THE LIBERATOR by Liberator - 1921

Quiver, September 2012. Trade Paperback. VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Detroit: Pansy Press, 1972. An issue of this Detroit-based gay liberation newspaper. The highlight of this issue is the centerfold "Homosexuals Guide to Detroit: Perils and Pleasures." Other content includes articles on Stonewall & various aspects of the gay liberation movement; the first of a two-part series on being gay in prison; a crossword puzzle; poetry, fiction, artwork, underground comix, personals, and a directory. Side-folding tabloid format printed in red and black on newsprint, [20] p., illus. Toning to newsprint, else near fine.

[LGBTQ] Gay Liberator 1973 Newspaper: Gays in Prison No. 23. Detroit: Gay Liberator, Inc./Pansy Press, 1973. Newspaper measures 11" x 15.5" and is 20 pages. January 1973 (No. 23). The first gay newspaper in Michigan, the Gay Liberator was published on a monthly/bimonthly basis from 1970-1976 and features opinion essays, poetry, articles of reportage, letters to the editor, political commentary, and gay interest historical pieces. This issue features a special section titled "Prison and Homosexuality" which dives into the treatment of Gay Prisoners and work being done by the Prisoners' Labor Union to achieve equality. Additional sections discuss transgender identity "Transvestism", gay chefs "Gay Chef Grilled", gay Community Resources throughout Michigan,"Who What When Where" and additional artwork and advertisements for gay clubs and other gay culture including "Roger's Roost" and "Gay Male Theater" at the Wood-Six Twin Theatre. Cover is separating from wear, but is still attached. Pages are clean and… Read More

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION] The Liberator Extra: Our Foreign Relations, featuring a printing of Charles Sumner's 1863 speech. Boston, 10 September 1863. 4 pages. 21" x 16." The Liberator ran between 1831 and 1865 with the purpose of spreading anti-slavery sentiment and propagating the abolitionist cause. It was the most widely circulated liberationist newspaper during the Civil War and antebellum period. Famously, The Liberator denounced the Constitution, a controversial decision which resulted in an eventual split between Frederick Douglass and the newspaper's white founder William Lloyd Garrison. Reprinted in this particular issue is Senator Charles Sumner's speech, which was given at the Cooper Institute in New York City. In it, Sumner addresses the impending foreign relations crisis and denounces any new power with slavery as its cornerstone. He states: "The mistaken sympathy for which Foreign powers now bestow upon slavery...under the plausible name of neutrality... will be worse for them than us. For… Read More

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION] The Liberator. 4 pages. Vol. XV, No 52. Boston, 26 December 1845. 18" x 24." The newspaper's mission statement is printed adjacent to the headline, stating: "Slave-holders, Slave-traders, and Slave-drivers are to be placed on the same level of infamy, and in the same fiendish category, as kidnappers and menstealers, a race of monsters unparalleled in their assumption of power. Header illustration features white enslavers selling "slaves, horses & other cattle" at auction, while a group of African Americans stand nearby with their heads down. As the image continues toward the right, an Emancipation sign is shown overhead, while free Black men celebrate and wave flags. This Issue of abolitionist newspaper which features a column by Henry C. Wright about his time spent in Germany. Wright was a radical antislavery activist, controversial at the time for his staunch support of feminism and liberationist efforts. Also included in the newspaper is an op-ed with the headline, "The Black… Read More

[LGBTQ] Gay Liberator 1970s Newspaper Archive of 5 Newspapers. Detroit: Gay Liberator, Inc./Pansy Press, 1972-75. Pictorial wrappers. Each newspaper measures 11" x 15.5" and are about 20 pages total. This archive includes: July 1972 (No. 19), Jan. 1973 (Vol. 1, No. 23), June 1974 (Vol. 1, No. 38), Feb-Mar. 1975 (Vol. 1, No. 43), Spring 1976 (Vol. 1, No. 48). The first gay newspaper in Michigan, the Gay Liberator was published on a monthly/bimonthly basis from 1970-1976 and features opinion essays, poetry, articles of reportage, letters to the editor, political commentary, and gay interest historical pieces. Each paper includes a classified section, which was used by those seeking romantic connection. Topics covered within the newspapers range from "Conference conflicts", "Lesbian art", "Genetics", "Gay pride supplement", being gay in prison, and the Stonewall. A comprehensive look into gay life in Michigan, this archive is in very good condition.

