THE LIBERATOR by Liberator - 1921

Vancouver BC, Pulp Press, 1981, trade paperback, 234 pp, third printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Good condition in black card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner, edge, and spine-end wear, light scuff across front cover, rubs. The story of real life behind bars in Canada from one of the leading Canadian activists and prisoner's rights advocates of the mid-twentieth century. Illustrated with 6 pages of black-&-white photographs. ISBN 9780889780781

New York: Produced and Released by Mainstream Magazine, [ca, 1947-8].. Original 12" 78 rpm double-sided phonograph record. Printed labels a trifle foxed, small blemish at extreme edge far from grooves, otherwise visually very good. A quite rare recording of Trumbo's recitation of his long poem, first published in the Winter 1947 (I:1) issue of MAINSTREAM. While OCLC includes a barebones entry for this recording (without citing locations), it refers to "Part 2" only, which is the flip side of the present record, and is somewhat contradictory, asserting there is "no linguistic content" and "unreadable" and that it is a "musical recording." OCLC: 77819968.

New York, Horace Liveright, 1930, hardcover, 264 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition in publishers brown cloth with maroon decoration, gold lettering, embossing to spine, decorated endpapers, and red topstain. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear, some of first 100 pages showing evidence of dampstain to bottom edge, faint spots to boards. The Canadian-American journalist, novelist, political philosopher, and one of the three founding mothers of American libertarianism, along with Rose Wilder Lane and Ayn Rand, continues the theme of two other novels she wrote in the 1920s, The Singing Season (1924), and The Fourth Queen (1926), each shows how cultures are shaped by an underlying set of moral and political principles.

New York: Partisan Review, 1939. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Rare prewar issue, includes a letter from Trotsky to Andre Breton, Lionel Trilling on Hemingway, reviews by Delmore Schwartz and Clement Greenberg, other indicators of the ferment of the era. Unmarked copy, fold line to front cover and first two leaves, small scorch line to one interior page, wrappers have typical toning.

1970 Guardian first American editions. Credited to author Baik Bong, the books are thought to be collectively written by the Chinese and North Korean governments.
First published in the Korean language in 1968 and 1969. The English language translations were first published in 1969 and 1970, in Japan, under the Miraisha imprint.
The three books offered in this listing are first American editions, with US copyrights and Library of Congress catalog numbers. Kim's three volume biography was published and distributed worldwide under various imprints and languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, and Serbian. Presumably, this worldwide distribution was undertaken in support of "exporting revolution", a priority of the Chinese government in the 1960's and 1970's.
Condition of the three books and dust jackets is Very Good Plus. The books have sound bindings, complete and unmarked inside pages. The dust jackets show only light shelf wear, are not price clipped, and are protected in new mylar covers.
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Vancouver BC, Pulp Press, 1981, trade paperback, 234 pp, third printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Good condition in black card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner, edge, and spine-end wear, light scuff across front cover, rubs. The story of real life behind bars in Canada from one of the leading Canadian activists and prisoner's rights advocates of the mid-twentieth century. Illustrated with 6 pages of black-&-white photographs. ISBN 9780889780781

New York: Produced and Released by Mainstream Magazine, [ca, 1947-8].. Original 12" 78 rpm double-sided phonograph record. Printed labels a trifle foxed, small blemish at extreme edge far from grooves, otherwise visually very good. A quite rare recording of Trumbo's recitation of his long poem, first published in the Winter 1947 (I:1) issue of MAINSTREAM. While OCLC includes a barebones entry for this recording (without citing locations), it refers to "Part 2" only, which is the flip side of the present record, and is somewhat contradictory, asserting there is "no linguistic content" and "unreadable" and that it is a "musical recording." OCLC: 77819968.

MAN AND WIFE. Used. Good Condition. Antiquarian. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1871 Printing Thus. A novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Used. Good Condition. No DJ as issued. Black boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Paper covering split at spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes..

New York, Horace Liveright, 1930, hardcover, 264 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition in publishers brown cloth with maroon decoration, gold lettering, embossing to spine, decorated endpapers, and red topstain. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear, some of first 100 pages showing evidence of dampstain to bottom edge, faint spots to boards. The Canadian-American journalist, novelist, political philosopher, and one of the three founding mothers of American libertarianism, along with Rose Wilder Lane and Ayn Rand, continues the theme of two other novels she wrote in the 1920s, The Singing Season (1924), and The Fourth Queen (1926), each shows how cultures are shaped by an underlying set of moral and political principles.

Wing Lung Bank, n. 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Wing Lung Bank, 1976. Very Good.