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Ten in Two Weeks

We're changing it up here at the world headquarters of Mare Booksellers, debuting new material now every two weeks! Sure, we're getting pushy, but bear with us: working alone most of the time, you, denizens of our mailing list, are the only people we can turn to excitedly when something cool comes in. So, thanks!

This list includes hip hop, lgbtq+, piercing, Black Power, Civil War related ephemera, etc.

NOTE: a few items bear graphic imagery or language that are covered, but present nonetheless

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#2 Anti-Vietnam War, Satirical Racism

Uncle Sam Wants YOU N***** Handbill/Flier. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps circa 1966-68. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Thin paper stock. Black and white printing. A handbill using racist epithets to highlight institutional racism in the military (and the US), stating, among other things, “Support White Power-travel to Viet Nam, you might get a medal!”; “Receive valuable training in the skills of killing off other oppressed people!”; and, “—you can’t die fast enough in the ghettos.” This imagery has also appeared in a 9x12 inch color format, substituting the word “needs” for “wants.” The Civil Rights Archive has a circa 1966 photo of Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) handing out this style leaflet. GOOD condition. Moderate toning. Some creasing along the edges and corners. Faint dampstain at the center left edge. $300.00

#3 Literature, d.a. levy, underground press

levy, d.a. et al. The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle. March-April, 1968. Vol. 1 # eleven. No publisher given. Cleveland: 1968. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 15 by 11 ¾ inches. 12 pp., including covers. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Eleventh issue of this underground newspaper style work published and created by Cleveland poet d.a. levy, continued by others for a few issues after his suicide. This issue with “Pray For Niel Carothers,” by d.a. levy, as well as artwork and articles on various protests, counterculture topics and music. GOOD condition. Moderate browning to the paper. Some tearing along the spine, including a larger 1 ¼ inch tear. Minor soiling. $200.00

#4 Piercing, Tattoos

Malloy, Doug (Richard Simonton). The Art of Pierced Penises and Decorative Tattoos. Calston Industries. Sherman Oaks, CA: 1976. Photo illustrated wraps. Unpaginated, approximately 40 pp. Explicit black and white photos throughout. A booklet part memoir, part history, part fantasy, chronicling the author’s experiences with piercings, tattoos and body modification. As James Weber notes in his survey of this book, some of it perpetuates some older myths about piercing, and was presumably issued as masturbatory material, given the explicit photographs of men engaged in erotic situations. That said, it is still considered an early work in the US canon of material published on piercings and tattoos. Doug Malloy/Richard Simonton was an early proponent of body piercing, and helped provide the funds to start Gauntlet, an early innovator in the industry in the US. GOOD+ condition. Minor toning and offsetting to the rear cover, with a few faint wrinkles and creases. $200.00

#5 Black Power, Civil Rights

Worthy, William. Sostre in Solitary. Boston Sunday Globe Offprint. Sunday, September 8, 1968. Boston Globe, Publisher. Boston, MA: 1968. Single sheet, thick paper stock, folded into four pages. Folio. Photos of Sostre on the front, with a small photo of William Worthy on the back. A printing of an article by journalist William Worthy, discussing the plight of Martin Sostre, a Black activist who was jailed for falsified charges against him under COINTELPRO. Sostre, after his release from prison in 1966, opened a bookstore in Buffalo that specialized in anarchist, Black power and other ideologies. The US perceived him as a threat, falsified charges and jailed him until 1975, with Sostre serving several years in solitary confinement. Written by William Worthy, an African American journalist who himself experienced a similar situation at the hands of the US government, when he was charged with returning to the United States without a valid passport. His passport was seized after his travels to China in 1957; despite this Worthy travelled to and from Cuba in 1961, being detained in April of 1962. Worthy was sentenced to three months in jail in late July of 1962. His lawyers asserted that he was being singled out, and that other, white, travelers did not face jail time for the same offense.  GOOD condition. Heavy offsetting and moderate toning to the paper. Minor soiling and wrinkling. $200.00

