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Kafirs Illustrated, The

Kafirs Illustrated, The by ANGAS, George French

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Title
Kafirs Illustrated, The
Author
ANGAS, George French
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David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: J. Hogarth, [1849]. Of the three works, The Kaffirs Illustrated is the most uncommon" (Tooley). With Thirty Beautiful Hand-Colored Plates ANGAS, George French. The Kafirs Illustrated, in a Series of Drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa Tribes; also, Portraits of the Hottentot, Malay, Fingo, and other races inhabiting Southern Africa: Together with Sketches of Landscape Scenery in the Zulu Country, Natal, and the Cape Colony. London: G. Barclay for J. Hogarth, [1849]. First Edition. Large folio (19 9/16 x 14 1/8 inches; 497 x 359 mm.). [ii], [i]-viii, [9-52] pp. Lithographed frontispiece portrait on India proof paper mounted, lithographed title-page, lithographed dedication leaf, and thirty finely hand-colored lithographed plates drawn on stone by G.F. Angas, M. & N. Hanhart, B.W. Hawkins, A. Laby, J. Needham, and W. Wing, after Angas. Eleven wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Small closed tear repaired to margin of plate 17, not affecting illustration. Plate number 18 slightly toned and with very small chip to margin, again not affecting illustration. With a chapter entitled "General Remarks on the Races Inhabiting Southern Africa." Bound ca. 1849 by Bull & Son of Surbiton (stamp-signed in black on front free endpaper). Contemporary half black straight-grain morocco over green cloth boards ruled in gilt, front board with title printed in gilt, within decorative gilt border. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked with original spine laid down. Some occasional very light foxing to a few plates. Small ex-library sticker on front pastedown. First edition of this scarce and important nineteenth century survey of South Africa, including outstanding portraits, depicting the local ethnic groups such as the Khoikhoi (then referred to as Hottentots), Cape Malays and Zulus. The plates also include superb views of Cape Town, Durban, Wynberg, Hottentot Holland, Genadendal, Paarl and Somerset West. "The three large works by George French Angas, The Kaffirs Illustrated, The New Zealanders Illustrated and South Australia Illustrated, are amongst the most important of the illustrated travel books of their period... Of the three works, The Kaffirs Illustrated is the most uncommon" (Tooley). According to OCLC there are just 15 copies of The Kafirs Illustrated in libraries and institutions worldwide compared to 38 copies of South Australia Illustrated and 42 copies of The New Zealanders Illustrated. George French Angas (1822-1886), also known as G.F.A., was an English explorer, artist, naturalist, zoologist, painter and poet who emigrated to Australia. He studied anatomical drawing and lithography in London prior to traveling to New Zealand and Australia, and, for two years, in South Africa - resulting in the present work. His paintings are held in a number of important Australian public art collections. He was the eldest son of George Fife Angas, who was prominent in the early days of the colonization of South Australia. Angas painted some of the earliest views of South Australia. Arriving in Adelaide in January 1844, Following a trip to New Zealand he returned to South Australia in 1845 and traveled to Port Lincoln. In the following year he returned for a short while to England, accompanied by a young M ori man, Hemi Pomara, who was exhibited alongside Angas's paintings at the Egyptian Hall in London. Angas' next journey in 1846 was to South Africa, where he spent two years in Natal and the Cape, working on a series of drawings and watercolors which were published in 1849 as The Kafirs Illustrated. Abbey, Travel, 339; Bobins I, 71; Colas 134; Mendelssohn I, pp. 45-46; Theal p.9; Tooley 60.
Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque

Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque by AUBRY, Charles; CHAZAL; BELLANGÉ; PIGAL

