33 pp. booklet containing a numbered list of questions and specific instructions for how to find the answers using the enclosed multicolored cardboard wheel of fortune, which is comprised of a metal spinner and three concentric colored cardboard circles containing letters, numbers, and symbols. Central pages of booklet separated from... More about The "Mystiscope" Fortune Teller - The Device That Thinks
85 pp. annual publication produced by the architectural school, featuring the designs of graduating students, including churches, libraries, a stadium, and commercial buildings, also with commentary on recently constructed buildings, notes, bibliography, illustrated throughout with floor plans, elevations, artistic renditions, cross-sections, and images from photographs. 8vo. Wrpps., covers slightly stained... More about 1942: Jaarboek van het Instituut voor Rijksgediplomeerde Architekten
Presentation of twenty-three 15 3/4" x 12" photographs showing images from various traditional and modern productions put on in the theater, including close-ups and long shots with views of the scenery, list of plays laid in. Photographs loose as issued in boards and wrpps. portfolio. N.p., n.d. (circa 1974). During... More about 20 Jahre Friedrich Wolf Theater
Four sections in three volumes(86, 26, 16 pp. and 7 leaves) of the German handbook on cinematographic film material in colors by the Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation (Agfa) company. Illustrated throughout from photographs, Vol. IV with seven plates of colored film samples. 4to. Orig. light brown publisher's cloth, Vol. IV portfolio-style... More about Agfa. Kine-Handbuch. I. Allgemeiner Teil; II. Negativ-Film; III. Positiv-Film; IV....
58 issues (of 88 total published), most 12 pp., of the well-known journal of the West Berlin neoanarchist student movement, becoming increasingly radical and militant during the period of its publication, advocating the strategic use of violence by urban guerilla groups (Rote Armee Fraktion) and armed resistance to conservative and... More about Agit 883 56 51. Alternative title: Agit 883. [Various subtitles: Flugschrift für Agitation und...
A complete run in 9 issues of the groundbreaking French feminist quarterly "bande dessinée" or comics magazine, featuring work almost entirely by international women artists, together with essays on other female-centric media and culture including books, television, film, and music, and special features on often provocative social and political themes..... More about Ah! Nana. No. 1 (October 1976) through No. 9 (September 1978) (all published
A complete run of the avant-garde journal, under the editorial direction of Riewart Tode and Hartmut Konig, offering cutting-edge poetry, prose, and criticism, some of which was informed by radical politics, presented in a rough-hewn, experimental manner, with some of the writings in typescript, some in the hand of the... More about AmBEATion. Zeitschrift fur Junge Dichtung, Grafik, Kritik, Versuch, Versuch. Nos. 0 (November...
68 pp. restricted military publication on amphibious warfare including chapters on the preparation of panoramic drawings, the development of beach sketches, the development of shoreline sketches, variations in design, and technical information for drafting and reproduction. Profusely illustrated throughout with diagrams, 15 large folding maps and diagrams, and transparent overlays... More about The Amphibious Sketch: Its Function In Amphibious Training and Operations, Its Preparation and...
Antique Italian bingo-type game set, likely late 19th or early 20th century, comprised of cardboard game board with 90 gold-numbered spaces on red ground with embossed gold paper frame, 90 hand-numbered wooden game tokens, and 15 sets of 87 total individual cards, housed in 8 colored cardstock sleeves, the cards... More about Antique Italian "Tombola" Game
Collection of materials related to the groundbreaking convention held by the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1976 supporting legal rights for homosexuals, housed in two binders, approximately 200 leaves total, many printed recto only, some printed recto and verso, including photocopies of news clippings on topics including surrogacy, teen pregnancy, women... More about Archive of Ephemera and Material Related to the Protestant Episcopal Church's Task Force on...
Collection of 73 flyers documenting assorted performances from the influential Texas hardcore punk band, Big Boys, the performances taking place mainly within Texas but also with some flyer examples from out-of-state shows in California and Washington D.C., for concerts where the Big Boys headlined, played with, or opened for other... More about Archive of Performance Flyers for the Big Boys Punk Band
Unpaginated (38 plastic sleeves filled with text and various types of material, some filled recto and verso and some filled recto only) presentation of short texts and chapters on approximately 25 important Fluxus and affiliated artists, with most texts accompanied by an art object, printed work, or ephemeral item, objects... More about ART, NO-ART and ANTI-ART: A Collection of Relics
1968. A complete run in 5 issues of the short-lived Antwerp-based serial under the editorial direction of Werner Spillemaeckers, devoted to the dissemination of avant-garde art and literature and 1960's culture, with poems, prose, reviews, essays, and analysis by numerous progressive cultural figures. Illustrated throughout after photographs and artworks by... More about Artisjok. Driemaandelijke Tijdschrift voor Hedendaagse Kunsten. Year I, No. 1 (31 January 1968)...
