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The Kingdom of Redonda 1865-1990
The Kingdom of Redonda 1865-1990
by Paul de Fortis
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[Upton, Wirral, Cheshire]: The Aylesford Press, (1991). Softcover, 15 x 21 cm, 105pp. One of 400 copies, in a cream wrapper lettered in black with a light blue dust jacket. Near fine condition. DJM... (read more)

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The Van Buren Platform, or Facts for the Present Supporters of Martin Van Buren, 1st Edition
The Van Buren Platform, or Facts for the Present Supporters of Martin Van Buren, 1st Edition
by Anonymous
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Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon 1848. First edition folio leaf folded into octavo format uncut& untrimmed 8pp. Being a hearty disavowal of Van Buren as a presidential candidate claiming him to be obsequious to the South & subservient to slavery. Unbound as... (read more)

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Cliff's Notes: The Gawain-Poet, 1st edition
Cliff's Notes: The Gawain-Poet, 1st edition
by John Gardner
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Lincoln: Cliff's Notes Incorporated (1967). 13 x 21 cm. 78pp. First edition with the earlier title rather than Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Original wrappers staple-bound. Price of $1.00 on the front cover. An early and scarce John Gardner title... (read more)

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Max Ernst and His Books: Worlds In Miniature Limited Edition
Max Ernst and His Books: Worlds In Miniature Limited Edition
by Dorothea Tanning
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New Haven: The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library 1983. Duodecimo 16.5 x 10.5cm. 18pp. One of 500 unnumbered copies printed to celebrate the exhibition of the books of Max Ernst. Stapled pamphlet with wraps and title printed on paper label. Minor... (read more)

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Cut Up or Shut Up Signed Edition
Cut Up or Shut Up Signed Edition
by Jan Herman and Juergen Ploog and Carl Weissner
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Paris: Editions Agentzia, (1972). Duodecimo, 20 x 12 cm. 72 pp. Limited edition number 37 of 100 copies signed by Herman, Ploog and Weissner on the limitation page. Paperback in white printed wrappers with a black & white pictorial dustjacket. Light... (read more)

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Raison et Nature
Raison et Nature
by J. Torres-Garcia
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(Montevideo): Editions Iman (1981). Reprint of the 1932 edition in ivory pictorial paper wraps printed in black staple bound; unpaginated. Lettered and decorated by the author. Ink & pencil drawing on the verso of the last page in the style of Torres... (read more)

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The Lessons of Laurel: Grassroots Organizing in the South
The Lessons of Laurel: Grassroots Organizing in the South
by Robert Analavage and Dottie Zellner
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Louisville, KY: Southern Conference Educational Fund, [no date; ca. 1970]. Pamphlet, 21.5 x 28 cm, 12pp. Orange wrappers printed in black. Wrappers lightly rubbed; a light scrape to the front wrapper. Very good condition... (read more)

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Decision: A Review of Free Culture, Volume 1, Number 5
Decision: A Review of Free Culture, Volume 1, Number 5
by Klaus Mann
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New York: Decisions Inc. May 1941. Volume 1 number 5 trade paperback in rust & ochre paper wraps; 88pp. with two black & white plates. Containing work by Virginia Woolf W.H. Auden Marianne Moore & Christopher Isherwood among others. Edges & corners... (read more)

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Souvenir View Book of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and Oriental Fair
Souvenir View Book of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and Oriental Fair
by Robert A. Reid
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Portland, OR: Robert A. Reid, 1905. Pamphlet, 31 x 23.5 cm, unpaginated. Original red wrappers stamped in gilt and blind with pictorial paper label affixed to the front wrapper. Wrappers very worn with several tears around the edges; spine sunned... (read more)

