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19347014N.P. Ontario: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement N.D. Circa 1934. First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 2 1-37. Slim Oblong 8vo. measuring 8 3/4" x 7" tall. Thirty-nine mimeographed type-script leaves issued in loose-leaf format "to allow for changes and additions from time to time". Printed on rectos only housed within thick plain boards with a utilitarian green cloth backstrip secured with metal clasps. Divided into four sections the handbook would serve as a detailed instrument for political organization offering a range of practical advice on the formation and administration of C.C.F. youth branches across the nation. The text is prefaced with a broad historical background of the C.C.F. movement outlining its origins structure purposes political activities and its social political and chiefly its economic goals. Sections II-IV offer detailed guidance on the rudimentary principles and components of political organization including the necessary requirements for the establishment of C.C.F.-affiliated youth branches in a given region; suggested membership structure; election composition and functions of the executive leadership board members secretaries etc.; formation and function of the various committees comprising each branch educational publicity social finance cultural industrial political et al.; how-to's of conducting and recording meetings; suggested public outreach methods and cultural activities; financial record-keeping etc. While the authors explicitly reference the Ontario section of the C.C.Y.M. it is very likely that the handbook was compiled to be replicated and to serve as a guide for use nationally. Light age-toning to the margins of the boards faint offset from the metal claps to the verso of boards leaves entirely without blemish with firm binding; fine. Exceptionally rare. Unrecorded in OCLC no similar titles located amongst the holdings at LAC/BAC Peel Fisher. Not found in Weinrich. <br/><br/>¶ A foundational document of the enormously consequential Canadian co-operative movement and Canadian socialism at-large. Compiled and published during the infancy of the movement following a meeting of a "representative group of young members of the C.C.F. from Quebec Ontario and each of the four Western provinces" as held in Winnipeg in 1934 a mere two years following the founding of the party in 1932 and only one year following the adoption of the Regina Manifesto which explicitly called for "a planned and socialized economy". The meeting would coincide with the third national convention of the C.C.F. during which the membership resolved to formalize the establishment of a youth wing with the stated objective of interesting "young farmers workers and students in socialism" in order to "to unite them into a strong enlightened organization to work for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of the Co-operation Commonwealth". The party would subsequently make history by forming the first social-democratic government in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in Saskatchewan in 1944. [Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement] hardcover
1816271<p>New York: J. Seymour American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Agents Appointed to Establish a School for Heathen Youth 1816. first edition. modern 1/4 niger morocco. Good. Inspiration for the First Mission to Hawaii. <br /><br />Rare in commerce most copies have been acquired by American institutions. Few copies have come to documented auction in the past 100 years. Of those made available about half are decommissioned library copies including a copy that sold for over $15000 at a 2006 Sotheby's auction.<br /><br />Condition: Very Good<br /><br />IMPORTANCE & BACKGROUND<br /><br />A biographical account of the lives of five Hawaiian youths who would come to form a core of initial students enrolled at the new Foreign Mission School established at Cornwall Connecticut in 1816. The vivid accounts of Captain Cook's and others explorers' voyages to the Sandwich Islands Hawaii and other Pacific islands generated interest in the U.S. to properly educative Hawaiians in both academic and Christian teachings. The school formed under the direction of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ABCFM would serve to educate foreign students in preparation for missionary work in their native lands and elsewhere. <br /><br />A Narrative of Five Youth from the Sandwich Islands was the first of many publications intended to raise funds and stir up popular support for the new school as well as for the first Christian mission sent to the Hawaiian Islands three years later. The publications were a great success leading to the significant funding and public support critical to early efforts to fold Hawaii within the cultural and commercial influence of the United States.<br /><br />BOOK INFO<br /><br />Published in 1816 in New York by J. Seymour under the direction of ".agents appointed to establish a school for heathen youth" e.g. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. First edition first printing. Bound in modern 1/4 green niger morocco with gilt spine lettering over finely woven green cloth backed boards. Refreshed endpapers. Thin Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/8". Collated and complete: 3 4-44 p. <br /><br />ABOUT THE WORK & HISTORICAL CONTEXT<br /><br />By the early 1800s Hawaii had become a key aspect of America's growing trade with China. It was a critical resupply port for American ships on the trade route to China and a lucrative source for sandalwood. American merchants saw commercial possibilities that could be expanded. Protestant missionaries saw heathens in need of salvation via Christian conversion.