The Snow Poems [Inscribed]
by AMMONS, A.R.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1977. Second Printing. Octavo (22cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,292pp. Inscribed by Ammons on the half-title page: "For Julian Mason / all good wishes ever / from Archie Ammons / 10 May 86 / Old Salem." Crown gently nudged, else Fine in a Near Fine... Read More
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The Snow Poems
by AMMONS, A.R.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1977. Second Printing. Octavo (22cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,292pp. Crisps, clean, Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket (priced $12.50, with lower corner of front flap clipped by the publisher), with some light wear to crown. Twelfth published collection by the National Book... Read More
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EAST COAST POETS in QUIXOTE V 6, no. 4
by Amorosi, Roy (ed.)
Madison, WI: Quixote, N.d.. First Edition. Side-stapled illus. wrappers; 4to. 37 pp. Includes James Tate, “Breathing”, “A Guide to the Stone Age” and “Contagion”; Robert Francis; Cathleen Quirk; Joseph Langland; Amorosi; Paul Jenkins; Donald Junkins. Very good, covers toned, light wear. Four WorldCat listings.
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The Amorphia Report: A Newsletter for Members of Amorphia, the Non-Profit National Cannabis Cooperative Devoted to Drug Research, Education, and Legal Reform - Vol.I, No.3 (October-November, 1973)
by [DRUGS] [AMORPHIA]
San Francisco: Amorphia, 1973. First Edition. Bifolium (28cm); original wraps, with text and illustrations printed in dark green on white stock; [4]pp; illus. Old folds and staple holes from mailing, some trivial dust-soil and foxing, with original recipient's address label mounted to rear wrapper; Very Good+. Single, early issue of this short-lived bulletin published by the California-based cannabis co-operative... Read More
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The Amorphia Report: A Newsletter for Members of Amorphia, the Non-Profit National Cannabis Cooperative Devoted to Drug Research, Education, and Legal Reform - Vol.II Nos.1-3
by [DRUGS] [AMORPHIA]
San Francisco: Amorphia, 1974. First Editions. Three bifolium issues (28cm); original wraps, with text, photos, and illustrations printed in dark green on white stock; [4]pp per issue; illus. Old horzontal folds and staple holes from mailing, with the original recipient's address label on the rear wrapper of each issue; some faint foxing and mild handling, small loss from rough... Read More
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Navaho Weaving, Its Technic and Its History
by AMSDEN, Charles Avery
Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press, 1972. Stated Fourth Printng. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's cream cloth titled and decorated in pink and red foil to spine and front board. 261pp. Some soiling to the cream cloth, sunning to the spine that has faded the titles, and some isolated wear to extremities. A very good copy that has seen some use. Internally... Read More
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May Day 1939
by AMTER, Israel
New York: Workers Library, 1939. First Edition. Slim octavo (19cm); original printed card wrpapers, stapled; 16pp. A Fine copy. "A call for the unity of American labor; for the unity of all progressives in the democratic front for social and national security; and for a united stand by the U.S. and the USSR, the only two democracies that stand... Read More
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Audit/Poetry, Vol. IV, no.2 (1965)
by ANANIA, Michael & Charles Doria (eds); Robert Kelly, William Sylvester, et al (contribs)
Buffalo: Audit, 1965. Single octavo issue. Staple-bound wrappers; 36pp. Mild rubbing to exterior, still a tight, clean, Very Good or better copy. Single issue of this important semiannual little mag, founded and edited by Anania. Contributors to this issue include Mac Hammond, Peter Pinto, William Sylvester, Diane Derrick and Robert Kelly (six poems).
