Radical Literature

Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 218 x 140 mm), 318 pages, in red boards, gilt titles to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket.
INSCRIBED by Joseph North, the editor, on the front end paper to artist Raphael Soyer and his wife Rebecca: "You were inspirers of this book. With love, Joe North." Inscribed and dated in the year of publication. A nice association: Soyer was a socialist realist artist who taught at the John Reed Club, the New School for Social Research, and the Art Students' League.
The book consists of fiction, reportage, and essays from the pages of New Masses, a left-wing literary magazine that was published from 1926-1948. With work by Ernest Hemingway, Muriel Rukeyser, Theodore Dreiser, James Agee, Kenneth Patchen, John Dos Passos, Dorothy Parker, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Federico Garcia Lorca (translated by Langston Hughes), Mike Gold, and Henri Barbuse, among many others. Numerous drawings and cartoons by Bill Gropper, John Groth, Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter, and others.… Read More

This is complicated so bear with me. This is a sammelband (collection) of four titles from the publisher Muir. Listed in order of binding: First title "Life of Thomas Paine" (1833) is not attributed but appears to be abridged Sherwin's biography of Paine (See OCLC: 933006301). Second title "Rights of Man" (1833) requires no explanation. Next two titles written by Peter MacKenzie are rare and make up most of the value. Third title "Exposure of the Spy System" is the 1832 first edition of this work. Includes frontis of Hardie's grave. The fourth (final) title "Trial of James Wilson" is the 1832 first edition. The whole thing paginates: 48, viii, 104, [2], 242, 48. Bound in high quality quarter leather with marbled boards fine binding by Starr Bookworks. Defects are: page 21/22 of "Rights" has a repaired hole affecting a few words (see scan); list of Paine's works has some check marks; title page of "Spy" has small edge tear not affecting anything. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you… Read More

1736 BIBLE & BANNED Commentary Jansenism Catholic 8v Pasquier Quesnel French
Pasquier Quesnel was a 17th-century French Jansenist best-remembered for his commentary on the New Testament. This commentary was written to push Jansenist theology and doctrine which, unfortunately, seemed to form numerous phrases that were considered heretical by the Catholic Church. This French edition of the New Testament includes Quesnel's commentary, published in eight tomes.
Item number: #18461
Price: $1500
QUESNEL, Pasquier [edit.]
Le Nouveau Testament en françois, avec des reflexions morales sur chaque verset, pour en rendre la lecture plus utile, & la meditation plus aisée
A Amsterdam, aux dépens de Joseph Nicolai. 1736.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages – 8 volumes
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Vol. I – Matthew
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Vol. II – Mark
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Vol. III – Luke
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Vol. IV – John
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Vol. V – Acts
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Vol. VI – Romans-Corinthians
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Vol. VII – Galations-Philemon
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Vol. VIII – Hebrew-Revalation
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"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."
Essential… Read More

Braamfontein, South Africa: Ravan Press, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 60pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce second issue (3000 copies printed) of this important multiracial South African literary magazine. Includes letters on the banning of the first issue by the apartheid government. Plus the work of over 50 writers. Unmarked copy, clean with corner bumps.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG in VG+ dw. 8vo, [vi]+346pp, black cloth stamped in silver, printed dustwrapper. Humorously INSCRIBED by the author to George Litwin (presumably the Harvard associate of Timothy Leary) on the first page. An unusual experimental work heavily informed by the 1960s. Unmarked (aside from the inscription), a bit of spotting to top edge and boards. Jacket is not price-clipped and has a bit of soil and some sunning to rear panel.

Eugene, OR: Glen Coffield, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 18pp, stapled front wrapper. A scarce Beat-era mimeo revolution mag, edited from Oregon by conscientious objector Glen Coffield. This issue entirely devoted to work by poet Tracy Thompson. Includes a bibliography of the poet's appearances. Unmarked copy, horizontal folds (presumably from mailing in an envelope), light wear, last leaf loose from one staple (of three).