96 pp. journal discussing German achievements in various sports, including golf, kayaking, swimming, fencing, bowling, archery, running, tennis, flying, rugby, sailing and equestrian events, heavily illustrated throughout. 8vo. Wrpps. Dresden (Atmos-Verlag) 1931. (Year 1, Vol. 2). As of April 2018, WorldCat does not locate any copies of this text in North American libraries. More about Atmos, Sport-Magazin
A complete run in 50 issues of the Italian Communist and avant-garde journal which served as the official organ of the organization of the same name (full name: Organizzazione marxista-leninista Avanguardia comunista), born out of the unification of the groups Il Comunista and Il Comitato Comunisti Romani Marxisti-Leninisti, each issue... More about Avanguardia Comunista. Per la Costruzione del Partito Marxista-Leninista. Per la Dittatura del...
The first and only issue published (4 pp.) of the Cuban arts and literature journal, under the editorial direction of Samuel Feijóo, with brief texts and poems by Feijóo accompanied by illustrations after works by Anido, Lourdes, and Isabel Castelanos. Profusely illustrated. Very slight toning. Small folio. Original illustrated self-wrpps..... More about Bailarin Fantoche. Revista de Cultura Guajira. No. 1 y Unico (all published
Altogether 6 issues, 30, 32, 33, 33, 33, 33 pp., of the Dutch cultural and literary journal with a political edge, including artistic contributions from noted artists, illustrators, photographers, and cartoonists, such as Willem (Bernard Holtrop), Oscar de Wit, Taetske Hellinga, and Ed van der Elsken among others, with articles... More about Bijster. Year 1, No. 1 (1969) through Year 1, No. 6 (May/June 1970). (All published
2 vols., 96, 120 pp., comprising a complete run of the journal described by its editors as "a creative theoretical contribution to left anarchist and libertarian thought and praxis," including articles by Murray Bookchin, interviews with Noam Chomsky, poems by George Therese Dickenson, profiles of wildcat strikers at Chrysler auto... More about Black Rose. Journal of Contemporary Anarchism. Nos. 1 (1974) and 2 (1975) (all published
124 pp. propagandistic account published by the British Air Ministry describing the Bomber Command's sorties against the German army and raids during which they dropped propaganda material, including anecdotes from the pilots and crew members, heavily illustrated throughout with images from photographs. Small 4to. Illustrated wrpps., bottom of spine slightly... More about Bomber-Kommando: Bericht des Luftfahrtministeriums über die Offensive des Bomber-Kommandos gegen...
Thirty-three issues total of the rare WWII Allied Forces informational and propaganda weekly journal, issued by the British Information Ministry in agreement with Soviet authorities, first in Kuybyshev (now known as Samara) and then in Moscow begining in July 1943, containing information for Soviet citizens about British life, culture, and... More about Britanskii Soiuznik: Ezhenedel'nik. Izdanie Ministerstva Informatsii Velikobritanii [The British...
17 pp. text (in Hungarian, German, English, French and Italian) on the exhibition of works by architectural students of the university presented on the occasion of the 12th International Congress of Architects held in Budapest, including a review of the curriculum of the program, 48 plates of perspectives, elevations and... More about A Budapesti M. Kir. Jozsef Muegyetem Epiteszhallgatoinak Tervkiallitasa 1930/... Exhibition of...
79 pp. review of the work by major architects of Cologne, including Brantsky, Eberlein, Muller-Grah, Muller-Jena and Paffendorf, introduction by Edmond Renard, profusely illustrated with photos, plans and perspectives (2 in color). 4to. Wrpps. Berlin (Ernst Wasmuth) 1906. More about Bund Deutscher Architekten, B.D.A.: Werke der Ortsgruppe Coln 1906
A complete run (most issues approx. 24-50 pp., some unpag.) of the Franco-Walloon literary and poetry review under the editorial direction of Didier Paschal-Lejeune, most issues containing poetry, reviews, and artwork, some focused on a single theme, illustrated. 4vo. and 8vo. Orig. wrpps. Paris 1968-1978. Together with Cavalier Seul. Bulletin... More about Cheval d'Attaque. Revue International d'Expression Ludique. Nos. 0 (1968) through 19 (1978)...
The only four issues published (each approx. 200 pp.) of a periodical (mostly in Japanese, with some French translations) devoted to stretching the boundaries of human sexuality and gender identity, exploring sexual customs, mores, and deviance cross-culturally, including analysis of Shunga and other Ukiyo-e prints, Marquis de Sade, bondage, Indian... More about Chi to Baro ("Blood & Roses"); Le Sang et la Rose: Revue de Erotologie,...
Broadside notice from the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration regarding the 1942 relocation of Japanese Americans, dated May 5, 1942, excluding all persons of Japanese ancestry from a portion of Military Area No. 1 within San Francisco County, California, with specific boundary streets provided outlining... More about Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41
