Vancouver, BC: Prop$ Publishing, 1993. The first issue of a mid-'90s hip-hop 'zine out of Vancouver, Canada that focused on artists like Black Moon (who were the biggest slept-on underground hip-hop group of the mid '90s) and Vancouver's own E.Q., featuring record reviews, a column about crate digging, charts, and..... More
River Edge, NJ: Word Up! 1990-1992. "It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! magazine," Biggie Smalls rapped on his debut single in 1994, the classic hip hop track "Juicy." Seven issues from the early days of that magazine are presented here, sold as a lot. Vol..... More
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1857. First edition, first printing in book form of "The Star Spangled Banner." Bound in publisher's original dark brown ribbed cloth decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt. Near Fine with gilt tarnished, faint staining and light scratches to cloth and small areas..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1938-1951. First editions, first printings. Signed by editor-in-chief Otto Neurath in pencil in margin of the inaugural issue's first essay, his "Unified Science as Encylopedic Integration." Neurath's trademark self-caricature is on the facing page; he pictures himself as an angry elephant (he was apparently..... More
San Francisco: McSweeney's/ Lucky Peach, 2011-2013. The first seven issues of the definitive culinary magazine of the Hipster era, irreverent and profusely illustrated, with an emphasis on the quality of the writing. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Wraps slightly shelf-worn, else Fine. More