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Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens

by Shakespeare, William, edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon, illustrated with wood-engravings by George Buday

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Used
Published
1940
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. 86p., with six plates from wood-engravings including frontis, 8.75x13 inches, one of 37 volumes of The Plays of William Shakespeare designed by Bruce Rogers, #702/1950 copies in decorative boards with oat cloth backstrip, faded gilt spine titles and top edge gilt. Shelfwear especially at corners. The Comedies Histories & Tragedies of… Read more about this item
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You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?? (things my dog has eaten) by Nomi Kane, starring Dino -[with]- Classic Advertising Slogans Repurposed! [two zines by Nomi Kane, together]

You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?? (things my dog has eaten) by Nomi Kane, starring Dino -[with]- Classic Advertising Slogans Repurposed! [two zines by Nomi Kane, together]

by Kane, Nomi

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Published
2022
Binding
Pamphlet
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n.p.: Self-published by the author, 2022. Pamphlet. Folded & scissored origami booklet, 5.5x4 inches, color-xeroxed by expert artist-author Kane, a pretty booklet about vomit, moldy food and animal poo, featuring a fine back cover cartoon of Dino & his owner. Quite sound (origami rules!) and clean (in production if not in idea). A fine copy. TOGETHER WITH: Classic Advertising… Read more about this item
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A Tenderloin tale; a graphic novel by James Lowe (this is no comic book)

A Tenderloin tale; a graphic novel by James Lowe (this is no comic book)

by Lowe, James

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Used
Published
2016
Binding
Pamphlet
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San Francisco: Lowe Press, 2016. Pamphlet. [v] 20p., 11x8.5 inch staplebound and taped wraps; b&w photocopied illus., book is a bit shelfworn on edges, else in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author.
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Glory Hole: illustrated

Glory Hole: illustrated

by Newman, Alan. cover & drawings by Craig Esposito

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Used
Published
[197-?]
Binding
Paperback
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N. pl: Rough Trade, [197-?]. Paperback. 188p., illustrated with explicit drawings, price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-452.
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Countdown 2

Countdown 2

by Howard, Mel

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Used
Published
1970
Binding
Magazine
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New York: CountdownMag, 1970. Magazine. [ii] 186p., (numbered backwards), first printing, paperback magazine in mass trade paperback format, an associate member of the Underground Press Syndicate; wrapper edges a bit shelfworn, pages evenly toned, else very good.
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The Cumin' Thing

The Cumin' Thing

by West, Samuel

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Used
Published
1991
Binding
Paperback
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Santee, CA: Surree Limited, 1991. Paperback. 186p., price sticker on cover else a very good second printing PBO in original camp photo-pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. GAY-193. No, it is not about Indian spices. Reprint of HIS69104 1974.
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Have Leather . . . Will Fashion

Have Leather . . . Will Fashion

by Anonymous, illustrated by Eric Stanton

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Binding
Magazine
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Jersey City: Satellite Pub. Magazine. 58p., 5.5x8.5 inches, erotic fetish story illustrated with Stanton's classic bondage and fetish drawings, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps with Bound Bulletin #1 bound in. According to Richard Pérez Seves page 120 this booklet is likely the first appearance of the term Dominatrix in print. Also from the same reference book this… Read more about this item
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Folk tales from the Soviet Union; the Baltic Republics

Folk tales from the Soviet Union; the Baltic Republics

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Used
Published
1986
Binding
Glossy Pictorial Cover
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Moscow: Raduga publishers, 1986. Glossy Pictorial Cover. 143p., 8x8.5 inch illustrated boards; profusely illustrated in color, in very good condition.
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No Hassles: an unhinged book in parts

No Hassles: an unhinged book in parts

by Waldman, Anne, illustrations by Joe Brainard, Brigid Polk, Donna Dennis & George Schneeman

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Used
Published
1971
Binding
Paperback
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New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1971. Paperback. 151p., 7.5x10 inches, poems, stories, illustrations, very good first edition paperback in pictorial blue wraps. Waldman was a major voice in the Mimeo Movement of the 1960s-70s.
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Connie Moran, Pixie

Connie Moran, Pixie

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Published
1964
Binding
Paperback
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[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1964. Paperback. [36]p., illustrations, wraps. 10 x 10 in. On front cover: "This book starts in the middle, and why not?" Front cover rubbed and stained; spine starting to split from foot. Good. Remembrances from friends of the eccentric cartoonist and book illustrator Connie Moran (born Constance Oehler). The title and… Read more about this item
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Charlie of Nob Hill

