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LOS ANGELES BARRIO CALLIGRAPHY

LOS ANGELES BARRIO CALLIGRAPHY by Romotsky, Sally and Jerry

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Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Title
LOS ANGELES BARRIO CALLIGRAPHY
Author
Romotsky, Sally and Jerry
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780870931703
Condition
Near fine.
Description
(Los Angeles): Dawson's Book Shop, 1976. First printing. Near fine.. Inscribed first edition of arguably the first serious scholarly study of contemporary graffiti. Sally and Jerry Romotsky's BARRIO CALLIGRAPHY examines the Los Angeles incarnations of Chicano and Chicana plaqueasos or placas. Gathered primarily through fieldwork and interviews, the book documents the alphabets, styles, designs, and methods (including how to decipher messages and markings) particular to the region and placing it among cultural traditions dating back to the 1930s. Part of the Los Angeles Miscellany series from Dawson's Book Shop (which also included among other titles THE ART OF STREET LIGHTING IN LOS ANGELES and MANHOLE COVERS OF LOS ANGELES), it is decidedly scarce - one of just 300 copies. While we've previously handled a couple of other examples, this is the first signed copy we've encountered. A founding document of modern graffiti. 9.5'' x 6''. Original quarter black cloth over photographic salmon-colored boards. No jacket, as issued. 80 pages. Inscribed by the authors on the front free endpaper: "To Bill / with love / Jerry and Sally / Romotsky." Loosely laid in are a press release and promotional flyer for a 1983 exhibition of Jerry Romotsky's paintings (where the book was likely signed), as well as eight color slides of Romotsky's graffiti-influenced works from that show. Minor soil to front cover, touches of shelfwear. Overall sound.
Facts for the People. Vol. I, no.3 [ca. May-June,1837]

Facts for the People. Vol. I, no.3 [ca. May-June,1837] by [ABOLITION NEWSPAPER] JONES, Benjamin S. (ed)

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books
Title
Facts for the People. Vol. I, no.3 [ca. May-June,1837]
Author
[ABOLITION NEWSPAPER] JONES, Benjamin S. (ed)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Anti-slavery Society of the City and County of Philadelphia; printed by Merrihew & Gunn, 1837. Single quarto issue (29cm x 23cm; ca. 11-1/2" x 9-1/4"). Bifolium (4pp), pages numbered [9]-12. Issued monthly. Old horizontal fold at center (as issued?); small loss at upper margin (away from printed area), brief separations at folds, without loss to text; complete and Good. Single issue of this very scarce, presumably short-lived abolitionist newspaper, published by Benjamin S. Jones under the auspices of the Anti-slavery Society of the City & County of Philadelphia. This copy with dated (1864) pencil ownership markings of "J.E. Jones," this possibly being the publisher's spouse, the reformer, abolitionist, and suffragist Jane Elizabeth Jones (née Hitchcock; 1816-1896). The paper's contents are devoted almost entirely to exposure of the injustices of the southern slave system, with excerpts from Southern papers quoted and sharply rebuked by Jones' editorial comments. This issue also includes a brief notice of the progress of the recently-founded city of Houston, Texas, which now contained "...about 3000 people, two hundred buildings, four hotels, thirteen retail stores, and one wholesale establishment..." The extracts quoted in this issue are generally dated from March, April, and May of 1837, leading us to suggest a May-June date for this issue. It is unclear how many issues of Facts for the People appeared. The only recorded example for a physical copy is at AAS, which holds two unspecified issues, with the annotation "sparse holdings." Not in LCP Afro-Americana. Not in Blockson.
Mother of Truth: A Story of Romance and Retribution Based on the Events of My Own Life

Mother of Truth: A Story of Romance and Retribution Based on the Events of My Own Life by ABRAMSON, Ivan (novel); POLITZER, [Irving] (jacket design)

