “Jayhawk Nazi,” Gerald Winrod, gives a history of Adam Weishaupt and the birth of the Illuminati and links it with the Jesuits, the French Revolution and Jewish subversion. He concludes: “Communism...resulted from centuries of under-cover Jewish planning. It’s final objective is to..... More
Hong Kong: The 70's Biweekly, 1971-72(?). Six issues of the graphically compelling, radical publication founded by Ng Chung-yin and Augustine Mok Chiu-yu in Hong Kong in 1970. Featuring political essays, book and film reviews and reportage - mostly written in Chinese, with some English - and illustrated with photographs, drawings..... More
[Berkeley]: The Red Family, ©1969. First edition. Decades before the current conversation on policing reform, the Black Panther Party spearheaded a campaign for the community control of police in Berkeley, which led to a 1971 referendum that was defeated. The Red Family, a radical New Left commune co-founded by Tom..... More
Berkeley: Last Gasp, 1977. First edition. No. 5 in the popular Young Lust series, of which eight issues were ultimately published. This issue edited by Jay Kinney, with contributions by Guy Colwell, Bill Griffith, Jay Kinney, Paul Mavrides, Michael McMillan, Ned Sonntag, Spain, Larry Todd, and Becky Wilson. Jay Kinney’s..... More
Cambridge: The Old Mole / Bread and Roses, [1970]. First edition. A compilation of material published in the Boston underground newspaper, “The Old Mole”, between November 1968 and March 1970, including the first presumable appearance of Roxanne Dunbar’s influential essay, “Poor White Women” and Sue Katz’s “Men Don’t Get Raped.”..... More
Worthington, Ohio: American-Research Incorporated, [1951]. A compilation of documents compiled by John E. Wright, Capt. U.S. Army, Ret. to warn patriotic Americans of the Communist subversion in America. These documents include The Secret Manual of the Communist Party, the Handbook of the Student League for Industrial Democracy (later SDS), and..... More
Chicago: Published by the author, [ca. 196-]. An 8½” x 11” sheet printed on both sides. Dilys reprints his angry response to an article in “Soviet Life” in which it’s claimed that the Soviet Union first entered into diplomatic relationships with Turkey, Afghanistan and the Mongolian Republic instead of Estonia..... More
Chicago: Joseph Dilys, [1970]. A laudatory essay presumably written by Walter White, Jr. on Joseph Dilys, the anti-Communist, anti-Semitic propagandist known for his indefatigable leafleting on the streets of Chicago. White was the founder of Western Front, a purveyor of right wing propaganda similar in content to Dilys’, much of..... More
n.p., 1970. A 4” x 2 ¼” green card for a poetry reading given by Robert Duncan at Le Conte School Auditorium on Friday, March 6, 1970. $1 admission. More
n.p., [ca. 1964]. "The first in a series of discussion papers on community organizing, organization and political action." Discusses the attempt by Yonkers CORE to organize tenant councils in the Negro section of Yonkers. Proposes a continuance of community organizing in this area with the recommendation that it be organized..... More
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Elburn, Illinois: Mascouten Press, 1983. First edition reprint. The title page defines Whoreson Crawl as “a type of surreptitious movement performed on all fours by an illegitimate person, usually resulting in negligible pain.” According to the editors, this collection of poems was the result of “a single 36-hour drinking and..... More
n.p., [1958]. An apparently unrecorded and deferential broadside from Pound acolyte and anti-Semite, Eustace Mullins, reprinting his essay from Women’s Voice, excerpts from Pound’s Cantos, and a short introduction extolling Pound’s accomplishments in the face of Jewish opposition. Apparently published to celebrate Pound’s release from 13 years of confinement in..... More