BRANDENBURG, John, Vincent DiPietro, and Gregory MolenaarUnusual Mars Surface Features
Glenn Dale, MD: Mars Research, 1988. Fourth edition. 135pp.; b&w and color illus. Quarto; saddle-stapled in photo-illustrated wraps. Soiling to rear cover; some splitting at spine ends; very good. Signed & inscribed ("God Bless") to title-page by co-author Brandenburg. With illustrations and artwork by Grace...
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AMERLING, Mark, ed.Topic 3+4 : The New York Magazine of Contemporary Songs and Ideas, November-December, 1966
NY: Amerling Hollander, 1966. [16]pp; b&w illus. 4to; side-stapled in illustrated card wraps. Light crease along spine; mild toning to wraps. Very good. Apparently the third and fourth installments of this self-published periodical primarily devoted to transcribing the lyrics and music of various songs of...
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[13th Floor Elevators]; HANNERS, Doug, ed.Not Fade Away : The Texas Music Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1975
Austin, TX: Doug Hanners and Deron Bissett, 1975. 32pp.; illus. 4to; saddle-stapled in photo-illustrated wraps. Very good, with moderate wear to wraps, diagonal crease to back lower corner. First issue of this irregularly published music magazine of music from Texas; this issue devoted to 1960s...
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[Tokyo]: Shogakukan, 2015. [110]pp.; illus. Perfect-bound in black printed wraps, 5-7/8 x 8-1/4 in.; photo-illustrated dust jacket; obi. Fine. Black-and-white photographs of the titular Tokyo neighborhood in the early 1970s, as taken by Alao Yokogi, Goro Some, Taishi Hirokawa, Mike Nogami, Jyoji Ide, Herbie Yamaguchi,...
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GROGAN, EmmettRingolevio : A Life Played for Keeps
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. First Edition. 498pp. Octavo; orange boards backed with blue cloth; bronze spine titles; dust jacket. Light shelfwear; toning to textblock edges. Very good or better in a very good jacket, unclipped ("$7.95"), with wear and smalls chips to ends...
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Marlboro, VT: Marlboro Press, 1992. First edition. 309pp. 8vo; teal cloth; gilt spine titles. Light spotting to board cloth, mainly along top edge. Else near fine in a fine, unclipped jacket. First American edition of this youthful Europe-to-Asia travelog, originally self-published in French in 1963...
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SELLERS, Charles ColemanTheophilus the Battle-Axe : A History of the Lives and Adventures of Theophilus Ransom Gates and the Battle-Axes
Philadelphia: Charles C. Sellers, 1930. First edition. No. 114 of 300 copies signed by Sellers to the copyright page. 67pp; illus; four plates, including frontispiece. 8vo; marbled paper boards with cream cloth backstrip and tips; black spine titles; printed paper title-card mounted to front board....
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FREEWHEELIN FRANK [Frank Reynolds].666 : "The Hymn to "Lucifer"
San Francisco: Frank Reynolds / Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, 1968. 4to; 12 color broadsides (10-1/4 x 7-7/8 in.) printed rectos only & housed in an illustrated card portfolio. Corner wear & light soiling along spine of portfolio; altogether near fine. A portfolio of illustrated, hand-lettered...
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San Francisco: Valhalla Music, 1967. [4]pp.; illus. Single sheet folded to form four 8-3/4 x 6-1/2 in panels. Silk-screened, in color to front and rear; front cover featuring a graphic of a marijuana plant growing out of an army helmet. Very good or better, with...
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NY: The Macaulay Company, 1936. Presumed reprint.* 156pp. Octavo; tan textured-paper boards; brown spine titles; dust jacket. Mild shelfwear, some light soiling to textblock edges. Near fine in a good to very good jacket, unclipped ("$2.00") with a number of small chips and two larger...
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SHŌKŌ, Ahagon; C. Harold Rickard, trans.The Island Where People Live
Hong Kong: Christian Conference of Asia, 1989. First English-language edition. Xiv, 174pp.; illus. 4to; sewn-binding; photo-illustrated card wraps. Moderate bumping to spine ends; shallow dent to textblock fore-edge. Very good. Signed, dated, and inscribed by translator Rickard to half-title. A Japanese photobook documenting the decades-long...
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ROBISON, MargaretThe World Split Open : Writing and Theatre by Women in Prison
Northampton, MA: Cultural Images Group, 1986. [14], 39, [3]pp.; b&w illus. Quarto; saddle-stapled in photo-illustrated wraps. Some moisture warping (but no damp staining) to top left corner of textblock; light edge and corner wear. About very good. A collection of poetry, prose, and short plays...