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books
Title
Mother of Truth: A Story of Romance and Retribution Based on the Events of My Own Life
Author
ABRAMSON, Ivan (novel); POLITZER, [Irving] (jacket design)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Graphic Literary Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); purple cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; purple topstain; dustjacket; 230pp. Hint of sunning to upper board edges and topstain, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with light wear and a few small nicks to extremities and gentle sunning to spine. A novel based on events from the author's life, woven around the motion picture industry in modern Russia, with a dash of romance and a Tsar-like Trust which dominates the cinema field. Abramson was a Polish-born filmmaker and screenwriter in the U.S. with little fiction to his credit. An uncommon book, particularly in attractive condition.
Klinische Beitrage zur Psychoanalyse aus den Jahren 1907-1920

Klinische Beitrage zur Psychoanalyse aus den Jahren 1907-1920 by ABRAHAM, Karl

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Title
Klinische Beitrage zur Psychoanalyse aus den Jahren 1907-1920
Author
ABRAHAM, Karl
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1921. First Edition. Octavo (26.5cm.); publisher's black cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, all edges marbled; [4],301pp. Boards rather scuffed with some exposure at spine ends, textblock uniformly browned with a couple of leaves wrinkled, else Very Good and sound. At head of title: "Internationale Psychoanalytische Bibliothek Band 10.
Psychoanalytische Studien zur Charakterbildung

Psychoanalytische Studien zur Charakterbildung by ABRAHAM, Karl

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books
Title
Psychoanalytische Studien zur Charakterbildung
Author
ABRAHAM, Karl
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1925. First Edition. Slim octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, reddish-brown topstain; 64pp. Boards a bit scuffed, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound.
BITS 10

BITS 10 by Abbott, Lee et al. (ed.); Albert Goldbarth, Joseph Bruchac, Reg Saner, William Jay Smith and others

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Title
BITS 10
Author
Abbott, Lee et al. (ed.); Albert Goldbarth, Joseph Bruchac, Reg Saner, William Jay Smith and others
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Cleveland: Case Western, 1979. First Edition. Sewn illustrated wrappers. Poetry anthology with short poems Sheila Nickerson, Doyle Wesley Walls, Peter Wild, William Jay Smith, John Druska, Jared Carter, Leonard Nathan, Jim Handlin, Robley Wilson, Jr., Red Saner, Merry Speece, Albert Goldbarth, Scott Simmer, John Fandel, Dennis Trudell, Jean Balderson, Frank Short, William Hoagland, Sonia Gernes, and Joseph Bruchac. Near fine.
Bayviewer, Vol. 1, No. 4 (July-August, 1963)

Bayviewer, Vol. 1, No. 4 (July-August, 1963)

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Title
Bayviewer, Vol. 1, No. 4 (July-August, 1963)
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Berkeley: Lenlo Associates, 1967. Paperback. Very Good. photos, 20p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Monthly publication which appeared to have published its last issue in November, 1970. Lennie Anderson was President of Lenlo Associates and the editor of this magazine which, as the name implies, seems to have focused on the Bay area rather than just San Francisco. Issues are uncommon although OCLC locates 9 institutions with at least one issue.
The Southern Workman, Vol. LX, No. 4 (April, 1931)

The Southern Workman, Vol. LX, No. 4 (April, 1931)

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Title
The Southern Workman, Vol. LX, No. 4 (April, 1931)
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Hampton, Va: Hampton Institute, 1931. Paperback. Very Good. photos, pp. [147]-192. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Library stamp on front cover ("Library American Bible Society"). Contents include: "The Negro Rural School Problem," by Dennis R. Cooke (pages 156-160); "The Negro Church in Rural Virginia," by J. Marcus Ellison (pages 176-179; and."The Plight of the Pueblos," by Nathan R. Margold (pages179-184).
Africana Gandensia, [No.] 1

Africana Gandensia, [No.] 1

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Africana Gandensia, [No.] 1
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Gent: Seminarie voor Afrikaanse Culturgeschiedenis, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations (black & white), 162p. Sftcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Ex lib. (stamping front cover indicated this was discarded by Tozzer Library at Harvard. Articles in Dutch, English and French.
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Frontiers Of Civil Liberties by DORSEN, Norman

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Title
Frontiers Of Civil Liberties
Author
DORSEN, Norman
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
near fine
Description
New York: Pantheon, 1968. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(-). 420pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. darkened and is lightly soiled on spine). New York: Pantheon, (1968). Presentation copy to Leonard Boudin.

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