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Apart From the Obvious Exceptions
by Bonanno, Alfredo M.
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- 2009
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Frederick, MD: After the Fall Press and Distro, 2009. Pamphlet. 30p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine. Contains the title essay, an interview with Bonanno from Radio Onda Rossa, and "A Few Considerations by a Frequenter of the Courts.
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Fresh Troops
by Cook, Jack
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 2007
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$20.00
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Oswego: Red Bear Press, 2007. Paperback. viii, 110p., paperback, 4.25x7 inches, very good. Only one copy found in OCLC as of July 2022. Cook was a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War and joined the New York Catholic Worker Community. In 1968, he was arrested for refusing the draft and sent to prison for two years, inspiring some of… Read more
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Pence Springs Resort
by Roloff, Stefan; text by Ellen F. Salpeter
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 1995
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- 9780964134737
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$25.00
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New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1995. Pamphlet. 20p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. Installation art based on the story of Robin C. Martin, who committed suicide in 1981 while in solitary confinement at the West Virginia State Prison for Women. The prison was first built as a luxury resort, then used as a prison… Read more
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Truck of Fools
by Liscano, Carlos, translated by Elizabeth Hampsten
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 2004
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- 9780826514646
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$15.00
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Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University, 2004. Hardcover. x, 126p., translator's note, afterword, very good first US English-language edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Memoir of imprisonment and torture of a Uruguayan poet held for thirteen years under the neofascist regime.
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Maidanek, un camp d'extermination. Suivi du Compte rendu de la Commission d'enquete polono-sovietique. Coverture de Joel
by Simonov, Constantin
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- 1940
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Paris: Editions Sociales, 1940. Pamphlet. 40p., two illustrations only, a sketch of skulls by Joel front cover, trial photo of perpetrators back cover. Text entirely in French. Softbound, an 8x5.5 inch stapled pamphlet. Of two staples, one is rusted with slight migration and has pulled away from cover wraps, while the other staple is holding, but most leaves bear… Read more
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The murder of Captain Fryatt
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- 1916
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$17.00
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London : New York : Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. Pamphlet. 47p., 5x7.25 inch wraps; frontis., b&w photos., staples slightly rusted, slight soil on front wrap, small tears on head and tail of spine, small stain on page 39, else in good condition.
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Bitter Eden a novel
by Afrika, Tatamkhulu [aka Mogamed Fu'ad Nasif]
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 2014
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- 9781250043665
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$25.00
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New York: Picador, 2014. Hardcover. vii, 232p., note from the publisher, very good first US edition, first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Autobiographical novel about POWs in Italy & Germany who must come to terms with desires in all-male confinement. The author was of Arab & Turkish ancestry, raised by Christians after being orphaned. The book was… Read more
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The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. VII, no. 26, Saturday, February 19, 1972
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- 1972
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$145.00
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Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1972. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid newspaper; Horizontal fold, mild handling wear. Emory Douglas poster on rear cover depicts Huey Newton. Cover story, "Caution: survival is criminal - events in two Black men's lives dramatize why," discusses the cases of two men senteneced to life in prison in their early 20s.
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Case of the Trenton Six. Background material
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- 1949
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$150.00
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[New York]: [Civil Rights Congress], 1949. Handbill. Two 8.5x14 inch mimeographed sheets, staple removed from upper left corner; "From Civil Rights Congress, NY, 1949" penciled at upper right. On the case of six young Black men accused of murdering white shopkeeper William Horner. After a problematic trial with many irregularities, they were convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced… Read more
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![cover of Attica / The United Cerebral Palsy Assn. will give its Humanitarian of the Year Award to Nelson A. Rockefeller. Demonstration Hilton Hotel Oct. 14 7:30 [poster]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/267/676/1483676267.0.m.jpg)
Attica / The United Cerebral Palsy Assn. will give its Humanitarian of the Year Award to Nelson A. Rockefeller. Demonstration Hilton Hotel Oct. 14 7:30 [poster]
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- 1971
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$75.00
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[New York], 1971. Poster. 10x11.75 inch poster depicting Rockefeller opening his coat to reveal two bloodied prisoners; some corner creasing, bottom edge torn with some chipping. An example of the passionate response by student activists to Rockefeller's role in the deadly crackdown at Attica. The following month saw the first public event of the Attica Brigade as such; it… Read more
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GCN - Gay Community News: the gay weekly; vol. 5, #32, Feb. 25, 1978: Harvey Milk Interview
by Seng, Harry, editor, Harvey Milk, Tommi Avicolli, Leland Stone, Robert Chesley, Mitzel, Kevin Kouns, Eric Rogers, et al.
