First Edition. A noteworthy anthology documenting the emergence of Chicano poetry from Fresno State University, featuring early work by Gary Soto and Ernesto Trejo's first publication. Each poet contributes a selection of poems alongside a brief autobiographical essay, offering insight into the development of Chicano literature in California's Central Valley.....

A trade catalog of lamps designed by Ray See under the See-Mar brand name of mid-century modern furniture, featuring 25 original 8-by-10-inch black-and-white photographs of lamps in furniture showroom settings, followed by a three-page price list ($35 to $150). These contents are housed in a three-prong paper folder with title.....

A group of six carte-de-visite format albumen prints, likely dating from the 1890s. The subjects are all Afro-Brazilians posed standing with their right arm resting on a piece of furniture (a table, a chair, a pedestal). Five of the six images have printed backs identifying them as originating from Photographia.....

First Edition. A signed first edition of this groundbreaking middle-grade graphic novel that blends Latino car culture with science fiction, illustrated by an award-winning Mexican American artist. This first book in the series follows the adventures of Lupe Impala, El Chavo Flapjack, and Elirio Malaria as they work to transform.....

Original 1968 flyer describing what happened to Eldridge Cleaver in the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King. Originally published in Ramparts magazine in May 1968 and reprinted by the Eldridge Cleaver Fund, this double-sided broadside captures a pivotal moment in civil rights history. The first piece, "Requiem for.....

First Edition. This set comes from President Millard Fillmore's early legal career, when he practiced law in Buffalo, NY, as part of the firm Clary and Fillmore (1830–1832). The book combines presidential association, legal history, and an intriguing example of early American bookplate design. RARE FILLMORE BOOKPLATE: The second volume.....

First edition. A signed and inscribed limited first edition of a landmark Chilean surrealist poetry collection, illustrated by the New York School artist Enrico Donati. The volume contains fifty numbered poems with nine surrealist black-and-white plates and a two-color cover illustration by Donati. 54 pages. 7-3/4 by 10-1/2 inches. One.....

First Edition. Heine's first book, a collection of poems published by a Berlin bookstore in December 1821 (but dated on the title page 1822). A scarce book by one of the most important 19th century German poets. viii, 170, [1] pages. Collating as: [i] title, [ii] blank, [iii-iv] Zueignung, [v-viii].....