Civil Rights from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Merit Publishers, 1968. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial wrappers; 30pp. Near Fine. Text of two speeches delivered at the Detroit Friday Night Socialist Forum in February and March of 1967.

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

New York: Published and for sale at 5 Beekman Street, 1860. First Edition. 12mo. 20th-c. binding of tan calf over paper-covered boards; marbled page edges; 95,[1]pp. About fine and complete; the pamphlet appears to have been offered without cover wrappers (in any case, not noted by Blanck). Uncommon first edition of this late tract by the important abolitionist… Read more about this item

New York: American News Company, 1865. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Sewn, printed wrappers; 76pp. Brief closed tear to title page margin; bit of wear at upper fore-corner of text block well away from text, else a clean, fresh copy in the original printed wraps; Very Good or better. Includes text of letters written to various colleagues in the… Read more about this item

N.p., s.i., [1971]. Original offset lithograph, 17" x 11", printed in reddish-brown ink on off-white, uncoated poster stock. Photographic portrait vignette at center of sheet within a thick plain border; one line of text at bottom margin below border. Slight soil and creasing to extremities, and a single short, closed tear at lower right; Very Good (B/B+). … Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in red and purple gilt. Dustjacket. 184pp. Very light wear to the cloth, predominantly shallow bumping to the spine ends, a bright, clean copy in a dustjacket that has seen some use, with creasing and small closed tears to the upper edge… Read more about this item

Glasgow: For the Glasgow Emancipation Society, by David Russell, 1845. First Edition. 12mo (17cm). Sewn, printed wrappers; 17,(1)pp. Removed; bit of creasing at corners; Very Good. Wright, the radical American abolitionist and Freethinker, attacks the reigning orthodoxy of American churches by pointing out the logical incompatibility between the tenets of true (versus orthodox) Christianity and the evils… 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 8pp; illustrated cover (portrait of John Brown) and three photographic text illustrations. Printed in black on thin white stock; Fine, apparently unread copy. Brief history of U.S. class conflict, the rise of working-class people's… 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

San Francisco: New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, 1971. Second Printing (January, 1971). Slim octavo (21.25cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; 8pp. A Fine copy. Biographical portrait of an incarcerated Davis, charting her life and activist accomplishments, asserting her innoncence, and concluding with an appeal for support. This pamphlet appeared under a variety of local imprints (New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia),… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First Edition. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's black cloth. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in pale purple to the spine and front board. Clean and strong, light wear to extrmities, in a smart pricelipped pictorial dustjacket with some minor fraying and creasing and a small closed tear to the lower edge of the… Read more about this item

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1968. First Edition. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over grey paper covered boards. Dustjacket. Titled in silver gilt to spine and black to front board. Very light bumping and edgewear in a clean and bright dustjacket with some light wear. A very good, clean copy indeed. 279pp. Top edge stained yellow, yellow endpapers,… Read more about this item

New York: Belmont Productions, Inc, [c. 1970]. First Belmont printing. Mass-market paperback. 12mo; pictorial wrappers (softcover); 220,(4)pp. Text uniformly toned throughout; touch of wear at crown of spine, still a tight, clean, Near Fine copy, with no reading creases or significant wear to wrappers. Mass-market reissue of Mayfield's highly-regarded first novel, a gritty and realistic tale of… Read more about this item

New York: Cameron Associates, 1956. First edition. First printing. 12mo. Pale tan cloth (hardcover); dustjacket; three preliminary leaves; [32]pp. Mild toning to cloth on spine, else Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00 on front flap), lightly rubbed and toned, VG+. Publisher's review materials laid in, including a facsimile of a TLS from Eleanor Roosevelt, endorsing the… 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.

Washington DC: USGPO, 1933. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; original printed thick-paper wrappers (softcover, as issued); 121pp. A somewhat worn copy; a faint tide-mark affects bottom margin of text block throughout; there is occasional pencil underlining and aging to covers; complete and just Good. Uncommon first edition of this Depression-era report on the status and future of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); grey paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii,146,[2]pp. Gentle sunning to upper board edges, previous owner's ink name to upper front endpaper, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), showing moderate rubbing, a few… Read more about this item

San Francisco: National United Committee to Free Angela Davis, [1971]. First Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 8pp; illus. A Fine copy. Biographical portrait of an incarcerated Davis, charting her life and activist accomplishments, asserting her innoncence, and concluding with an appeal for support. This pamphlet appeared under a variety of local imprints (New York,… Read more about this item

New York: Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, [1971]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 16pp; illus. Some trivial wear, a few faint spots to front wrapper, esle Near Fine. Pamphlet produced by the Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, with an introduction by Ossie Davis, and contributions by Ralph Abernathy, John J. Abt, and Paul E. Miller. … Read more about this item

[Grenada, MS: 1966]. Original typescript (carbon). Single sheet of onionskin, printed recto-only. Faint creasing and wear; Near Fine. A remarkable internal memorandum written by an SCLC field operative in Grenada, Mississippi to field director Hosea Williams in Atlanta. Copied are Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, and Leon Hall. Bibler, one of many young white volunteers who parrticipated… Read more about this item