Periodicals from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Cambridge: Cell 16, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's white staplebound card wrappers lettered in red; 116pp.; illus. throughout. Light toning and dust-soil to extremities, faint crease to upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Includes multiple contributions by Betsy Warrior, including "Females and Welfare"; Dana Densmore ("Chivalry--The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove"); and poetry and artwork by… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cell 16, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's white staplebound card wrappers lettered in red; 127pp.; illus. throughout. Light toning and dust-soil to extremities, else Very Good or better. Includes multiple contributions by Betsy Warrior, including "Contemporary Capitalism: Drag Queen Intellect"; Mary Ann Weathers ("An Argument for Black Women's Liberation as a Revolutionary Force"); and founder of Cell… Read more about this item

New York: The Masses Publishing Co, 1915. First Edition. Quarto (35cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 22pp; illus. Toning, light wear, and a few small nicks to wrappers, some oxidation to staples, with neat splits to spine fold above and below the staples; contents clean, complete; Very Good to Very Good+. Contents include contributions by Arthur Bullard, Marguerite Wilkinson, Louis… Read more about this item

New York: The Masses Publishing Co, 1916. First Edition. Quarto (34.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 36pp; illus. Wrappers edgeworn, toned, faintly foxed, and lightly dust-soiled, with a few shallow losses, a small dampstain to upper left corner, and a neat split to lower half of spine-fold; a complete, Very Good copy. Special Preparedness Day number, with contents including contributions by… Read more about this item

New York: The Masses Publishing Co, 1916. First Edition. Quarto (34.25cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 26pp; illus. Wrappers a bit toned, lightly edgeworn, and neatly detached at spine fold, with a few small nicks and tears to extremities; contents fresh, complete; only Very Good. Contents include contributions by Paul Greer, Fuller Miller, Louis Untermeyer, John MacyHelen Marot, Howard Brubaker, Walter… Read more about this item

New York: The Masses Publishing Co, 1916. First Edition. Quarto (34.25cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Wrappers lightly worn, toned, and showing some scattered foxing and dust-soil; three vertical bends, a few small nicks and tears to wrapper extremities, a split beneath the lower staple, and a shorter one above the upper staple; a Very Good, complete copy. Contents… Read more about this item

Rock Island, IL: The New Quarterly, 1934. Single quarto issue in printed thick paper wrappers; 26pp. Faint vertical crease; single ink stamp to front cover ("Bancroft Library / Mooney Papers / Withdrawn"). Else unmarked, and a clean, fresh and attractive copy. The New Quarterly, a magazine devoted to proletarian prose and poetry, and edited by the Chicago poet… Read more about this item

New York: Atlantic Monthly Company, 1927. Single octavo issue in original printed wrappers; 144pp+88 numbered pages of ads; illus. Mild soil and edgewear to wrappers, with pencil ownership signature to front cover; internally complete, clean, and unmarked. Very Good. First appearance of this much-anthologized story - a quite early U.S. periodical appearance for Hemingway. "Fifty Grand" would… Read more about this item

New York: National Urban League, 1940. First Edition. Slim quarto (27.75cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; pp.[289]-320; illus. Light wear to extremities, mild dust-soil and a few small abrasions to wrappers, with oxidation to staples, and the rubber-stamp of Shaw University Library on lower margin of front wrapper and p.315; contents clean, complete; Very Good. Complete issue of this sociological and… Read more about this item

New York: National Urban League, 1942. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; pp.[129]-160; illus. Light wear to extremities, some oxidation to staples, with a small tear and attendant crease to lower left corner of front wrapper; Very Good+. Complete issue of this sociological and literary journal produced by the National Urban League. Published between 1923-1949, Opportunity was… Read more about this item

New York: National Urban League, 1945. First Edition. Slim quarto (27.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; stapled; [1],2-56pp; illus. Modest wear and handling, triple hole-punched along left edge, with a library stamp on front wrapper, and a tear/attendant crease to lower right corner of same; contents clean, complete; Very Good. Complete issue of this sociological and literary journal produced by the… Read more about this item

New York: National Urban League, 1938. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; pp.[225]-256; illus. Faint vertical bend at center, modest external wear, a few small abrasions and creases to wrappers, with faint embossed stamp of the Randolph-Macon Woman's College at lower margin of front wrapper and pp.227-228; contents clean, complete; Very Good. Well-preserved issue of this sociological… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Original quarto issue in pictorial coated wrappers; 128pp; illus. Slight external rubbing and wear, with faint creases at corners. Text fresh and unmarked; a Very Good copy. Eastman's somewhat breezy 4-pp article recounts his detention in a Madrid jail for having participated in a meeting of the Left Opposition, at the… Read more about this item

New York: National Urban League, 1940. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; pp.[33]-64; illus. Wrappers dust-soiled, nearly detached at spine, with a small piece of sticker residue to lower front wrapper, and rubber-stamp of the Knoxville College Library at upper front wrapper and upper margin of p.41; contents complete; Good. Complete issue of this sociological and literary… Read more about this item

New York: Jewish Currents, 1963. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 48pp; illus. Light wear and handling, tiny stain to lower edge of front wrapper; Near Fine. Contents include UN correspondent David Matis's lengthy article "Birmingham Diary: A Reporter's Observations," which contained on-the-ground coverage of the SCLC's Birmingham Campaign. Couched within the article is a full-page… Read more about this item

New York: Jewish Currents, 1968. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.75cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 46pp; illus. Light wear and handling to wrappers, with a tiny stain and a small abrasion to lower rear wrapper; Very Good+. A lengthy response by King to an inquiry addressed to him after a New Politics Convention in Chicago, IL, asking him to "disassociate… Read more about this item

New York: View, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 22pp; illus. Light wear, creasing, and dust-soil to wrappers, with gentle sunning to lower edge of front cover, and a few small tears to rear cover; contents clean, complete; Very Good. View was Charles Henri Ford's New York-based avant-garde magazine, published from 1940-1947, which played a… Read more about this item

New York: View, Inc, 1947. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 50pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, some dust-soil and scattered foxing to wrappers; contents clean, complete; Very Good+. View was Charles Henri Ford's New York-based avant-garde magazine, published from 1940-1947, which played a significant role in introducing Surrealisim to the American public. The present issue contains… Read more about this item

New York: View, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.103-146; illus. Modest wear, some creasing, faint foxing, and a shallow loss to front wrapper, with a rectangular section clipped from upper margin of title page and p.127 (with some tape residue surrounding the loss on title page); Good to Very Good. View was Charles Henri… Read more about this item

New York: View, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 22pp; illus. Modest wear, faint creasing and light dust-soil to wrappers, some oxidation to staples, with a name faintly written in marker on front cover; complete; Very Good. View was Charles Henri Ford's New York-based avant-garde magazine, published from 1940-1947, which played a significant role in… Read more about this item