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Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque
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AUBRY, Charles; CHAZAL; BELLANGÉ; PIGAL
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David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
Paris: Chez Ambroise Tardieu, Editeur, 1823. Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Caricatures of Various Diseases AUBRY, Charles and others. Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque, Recueil de vingt caricatures médicales dessinées par Aubry, Chazal, Colin, Bellangé, et Pigal. Paris: Huzard-Courcier (for) Chez Ambrose Tardieu, 1823. First edition of this exceptionally rare satirical album illustrating imagined personifications of medical ailments through grotesque and darkly humorous lithographs. A remarkable early contribution to medical caricature, bringing together leading illustrators of the period under the lithographic direction of Langlumé. The diseases personified include gout, vapors, indigestion, colic, apoplexy, madness, St. Guy's dance (Sydenham's chorea), asthma, jaundice, smallpox, toothache, tic douloureux, migraine, and others, each portrayed with comic theatricality and richly detailed physiognomy. Oblong folio (9 7/16 x 12 1/2 inches; 240 x 317 mm). [8, half-title, vignette title & Introduction], [40] pp. of text in double columns. Twenty hand-colored lithographed plates by Aubry, Chazal, Colin, Bellangé, et Pigal. Plates lithographed by Langlumé. Scattered foxing and browning. Tiny paper flaw (3/8 x 1/4 inch) to lower-margin of last plate. Each plate accompanied by two pages of text. Neat ink inscription on front free endpaper. Publisher's dark red decorative paper over boards with hand-colored lithographed pictorial label (by Colin) on front cover depicting two men kneeling, each kissing a hand of an elegantly dressed female skeleton with a wide brim hat. At the feet of one man are open and stacked books; at the feet of the other man is a collection of bottles. A skull and crossbones are in a tree, and in the background are tombstones. Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Spine expertly restored, some wear to extremities and corners. Overall, an excellent copy in the original binding. Housed in a fleece-lined quarter black morocco clamshell case, spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. An extraordinary survival in its original publisher's pictorial binding-a true rarity of French satirical lithography and a visually arresting artifact of medical and artistic crosscurrents in Restoration-era France. Not in Carteret; not in Colas or Grand-Carteret; OCLC locates only a handful of institutional holdings worldwide. 1. 'L'Apoplexie foudroyante' (Charles Aubry 1822) 2. 'L'Asthme,' 3. 'Le Cauchemar,' (Alexandre-Marie Colin) 4. 'La Colique,' 5. 'Les Cors aux Pieds,' (Edme-Jean Pigal) 6. 'La Courbature,' (Alexandre-Marie Colin) 7. 'La Danse de Saint Guy,' 8. 'Les Envies de Femmes Grosses,' (Edme-Jean Pigal) 9. 'La Folie,' (Charles Aubry) 10. 'La Gale,' (Hippolyte Bellangé) 11. ''La Goutte,' (Hippolyte Bellangé) 12. 'L'Indigestion,' (Charles Aubry) 13. 'La Jaunisse,' (Alexandre-Marie Colin) 14. 'Les Loupes,' (Edme-Jean Pigal) 15. 't,' (Charles Aubry) 16. 'La Migraine,' 17. 'La Petite Vérole,' 18. 'Les Tics,' (Edme-Jean Pigal) 19. 'Les Vapeurs,' (Alexandre-Marie Colin) 20. 'Le Ver Solitaire' Charles Aubry (fl. 1817-1837). Charles Aubry was an early lithographic artist who made his reputation with hunting scenes and military subjects. In 1822 he accepted the post of professor of art at l'Ecole Militaire de Saumur. In 1823 he published Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque in which he wrote the forty pages of text and together with Antoine Chazal (1793-1854), Alexandre-Marie Colin (1798-1875), Edme-Jean Pigal (1798-1872) & Hippolyte Bellangé (1800-1866) made the illustrations for the twenty highly amusing lithographs. Listings from the records of the Restoration Salon indicates that Charles Aubry contributed one lithograph to the 1824 exhibition. Norman Library 30. .
Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of the Wretched

Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of the Wretched by ATKINSON, John Augustus

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Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of the Wretched
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ATKINSON, John Augustus
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David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
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London: Wm. Miller, 1807. The Miseries of Human Life" Depicted in Sixteen Amusing Hand Colored Etched Plates [ATKINSON, John Augustus]. Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of The Wretched. London: Published by Wm. Miller, 1807. First edition. Small oblong quarto (6 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches; 172 x 206 mm.). Hand-colored etched vignette title and sixteen hand-colored etched plates (one folding). At the top of each plate a reference is given to its place in James Beresford's Miseries of Human Life. Each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. Plates watermarked 1802, text watermarked 1806. Three plates with professionally repaired tears (see below), another with marginal foxing. One leaf of text with small (one inch) lower blank marginal tear. Some minor mainly marginal foxing or soiling. Modern full red morocco, covers ruled and decorated in gilt, front cover titles in gilt, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt,marbled endpapers. Old booksellers description on front paste-down. An excellent uncut copy. "[Atkinson's] Sixteen Scenes taken from the miseries of Human Life, by one of the Wretched...was published by W. Miller in 1807, and is illustrated by etchings, mostly in soft-ground, coloured by hand. His spirited and clever drawings are full of character, surpassing those of Alken. No. II, 'Seeing the boy who is next above you flogged for a repetition which you know you cannot say,' should appeal to most Britons. The angry schoolmaster, laying on the birch with will, the pathetic countenance of the horsed victim, and the anguished stare of the miserable onlooker, waiting his turn with the book in hand, are all most happily and naturally expressed. Another excellent drawing, well worthy of Rowlandson, is No. IX.-'Miseries of Watering-Places.' A noteworthy point about the book is that the title and the idea of the illustrations seem to have inspired Rowlandson, whose Miseries of Human Life appeared, a year later, in 1808" (Martin Hardie). The Plates: 1. Miseries of the Country. 2. Miseries of Games, Sports, &c. 3. Miseries of London. (text leaf with 1 inch tear at lower blank margin) 4. Miseries of Stage Coaches. 5. Miseries of Social Life 6. Miseries of Reading and Writing. 7. Miseries Domestic. 8. Miseries Miscellaneous. 9. Miseries of Watering Places. 10. Miseries of Fashionable Life. (blank margins a little spotted) 11. Miseries of Fashionable Life. 12. Miseries of London - The Theatres. 13. Miseries of Travelling. 14. Miseries of the Table. (folding - professionally repaired tear and strengthened at fold) 15. Miseries Domestic. 16. Miseries Miscellaneous. (text plate neatly repaired at inner blank margin) Abbey, Life, 259. Bobins IV, 1321; Martin Hardie, p. 156. Prideaux, p. 319. Not in Tooley.
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URSS en Construction. 1917-1937 20 Ans de la grande Revolution socialiste d'Octobre. Nos. 9-10-11-12. by Lissitzky, El

