Louisa, Virginia: Community Publications Cooperative, 1972-1988. A broken run of 61 of the first 75 issues of this important, and long-running, resource focused on communes, cooperatives and intentional communities. Established in 1972 as an inter-communal communication network, the magazine was a merger of Alternatives (formerly The Modern Utopian), Communitarian, and..... More
San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society, Inc., 1987. A scarce single issue of this quarterly computer journal associated with the controversial Kerista commune. The journal’s stated purpose was to “foster the use of computers in improving the human condition in the 21st century,” but it also served to market the..... More
San Francisco: Kerista Consciousness Church, 1988. A special issue of Utopia 2, a quarterly publication of the Kerista Commune. In this “handbook of Scientific Utopianism,” the group outlines its approach to rock music, neotribal roots, sex & family life (esp. polyfidelity), utopian psychology, children (multiple parenting), religion & mythology, economics..... More
Madison: The History of Wisconsin's People Project, [1973]. An 11” x 17” thread-bound calendar printed in color by the RPM Printing Collective. In Fine condition except for a small pen squiggle between the columns of each page and on the rear cover. Three copies in OCLC at the Univ. of..... More
n.p. n.p., [190-?]. A scarce document that includes the background, beliefs and purpose, Constitution, rules and regulations of the Worlds Comrades, a Tribe, a freethought utopian group, that according to the front wrapper was founded by a William Hetrick. The first half of the document contains a lengthy message from..... More
n.p. Co-Operative College, Manchester, 1938. First edition. Quarto-size. Side-stapled & glued, illustrated tan wrappers; 144 mimeographed pages with text on recto only. Scarce issue of the magazine of the Co-Operative College located in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1919 and still operating today. A Very Good+ copy with a...... More
Tel Aviv: Ichud Habonim, 1971. First edition. 8vo; colorful perfect-bound paperback, 222 pp, illus. A collection of essays on all facets of kibbutz life for members of Zionist and other Jewish youth organizations. Copies were not sold upon publication, but were for private distribution only. A Very Good copy with..... More