Charlie of Nob Hill

by Arceri, Gene

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Published
1985
Binding
Pamphlet
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Lakemont: Copplehouse Books, 1985. Pamphlet. 39p., 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrated with drawings and photos, quarter cup-ring on cover, first edition in original stapled pictorial wraps. Inscribed and signed by author. A fable about a San Francisco cat who becomes a celebrity.
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Art is a Horrible Waste of the Imagination

Art is a Horrible Waste of the Imagination

by English, Ron

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Used
Published
1988
Binding
Paperback
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New York: English & Eichman, 1988. paperback. 52p., profusely illus., very good condition. Early satire and visual puns from the contemporary artist.
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A slave's gambit: a new novel

A slave's gambit: a new novel

by Townsend, Larry; illustrated by Olaf

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Used
Published
1985
Binding
Pamphlet
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Los Angeles: Self-published by the author, 1985. Pamphlet. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus. with drawings and photographs, wraps lightly worn, else very good in stapled pictorial wraps.
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[Untitled flipbook zine of the World Trade Center attack]
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[Untitled flipbook zine of the World Trade Center attack]

by [Scott]

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Used
Published
[c20-?]
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Paperback
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npl: Self-published by the author, [c20-?]. Paperback. Unpaginated, 1.25x2.5 inch staplebound booklet in black vinyl wraps; color illus., in very good condition. Signed by what is assumed to the author.
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Boys in Bondage: illustrated

Boys in Bondage: illustrated

by Anonymous

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Used
Published
1982
Binding
Paperback
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New York: Star Dist, 1982. Paperback. 180p., explicit illustrations, very good first printing PBO in original explicit camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-51.
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The Roquefort Adventure. Translated from the French by Mary Mian; Illustrations by Yves Brayer; Wood Engraving by Gerard Angiolini

The Roquefort Adventure. Translated from the French by Mary Mian; Illustrations by Yves Brayer; Wood Engraving by Gerard Angiolini

by Pourrat, Henri

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Published
1956
Binding
Paperback
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Coulouma, France: Societe Anonyme des Caves et des Producteurs Reunis de Roquefort, 1956. Paperback. First edition of the "original English edition of this book", numerous illustrations (exceptional conception & coloring), No.3242 of a run of 5000 copies, 237p., fine presswork on lovely watermarked paperstock, softbound in 9.5x7 inch buff wraps titled in brown and black. Faint-ish dustsoil and faint… Read more about this item
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Maisy the activist colouring book

Maisy the activist colouring book

by Parsons, Lucy, pseudo

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Used
Published
nd
Binding
Pamphlet
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$12.00

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npl: Bungalow Press, nd. Pamphlet. 9p., 6x8 inch staplebound wraps; in very good condition.
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$12.00
The Black Cat Club; Negro humor & folk-lore. Illustrated by J.K. Bryans

The Black Cat Club; Negro humor & folk-lore. Illustrated by J.K. Bryans

by Corrothers, James D., illustrated by J. K. Bryans

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Used
Published
1972
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780404000233
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New York: AMS Press Inc, 1972. Hardcover. v, 264p., preface, 8 full page illustrations plus profuse illustrations in text (silhouettes all, outline portraits to fullpagers, humorous silhouettes of cats vignette-size around margins). Nice copy of this reprint (originally 1902), hardbound in 7x5 inch black cloth boards spine-lettered gilt. No jacket, but this republication may have been issued without one.… Read more about this item
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The Book of Embraces [signed]
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The Book of Embraces [signed]

by Galeano, Eduardo, translated by Cedric Belfrage with Mark Schafer

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Published
1991
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780393029604
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New York: W.W. Norton, 1991. Hardcover. 281p., signed on front free endpaper, illustrations, index, very good first edition, first printing stated in half-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket.
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Märchen von Julius Sturm. Illustrirte Ausgabe. Bilder von Olga von Fialka

Märchen von Julius Sturm. Illustrirte Ausgabe. Bilder von Olga von Fialka

by Sturm, Julius

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Published
1881
Binding
Hardcover
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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1881. Hardcover. iv, 180p., illustrations and text printed on semi-glazed alkaline paperstock, hardbound in 8x6 inch dark red cloth boards elaborately decorated with black & bronze paneling, titling gilt over large line-drawn picture, back-cover panel in blind, all textblock edges bear dim marbling. Figured endsheets. A good copy with areas of abrasion to front cover,… Read more about this item
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