A folded newsprint pamphlet from the Students for a Democratic Society consisting of two items: a 14" x 22" fold-out poster advertising their 1972 Convention Against Racism held at Harvard University, plus a folded sheet with a registration form for the convention to be mailed back to the SDS. Calling itself on the pamphlet a "militant, nation-wide student organization," the SDS organized against racism, for worker's right and in opposition to the Vietnam War. It grew to over 300 campus chapters but eventually dissolved in 1974, becoming the Committee Against.....
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Abstract expressionist Boardman, studied in France and had his first American solo show at the Martha Jackson Gallery. Buddies with Ryman and other key abstract painters, Boardman's project occupies an area between Avery, Rothko, Still and Alma Thomas. This item is the poster for his May/June 1960 exhibit of paintings at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles.

Condition: Fine, folded as issued.
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Flyer promoting the Socialist Workers Party in the 1969 election. One side features the candidates for New York City government offices with Paul Boutelle for mayor, while the other spells out the Party's platform. The SWP formed in 1937 as a splinter group of Trotskyists from the Socialist Party and went through several major transformations over the following decades. By the late 1960s, the SWP was strongly involved in the Black nationalist movement, the anti-Vietnam-war effort and women's rights, all of which are strongly represented on this flyer.

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Announcement of and invitation to join the SCU, a moderate student organization dedicated to nonviolent dialogue and academic freedom. The SCU was founded in May 1968 in direct opposition to the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) and its violent activities. This flyer states that the SCU is involved in university restructuring, position papers, study groups, campus debates and social activities and warned that another violent spring could threaten the very existence of Columbia. The flyer is stamped March 17, 1969 at the bottom.

Condition: Near Fine, mild toning; stamped.....
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An exhibition flyer for the 1961 Salem exhibit Today in a Fur-Lined Tea Cup, an extended version of a riotous Dada-influenced Portland exhibit entitled Exhibition Syndrome that preceded it. The exhibit was an homage to Dada and its influence on local artists. A one-act Dada opera, An American Travesty, written by Portland composer and teacher Robert Crowley, was also performed. On the reverse of the folded flyer is an announcement for Paintings by Ruth Fluno at the Salem Art Museum-Bush House.

Condition: Fine, some slight transfer of black printing to.....
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A handsome two-color typography specimen poster of the Bulmer roman and italic typefonts, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. The Bulmer font was originally designed and cut in England, about 1786, by William Martin for the printer W. Bulmer at the Shakespeare Press. The font is displayed in sizes ranging from 6 to 48 point. The poster is printed on Eastern's Atlantic Antique Laid 24lb. paper, which is "uniform in every respect, its tub-sized surfaces take print equally well on.....
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A two-color typography specimen poster of the Fairfield font, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. The poster reproduces a text from "Plain Printing Types" by Theodore L. De Vinne in the Fairfield font in sizes ranging from 6 to 14 point. The poster is printed on Eastern's Atlantic Ledger paper, which is "a strong, durable, genuinely watermarked ledger paper for all kinds of entry work and bookkeeping, as well as for catalogs, price sheets, and other similar pieces where extra.....
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A two-color typography specimen poster of the Janson font, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. The poster reproduces a broadside advertisement and type specimen sheet of bibles and common-prayer books from 1685. The alphabet is also show in Janson type in sizes ranging from 10 to 36 point. The poster is printed on Eastern's Atlantic Antique Laid paper, which is "ideal for letterheads, envelopes, leaflets, brochures, and folders, as well as for limited edition book-printing"

Condition: Very Good, folded as.....
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The concert poster for the Violent Femmes at Portland's Fox Theatre (R.I.P.) on April 9, 1992.

Condition: Near Fine, light corner crease at lower left corner.
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The poster for the 2011 exhibition of Tatlin's iconic "Monument for the Third International" at the Shafrazi Gallery in New York. This 1967 model of the work, originally conceived in 1915-1920, was its first showing in the United States. The model is is over 9 feet wide x 16 feet high and materials include enamel on wood, metal and plexiglass with an electric motor. The Shafrazi Gallery closed in 2014.

Condition: Fine, folded as issued.
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A silkscreened poster by the UK's Poster Collective featuring images of labor protest plus music and lyrics from the iconic labor song "Which Side Are You On?" which was written by Appalachian activist Florence Reece in 1931. The poster also shows a large image of Sara Ogan Gunning, a singer and songwriter from the coal mining country of Eastern Kentucky. The song includes the lyrics "Come all of you good workers, good news to you. I'll tell, of how the good old union has come here to dwell. Which side.....
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A rare, oversize poster print of the great writer James Joyce featuring the famous photo by Berenice Abbott, that she took in her Paris studio in 1928. With a copyright of "1970 Michael Howden" and "Distributed by Shakespeare, Berkeley" in the lower left corner. The "Shakespeare, Berkeley" apparently refers to the bookstore Shakespeare & Co., located on Telegraph Avenue (across from Moe's Books) in Berkeley, CA from 1964 to 2015. It is unclear why the poster has a copyright for Michael Howden (or who he was - if anyone knows.....
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A charming 1954 oversize event poster for the Teatro Greco di Siracusa (the Greek Theatre of Syracuse, Italy), promoting productions of Prometeo Incatenato (Prometheus Bound) and Antigone presented by the Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico (National Institute of Ancient Drama). With a who's who list of Italian actors, directors and composers involved, including Vittorio Gassman, Luigi Squarzina, Goffredo Petrassi, Gennaro Perrotta, Mario Chiari, Guido Salvini and Fiorenzo Carpi. The Teatro Greco di Siracusa, a classic example of traditional Greek amphitheater architecture, overlooks the city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily. It.....
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