1971ref. 167739Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 "surrealist documentary" rock film showing Frank Zappa. In 1970 Zappa completely re-formed the Mothers of Invention to include drummer Aynsley Dunber jazz keyboardist George Duke and three members of The Turtles. Zappa began to write a film for the new lineup and recorded "Chunga's Revenge" 1970 with them as a "preview." Subsequently Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta and worked with him to produce a concert in May 1970 wherein the Los Angeles Philharmonic was augmented by the Mothers or vice versa as you like and referred to this as "the second preview." The film itself shot in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London was a tripped-out documentary about life as a musician on the road and Zappa characteristically chose an eclectic group of celebrities to join the proceedings including Theodore Bikel Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The resulting soundtrack is a matter of debate among Zappa enthusiasts but is notable for its orchestral finale "Strictly Genteel" a touchstone for the variety of classical music experimentations Zappa would subsequently pursue. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1863ref. 30892London: Hatchard & Co 1863. First edition 8vo pp. 27 1; bound with: Moon A Second Defence of the Queen's English. London: Hatchard & Co. 1863; pp. 38; bound with: Opinions of the Press for both of the foregoing 1 leaf each; bound with: Just published . Poems: by G Washington Moon pp. 4 ostensibly an advertisement but including two poems one entitled "Deeds not Words." Later wrappers; very good. Apt criticism of the Dean's infamous essay which Moon found to be riddled with structural and grammatical inaccuracies. This pamphlet had no small influence was later expanded with A Second Defense. Hatchard & Co unknown books
1972ref. 252390London: Rider 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later. Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover Later Edition. Book has light rub of spine ends and cover edges clean text. Dustwrapper has wear and tear of spine ends and panel edges price clipped. Rider hardcover books
1949ref. 188141949. Moon Bucklin. The Darker Brother 1949 brought Moon's 1943 novel of a Black Florida family's migration to Harlem into the postwar mass-market paperback trade centering the racial discrimination Ben encounters after moving North. The novel follows Ben from Florida to Harlem where expectations of greater freedom confront housing employment and interpersonal racism; his later military service returns him to the segregated South. Published originally during World War II the narrative placed these experiences within the movement of African Americans from the South to northern cities and the persistence of racial discrimination beyond the Jim Crow South. Moon Bucklin. The Darker Brother. New York City: Bantam Books November 1949. Bantam edition. First paperback printing. 246 pp. Original pictorial wrappers. 8vo. No dust jacket as issued. The front wrapper depicts Ben and his fiancée Birdie on a Harlem street confronted by a white man clutching papers with buildings and street activity visible behind them. Red blue and gold dominate the illustration. Across the upper margin appears the publisher's line "He came up North for freedom and got---Harlem!" The rear wrapper announces "Born the Wrong Color" in red lettering and summarizes Ben's experiences of racial prejudice. The cover's language and confrontation scene recast Moon's novel for the postwar paperback market by emphasizing racial conflict as its principal selling point. First published by Doubleday Doran in 1943 The Darker Brother follows Ben his mother and sister from Florida to Harlem and traces the consequences of racial violence and discrimination as Ben searches for work plans a future with Birdie and enters military service. Contemporary reviews recognized race relations as the novel's central subject while Moon continued addressing racial discrimination in A Primer for White Folks 1945 and The High Cost of Prejudice 1947. The 1949 Bantam edition is particularly revealing for the history of African American representation in popular publishing: its wrapper converts a novel about Black migration and racism into the visual and promotional vocabulary of the mid-century paperback juxtaposing the promise of northern freedom with the publisher's stark Harlem street scene. Minor creasing to the lower right corner of the front wrapper and minor chipping to the spine neither affecting text or illustration; internally clean and overall very good condition. unknown books
2008ref. 212253Chicago IL: Bad Press Books 2008. First edition and first printing. Features texts by Maia M. Rigas Perra Loca and Hernandez de Luna. A fascinating monograph that examines at American politics and culture through the prism of the postal system. Hernandez de Luna offers a biting look by creating stamps and likely envelopes and mailing them. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in illustrated boards with a gatefold opening and in a fine black cloth slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Hernandez de Luna on the verso of the front board. Also includes a signed note by Hernandez de Luna to art collector Cleve Carney thanking him for his support that has been inserted via photo corners to the rear of the book. Carney is the first person thanked in the printed acknowledgements of the book. An attractive production with a terrific provenance. Bad Press Books unknown books
1991ref. 69104Boston: Shambhala 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 510pp. Quarto 31.5cm. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. In an illustrated dust jacket and an illustrated slipcase. There are a few small scratches to the slipcase. With 120 full-page color photographs of ancient and modern art and artifacts of the sacred traditions of the world. All images are sourced at the ARAS which housed more than 13000 pictures and scholarly materials at the time of this publication. Shambhala hardcover books