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Lumen" (Special Issues, 2)
by ANANIA, Michael
[Chicago]: The Wine Press, 1973. First, Limited Edition. Broadside. Limited to 90 signed copies; this is no. 50. 17" x 11" (ca 43cm x 28cm) sheet folded to 11" x 8-1/2," on heavy gray stock. Fine. A continuation of James Ramholz's ephemeral poetry periodical "Letters Broadside Series" (1972). Only two issues of "Special Issues" were printed; the first was... Read More
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La Liberté de L'Amour ... avec La Carmagnole sociale - Le Père La Purge - La Marseillaise des travailleurs - Madame la Marquise - Le Drapeau rouge - Aux Hugolâtres - La Commune immortelle
by [ANARCHISM] LE ROY, Achille
Paris: Librairie Socialiste Internationale / Achille Le Roy, 1887. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's pink pictorial wrappers; 21,[3]pp.; vignette at head of p. [1]. Wrapper extremities a bit toned and slightly chipped, else Very Good and sound. At head of upper cover: Bibliothèque Ouvrière Cosmopolite. At bottom of last leaf of text: "Deux cents exemplaires de la LIBERTÉ DE... Read More
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Anarchism: its Philosophy and Scientific Basis as Defined by Some of its Authors
by [ANARCHISM] [HAYMARKET] PARSONS, Albert R.
Chicago: Mrs. A.R. Parsons, 1887. First Edition. Octavo. Blue-green cloth boards; 200, (3)pp. External wear: gilt dulled; bit of fraying to spine ends and corners; thin splits to hinges – still a tight, internally sound copy, free of markings; Very Good. "Anarchy Now" sticker (ca 1960s) affixed to front free endpaper. An anthology of original and borrowed materials compiled... Read More
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Die Moderne Gesellschaft [TOGETHER WITH] Prämie
by [ANARCHISM - HAYMARKET] PARSONS, Albert, August Spies, et al [AND] Levin Schücking
V.p., 1886 and 1869. First Edition. Two volumes bound in one; octavo (21cm.); contemporary brown cloth-backed marbled boards, two contemporary library spine labels. Boards rather rubbed, front hinge cracked, contemporary Wisconsin bookseller's rubberstamp to rear pastedown, textblock of the first title uniformly browned due to poor paperstock, title page neatly separated but present; Near Very Good. Contents as follows:.... Read More
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A Giuda da Carioth
by [ANARCHISM] [FREETHOUGHT] ORIANI, Alfredo
New York: Libreria Rossa, N.d. (ca 1920s). No statement of edition, but apparently the sole printing. 12mo; staple-bound wrappers; 16pp. Mild toning to text; trivial toning to wrapper edges; Very Good or better. An anticlerical tract, written in the form of a letter to Judas Iscariot. Issued by the small New York emigré anarchist & freethought publisher... Read More
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Le Avventure di Una Piccola Capra (Novella)
by [ANARCHISM] [FICTION] BOSCHI, Amedeo
Torino: Edizioni Era Nuova, 1949. Second edition. Octavo. Printed wrappers; 32p. Covers slightly worn and soiled; text tanned at margins; Very Good. Boschi (1871-1956) was a militant anarchist and close associate of Malatesta. We find only three institutional holdings for this uncommon Anarchist fable; the first edition was published in 1933 and is held only by the Biblioteca Nazionale... Read More
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[Tarnschrift] Soldaten Brevier [cover title]
by [ANARCHISM] ROLLER, Arnold [pseud. Siegfried Nacht], attr
Berlin [but London?]: Patriotische Verlagsanstalt, 1907. First Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; [36]pp. Spine expertly repaired, wrappers a bit dampstained and upper cover trimmed at bottom edge affecting text without loss of meaning, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper stock, else a Very Good, sound copy. Anti-militarist Tarnschrift attributed to the German anarchist Arnold Roller, brother... Read More
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The Thirty-Six Trades of the State
by [ANARCHISM] ALEXANDRE, Arsène; Benj. R. Tucker, trans
New York: Benj. R. Tucker, 1897. First Separate Edition. 12mo (17cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 10pp. Shallow chips and tiny losses to wrapper extremities, the whole a bit toned and dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Publisher's advertisements printed on pp. [11] and [14] (rear wrapper). Satirical short essay by a founding editor of "Le Rire," describing the trades of "The... Read More
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The Story of a Proletarian Life. Translated from the Italian by Eugene Lyons
by [ANARCHISM] VANZETTI, Bartolomeo; Eugene Lyons, trans; Alice Stone Blackwell, fwd; Upton Sinclair, introd
Boston: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1924. [Second Edition - see note below]. Octavo (23cm). Staple-bound, printed wrappers; 24pp; frontispiece portrait. Partial split to wrappers at bound edge; light soil, with expected toning to text; Very Good. Vanzetti's brief autobiographical statement, penned while imprisoned at Charlestown State Prison following his conviction, with fellow anarchist Nicola Sacco, for a 1920... Read More