#6 Underground Press, Black Power

Various authors. Street News. May, 1968. Volume 1, Number 2. Arbor Fabricators.Toledo, OH: 1968. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 16 pp. Photos throughout. Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on the front cover, with a photo illustrated ad for Jimi Hendrix and his albums on the rear cover. Interior with small photos of Stokely Carmichael, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Bobby Hutton, Eldridge Cleaver and others. Single issue of this newspaper formerly known as The Paper. Several lengthy essays reflect on Black Power, including printings of speeches by Stokely Carmichael, H, Rap Brown and Dick Gregory. Also included are two pages devoted to the Black Panther Party and the repression is faced at the hands of white police. Short passage on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reprint of Head Comix by R. Crumb (Robert Crumb) present. GOOD condition. Fold crease present, general minor to moderate toning and minor wrinkling. A few tiny tears along the lower edge. $65.00

#7 Civil War, Photography

Photographic History. The War For the Union. Panoramic View of Rocketts and James River, from Libby Hill, Richmond, Va., looking south-west. No. 3244. Stereographic, Stereoscope, Stereoview Photograph. E. and H.T. Anthony and co., Publisher. New York: no date, perhaps 1865. Thick cardboard stock. 7 by 3 ½ inches. Stereoview of a the site of a battle in the Civil War, overlooking the Rocketts and James River, from Libby Hill in Richmond, Virginia. Ironclads were built here, and the area was set ablaze in April of 1865 once Richmond fell. E. and H.T. Anthony was a company known for selling a variety of photographic supplies, getting into the stereoview business in 1859. The also partnered with noted Civil War photographer Matthew Brady. The Encyclopedia Virginia website indicates this photo was taken by “Matthew Brady or associate,” in April of 1865.  Side by side photos. GOOD condition. Minor curling to the slide. General toning and minor to moderate soiling. Extremities rounded and worn. $200.00

#8 Freewill Baptists, Civil War Notes

No author given. The Free-Will Baptist Register, for the Year of our Lord 1862. No. XXV. Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment. William Burr, Printer. Dover, NH: 1862. Printed wraps. Approximately 4 by 3 inches. 96 pp. A work combining a monthly almanac along with reports of statistics from various meetings of Free-Will Baptist chapters in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and elsewhere. This includes names of preachers, towns, etc. Of note are a few handwritten annotations/notes in the almanac section that comment on the Civil War. This includes mention of battles at Richmond, Fort Donelson and elsewhere; the call up of 750,000 men, then 300,000 men and the fear among the “young,” presumably about being called up; the firing of McClellan; a note reading “report of McClellan retreating doubtful  true,” yellow fever in New Orleans, etc. The writer also lists a few deaths, storm damage, fires, the commencement of haying, etc. No owner’s name present. GOOD condition. Toning, some soiling, minor spotting, staining and discoloration to the covers. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. $125.00

#9 ABC Book Satire, Patent Medicine

Handke, Peter. Peter Handke/2 Plays. Self-Accusation and My Foot My Tutor. A Chelsea Brown Bag Project. Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn, Publisher. Brooklyn, no date, presumed 1970. 9 by 12 inch printed brown paper bag holding 9 items of paper, several being stapled together. All measure 8 ½ by 11 inches. Included is a critical piece on the work of Peter Handke, poetry by Peter Handke, a one page play consisting of instructions to four speakers, a piece on language excerpted from a larger work, a biography of Handke, biographies of the cast. The cast of Self-Accusation was Veronica Castang and Robert Einenkel, with Martin Newman and Mark Lonow being the cast of My Foot My Tutor. Peter Handke is a German author and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and known for his work that pushes the boundaries of language and form. The Chelsea Theater Center opened in 1968. It staged important work often overlooked by contemporary audiences, including works by European playwrights. It closed in 1984 due to rising costs. Bag in GOOD condition with wrinkling and creasing as well as some tears and chips along the edges. Minor wear to the items in the interior, although a few pieces a rather toned. $250.00

#10 LGBTQ+, AAPI

Highways Performance Space Presents Queer N’Asian. Performances, readings, dance and music by Asian Pacific Bisexuals, Lesbians and Gay Men Event Flyer. August 9^th, 1992. Highways Performance Space, Publisher. Santa Monica, CA: 1992. Single sheet, orange paper stock. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on both sides.A flyer for two events, one featuring a variety of performances from members of the AAPI LGBTQ+ community, with the other side advertising a solo performance by Jordan Peimer. Highways Performance Space was established in 1989 by Linda Frye Burnham and Tim Miller, and still operates today, offering a venue for alternative works produced by LGBTQ+ artists. VERY GOOD condition. Minor wrinkling and creasing. $25.00