San Francisco: Dick Jay and Keith Wayde, 1971. 16” x 11 3/8”. Newsprint. pp. 8. Very good plus with minor wear and some toning at extremities. Adz Gayzette, which ran from 1970-1972, was a free newspaper targeted to the San Francisco gay community. In addition to occasional news reporting, it..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Times Publishing Company, 1960. 11” x 8½”. Self-wrappers. Pp. [16; numbered to 20]. Good: possibly lacking leaf comprising pp. 9-12, or misnumbered as issued; final leaf torn nearly wholly in half vertically but extant; a touch toned, creased and worn. This is a rare issue..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: 1977-1986. 78 pieces or packets on 11” x 8½” printing paper, about 110 pages total. Generally very good: a few pieces with light spotting, creasing or scattered small stains; some penciled and inked notations; one form with mailing label. This is a revealing group of internal..... More
[Chicago, Illinois]: [Johnson Publications], 1955. 11” x 8 ½”. Stapled self wrappers. pp. [16]. Near fine with minimal wear. This is a separately issued special edition of Ebony, marking its 10th anniversary. It's smaller in dimension, page length (the newsstand November 1955 issue had over 170 pages) and is printed..... More
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Virginia W. Williams, 1980. 11” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 36. Very good plus: the slightest toning and foxing to edges of wrappers; internally fresh. This “Patriotic Issue” of Echo mainly concerned the Black vote and ran key information on local, state and national politicians up..... More
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Virginia W. Williams, 1969. 11” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 52. Very good plus: light foxing to edges of rear wrap; tiny corner dogear throughout; else internally fresh. This is another issue of Echo which mainly centered on the question, “Should Sex Education be Taught in..... More
Northridge, CA: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, 1970-1987. 16” x 11¼”. Newsprint. Pp. 4-20, most pp. 8-16. Publication sequence [numbering inconsistent, as issued]: Vol. I, Special Issue (May 6 1970); Vol. II, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5 [1970]; Vol. III, Nos. 1, [unnumbered] [1971]; Vol. 4, Nos. 2-4 [1971-1972]; Vol..... More
San Antonio, Texas: El Pueblo, 1979-1982. 17” x 11½”. Newsprint. Pp. 8 [earlier issues printed in dos-à-dos format: pp. 4 English, 4 Spanish each]. Publication sequence: Vol. I, Nos. 5 (Jul 1979), 7-12 (Oct 1979 – Apr 1980); Vol. II, Nos. 3-6 (Sep 1980 – Mar/Apr 1981), [Special Cinco de..... More
Lansing, Michigan: El Renacimiento, 1973-1984. 15½” x 11¼”. Newsprint. Pp. 8-24. Publication sequence: Año 4, Números 60 (Jun 12 1973), 68 (Oct 30 1973), 69 (Nov 19 1973); Año 5, Números 75-79 (Apr 8 – Jul 30 1974); Año 7, Números 102-106 (Apr 26 – Aug 16 1976), 108 (Oct..... More
Washington DC: Guild Press, LTD, 1971. 17½” x 11¼”. Bifolia printed on regular paper stock. pp. 24. Near fine: folded horizontally at center as issued, fresh with minimal wear. This is an issue of a short run gay periodical that signaled the downfall of a gay publishing empire..... More
Bronx, NY: Black Forum, 1977. 10” x 7”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. 48. Very good: front wrap lightly spotted with moderate coffee stain to side, corner dogear and small bite to bottom edge, all extending to first few leaves; several leaves with faint stains at edges. This is..... More
Bronx, NY: Black Forum, 1977. 10” x 7”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. 48. Very good plus: minimal wear, some light dust soiling to wrappers. This is a heavily illustrated issue of an uncommon African American poetry and literary journal, Black Forum (BF). BF was founded in the mid-1970s by Horace..... More
