Search Results: Communes from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

Aurora, OR: Self-published by the author, 1965. Pamphlet. 15p., 4.5x6 inch staplebound pamphlet; in very good condition.

Philadelphia: The Communal Studies Center, 1977. Newsletter. 31p., 8.5x11 inches; wrapper slightly soiled with minor edgewear, else in very good condition. Includes essay by William Lawrence Foster titled "Between two worlds: the origins of Shaker Celibacy, Oneida community complex marriage, and Mormon polygamy.

Evansvill, Indiana: Center for Communal Studies, 2009. 8.5x11 inches. Published biannually, Issues in run include Vol. 20 No. 2, Vol. 21 Nos. 1, 2, Vol. 22, Nos. 1, 2, Vol. 24, Nos. 1, 2, Vol. 26, No. 1, Vol. 28, No. 1, Vol. 29 No. 1, Vol. 30 No. 1, Vol. 31 Nos. 1, 2, Vol. 33 No. 1, Vol. 34, No. 1. Back cover of wraps have address of subscriber, else good condition. Founded in 1975 as the National Historic Communal Societies Association. Their mission is to encourage and facilitate the preservation, restoration, and public interpretation of America's historic communal sites. To provide a forum for the study of intentional communities, past and present. To communicate to the general public the successful ideas from, and lessons learned by, communal societies.

npl: Warzone Distro, 2019. Pamphlet. 6p., wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine. Individualist anarchist critique of the communal ideas advocated by the Tiqqunists and Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey),

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880. Hardcover. vii, 309p. spine ends worn; ownership signature on blank flyleaf else good condition. "A few American Communitarian groups are dealt with" *Egbert p. 95.

Yellow Springs, OH: Communitas, 1972. Newsletter. Two issues of the journal, both 64p., first issue has heavy foxing along wrapper edge, wraps slightly shelf worn, and second issue has a sunned front wrap, paper browned, toning transferred to inner wraps, 8.5x11 inches.

Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1978. 76 p., illustrated softcover, B&W photo illustrations. Old price label on cover, otherwise very good. Promotes China's take on socialized medicine, after the conclusion of the Cultural Revolution.

San Francisco, CA: Jud Presmont, n.d.. Spiral_bound. [42p.], 8.5x11 inch sheets in plastic binding, in very good condition. Collection of materials promoting the utopian visions of Presmont, often known as Bro Jud, who was the founder of the Kerista commune. After the 1991 breakup of the commune he sought to recreate a utopian project under various names including World Academy of Keristan Education. In more recent years he hosted a monthly public access television program, "Bro Jud on Love Energy.

n.pl: Self-published by the author, 1977. Pamphlet. 54p., 8.5x11 mimeographed sheets, staplebound at top left corner, slightly creased corner from fold, else in very good condition.

Kenwood, CA: The Eden Project, 2000. 20p., staplebound booklet, 5.75x8.5 inches, corners cut (as issued), very good condition. "The Eden Project is to create a 1,600 acre land based Permaculture Eco-Village Community in the mountains of Northern Mendocino County in Northern California..." Outlines the hoped-for community.

Berkeley: The Universal Industrial Church of the New World Comforter, 1973. Paperback. iv, 350p., wraps, 5x8 inches, wraps worn, spine creased, pages evenly toned, pen mark on front wrap, else very good condition. At head of title on cover "from the universe..." Also known as the One World Family Commune, the Universal Industrial Church of the New World Comforter was a commune with beliefs mixing UFOs and messianic utopianism. They operated out of the Bay Area and ran a prominent vegetarian restaurant on Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley.

Detroit: Free University of Detroit, 1966. Handbill. Original 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill announcing orientation and registration for the Free University, printed both sides with mild toning and wear. The F.U.D. was founded by John Sinclair, Allen Van Newkirk and other members of The Artists' Workshop Press in January of 1966.

Louisa, VA: Twin Oaks Community, 2001. Magazine. Five 8.5x11 inch double-sided conference handbills from each year spanning from 1998 to 2001; each has a mailing address and mailing folds, otherwise in very good condition. Twin Oaks is an intentional community in Louisa, Virginia based upon the ideas of B. F. Skinner's "Walden Two." The commune was organized in 1967.

Oakland: PM Press, 2012. Paperback. 576p., paperback, 6x9 inches. Second edition. Light handling wear to wraps with light creasing to p. 167-172, else very good.

Oakland: PM Press, 2012. Paperback. 576p., wraps, photos, 2nd edition, very good.

Putney, VT: Free Vermont Commune, 1970. Newspaper. [48p] folded tabloid underground newspaper, paste-up collage layout style, news, actions, opinion, photos, services, resources, even toning throughout, covers slightly soiled, edges worn and mildly chipped, middle fold has minor cracks, else very good. Underground paper published by Free Vermont commune as part of their efforts to link up Vermont communes and further revolutionary alternative institutions. Reports on Alcatraz, Kent State with photos, Saigon, Cuba, University of Illinois and Wisconsin protests, Augusta, GA, section on the Black Panthers, Cambodia, Ho Chi Minh etc.

Putney, VT: Free Vermont Commune, 1970. Newspaper. [36p] folded tabloid underground newspaper, paste-up collage layout style, news, actions, opinion, photos, services, resources, heavily worn, split at folds, toned, fragile newsprint. Underground paper published by Free Vermont commune as part of their efforts to link up Vermont communes and further revolutionary alternative institutions. Black Panther Party Program and statements. Brattleboro Action Movement. Pro-Abortion article. Yippies by Jerry Rubin. Chicago Conspiracy Trial.

Boston: Gay Community News, 1978. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, columns, features, reports, resources, events, entertainment, ads, lightly-toned else very good on newsprint. Cover story on the protests against the blasphemy charge agains London's Gay News perodical. Also Part 2 of Seng's centerspread story about The Fort Hill Faggots for Freedom, a gay collective (not far from Mel's commune.

Boston: GCN, 1978. Newspaper. 16p., very good folded tabloid newspaper on newsprint, news, opinion, articles, events, ads, photos, services and resources. Boston's LGBTQ newspaper which started in 1973. More political than entertainment. Also: Fort Hill: Inside a Gay Collective part 2.

Boston: GCN, 1978. Newspaper. 16p., very good folded tabloid newspaper on newsprint, news, opinion, articles, events, ads, photos, services and resources. Boston's LGBTQ newspaper which started in 1973. More political than entertainment. Also: Fort Hill: Inside a Gay Collective. Cover image of Tin Man, Dorothy & Scarecrow.