New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Original green cloth over boards with gilt titling and dust jacket (not price-clipped) with $6.95 price and 10/57 on front inside flap and publisher's full address to rear inside flap. Superb first printing in a bright dust jacket, minor edgewear to dust jacket at spine and folds, with slight chipping to head of spine, and small abrasions to front and spine of dust jacket, else fine in a very good dust jacket.. Exceptional first edition of Ayn Rand's (1905-1982) magnum opus and libertarian classic. Reportedly born from a conversation between Rand and fellow libertarian novelist, Isabel Paterson, Atlas Shrugged explores the morality of self-interest by depicting the consequences of a general strike by creative professionals who henceforth refuse to share with the world their art, innovations, and ideas. Set in a dystopic future America, Atlas Shrugged combines science fiction, mystery, philosophy, and romance to investigate several… Read More

London: Atlas Press, 1994. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. Stated limitation of 1,000 copies, though this copy unnumbered. A rare early production from the essential Atlas Press, a revised version of this translation previously published in Australia. Unmarked copy, light spotting to page edges.

New York: Random House, 1959. First Random House edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Creasing to board edges with some rubbing to cloth; minor edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket. Near-fine.. Bright first Random House edition of Ayn Rand's (1905-1982) debut novel about life in post-revolutionary Russia. First published by Random House in 1959 following the commercial success of Rand's 1957 best-seller Atlas Shrugged, We the Living tells the story of Kira Argounova, a fierce and independent spirit who struggles against the collectivism of Soviet Russia during the early 1920s. The novel was first completed in 1934 but, despite H. L. Mencken's support, failed to attract a publisher until 1935 when Macmillan agreed to publish the work. Macmillan's agreement to publish Rand's novel purportedly sparked debate within the publisher's editorial ranks, with certain communist-sympathetic editors objecting to its publication. We the… Read More

New York: The Bookmailer Inc, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, ~128pp, laminated fabric covers. The rare trade paper edition of this pseudonymous 1959 novel (usually encountered in a smaller format), which has been plausibly attributed to far-right scholar Revilo P. Oliver (who was an important figure in the John Birch Society when this was published). It was definitely the epistolary model on which The Turner Diaries by William Pierce was based, and thus provides an important link between the Eisenhower-era Right and its more militant successors (Oliver split from the Birch Society in 1966 and went on to be closely associated with the National Alliance). This was a publication of far-right publisher Lyle H. Munson. Owner name to front free endpaper (no other markings); else unmarked with some cover soil/toning, spine tilt, reading wear and a few minor interior stains.

San Francisco, CA USA: Solidarity Publications, 1984 A near mint copy of the June 1984 stated first printing of this bilingual Spanish-English collection of poetry by Roque Dalton, a writer and Marxist revolutionary from El Salvador and an important influence in Central American literature. He was assassinated in 1975 just before his 40th birthday. The title page is date stamped December 25, 1985, No other flaws. Paperback 12 mo. 206 pages,

"This edition is limited to 350 numbered copies- this copy unnumbered" Mandrake Press, Oxon, 1991, 8vo., unpaginated. [48] Introduction by Keith Richmond; edited by Anthony Naylor. Bound into attractive paper black boards (portfolio)with green endpapers; gilt title stamped on spine.. Ex-libris -English bibliophile & Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas C. Bishop-Culpeper with his book label neatly affixed to front pastedown.Inv. # 62518 bds 2023

Steig, William The Lonely Ones. Copyright 1942, First Edition. Duell Sloane and Pearce, NY. USED. VG/VG Original dust jacket. QUITE RARE THUS. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Cartoons by New Yorker Magazine contributor and author and illustrator of SHREK!, WILLIAM STEIG. 102 pages, 5 3/8 X 7 ¾.

Prouty, Olive Higgins. NOW, VOYAGER, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London. THE FILM EDITION. Copyright page states: First Printing in this form February, 1943. USED. VG/G UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL 3'-net Yellow Bette Davis Dust jacket. VERY RARE THUS. Bette Davis Front panel with a still from the Warner Bros movie of the same name is in nice shape. Shows B.D. On the telephone. This jacket is not sunned. Bottom of the dj spine is chipped at publisher name. Back panel has a couple of chips at top edge. Protected in a mylar wrap. Orange boards are un-sunned and in nice shape. By the author of Lisa Vale and Stella Dallas, Olive Higgins Prouty. SUMMARY: Now, Voyager is the story of a woman who, through force of circumstances, escapes from a lonely, drab, fear-ridden existence to a rich, full life of her own." 222 pages. 4 ½ X 7 ¼. Not an easy find, this one will ship from United States.