Sixties from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); bluish-grey paper-covered boards and turquoise cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and authors initials embossed onto front cover; light blue topstain; dustjacket; [4],xvi,198,[6]pp. Topstain faded, with a faint, tiny splash mark to heel; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95), showing light wear… Read more about this item

Buffalo, NY: Lemar International, 1969. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); original pictorial wrappers; 24pp; illus. Toning to extremities, a few splash marks and one small loss to front wrapper, a few tiny tears, with some yellow underlining to text on pp.12-13 and 18-19, and a section of text cut out from p.19-20; Good. Debut issue of one of the… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in red and silver on spine and front panel; black topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[3],4-278,[2]pp. Hint of foxing to endpapers and right edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $4.95), with only a bit of trivial… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue, one of 4,000 copies. Quarto (31cm); black cloth, with titles embossed on spine; dustjacket; [144]pp; illus. Signed by Kathleen Cleaver on the title page, dated July 30, 2010. Base of spine gently nudged, crown gently bumped, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-410,[6]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, with a touch of sunning to spine ends, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 25/- net), gently spine-sunned, showing modest shelfwear, a few tiny nicks and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Row, 1968. An early printing, lacking the First Edition statement. "L-S" letter code is present at base of copyright page (November, 1968). Square 12mo (16cm). Printed cloth covers; dustjacket; unpaginated [96pp]; illus. Two small spots of shelf offsetting to bottom board edges, else a fine, unworn and apparently unread copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped… Read more about this item

[New York Regional S.D.S., ca. 1969]. 12mo. Stapled pamphlet; pictorial card wrappers; 76pp; illus. Covers very lightly rubbed; contents complete and clean; Very Good. Page two with third paragraph canceled, via pasted-on corrected text. Address for The National Lawyers Guild to the rear wrap blacked out using marker. A pocket reference guide for individuals arrested for civil disobedience… Read more about this item

[Rollinsville, CO: Rocky Mtn. Herbals, 1969]. First Edition. Original edition 1969" printed inside front cover. Octavo (22cm). Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial card wrappers; 48pp; illus, printed on various colors of paperstock throughout. A few mild spots of foxing to covers, still Very Good or better. A rather trippy resource and how-to guide for home marijuana cultivators, filled with… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 191pp; illus. A fresh, Near Fine copy with some faint foxing visible on the text block edges. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap); tiny spot of lifting to lamination at base of front panel, else Fine. Jerome Agel is credited as… Read more about this item

N.p. [Santa Barbara: [Christopher Books, 1970]. First Edition. One thousand copies printed. Octavo; printed card wrappers; [12]pp. Usual tanning to text; gentle external wear; Very Good.

[Milwaukee: Gunrunner Press, 1968]. First, Limited Edition. One of 300 copies. 12mo (22cm). Staple-bound pictorial wrappers; 8,[3]pp. Neat ownership signature to front wrapper, a few faint spots of thumb-soil to rear, else a tight, clean, and very well-preserved copy, Near Fine. Uncommon thus. Posthumously-published Levy long poem, a somewhat unfocused polemic on the dynamics of poetic thought… Read more about this item

San Francisco: City Lights, 1963. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers (softcover); 27pp. Covers lightly toned at edges; small faint area of discoloration at base of front wrapper; Very Good or better. The first book by an essential 60's figure, poet, rabble-rouser and political activist (this collection was written, supposedly on toilet paper, when he was… Read more about this item

New York: Liberation, 1970. First Edition. First printing; issued as "Liberation" v.15, no. 3. Signed by Bentley on front cover. Mild smudge to autograph, else fine. First printing of this experimental political theater piece, described as "a stage show for a rock group of 4 musicians and about 10 singing actors." Written by the renowned critic and… Read more about this item

[Chicago: SDS - Students for a Democratic Society, 1969]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Folded pamphlet consisting of a single sheet accordion-folded to make eight panels; photo-illustrated cover and three photographic text illustrations. Printed in black on thin white stock; Fine, apparently unread copy. On the history of U.S. imperial interests in Cuba, the history of class conflict,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. First printing. Cloth issue. Octavo; black cloth boards; dustjacket; 154pp; illus. Old faint splash-stain to upper edge of text block, encroaching onto margin of rear endpaper and jacket flap; Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap), lightly worn and soiled with aforementioned stain at upper margin of rear flap and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, 1963. Later Printing. Slim octavo (22.75cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 15,[1]pp. Modest handling, faint tidemark to lower right margin, with eight tiny green ink marks in the text; Very Good. King's eloquent assertion of the principles of non-violent resistance, which would become one of the key documents of the American civil rights struggle, and one… Read more about this item

Ashland, MA: Origin Press, 1959. First edition. First printing. Edition of 500 copies. Octavo. Side-sewn japanese binding in patterned blue wrappers with printed title label. Trace of light rubbing to wrapper extremities, still very Near Fine. Poet Kenneth Irby's copy, with his name in ink on title page, dated January 1960/Cambridge, MA. Snyder's first book: a landmark debut, very… Read more about this item

Madison, WI: Quixote, 1969. First Edition. Side stapled mimeograph sheets; with front cover consisting of a collage by Levy promoting MC5 (a broadside poster), back cover also a photo collage/adv. in green, both covers folded, the back cover detached. 27 sheets plus cover collages. Intro. by Dave Wagner. Very good text block, the MC5 poster colllage is worn and… Read more about this item

New York: Putnam, 1966. First American Edition. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's black cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, some light scuffing and bumping to extremities and dulling of the gilt, a strong, solid copy in a clean, bright pictorial dustjacket with some marginal wear, creasing to upper edges, and a couple of small closed tears, two pieces… Read more about this item

New York: Pathfinder Press, 1979. Fifth Pathfinder printing. Slim octavo (21.5 cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 30pp. Near Fine. Includes: "Malcolm X Talks to Young People, December 31, 1964"; "Interview with Malcolm X, January 18, 1965"; and "In Tribute to Malcolm X" (by Jack Barnes). Much reproduced in various formats by various publishers.