[Philadelphia]: [The American Exhibiting Artists], [1963]. The constitution and by-laws (incomplete) of the American Exhibiting Artists, a group of largely unknown black Philadelphia artists founded in 1963 “to promote art among Colored and all other People in the Greater Philadelphia area.” In the preamble, the group describes its purpose to..... More
New York: P.A.D.D., [1982]. A poster for a 1982 conference organized by the Political Art Documentation/Distribution (P.A.D.D.), a “progressive artists’ resource and networking organization coming out of and into New York City.” Originally issued as a large folded brochure, which opened up to display a map of the U.S. with..... More
n.p. n.p., [1972?]. In August 1963, Thomas Trantino and Frank Falco ambushed and killed two police officers in Lodi, NJ. Falco was later killed in a shoot-out with police and Trantino was sentenced to death. His death sentence was later commuted when the death penalty was abolished and Trantino ended..... More
New York: Victory Workshop of the Artist League of America, [ca. 1943]. In May 1942, the Artists League of America (ALA) was founded out of the dissolution of the American Artists’ Congress and the Artists’ Union. Its President was Rockwell Kent. The Victory Workshop, one of four smaller bodies within..... More
FLUXUS Editorial Council, 1979. The terminal issue of this Fluxus tabloid published as a tribute to its doyen George Maciunas. With contributions from Geoff Hendricks, Peter Moore, Henry Flynt, Mieko Shiomi, George Brecht, and others. Illustrations insert laid in. Tabloid format (11 ¼” x 14 ¾”), [16] p., illus. Light..... More
[Prague]: Peace and Socialism Publishers, [196-?]. A collection of original drawings by Danish cartoonist Herluf Bidstrup based on ideas and texts by Norman Freed and K. Oesterling. The drawings critique capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, war, and racism while extolling socialism. This was the first title in a proposed series of booklets..... More
Grahamstown: Rhodes University, 1961. First edition. Saddle-stapled grey wrappers printed in black; 33 pp. The author, a professor of fine arts, examines hegemonic influences of American and Russian standards of education and art and warns of an "ethico-scientific world culture plan" (mainly the result of Marxist application). 11 copies via..... More
Dallas: Caruth Emerson, [196-]. A collection of satirical cartoons of LBJ (and one of Hubert Humphrey) self-published by the artist Walter Caruth Emerson. LBJ is portrayed as an anti-Constitutional, big government President who’s soft on socialism, inept in Vietnam, and regulating free enterprise. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (5” x 7 ½”)..... More
New York: Gallery: Gertrude Stein, 1964. An 17” x 24” offset printed poster for Sam Goodman’s controversial NO-Sculptures [Shit Show] held at the Gertrude Stein Gallery from May 12-May 30, 1964. The show featured 21 piles of sculpted excrement described by fellow artist Boris Lurie as “an ultimate gesture of..... More
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[New York]: [March of Labor], 1952. A card distributed by the left labor magazine March of Labor featuring artwork by the Communist Party member Charles Keller on the front panel and the slogan, “The determined Will of the Working People of the World will achieve Peace!” - March of Labor..... More
[New York]: B.L.D. Limited, 1983. First edition. Square octavo (23 cm); blue cloth boards, 73, [7] pp.; illus.; dust jacket. Text in English and Hebrew. A small note in Hebrew on the author's stationary is laid in. Levin's work "evokes a gentle social comment - not a shrill shout, but..... More
New Haven: PastTimes Press, 1997. The story in this book begins with the first letter in the year Eliza Champlain was born, 1797, in New London. It unfolds through her own, her mother's, and her aunt's correspondence - hundreds of letters now first published with explanatory chapters, commentary, and notes..... More
Newport, R. I. C. E. Hammett, Jr., ©1854. A history of Newport, RI, and its most prominent locations and buildings by the architect, painter, and newspaper editor, George Champlin Mason (1820-1894). Includes many engravings of Mason’s pen & pencil sketches. The book was also published by D. Appleton and we’ve..... More
[Philadelphia]: The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930. First edition. Exhibition catalogue limited to 1500 copies. Quarto. Yellow wrappers printed in black; unpaginated [58] pp.; illustrations. Includes works by Matisse, Chagall, Modigliani, Picasso, and 31 other artists, with short biographies of each preceding plates. A Very Good copy with some toning..... More
n.p. n.p., n.d. A color reprint of Wally Wood’s Disneyland Memorial Orgy poster commissioned by Paul Krassner as a centerfold for a 1967 issue of “The Realist.” The poster depicts the full cast of much-beloved Disney characters engaged in bawdy and scurrilous behavior. The centerfold proved to be so popular..... More