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- 1978
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$45.00
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Boston: Gay Community News, 1978. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, columns, features, reports, resources, events, entertainment, ads, lightly-toned else very good on newsprint. Two page interview with Harvey Milk. Also: Gays Help Out in Snow Emergency. Gay Prisoner Speaks Out. Gay Prisoner Raped & Strangled in Florida. Chesley reviews Richard Hall's "Prisoner of Love.
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GCN - Gay Community News: the gay weekly; vol. 5, #38, Apr. 8, 1978: US Bureau of Prisons to Meet With Gays
by Seng, Harry, editor, Jim Marko, David Thorstad, James Kirkwood, David Brill, Eric Gordon, Nancy Wechsler, Eric Rogers, Harold Pickett, Robert Chesley, et al.
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- 1978
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$25.00
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Boston: Gay Community News, 1978. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, columns, features, reports, resources, events, entertainment, ads, lightly-toned else very good on newsprint. Cover story on the Prison Bureau and sensitivity training. Library arrests.Chesley reviews the new Kirkwood "Cat" revision. Centerspread on Thorstad.
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ACT UP/LA News vol. 4, #1, Jan/Feb 1991: Frontera: the struggle for humane conditions continues
by Dobson, Peter, Bob Navarette, Ellen Yellowbird, Larry Day, Jon Wildes, Cary Bobier, Mauri Tasner, et al, Act Up Los Angeles
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 1991
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$30.00
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Los Angeles: ACT UP/Los Angeles, 1991. Newspaper. 12p. folded tabloid newspaper on heavy white stock, photos, services, events, news, actions, very good. ACT UP/LA was founded in 1987. Cover story on an ACT UP/LA protest at the California State Inst. for Women in Chino. Also obits for late editor Larry Day & Jon Wildes.
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Prisoners' Rights Sourcebook: theory, litigation, practice: vol. 2; student edition
by Robbins, Ira P., editor
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 1980
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- 9780876321119
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$35.00
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New York: Clark Boardman Co, 1980. Paperback. xvii, 559p., foreword, preface, appendixes, notes, tables, figures, very good trade paperback in green wraps. Volume two only. Criminal Law Series.
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Abolition. Feminism. Now
by Davis, Angela Y.; Dent, Gina; Meiners, Erica R.; Richie, Beth E.
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 2022
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- 9781642592580
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$12.00
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Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2022. Paperback. xiv, 245p., paperback, 5.25x7.5 inches, very good.
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![cover of ATMOS-FEAR: Psychological Experiments on Women Prisoners. Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1987 [screenprint poster with illustration by Minkler]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/101/676/1483676101.0.m.jpg)
ATMOS-FEAR: Psychological Experiments on Women Prisoners. Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1987 [screenprint poster with illustration by Minkler]
by Minkler, Doug; artist
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- Published
- 1987
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San Francisco: New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rico, 1987. Poster. 19.75x26 inch poster, fine condition. Artwork depicts a shackled woman being tormented. "Sensory deprivation coupled with social isolation destroys the personality. This constitutes inhuman treatment which cannot be justified by the requirements of security. Shut Down Lexington Control Unit!
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Graphite
by Shalamav, Varlam; translated by John Glad
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 1981
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- 9780393014761
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$15.00
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1981. Hardcover. 287p., quarter-cloth boards, frontis. portrait of Shalamav, very good condition in like dj. Stories of life in the forced labor camps of Kolyma, in Siberia.
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Guests of the rising sun
by Blackler, Roy, aka "Blackie
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
- Published
- 1999
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$85.00
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Bathford, UK: Quasar Publishing Agency, 1999. Paperback. 345p., iv; illus., wraps slightly shelfworn, corners lightly bumped, text block edges mildly soiled, else very good. Signed and inscribed by the author. In this autobiobgaphy, a prisoner of war chronicles his story during World War II using illustrations he created while imprisoned in Singapore, Thailand, and Japan with whatever materials he… Read more
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Poetry & Memoirs 2012
by Hoang Hung; Translations by Joseph Duemer, Nguyen Do, Paul Hoover, Duong Tuong, Linh Dinh, The Hung, Ellen Bass
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- 2012
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$30.00
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Santa Cruz: Hoang Hung, 2012. Staplebound. 72p., staplebound wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. No copies found in OCLC as of June 2022. Pamphlet produced in conjunction with Hoang's reading at the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz on March 21, 2012. Hoang is a Ho Chi Minh-city based writer and journalist who first gained popularity in Vietnam for… Read more
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Killing time; life in the Arkansas penitentiary
by Jackson, Bruce
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- Published
- 1977
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- 9780801411014
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$35.00
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Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1977. Hardcover. 233p., 9.5x9 inch boards in dustjacket; profusely illus. with Jackson's b&w photography, tear along top edge of dustjacket, some minor shelfwear along dj edges, front free endpaper bottom corner clipped, some else in very good condition. From the library of radical lawyer, Dennis Cunningham, inscribed to him by the author.
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