New York: Music Vanguard, 1935. Complete two issue run of "Music Vanguard" magazine, listed as Vol. 1, issue 1 March-April 1935 and Vol. 1, issue 2 Summer 1935. Rare."Music Vanguard" focused on the relationship between music and social justice, with a particular focus American socialist thought, noting in the introduction to the first issue the "wish to interrelate diverse elements... (read more) about Archive of the complete two-issue run of Music Vanguard: A Critical Review

Berkeley: Berkeley Graphics Arts, 1968. Collection of five vintage bumper stickers from the 1968 political campaigns run via a collaboration between the Black Panthers and the Peace and Freedom Party. Stickers commemorate the Peace and Freedom Party political campaigns of Mario Savio for California state senator, Black Panther founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver for president, with... (read more) about Collection of 5 original Black Panther / Peace and Freedom Party oversize bumper stickers

Mexico City, Mexico: Excelsior, 1975. First Mexican Edition, preceding all others. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page and signed simply as "Julio," which is typical of how he signed for friends. Text in Spanish. A critique of large corporations' reach into Latin America, designed as a superhero comic book featuring the French serial antihero Fantomas. The title... (read more) about Fantomas contra los vampiros multinacionales (First Mexican Edition, inscribed

Budapest: Hunnia Filmstudio, 1929. Presentation copy of an Early Draft script for the Hungarian film, released in Hungry in 1932 as "Tavaszi zapor," in Frace in 1933 as "Marie, Legende Hongroise," and in the United States in 1935 as "Spring Shower." Housed in a (likely hand-sewn) floral cloth-covered portfolio, the script is INSCRIBED by the Hungarian-American feminist and radical socialist... (read more) about Spring Shower (Original screenplay for the 1932 film

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], circa 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast, in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science, technology, politics, entertainment, and leisure. Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves, with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph, with pink, yellow, and blue... (read more) about Westinghouse Presents: The Sound of the Sixties [The Sound of The Sixties](Original screenplay...

London: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light tonight to page edges; jacket has a short closed tear at the bottom of the front panel, mild soil, and a hint of rubbing at the spine ends and corners. (read more) about Portraits of Russian Personalities Between Reform and Revolution (First Edition

Detroit: The Inaugural Committee for Mayor Young, 1978-1986. First Editions, three volumes. Each volume INSCRIBED by legendary Detroit News cartoonist Draper Hill on the front endpapers to the same recipient. The first volume is simply inscribed, the second also features a caricature of Mayor Young, and the third a caricature of Hill asking "What's a sweet guy like moi doing... (read more) about The Young Years: 1978, 1981, 1982-1985 (Three volumes, signed

New York: Boni and Gaer, 1948. First Edition. Signed by author Gordon Kahn and by each of the ten men indicted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, known collectively to history as the "Hollywood Ten": Herbert Biberman, John Howard Lawson, Dalton Trumbo, Lester Cole, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, Edward Dmytryk, Albert Maltz, Ring Lardner Jr. and Alvah Bessie. One... (read more) about Hollywood on Trial (First Edition, signed by every member of the Hollywood Ten

Los Altos, CA: National General Pictures, 1973. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1973 film. Rare. Obscure documentary about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, exploring the possibility of a second gunman having been involved. Folded as issued. Near Fine. (read more) about The Second Gun (Original poster for the 1973 film

N.p. William Klein, 1968. Vintage photograph, shot by director-photographer William Klein, during the making of his landmark documentary. With Klein's stamp on the back, noting his address in Paris. In making his cinema verite documentary about the occupation of the Sorbonne begun during the May, 1968 protests in Paris, Klein received unprecedented access to student leaders, activists, various committee meetings... (read more) about Grands soirs et petits matins [Mayday] (Original photograph from the set of the 1977 film

New York: The Realist Association, 1962. First Edition. A couple pinhole tears to the top edges of a few pages, with just a hint of toning, else jsut about Fine. The "Special Offensive Issue" from the well-known title in countercultural satirical journalism, including articles such as "An Impolite Interview with an Abortionist." (read more) about The Realist: No. 35, the Special Offensive Issue, June 1962

Los Altos, CA: National General Pictures, 1973. Vintage US one sheet poster, silkscreen, for the 1946 film documentary short. An entry in the 1946-1947 RKO series that focused on various hardscrabble aspects of life in the United States, a follow on to the "March of Time" series. This entry focused on New York City's Bowery, which existed "in the shadows"... (read more) about Street of Shadows (Original poster for the 1946 documentary short film

Burbank, CA: Buena Vista Pictures, 1995. Vintage press kit for the 1995 film. Press kit includes 11 black and white photographs and a pamphlet of production information, housed in a titled pictorial studio folder. The second of director Oliver Stone's trilogy of films about US Presidents, a semi-biographical film chronicling Nixon's impeachment, with flashbacks to his life before the presidency... (read more) about Nixon (Original press kit for the 1995 film

Washington, DC: Susan Conway Gallery, 1994. Lithograph print by political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant titled "GOPula." One of 20 copies (this being No. 14) SIGNED in pencil by Oliphant at the bottom right. With the label of the Susan Conway Gallery in Washington DC on the verso of the mat. 11 x 14 inches. Fine. (read more) about GOPula (Signed print, 1 of 20 copies

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], Circa 1963. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from 1963-1966 television series, "The Farmer's Daughter." Features starring actress Inger Stevens standing in front of the Washington Monument. Mimeo snip affixed to the verso. Katy (Stevens) is hired to be the nanny for Congressman Glen's (Windom) kids. Her liberal and morel attitude differs greatly from the... (read more) about The Farmer's Daughter (Original photograph from the 1963-1966 television series

Paris: Albin Michel, 1926. First Edition, volume two only. Ex-library copy, with contemporary hardcover library binding and a rubber stamp to a number of pages. Very Good plus, with foxing and toning to pages and hinges starting. Without dust jacket. A book of political cartoons and anecdotes by the active artist. Text in French. A good candidate for rebinding. (read more) about Le Juif Qui Rit (First Edition

Paris: Gallimard, 1967. First French Edition, preceded by the Greek edition published by Editions Themelion in 1966. Association copy, inscribed by Vassilikos to author William Styron and his wife: "For Rose and Bill / With all my happiness for the success of the book / Love and nostalgia / from Mimi and Vassilis."The prolific author's best known work, basis for... (read more) about Z (First French Edition, inscribed to William Styron

Paris: Migra, 1959-1962. Five issues of "Le Guide de la femme" (roughly, "Woman's Guide"), a mid-century Parisian periodical published with the patronage of French author, journalist, politician, and noted feminist, Louise Weiss. The periodical, not unlike similar publications of today found on wire racks at grocery checkout lines, was produced by and for France's modern Woman, "at the forefront of... (read more) about Le Guide de la femme (Collection of five French women's culture magazines