Speigner, Al. 1952. Volume 1, Number 6. [6],82,[1]pp. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers, linen spine. Light wear and soiling, contemporary presentation inscription on front cover. Internally clean. Scarce prison periodical published at Draper Prison and representing “the entire inmate body of the Alabama penal system.” The magazine began publication in September..... More

[Memphis: ca. 1964]. Broadside handbill printed on orange paper, 9 x 5.75 inches. Light edge wear, short closed tear. An exceedingly-rare handbill calling for a boycott of Stag Beer in Memphis in the early-1960s. The impetus for the boycott was the lack of African American representation in A.S. Barboro Distributing..... More

[Spokane]: 1938. 96pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers three-ring bound into decorative wood boards. Light wear to wrapper edges; wood boards lightly scuffed. Numerous newspaper clippings tipped onto several leaves, inside wrappers, and on title page. Occasional, slightly later manuscript annotations. Light dust soiling and toning internally. A scarce 1938 Civilian..... More

[N.p.]: 1932. Broadside, 9 x 6.25 inches. Minor wear. Father Divine was the most prominent black religious cult leader of the 1930s, believed to be a divine messenger, the messiah, or God himself by tens of thousands of African-Americans and middle-class whites during the Great Depression. In November 1931, Divine..... More

Omaha: Klopp & Bartlett Co., 1903. 44pp. Original red cloth, cover stamped in black. Corners lightly rubbed. Text lightly toned, last few leaves with lower corner rumpled. A series of eighteen diagrams illustrating the ceremonial movements for initiation into the Degree of Honor lodges in Nebraska. The Degree of Honor..... More

[Arkansas]: Southern Tenant Farmer's Union, [1939]. 7pp. printed on rectos only. Folio. Original yellow wrappers, stapled; rear cover lacking. Contemporary ink stamp on front cover. Light soiling and wear, some light creasing in spots. A brief report published by the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union relating a visit by two of..... More

Oakland: 1980. Broadsheet, 11 x 8.5 inches. Previously folded and mailed. Light wear. A 1980 "Communal Grapevine" news sheet, with announcements for classes, want ads for housing in the Oakland Utopian community, and fundraising requests. More

[San Francisco? 1980? [4]pp., on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light wear and minor soiling. Entertaining pseudoscholarship on the connections between socialism and "polyfidelity," i.e. having multiple loyal partners, in communal living situations. According to the author bio, Furchgott was "a founding member of Kerista Village, an egalitarian, Utopian intentional community..... More