Search Results: Authors starting with X from Lorne Bair Rare Books

[San Francisco: Al Kitab Sudan Publications, 1973]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original orange pictorial wrappers printed in brown; [6],iv,[2],88pp.; text printed in brown on tan stock. Fine. Collected short poetical pieces by Marvin X, written between 1969 and 1972. He assures the reader in his introduction that he is not pushing for the women's liberation movement ("Women will be liberated when men are liberated" (p. i)).

Minneapolis: Northern Sun Merchandising, N.d. [after 1979]. Poster. Offset lithograph; 22.5" x 15", printed in black on bright yellow poster stock. Fine. Attractive wall poster, featuring a three-quarter profile view of Malcolm X, rendered to appear screen-printed, with quote taken from Malcolm's January, 1965 appearance on the Canadian talk program "The Pierre Berton Show." The poster is undated; Northern Sun Merchandising, a Minneapolis-based manufacturer and retailer of politically-themed gifts and graphics, was founded in 1979 and we would date this poster to the mid-80s to the mid-90s.

New York: Pathfinder Press, 1988. Ninth printing of the expanded edition. 12mo. Pictorial card wrappers; 74pp. Near Fine. A collection of quotes and short writings of Malcolm X's views on African-American history, first published in 1967.

New York: P.J. Kennedy and Sons, 1928. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); dark red cloth, linen grain, stamped in gilt and blind; 268pp,frontis,25 plates. Boards mildly rubbed and soiled (some white spots); chapped extremities w/ small bumps; gilt faded on spine. Top edge gilt; light soiling intermittent throughout interior, else clean and sound. Very Good or Better. Sister M. Xaviera takes an intimately biographical look at Mother Mary Clotilda, Superior of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (a Catholic religious institute) from 1869-79 and 1885-94. Also included are stories of her closest contemporaries, including Sister Mary Birgid Smith.

[London]: Readers International, [1988]. First English Language Edition. Wrapper Issue. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [6],vi,[2],158pp.Textblock a bit toned, minor wear to upper wrapper, else Very Good or better. Review copy with promotional materials laid in. Humorous short stories featuring the bush lawyer "Mestre" Tamoda, written by the Angolan author Uanhenga Xitu while a political prisoner of the Portuguese.