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URSS en Construction. 1917-1937 20 Ans de la grande Revolution socialiste d'Octobre. Nos. 9-10-11-12.
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Lissitzky, El
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Ursus Books (United States)
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1937. LISSITZKY, El. URSS en Construction. XX Ans de la grande Revolution socialiste d'Octobre. Nos. 9-10-11-12. 1917-1937. [116] pp., illustrated throughout. Folio, 415 x 290 mm., bound in original wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Moscow: Editions d'Etat des Beaux-Arts, 1937. One of the more spectacular and substantial issues, being a quadruple number, of this landmark periodical, this one lavishly designed by Lissitzky. This particular issue celebrates 20 years since the October Revolution and is devoted to the Stalinist Constitution. Material lost at the head and tail of spine, otherwise a fine copy Parr and Badger, The Photobook I, 148-149.
Autograph letter signed to unidentified author [Sir Astley Cooper] . Excellent content 2pp., 4to. 8-22-1806

Autograph letter signed to unidentified author [Sir Astley Cooper] . Excellent content 2pp., 4to. 8-22-1806 by Barclay, John

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Autograph letter signed to unidentified author [Sir Astley Cooper] . Excellent content 2pp., 4to. 8-22-1806
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Barclay, John
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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Kilbryde Castle, 1806. Barclay, John (1758-1826). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient, almost certainly Astley Cooper (1768-1841). Kilbryde Castle [Scotland], August 22, 1806. 2pp. 227 x 187 mm. Minor dust-soiling, 2 or 3 small marginal tears, tiny paper flaw slightly affecting 1 word. Very good. From John Barclay, one of the most distinguished teachers of anatomy in Edinburgh during the first decades of the 19th century, discussing different types of hernia. The recipient was almost certainly British surgeon Astley Cooper, who at the time this letter was written was in the midst of preparing the second volume of his classic work on the surgical treatment of hernia, published in 1807 (see Garrison-Morton 3581). William Fergusson, in his "Lectures on the progress of surgery during the present century" (Medical Times and Gazette 1 [June 11, 1864]: 635-38), noted that "when Astley Cooper was engaged in his great and interesting labours on hernia nothing would satisfy him but a sight of the fact that the obdurator artery might encircle the inner side of the neck of a crural hernia. The first preparation that gave this proof was in the museum of the famous professor of anatomy in Edinburgh, John Barclay (now incorporated in the collection of the Royal College of Surgeons in that city), who actually forwarded it to London to satisfy the hesitation of the great surgeon. It was returned with complimentary thanks, and this anatomical fact, now familiar to the simplest novice, was soon after made extensively known to the professional world" (p. 636). Barclay's letter reads in part as follows: "I shall this evening write to my friend Dr. Hamilton Professor of midwifery who I am persuaded will not refuse to communicate any information that he has on the species of hernia to which you allude. As for the hernia which I met with and of which you have a drawing I am sorry to say that I met with it for the first time in the class and know nothing whatever of its previous history. The subject in which I found it was a female and apparently above 40 years of age. I am glad to learn that your drawing is by Mr. Stewart and that your engraving is to be executed by Mr. Heath for believe me I am much interested in any thing that either adds to the value or ornament of your work and I hope that both your profession and your country will be grateful for it . . ." "Dr. Hamilton" refers to Alexander Hamilton (1739-1802), professor of midwifery at Edinburgh University and author of several works on obstetrics and gynecology. The engraver Barclay mentioned was James Heath (1757-1834); the artist is less easy to identify, but could have been Anthony Stewart (1773-1846). .
Importations of Champagne Wines into the United States in 1880, According to Bonfort's Wine & Liquor Circular of Jan. 10, 1881