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1946. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 127 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers. The author, Eric Hass, maintains that the Soviet brand of socialism is not socialism at all. Instead, he says, the USSR is an imperialist power bent on domination of other countries. Hass was a Socialist Labor Party stalwart who went on to be the SLP's candidate for president in four elections. CONDITION: Some creasing, soiling and toning to wrappers but internally clean and bright. Very Good.

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. 1988. Hardcover. First Edition (stated, actually First English-language Edition). Blue leatherette over boards with gold titles to spine and front board. Sewn binding. Sewn-in yellow silk place-marker. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Light remainder mark to top edge. Very slight edge-wear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. Not clipped. 502 pages.Garden of Repose (憩园, Qì Yuán, 1944) and Bitter Cold Nights (aka Cold Nights, 寒夜, Hán Yè, 1947) are both critiques of China's traditional Confucian family system focusing on emotionally fragile and weak men struggling and failing to deal with family demands and social pressure. Both are set in Sichuan during the Sino-Japanese War (World War II) and both have been adapted into movies at least twice. Garden of Repose is the story of two decadent and decaying families. It follows the live of two characters: a drug addict from a rich family forced to sell his family… Read More

Oscar-The-Grouch's Alphabet Of Trash (1977 Sesame Street Golden Shape 1st Ed. IMPRESSION "A", Western Publishing) RARE. Used. VG Paperback. Written by Moss, Jeffrey. Features Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets. Rare/Scarce.

Oscar Wilde. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 1944 Books, Inc., NY First Printing, December, 1944 in its original dust jacket. RARE THUS. Victorian Horror/Fantasy novel. USED. VG Condition/ Good- dust jacket. Jacket is missing the bottom half of its spine. Front cover illustration of a beautiful young aristocratic man and a large green face of the hideous, debauched monster he was later to become in the background. Cover art by RA. Jacket states: "A life with great possibilities that ends in disaster and tragedy – a great classic." Back panel lists "Midnite Mysteries" series titles. 220 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. Source material for the 1945 Warner Bros. horror film.

London: Progress Publishing Co. Ltd. for Unity Theatre Society Ltd., n.d. [1945]. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 184 x 121 mm), 11, [1] pages, in pictorial stapled wrappers (soft cover).A short history of the Unity Theatre, a left-wing theatre group founded in London in 1936. With four pages of black-and-white photographs of some of the theatre's productions. The striking cover photograph is from Sean O'Casey's "A Star Turns Red."In 1938, Paul Robeson played the role of a labor organizer in Ben Bengal's strike play, "Plant in the Sun." Moreover, Unity staged the British premieres of plays by Maxim Gorky, Bertolt Brecht, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Branches of Unity Theatre were established around the U.K. OCLC shows only six institutional holdings of this pamphlet: Michigan, Wisconsin, Waterloo, Auckland, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the National Library of Scotland. SCARCE. CONDITION: Mild external wear, some soiling to lower wrapper, staple rusted but internally… Read More

2 VOLUMES. Hughes, Rupert: Miss 318 AND Miss 318 And Mr. 37. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1911, 1912 1st Editions. Illustrated by Victor Semon Perard. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. NO DUST JACKETS ARE INCLUDED. RARE Historical fiction based on actual events that occurred during the TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE: "One of the worst industrial disasters in the history of New York City, causing 146 deaths and an unknown number of injuries, took place on Saturday, March 25, 1911, at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.

Marbled boards with gift inscription on free endpaper, dated 1892. Hardcover measures 17 x12mm, octavo with intro by William Sharp. Minor edge wear to boards. Pages have minor age toning. 2 other stories included in the 275 pages, ROSICRUCIANS AND THE FREEMASONS as well as KANT ON NATIONAL CHARACTER IN RELATION TO....

Wing Lung Bank, n. 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Wing Lung Bank, 1976. Very Good.

1970 Guardian first American editions. Credited to author Baik Bong, the books are thought to be collectively written by the Chinese and North Korean governments.
First published in the Korean language in 1968 and 1969. The English language translations were first published in 1969 and 1970, in Japan, under the Miraisha imprint.
The three books offered in this listing are first American editions, with US copyrights and Library of Congress catalog numbers. Kim's three volume biography was published and distributed worldwide under various imprints and languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, and Serbian. Presumably, this worldwide distribution was undertaken in support of "exporting revolution", a priority of the Chinese government in the 1960's and 1970's.
Condition of the three books and dust jackets is Very Good Plus. The books have sound bindings, complete and unmarked inside pages. The dust jackets show only light shelf wear, are not price clipped, and are protected in new mylar covers.
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