2009ref. 168045Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz 2009. Hardcover. VG- light wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Black cloth boards with stamped lettering. BW-illustrated dust jacket with gray and white lettering. 411 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Interview with Iris Inhee Moon Is it ON-AIR. Includes bibliographical references. Hatje Cantz hardcover books
1979ref. 202343San Francisco: Casa de San Jose of Santa Clara County 1979. Single 9.5x6.5 inch award certificate landscape format printed one side with green and salmon design black text signed by the Emperor & Empress very good. Imperial Court award stating that Lady Johnnie Staggs is dubbed Royal Guardian of Our Human Rights. Casa de San Jose of Santa Clara County unknown books
1979ref. 202344San Francisco: Casa de San Jose of Santa Clara County 1979. Single 9.5x6.5 inch award certificate landscape format printed one side with green and salmon design black text signed by the Emperor & Empress very good. Imperial Court award stating that Lady Rosalie Nichols is dubbed Royal Guardian of Our Human Rights. Casa de San Jose of Santa Clara County unknown books
2004ref. 46403Chicago:: Qualiatica Press. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 0975309609 . Color illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Qualiatica Press, hardcover books
2004ref. 136391Chicago IL: Qualiatica Press 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 2007. Foreword by Michael Hernandes de Luna. Contributions by Warren Leming David Bade Renay Kerkma Timothy Shortell David Bade Jim Swanson and Claudia Alonzo. A very fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Qualiatica Press unknown books
1974ref. 168327San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art 1974. First Edition. First Edition. Catalog for a 1974 multimedia exhibition documenting five Bay Area-based artists' month-long trip to Baja California funded by the San Francisco Museum of Art. Includes a sheet of "BAJA" stamps designed and printed by Robert Fried along with twelve color slides and eight loose leaves housed in a folding cardboard envelope. All as issued for the catalog. All material Very Good plus to Near Fine. Envelope lightly toned. San Francisco Museum of Art unknown books
1977ref. 629630Westport Connecticut: Greenwood Press 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 256pp. A spot on the front board else near fine lacking the dust jacket. Greenwood Press hardcover books
1948ref. 614475Garden City: Doubleday 1948. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 256pp. Ex-library with usual markings rear hinge cracked dust jacket flap affixed to front fly chips at corners of boards good only lacking the dust jacket. Doubleday hardcover books
1990ref. 65340Detroit:: Omnigraphics. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0906795893 . First edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . Omnigraphics, hardcover books
1983ref. 347459Chicago: Black Maria Collective 1983. Magazine. 93p. ads articles poetry prose art ads resources wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good trade paperback journal in white pictorial wraps. Black Maria Collective unknown books
1983ref. 270715Chicago: Black Maria Collective 1983. Paperback. 93p. ads inscribed and signed by three contributors to one of the collective on title page articles poetry prose art ads resources very good trade paperback journal in white pictorial wraps. Inscribed to fellow Collective member Debbie Trantow as Deb by Carla Kaplan Yvonne Zipter & Laurie Fortman. Black Maria Collective paperback books
1984ref. 442894New York: Fawcett Crest 1984. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 435 1pp. Mass market paperback. Illustrated from black and white photographic plates taken by the author. Age-toned pages with creasing in the spine near fine. Author's first book on his travels through America. Fawcett Crest unknown books
1981ref. 47917New York: Rizzoli 1981. Near Fine/Very Good . New York: Rizzoli 1981. First American Edition. Large quarto; publisher's boards in black pictorial dust jacket; 4139pp.; black and white photographs throughout. Light rubbing to jacket margins else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Rizzoli unknown books
2000ref. 203517New York: Body Positive 2000. Magazine. 48p. 8.5x11 inches photos illustrations articles about AIDS treatments and actions very good in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Body Positive unknown books
1998ref. 208173Tucson AZ: Nazraeli Press 1998. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Features text by Taro Amano and Shino Kuraishi. Includes 60 color images. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Boo Moon on the half title page. Nazraeli Press unknown books
1996ref. 265865New York: Oxford University Press 1996. Paperback. xi 292p. introduction bibliography index chapter endnotes photos lightly-used first edition first printing stated trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Oxford University Press paperback books
1970ref. 203575Lucerne Switzerland: C. J. Bucher Ltd 1970. First edition. Softcover. February 1970. 57 pages. Includes images by: Georges Tourdjman Olivero Toscani Sarah Moon Barry Lategan. A near fine copy in wrappers with some of the usual curling and some other minor wear. Internally a clean copy of this somewhat uncommon issue of this long running magazine. C. J. Bucher Ltd unknown books
1972ref. 281511San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1972. Pamphlet. 11 four-page keepsakes Lewis' introduction. Authors and titles include: Moon L. Lee WEAVERVILLE; Charles H Duncan SACRAMENTO; Richard Dillon CHINA CAMP; Gunther Barth SAN FRANCISCO; R. Coke Wood STOCKTON; L. D. Farrar CENTRAL PACIFIC R. R.; Carlo M. de Ferrari TUOLUMNE COUNTY; Samuel Stark MONTEREY; Joseph E. Doctor HANFORD'S CHINA ALLEY; Noel Peattie SANTA BARBARA; and W. W. Robinson LOS ANGELES. Set complete but not boxed. Very good condition. The Book Club of California unknown books
1987ref. 27017NY: John Wiley & Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0471856851 . Third printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