Importations of Champagne Wines into the United States in 1880, According to Bonfort's Wine & Liquor Circular of Jan. 10, 1881 by [Trade card – champagne; G.H. Mumm & Co. (New York)]

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Importations of Champagne Wines into the United States in 1880, According to Bonfort's Wine & Liquor Circular of Jan. 10, 1881
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[Trade card – champagne; G.H. Mumm & Co. (New York)]
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
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[New York: the company]; Neuman & Dinglinger, Lith, 1881. Trade card (15.5 x 8.7 cm.). Recto is a chromolithograph printed in red, pale blue, and gold; verso printed in red and black. A trade card advertising the G.H. Mumm Champagne imported by Fred de Bary & Co., located at the time at 43 & 44 Warren Street in New York City. The card lists the comparative quantities of champagnes brought into the United States by various importers. Of a total of 214, 732 cases of the bubbles, G.H. Mumm & Co. tops the list at 69, 308 cases. Near fine.
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The Cuirass Tomb and Other Finds at Dendra. Part I: The Chamber Tombs. In collaboration with N.M. Verdelis, N.-G. Gejvall, H. Hjelmqvist. (Studies in Mediterraneaen Archaeology. 4.) by Åström, Paul.

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The Cuirass Tomb and Other Finds at Dendra. Part I: The Chamber Tombs. In collaboration with N.M. Verdelis, N.-G. Gejvall, H. Hjelmqvist. (Studies in Mediterraneaen Archaeology. 4.)
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Åström, Paul.
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Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
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Göteborg (Paul Åströms Förlag), 1977.. 144, (4)pp., 32 plates. 149 text illus. Lrg. 4to. Wraps.
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Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection. Essay: Martin Royalton-Kisch. by (Abrams Collection) Robinson, William W.

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Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection. Essay: Martin Royalton-Kisch.
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(Abrams Collection) Robinson, William W.
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Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
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Cambridge/New Haven (Harvard Art Museums/ Yale University Press), 2002.. 299, (1)pp. Prof. illus. (numerous color). Lrg. 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with exhibitions at the British Museum, London, June-Sept. 2002, the Institut Néerlandais, Paris, Oct.-Dec. 2002, and the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, March-July 2003.
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NIGHT UNTO NIGHT by WYLIE, Philip

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NIGHT UNTO NIGHT
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WYLIE, Philip
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. 8vo, pp. 372. VG in little chipped dj. A novel, made into a film starring Ronald Reagan and Viveca Lindfors, with their pictures on the dust jacket.
Castes and tribes on the tea-estates of North-East India

Castes and tribes on the tea-estates of North-East India

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Castes and tribes on the tea-estates of North-East India
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[Gurgaon]: Vintage Books, 1989. Second edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 360; fine in original green cloth, very good dust wrapper. "Labour on the tea-estates was drawn not only from the nearby areas but from as far as Eastern, Southern, and Central India and it was absolutely necessary for the managers to know about the principal castes and tribes, their origin, customs, religious beliefs and festivals etc. of the tribal people working for them. The object of this work was to present such information in a summarised and easily accessible form.
Selected Stories of Sholom Aleichem

Selected Stories of Sholom Aleichem by Aleichem, Sholom

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Selected Stories of Sholom Aleichem
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Aleichem, Sholom
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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NY: Modern Library, 1956. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Very good hardback in a lightly rubbed and edgeworn jacket.
John Folsom: Strange-Scapes

John Folsom: Strange-Scapes by Alembik, Lisa

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John Folsom: Strange-Scapes
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Alembik, Lisa
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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NP: NP, ND. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 50 page exhibition catalog.
The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings

The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings by ALBERT, Neale M. and Tom Grill

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The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings
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ALBERT, Neale M. and Tom Grill
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780910672672
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New York: The Grolier Club and Picoolo Press, 2006. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 212 pages. Published in conjunction an exhibition that ran September 13 through November 4, 2006. Features texts Patricia Juvelis and Neal M. Albert. Includes numerous color images taken by Tom Grill. A fine copy in cloth boards with color image inset into the front cover and in a fine matching cloth covered slipcase. No dust jacket as issued.
It's our fight too - Support the State strike! [handbill]

It's our fight too - Support the State strike! [handbill]

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It's our fight too - Support the State strike! [handbill]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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San Francisco: n.pub, 1968. 8.5x14 inch mimeographed handbill, creased and foxed, short edge tear. The demands of the Black Student Union and Third World Liberation Front are listed on the verso.

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