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General Anthony Wayne and the Ohio Indian Wars: A Collection of Unpublished Letters and Artifacts
General Anthony Wayne and the Ohio Indian Wars: A Collection of Unpublished Letters and Artifacts
by Tony DeRegnaucort and Tom Parker
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Arcanum, OH: Upper Miami Valley Archaeological Research Museum, 1995. Pamphlet, 21.5 x 27.5 cm, 88pp. Pictorial wrapper lightly rubbed. Very good condition... (read more)

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Letterpress Broadside Portfolio Portland, OR
Letterpress Broadside Portfolio Portland, OR
by Various
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April is the Cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.          — T.S.Eliot, The Waste Land Eighteen Northwest Fine Printers were... (read more)

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Exhibition Under the Auspices of the Austrian Institute of New York
Exhibition Under the Auspices of the Austrian Institute of New York
by Peter Baum and Theo Braun and Margarethe Herzele and Gunther Kraus and Ludwig Merwat
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New York: Austrian Institute of New York 1968. Five glossy paper folders with an original print (etching on iron an elaboration of the aquatint process) by each of five Austrian artists: Peter Baum Theo Braun Margarethe Herzele Gunther Kraus & Ludwig... (read more)

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Poems: MCMXLII Limited Edition
Poems: MCMXLII Limited Edition
by William Everson
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Waldport: Untide Press, 1945. Octavo, 16 x 24.5 cm. Unpaginated. First edition, limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Original ivory wrappers printed in black and red. Tipped-in erratum slip. Covers toned and a bit edgeworn. Very good condition... (read more)

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Dreamer Signed Limited Broadside
Dreamer Signed Limited Broadside
by Primus St John
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Portland: Powell's Books 1992. Broadside 29x43cm. Printed upon the occasion of the author's reading Jan. 20 1992 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Signed by author. Title printed in red with text in black. Fine. jjt.... (read more)

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Your Life An Open Book, Signed Limited Broadside Pair
Your Life An Open Book, Signed Limited Broadside Pair
by Dorianne Laux and Marie-Elise Wheatwind
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Two poems, printed on separate sheets of Fabriano Rosaspina Cream paper, approximately 19 1/2" X 13 1/2" each. The outer edge of each sheet retains the original deckle, adding to the overall "open book" design of the corresponding poems. Handset by Ms... (read more)

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Cardbirds
Cardbirds
by Robert Rauschenberg
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Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L. 1971. 16.5 x 24 cm. Unpaginated. A staple-bound pamphlet with printed corrugated cardboard covers. The artist's signature has been reproduced on the front cover. Contains photographic illustrations mostly in color of examples... (read more)

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Analectic Magazine Volume 5 No26
Analectic Magazine Volume 5 No26
by Nicholas Biddle
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The Analectic Magazine, vol. 5, no 26 for February, 1815. 14.5 x 23 cm. 176pp. This is issue number 26 only. (Numbers 26 and 27 have one of the first reviews of the Journals of The Lewis and Clark expedition. Pages 127-149 contain the first half of that... (read more)

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What I See in the Maximus Poems
What I See in the Maximus Poems
by Edward Dorn
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[Ventura]: [Migrant], 1960. Pamphlet, 18 x 21.5 cm, 17pp. Pale blue wrappers stamped in black. Wrappers are toned and foxed. Mimeographed pages. The author's first book. Good condition. JC... (read more)

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Magpie...Spring 1940
Magpie...Spring 1940
by James Baldwin and Richard Avedon
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Bronx: De Witt Clinton High School 1940. 20 x 28 cm. A semi-annual literary publication from De Witt Clinton High School in the Bronx containing a short story by student James Baldwin, 15 years old at the time, along with 5 poems from Baldwin's friend... (read more)

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The Night
The Night
by Patti Smith and Tom Verlaine
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London: Aloes Books, 1976. Pamphlet, 14 x 20 cm, unpaginated. Second printing, signed on the half-title page by Jay Dee Daugherty and Lenny Kaye, two members of the Patti Smith Group. Wrapper is lightly soiled with some light creases near the spine... (read more)

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