Bolerium Books

Bolerium Books is an independent bookstore in San Francisco, California, established in 1981. It specializes in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years it has expanded into materials in non-western languages and placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. It is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA). A large proportion of its business is with institutional libraries and archives.

Bolerium Books was established in 1981 in San Francisco. John Durham, original co-founder and senior owner, left graduate studies in economics to establish Bolerium in 1981 as part of a group of five that rapidly shrank. The store specializes in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages and placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. It is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA). A large proportion of Bolerium's business is with institutional libraries and archives, tailoring offerings from individual titles to entire archival collections.

Specialist antiquarian bookseller focused on unusual and historically significant materials on social movements, serving institutional libraries and archives.

• Books and ephemera on labor and social movements

  Specializes in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right.

• Ephemera

  Tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock.

• Non-western language materials

  Expanded into materials in non-western languages in recent years.

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