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System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Poverty (Part 1)" [in] The Radical Review, Vol. 1, no 2 (August, 1877)
by [ANARCHISM] TUCKER, Benjamin R., ed.; Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
New Bedford, MA: Benj. R. Tucker, 1877. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.). Original black glazed wrappers printed and double-ruled in red; pp.206-396,[2]. Wrappers oxidized, chipped at margins and with a few closed tears but no substantial losses; text remains clean, supple and unmarked; about Very Good overall. Tucker's first and scarcest literary and political journal, described by Longa... Read More
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Instead of a Book by a Man Too Busy to Write One. A Fragmentary Exposition of Philosophical Anarchism
by [ANARCHISM] TUCKER, Benj[amin] R[icketson]
New York: Benj. R. Tucker, 1897. Second Edition. Octavo. Publisher's blue-gray cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; blind-stamped decorative borders to front board; red edge-stain; frontispiece portrait; x,[1]-512,[1]pp. A slightly worn copy; boards evenly rubbed and soiled, with board exposure at upper corner-tips and rubbing to cloth at spine ends; both hinges thinly cracked (but holding); text clean... Read More
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State Socialism and Anarchism: How Far They Agree, and Wherein They Differ
by [ANARCHISM] TUCKER, Benj. R.
[Alpine, MI: Chas. W. Bergman, 1910]. Octavo (19.5cm); staplebound self-wrappers; [16]pp. A hint of wear and toning to wrapper extremities, else Near Fine. Tucker's oft-reprinted essay, first published in the anarchist journal Liberty in 1888. Of this odd little reprint, we can say little other than that it is scarce (OCLC gives 4 locations) and that this appears to... Read More
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Proudhon and His "Bank of the People." Being a defence of the great French anarchist, showing the evils of a specie currency, and that interest on capital can and ought to be abolished by a system of free and mutual banking. Series of newspaper articles written by..
by [ANARCHISM] DANA, Charles A.
New York: Benj. R. Tucker, 1896. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; morocco-grained stiff card wrappers with rounded corners, lettered in gilt on front cover; vii, 67, (2)pp. Small chip to rear wrapper; mild fading to titling, with front wrapper slightly sunned at edges; Very Good. A series of articles originally appearing in Charles A. Dana's The Spirit... Read More
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Fear
by [ANARCHISTS & I.W.W.] [SACCO & VANZETTI] MILLAY, Edna St. Vincent
New York: Sacco-Vanzetti National League, 1927. First Separate Edition. Single, unfolded sheet, printed to make 4pp. Mild toning at margins, still about Fine. Unissued copy of Millay's scarce leaflet, reprinting an essay originally published in "The Outlook." This was one of a number of pieces from prominent authors, commissioned by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee to raise funds for the... Read More
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Living My Life [Lengthily Inscribed to Sarah Gruber]
by [ANARCHISM] GOLDMAN, Emma
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Two large octavo volumes (24.5cm); pale blue cloth, with titles stamped in navy blue on spines and front covers; charcoal gray topstains; dustjackets; xi,[3],4-503,[1]; [viii],[504]-993,xvipp; illus. Lengthily inscribed by Goldman in the year of publication on the front endpaper of Vol.1: "Dear Sadie / You have been among the... Read More
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The Social Significance of the Modern Drama
by [ANARCHISM] GOLDMAN, Emma
Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1914. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); light brown cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; portrait frontispiece; 315,[1],[4]pp ads. This copy originally owned by American radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist George Ephraim Sokolsky (1893-1962), with his pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown, and his holograph signature ("George E. Sokolsky / School of... Read More
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Anarchism and Other Essays [Signed]
by [ANARCHISM] GOLDMAN, Emma
New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911. Second Revised Edition. Octavo (19cm); light gray cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; [5],6-277,[8]pp ads; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. Signed by Goldman in pencil on the front endpaper, dated 2/13/16. Hint of sunning and some faint finger-soil to spine, subtle darkening to upper board edges, with some offsetting... Read More
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