Posters from Lorne Bair Rare Books

N.p., n.d. [Washington, D.C: GPO, c.1933]. Original window poster, 27-1/2" x 21". Offset lithograph, printed in two colors. Original horizontal and vertical folds; splits at left and right margins, a few small losses, including about a 1/4" loss to paper at fold and at center; another small (ca 1/2" x 1/4") loss at upper margin; a few small stains.… Read more about this item

Mexico: Blas Vanegas Arroyo, 1919. Broadside, printed in black on newsprint (measuring 40cm x 60cm), with text in six columns, large engraving at center, beneath five smaller ones. Faint horizontal fold smoothed out at center, a few tiny tears along margins, expected toning; Very Good or better. Well-preserved example of this large Calavera broadside attributed to Manuel Manilla (see… Read more about this item

[New York: 1972]. Poster, 22" x 17". Offset lithograph, printed in black on white poster stock. Signed in block "W.F. 72", lower right; printers bug upper right. Slight toning evident on lighter portions; light creasing and one pin-hole at extremities; Very Good (B/B+). Not backed. Announcement for a live music performance at the Hotel Diplomat on West… Read more about this item

N.p., s.i., [1971]. Original offset lithograph, 17" x 11", printed in reddish-brown ink on off-white, uncoated poster stock. Photographic portrait vignette at center of sheet within a thick plain border; one line of text at bottom margin below border. Slight soil and creasing to extremities, and a single short, closed tear at lower right; Very Good (B/B+). … Read more about this item

[Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, 1970]. Original illustrated poster, silkscreened in black and burnt orange on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips, measuring 38cm x 56cm (15" x 22"). Thin strip of toning, a few tiny splits; Near Fine. Among the most striking designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970, depicting… Read more about this item

New York: Committee to Defend the Panther 21, [ca.1970-71]. Original poster, with text and illustrations offset printed in red and black on white stock, measuring 43.5cm x 28cm (17" x 11"). Some light toning and seven small tears to extremities, with a small loss to lower right corner; Very Good+. Poster produced by the New York Committee to Defend… Read more about this item

Washington DC: New Mobilization Committee, 1969. First Edition. Original illustrated poster, offset printed in red and black on white stock, measuring 38cm x 59cm (ca 15" x 23"). Mild handling, a few vertical creases smoothed out, with a handful of small closed tears to the margins; unbacked; Very Good+. Poster issued in advance of the New Mobe's November,… Read more about this item

[Chicago: S.i., 1987]. Original poster, with text and team photo offset printed on white stock, measuring 42.5cm x 28cm (16.75" x 11"). A Fine copy. A relic of the month-long NFL players' strike during the 1987 season. During the brief period that NFL players went on strike, owners were forced to hire replacements to come in and play the… Read more about this item

Chicago: Allied Printing, [1987]. Original placard, with text offset printed in dark blue on chipboard, measuring 35.5cm x 56cm (14" x 22"). Hint of foxing along upper margin, else very Near Fine. A relic of the month-long NFL players' strike during the 1987 season. During the brief period that NFL players went on strike, owners were forced to hire… Read more about this item

Washington DC: National Peace Action Coalition, [1971]. First Edition. Original poster, with text and photo offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 28cm x 43.25cm (11" x 17"). Horizontal fold at center, some mild wear and toning to extremities, with holograph date (in ink) on verso; Very Good+. Striking poster produced by the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC)… Read more about this item

[San Francisco: Journal of Black Poetry], 1970. Original illustrated poster, printed in black on white stock, measuring 44.5cm x 57.5cm (17.5" x 22.5"). Edges a little curled from being rolled, else Fine (unbacked). Promotional poster for The Journal of Black Poetry Press, a significant Bay Area periodical founded by Joe Goncalves in 1966. The poster features striking Afrofuturist imagery… Read more about this item

[Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, 1970]. Original illustrated poster, silkscreened in camo green on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips, measuring 38cm x 56cm (15" x 22"). Some splitting along the center fold, discreetly and archivally reinforced on verso; Very Good+. An arresting image portraying the gears of the war machine, with silhouettes of human beings inside… Read more about this item

[Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, 1970]. Original illustrated poster, silkscreened in blue on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips, measuring 38cm x 56cm (15" x 22"). A Fine copy. Attractive poster featuring an altered version of the Great Seal of the United States, bearing the slogan "Americans Want Peace." One of some 600+ designs created by Berkeley… Read more about this item

Madrid: Gráficas Reunidas U.H.P., [1938]. Original illustrated poser, offset printed in colors on beige stock, measuring 68.5cm x 100cm (27" x 39.25"). Light wear and toning to extremities, a few old folds smoothed-out, with several tiny nicks and small edge tears, a few tiny splits at intersection of folds, and a small loss toward lower margin, just above the… Read more about this item

n.p., n.d. (Detroit, ca 1997?). Machine lithograph, 18" x 22", printed in black and red on white background. Signed by the artist lower right. Fine. Poster published during the Detroit News Strike, when staff from Detroit's two major dailies, the News and the Free Press, striking over wages and conditions, left to form their own weekly tabloid,… Read more about this item

New York: Orcutt Co, [1898]. Lithograph in colors, 49cm x 32.5cm (19" x 12-3/4"). Printed on thin coated stock, text in three lines below large central image of a bearded laborer. Small marginal loss at left (away from printed area); a few small marginal tears, small area of ink (?) specks at left of image. Overall Very Good. The… Read more about this item

Paris: Bibliothèque Forney, 1997. Quarto (27cm). Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 93pp; illus. Mild external wear, with some faint surface scratches to covers, else Near Fine. Catalogue for a 1997 exhibition of graphic masterpieces from the collections of the State Library, Moscow. Text entirely in French.

[Washington?]: National Welfare Rights Organization, n.d. but 1972. Strike placard comprised of original photographic poster (43x28cm.) printed offset in purple and black on white stock, stapled to pastepaper board, hole-punched and threaded with thick string for hanging around neck. Extremities rather chipped and bottom edge slightly curled, poster rather dust-soiled, else Good or better, with clear evidence of use.… Read more about this item

N.p.: Artists' and Writers' Protest / Colorcraft, Inc, [1972]. First Edition. Original photographic poster, offset printed in colors on white stock, measuring 96.5cm x 63.5cm (ca.38" x 25"). Some minor handling, trivial wear to extremities, else very Near Fine / A (unbacked). One of the most gruesome and effective pieces of propaganda to emerge during the Vietnam War, reproducing… Read more about this item

Paris: Binet, 1848. First Edition. Original oversized pictorial broadside (52.5x78cm.); adorned with calendars for the years 1849 and 1850 on left and right margins and eleven steel-engraved vignettes of scenes from the February Revolution in Paris, 1848. Previous folds with some subsequent splitting touching text and images without loss, general wrinkling and a few soil spots, else Very Good… Read more about this item