Terrorism from Lorne Bair Rare Books

[Vega, TX: Privately published, 1923]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm). Pictorial red cloth hardcover; 266pp, seven unnumbered leaves of plates. Tight, square copy, gilt slightly faded on spine and cover; solidly VG. A flawed and sensationalized account of the Missouri pro-slavery terrorist and his band of raiders, including much on the Jameses and Youngers. Quoting Adams: "Somehow one… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1971. First Edition. First issue, with publisher's statement tipped on to front free endpaper. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth boards lettered in white on spine, in red and blue jacket; 412pp. Pushed at head and tail, small stain to top edge, text paper slightly tanned, overall Very Good or better. Jacket rubbed with one… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Black cloth stamped in blue and red, in cream dust jacket; [xxii],225,[1]pp; six leaves of black and white photos. Slight forward roll, pushed at head and tail, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $5.95), toned at spine, rubbed at edges with two short tears at lower edge, mild foxing… Read more about this item

New York: Dial Press, 1973. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Textured paper over boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 264pp; illus. Ownership stamp ("Property of U.S. Navy") to bottom edge of text block, else a sharp, unmarked copy, free of textual markings or significant wear. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $7.95 on front flap), slightly rubbed and edgeworn; Very Good.… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 237pp; illus. Straight, tight, and unmarked; a Near Fine copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, also Near Fine. On the Flores Magon brothers and the anarchist plot to use a violent revolution to establish an anarchist Tejano republic in the states of… Read more about this item

[Milwaukee: Milwaukee Sentinel, 1966]. Original black and white photographic print, 8" x 10". Stamps and composition notes to recto below image; clipping glued to verso with brief ink caption; small loss to bottom right corner, well away from image. Very Good overall, with image area clean and unfaded. Photo shows the aftermath of the attempted assassination of… Read more about this item

College Park: The University of Maryland, 1947. First Edition. Octavo pamphlet. Staple-bound, pictorial paper wrappers; i-v, pp1903-1920. Complete, clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Artamonov (later Shadrin) defected from the Soviet Navy in 1959, becoming a valuable CIA asset during the Cold War. He was kidnapped by KGB agents in 1975.

Paulden, AZ: Gunsite Press, 1990. Second printing. Octavo (23cm). Pictorial card wrappers (softcover, as issued); 702pp. Clean, tight and unmarked, about Fine. Hard-to-find anthology of Cooper's early columns from Guns & Ammo magazine.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1937. Gift inscription inside front cover to a Major Clifford Sayre "from the junior officers of the B'flo Military District," dated 1941; later inscribed and signed by the author, "With best wishes" on front free endpaper, dated 1945. Third printing. Octavo (24cm). Black cloth boards, titled in gilt on spine; xviii,[1]-739pp; illustrations and diagrams in text;… Read more about this item

Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo (23.25cm); orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; xii,326,[8]pp; illus. Mottling to pastedowns, board edges slightly splayed, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped, with gently sunning to spine and modest shelfwear overall. Collection of memories of hundreds of residents in Northern Ireland - moderate,… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1931. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Red cloth boards, with applied paper title labels to spine and front cover; dustwrapper; 452pp. Inscribed on half-title: "To Mr. George Schmitter with best wishes," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Another hand has added initials and a date of 1934 beneath the inscription; a later owner… Read more about this item

Milano: Rizzoli Editore, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Pictorial card wrappers (softcover); 158pp. Embossed ownership stamp; light wear; Very Good. Text entirely in Italian.

Indore: Modern Publishers, N.d. (ca 1946-7). 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; [i]-viii, 41pp text + 19pp ads. Mild foxing and toning to page edges; Very Good or better. English-language Indian reprint of Goldman's essay, originally collected in her Anarchism & Other Essays (1910). This edition published by the great Indian libertarian pamphleteer Arya Bhavan, whose Libertarian Book… Read more about this item

New York: National Lawyers Guild, 2002. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 32pp. Transcript of the panel discussion, which included Abdeen Jabara, Michael Ratner, Leri Weinglass and Lynne Stewart, moderated by Michael Steven Smith.

Mexico City: Centro Nacional por Comunicación Social (CENCOS) / Article 19, n.d. (ca 2008). 12mo. Pictorial card wrappers; 74pp. Fine. Guidelines for the documentation and prosecution of crimes against journalists; a joint project of CENCOS and Article 19, the Global Campaign for Free Expression. Text entirely in Spanish.

Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, [2005]. Octavo (22.5cm.); original glossy photo-illustrated card wrappers; xvii,[1],275pp. Small bump to bottom fore-edge corner, else Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author on p. [1]: "For / Mr. Arthur Obermayer, A man whom I hold in high respect. Thank you for your friendship. With personal regards, Yours sincerely, Hassan / Sep 17, 2004. … Read more about this item

London: Amnesty International Publications, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); original blue staplebound card wrappers; 92p.; printed from typescript. Fine. Issued during Argentina's "Dirty War," contents include chapters on prisoners, disappearances, and torture, as well as Lord Avebury's description of Villa Devoto Prison and its female detainees.

Forest Grove, OR: The Combat Bookshelf, 1969. Reprint. Quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; 124pp; illus. Mild cover soil; contents fresh, tight and unmarked. Very Good or better. Reprint of the standard Army field manual on counter-guerrilla ops, published in 1963.