Helix Newspaper (7 Issues: Vol. 11 No. 1, 2, 6, ?, 17, 18, 19) (January - May 1970) by Helix Staff - 1970

New York, Pageant Press, 1953, hardcover, viii-173 pp, First Edition stated, Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end and corner wear. An epic work of verse comprising a collection of inter-related poems 'to help establish a lasting peace upon our earth'. Presented as a tale of happenings to a family in varying voices of the Father, the Mother, and the Son.

Braamfontein, South Africa: Ravan Press, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1982 issue of this important multiracial South African literary magazine. Includes work by a vast number of writers. Unmarked copy, clean with minor creasing.

The Poison Belt. 1913 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. By Arthur Conan Doyle. "Being an account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor Challenger" Hodder & Stoughton/ George H. Doran. States Hodder & Stoughton on the spine. RARE. Illustrated. Red Boards with gilt titling. Gilting still bright. All 16 B&W plates, including frontis, present and affixed to binding. USED. Bright pages. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. 252 pages.

New York: Partisan Review, 1935. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Rare early issue, includes writing by Nelson Algren, Muriel Rukeyser, et al. Unmarked copy, chip at lead of spine, a bit of wear to lap edges, last two leaves have some edge tearing.

Smith, Lillian. Strange Fruit. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944 1st. Edition, Stated 23rd Printing Thus. BANNED BOOK. USED. VG/VG Dust jacket. Author photo back panel. Now protected in a mylar wrap. About this book: Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling novel debut by American author Lillian Smith that dealt with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. The title was originally "Jordan is so Chilly", with Smith later changing the title to Strange Fruit.

Pittsburgh, PA: The Slovak League of America, 1917. SCARCE. One page corner crease and wrappers lightlly soiled, Else Fine. The author was formerly of the Austro-Hungarian Diplomatic Service, and played a key role in alerting the U.S. government to German intrigue and sabotage in the runup to U.S. entry into WWI. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

New York: Socialist Worker's Party, 1972. Four page newsprint, centerfold, printed in black and red, 11 1/2" x 17 1/2". Very Good, curling at corners. RARE. The 1972 Presidential campaign platform for Linda Jenness and Andrew Pulley, with a slate of local candidates and bios of the two candidates. . First Edition. Newsprint. Very Good. 11 1/2" x 17 1/2".

New York: Communist Party USA, 1972. RARE. Four panel brochure, paper evenly browned else Very Good condition, 8.5 x 11 inches (folded size). Cover photo of women carrying children, inner photo across fold of children's bodies in a row. The biggest ever bombing campaign by US B-52 aircraft took place over Christmas, 1972, when the US dropped at least 20,000 tonnes of explosives on North Vietnam, mostly Hanoi. More than 1,000 Vietnamese died,. First Edition. Newsprint. Very Good.

San Francisco: Friends of Nicaraguan Culture, 1989. RARE original poster for this program featuring authors Ernesto Cardenal and Alic Walker, poet and playwright MIchael McClure, David Clennnon (actor from MISSING), Mayor of Berkeley Gus Newport, and music by Los Peludos. Design by Malaquias Montoya, printed at Inkworks Press.The poster icludes a quote from Cardenal's "Luces" in Vuelos de victoria/ Flights of Victory (1985) that reads "It's against the darkness, this revolution .... and the beginning of everything that was to come". Near Fine, faint creasing. Offset lithograph poster featuring a strong graphic image in red and black on a white background. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 24 3/8" x 17 5/8".

"TIME, a book of words and pictures by William Burroughs, and with 4 drawings by Brion Gysin." A limited English printing made on a spirit duplicator, a collector has told me, by poet Jim Pennington of Brighton. The original printings by 'C' Press were less than 1000 copies, some signed. These are rare. But for English Burroughs collectors especially, this 'pirate' edition is what circulated in the UK and was influential on the underground circuit.This copy was obtained by me from Unicorn Bookshop who was publishing a book of mine at the time.15 sheets printed on both sides. The soft duplicated sheets are attached with staples along the top edge. Paper is tanned with age. (see 7 photos)
In Reality Studio, Jed Birmingham writes:
"Time is the fullest expression of Burroughs' experimentation with the newspaper and magazine format that is part parody and part critique as well as an expression of a new format and form capable of expressing a greater truth than fiction or journalism separately."
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