Recent Catalogs from Bolerium Books Inc.

Iranian American activism and culture A gathering of materials with an emphasis on dissident exile activity in the 1970s and 1980s

Activism against sexual harassment, domestic violence, and rape A short list of books and pamphlets

Asian American history, literature, religion, and arts 131 books, pamphlets, and other items

Making Coal Great Again! 164 items related to coal mining, with emphasis on the labor movement

Frequent Flyers… Handbills, broadsides, and other single-sheet communications 123 items and lots from the 19th century to the end of the 20th.

Palestinian Politics, History and Culture Books, pamphlets and ephemera

Fine press & limited editions A selection of fine press books and limited editions, with an emphasis on California presses such as Grabhorn and Allen Press, with a few anarchist fine press books thrown in for a little spice

Anti-Fascist Movements A short list

Espionage! Conspiracy! Subversion! (Theirs and ours)

A short list on resistance to sexual assault and harassment Anti-rape and anti-harassment pamphlets and other publications

Native American Activism Items related to Native American political and cultural activism of the last several decades

Filipinos in America (And America in the Philippines) Activism, Literature, History

Vote early and often: Presidential campaign ephemera, mostly from outside the two-party system

Bolerium takes the Stage: A sampling of plays, scripts, screenplays, playbills and theatrical ephemera, including items of significance to LGBT and African American history and to the labor movement

International Women’s Day A short list of 20 items

African American history 107 items, from the era of slavery to Black Power

Abortion Controversy Materials on abortion, including activism in support of legalization, and opposition thereto

International Activism Against Apartheid Thirty years ago, the anti-Apartheid movement caught fire on American campuses with calls for divestment from South Africa. This was part of an unprecedented wave of global attention that helped hasten the release of political prisoners and the fall of the Apartheid system. Our selection here includes materials of that mid-1980s era, as well as publications representing the efforts of previous decades and the subsequent transition to democratic rule.

The Far Right Racism, Christian Identity and a smattering of more mainstream conservatism. Not for the squeamish.

LGBT books from the Tamara Turner collection A selection of literature and nonfiction from the holdings of the longtime labor activist and socialist feminist, including signed works by Ann Bannon, Natalie Clifford Barney, and a host of interesting pulps and first editions.

Exiles and Refugees From the Spanish Civil War to Southeast Asia, Central American conflicts to unrest in the Middle East - plus some items by American refugees from the Draft and McCarthyism

CHILDREN’S BOOKS (BOLERIUM STYLE) Children's books with an emphasis on social movements along with China, Tibet and Mongolia.

TRANS A sampling of our stock of transgender and transsexual materials

Zines Including many gay and lesbian publications, zines by people of color, photocopied comix, and products of anarchist and other radical political movements... Plus a few works of pure tastelessness.

Cambodia With an emphasis on war and the diaspora, including a selection of Chinese works in support of the Khmer Rouge

Posters of Women’s Movements 54 posters from feminist, lesbian, and labor-related movements.

“I do!” A short list of items related to LGBT marriage. 1960s to the present

American Labor and Radical Social Movements in the 1930s From the Great Depression to the Emergence of the Social Safety Net. Also including anti-fascist, anti-racist and freethought publications.

The Red Maple Leaf: Canadian radicalism, labor and social movements Books and ephemeral materials

LGBT PERIODICALS Homophile magazines, tabloids, journals & newsletters

Korea and Koreans Abroad History (including the Korean War), Art, Literature and Activism

Cuisine and food-related activism Bolerium goes to lunch.... Books and ephemera representing food-related social movements, labor activism, ethnic and immigrant cuisines, and (what the heck) a few plain old menus and cookbooks.

[One hundred and] Fifty Shades of Red A sampling of one item apiece from 150 different far-left parties, tendencies, activist organizations and splits. Indulge in some political sects play!

Armenia and the Diaspora A short list of historical, literary, religious and political works

Judaica; with an emphasis on social activism A Hanukkah offering

Radical Puerto Rico Independence Activism, Labor, and the Diaspora

QUEER LIT Gay and Lesbian literature and poetry, including many signed editions

Homenatge a Catalunya A short list of some Catalonia-related material inspired by the unofficial Catalan self-determination referendum, much of it from the Spanish Civil War.

The Battle Hymn of Bolerium Sheet music, with an emphasis on the labor movement,
drag performers and the complicated dance around ethnicity.

Bolerium Goes Leafleting II Handbills, flyers, broadsides and other single-sheet communications

Poetry of Protest and Power A century of politically committed poetry from the African Diaspora in the West, ranging from calls for equality and civil rights to the Black power movement and Afrocentrism.

Indigenous activism and history in North America Native Americana, with emphasis on social movements

Japanese American Studies: History, Literature, Activism A catalog representing a portion of our relevant holdings on Japanese immigration and life in the Americas, including many books in Japanese.

Live Wires and Hot Pistols: 130 years of feminist activism A catalog representing a small portion of our relevant holdings in fields ranging from suffrage to wage equality, socialist feminism to lesbian separatism.

Agricultural Labor and Activism Books, pamphlets, leaflets, posters, and pinback buttons - all the tools of the agitator - produced by and about farm workers.