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[London]: Prism Ltd, [1969]. Presumed first edition. 143pp., printed rectos only; title-page and floral border graphics printed in purple. Octavo; dark gray textured-paper stamped in gilt to front board and spine; dust jacket. Moderate bump to head of spine, with some splitting to the paper;...
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MEADOFF, Jan, and Michael Rosenberg, eds.The Hippies
San Francisco: Idlewild Publishing Company, 1967. 79pp. 4to; saddle-stapled in illustrated card wraps. Front wrap rubbed and lightly creased; rear soiled; one spot of soiling to bottom fore-edge of the textblock. About very good. Photobook documenting the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene at the height of its...
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GAINES, Charles, and George ButlerPumping Iron : The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding [Signed x3]
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First edition. Quarto; black cloth; white spine titles; dust jacket. 221pp. Mild sunning to spine ends; toning and light soiling to textblock edges; black endpapers lightly faded. Unclipped ("$15.00") jacket with moderate wear to spine ends, tips & along top...
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BRAKHAGE, Stan and JaneBreakage Films [Sales Catalog]
Rollinsville, CO: Self-published, [circa 1971]. [12]pp. Octavo; saddle-stapled in photo-illustrated wraps. Very near fine, with mild toning along spine. An undated but circa early 1970s mail-order catalog for Stan Brakhage films: 35 8mm films with brief descriptions, and 35 16mm films. Laid in is an...
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AYDEN, ErjeMemories of a Past and Present, Unwritten
NY: New Wave Publications, 1991. 53 leaves, printed rectos only; illus. Octavo; black plastic comb binding. Very good or better, with light toning and soiling to wraps. Signed, dated, and inscribed by Ayden on the title-page: "To Michael my comrade in arts. Best Erje Feb...
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ACCONCI, Vito, John Baldessari, David Haxton, and David ShulmanFilms
NY: Sonnabend Gallery, 1974. Off-white card, 5-3/4 x 4-7/8 in., printed recto only. About near fine, with light toning and a touch of corner wear. Announcement card published in conjunction with this group show at Sonnabend Gallery January 8-12, 1974; an impressive line-up, and Haxton's...
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Baden/Schweiz: Verlag Lars Müller, 1996. Reprint. [52]pp.; illus. Octavo; black papered boards printed in blue; lacking a jacket as issued. Light bump to base of spine, else near fine. Text in German. A reprint of the German edition of Munari's iconic and masterful children's book,...
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MALCOLM X; George Breitman, ed.Malcolm X Speaks : Selected Speeches and Statements
NY: Pathfinder, 1989. Xi, 233pp.; index; 8 b&w plates at center. Octavo; gray vinyl boards; black spine titles; dust jacket. Very good or better in a very good jacket, unclipped, with moderate edge-wear & several closed tears. Reprint edition of this collection of fourteen speeches...
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LEARY, Timothy, contributor; S.I. Hiyakawa, ed.ETC. : Special Issue on the Psychedelic Experience
ETC. A Review of General Semantics, Vol. XXII, No. 4, December 1965. San Francisco: ETC, 1965. 12mo; signature-bound in printed wraps. Pp. 389-528. Wear to corners and hinges; moderate spine twist; one crease to spine. A good to very good copy of this important issue...
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Yusuke Suzuki, 2020. No. 199 of 420 copies signed by Suzuki to rear cover recto. Perfect-bound in white wraps, 5-1/8 x 7-3/8 in. [288]pp.; illus. A fine copy, as new. A photobook consisting almost entirely of full-bleed color images pertaining to the cultivation, consumption, and...
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AUSTER, Paul, Mitchell Sisskind, Lydia Davis, eds.Living Hand 4
Weston, CT / Chicago: Living Hand, 1975. Octavo; perfect-bound in illustrated card wraps. 91pp., with errata slip laid in. Spots of soiling to front wrap & bottom fore-corner of textblock; light toning to wraps and textblock edges. Very good. Fourth publication by this imprint dedicated...
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COLLINS, John J.The Cult Experience : An Overview of Cults, Their Traditions and Why People Join Them
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1991. First edition. Quarto; orange cloth stamped in gilt to front board and spine; lacking a jacket, presumably as issued. Vii, 133pp.; index. Vertical smudge to front board; faint splash-stains to textblock top; former owner's name scrawled on front pastedown....
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HERESIES COLLECTIVEWomen and Music [Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art & Politics, Vol. 3 No. 2, Issue 10]
NY: Heresies Collective, 1980. First edition. Quarto; printed card wraps. 96pp.; b&w illus. Tape reinforcements (unnecessary) to head & heel of spine; light damp-staining to base of front cover; offsetting to front cover verso from laid-in newsprint. Good to very good; an excellent reading/reference copy....
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