Bronx, NY: Black Forum, 1977. 10” x 7”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. 48. Very good plus: minimal wear, some light dust soiling to wrappers. This issue has a poem and a couple of articles by Horace Mungin, an interview with Nikki Grimes and a profile on a poet named..... More
Bronx, NY: Black Forum, 1977. 10” x 7”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. 48. Very good: minimal wear, some spotting to wrappers. This issue features an interview with fiction writer John Oliver Killens, has a profile of photographer Ed Sherman and an article on Afro-Brazilian dance. There are numerous..... More
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Mount Morris, Ill. Publication Office, 1927. 11½” x 8¼”. Self-wrappers. Pp. 16. Very good: one small ding and one tiny pinhole throughout, affecting about five characters of text; small corner chip to front wrap; a bit of edge wear. This is an issue of an African American Masonic journal..... More
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Detroit, Michigan: National Alliance of Postal Employees, 1946-1947. 12” x 9”. Stapled self-wrappers. Four issues pp. 24, one pp. 32. Publication sequence: Vol. XXXIII, Nos. 8 (Aug 1946), 10 (Oct 1946), 12 (Dec 1946); Vol. XXXIV, Nos. 4 (Apr 1947), 5 (May 1947). Generally good plus with light corner and..... More
Boston: Charles Street Meeting House, 1973. Three items: Vol. 1, No. 17 (October 13, 1973) of Gay Community News (15½” x 10¾”, four pages) + cover letter, both included in original mailed envelope. Gay Community News near fine with old folds and a hint of toning along top edge; cover..... More
Denver, Colorado: [Sadako Tsubokawa (Jan-Mar)]/[Eiji Makino (Mar-Nov)]/[Eiichi and Yoriko Imada (Nov-Dec)], 1978. 17” x 10 7/8”. Newsprint. Pp. 4. Publication sequence: Vol. 16, Nos. 37-50 (Jan 11 – Apr 19 1978); Vol. 17, Nos. 1-16 (Apr 26 – Aug 30 1978), 18-20 (Sep 20 – Oct 11 1978), 22-31 (Oct..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: University of California, Santa Barbara/Community Service Center/La Casa de La Raza, 1969-1971. 16” x 11 3/8”. Newsprint. Pp. 8-12. Publication sequence [numbering inconsistent, as issued]: [July 1969]; Aug 22 1969; Vol. I (Feb 1970); Fiesta Issue (Aug 20 1970); Vol. II, No. 3 (Feb 1971); Vol. I...... More
San Francisco: Carl E. Jordan, 1972. 11½” x 8”. Newsprint. pp. 15. Very good plus with a hint of toning at extremities. This is an issue of the short-lived San Francisco Forum which touted itself as “The Independent Community Newspaper” for San Francisco. Its premier issue contained a short..... More
Santa Clara, California: The Santa Clara War Mothers, 1945-1948. 11½” x 8¼” commercial scrapbook, embossed leather over boards with 45 newspaper clippings adhered to 14 pp. + 8 clippings and 4 magazine issues laid in and the last 10 pages are blank. Issues measure 11¾” x 8½” with stapled illustrated..... More
Washington, D.C. Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1943. 10¼” x 8”. Stapled pictorial self-wrappers. Pp. 23. Very good: tiny ding to lower edge of rear wrap, extending to several leaves but not approaching any content; front wrap lightly chipped at two corners, rear chip at staple; both wraps lightly..... More
Detroit, Michigan: Pan-African Congress, USA, 1975. 15 3/8” x 11 3/8”. Newsprint. Pp. 4. Very good: folded horizontally at center, presumably as issued; lightly toned. This is the first issue of a rare publication produced by an African nationalist group from Detroit, the PanAfrican Congress, USA (PAC)... More
New York City: N.P., 1949. 10 7/8” x 8½”. Bifolium, printed all four sides. Pp. 4. Very good minus: moderately creased at old folds; a bit toned. This is an issue of a seemingly forgotten periodical that was created by and for high school- and college-aged African Americans..... More
Houston, Texas: Upfront Corporation/Gary J. Van Ooteghem, 1979. 15” x 11½”, folded at center. Newsprint. Each issue with 16 to 36 pages. Publication sequence: Vol. 2, Nos. 2 (December 22, 1978), 5 (February 9, 1979), 11 (May 16, 1979), 12 (May 30, 1979), 18 (August 29, 1979), 24 (November 23..... More