<br /><br />This is a biographical account of and strong bit of fundraising propaganda on how five Hawaiian youths were saved from their heathen ways and savage pasts through a civilized education and Christian conversion. While the backgrounds of the youth vary - one was the son of a chief and another the survivor of brutal inter-tribal warfare for example-- the stories of these five youths share a number of common elements. All had spent time as sailors on American trade ships. Three had served at sea in the War of 1812. Most had experienced periods of extreme hardship after reaching New England. All found sponsors teachers and spiritual guides who helped them on their path to converting to Protestantism.<br /><br />CONDITION INFO<br /><br />The book is Good to Very Good by early 19th century American imprint standards.<br /><br />Binding is tight. Leather is supple. Areas of dust and light soiling to cloth. Lightly toned pages overall with light foxing. Some abrasion to paper along gutter margins of first few pages. Browning to first and last page with some brittleness and chipping. The paper used by the printer was quite thin so the text block background is darkened a bit by opposing page text on the same leaf as in all copies. No writing ex libris marks or library markings. Slight loosening at the head of the first few leaves where binding cords are exposed. A few smudges marginal paper nicks and other signs of light handling.<br /><br />.</p> J. Seymour, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Agents Appointed to Establish a School for Heathen Youth)
196959277WWB. As New. 1969. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 64 pp. With 65 ills. 24 x 15 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . WWB paperback
1940List2749California 1940. Approximately 248 total pages: 149 8.5 x 11 inches and smaller three typed and ninety-nine 5 x 8 inches and smaller. Most undated; those with dates ranging from 1944 to 1958. Ninety-two pages from Nancy Gotthart and eighty-six pages from Helen Gotthart; the remaining from various friends either unsigned or with first name only. Many letters missing pages. Generally fine. David Lawrence was part of a cohort of young dancers in Southern California; he modeled and may have danced in the SoCal Ballet. His correspondents here include Nancy Gotthart an aspiring artist and writer whom Lawrence met in a dance class; Helen Gotthart Nancy’s mother; Leisa a fellow aspiring dancer; Wendy a dancer with the Players Guild; and others.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a large lot of letters mainly to Lawrence from friends with those dated spanning from the mid-1940s to the late 1950s. His friends who are mostly women seem to be in their late teens to early twenties and are struggling to adjust to young adult life in the postwar era. Fellow dancer Leisa writes perceptively that:<br /> <br /> “I know it is rough all over but in a couple of years the whole world is going to see a change and there will be a chance for the creative person to do something that he feels he is supposed to do. I know how much I want to dance and also how much you want to dance but to be realistic and not emotional under the conditions of the world today we would never be able to get what we want.†No Date<br /> <br /> In the meantime the friends are open about the emotional effects of this transitional time. Nancy Gotthart tells Lawrence that:<br /> <br /> “I am in my little cave. It is a mess – broken glass a couple of oil paintings torn and strewn about my radio smashed in a sick heap by the bookcase while various parts are scattered from one end of the apartment to the other. An empty scotch bottle reigns over the general chaos. . It was after I tore up the paintings I had scratched my wrist and it was bleeding slightly – you know how it is with an animal when it scents blood: it wants more: and so did I.†October 28 1958<br /> <br /> Leisa and their mutual friends are troubled as well. She writes:<br /> <br /> “Dick was put in an institution because he told someone he saw God and for 8 months he was given nothing but shock treatments. Please don’t say anything to anyone And I was put in a home for girls because I hated People and told everyone God was going to destroy them. So you see what happens to people when you arn’t given understanding.†No Date<br /> <br /> Lawrence expresses a similar sentiment in an unsent response to a letter from his friend Wendy. Wendy is “working with the Players Guild a group of dancers headed by Raoul Pausé and Marce Wild†and is starting “rehearsals for a jazy sic ballet in which Ron Pointdexter has done the choreography†April 30 1958. At that time Lawrence was taking classes and modeling in Hollywood. In his letter to Wendy after several missing pages he concludes:<br /> <br /> “. or anything just alone – an empty feeling of some urge of destruction – A smash-up – any one anything – the sudden desire to destroy with no attempt of physical violence – this conflicting urge swells with in me like a massive wave – bound for destruction – building higher and higher – nothing can prevent it – like a tital sic wave it reaches its climax – then down it smashes – nothing gained – nothing lost – just a desire of self pity with no conclusion –†November 13 1958<br /> <br /> In a draft of a letter also in the archive from a Lorraine to Tom—perhaps Lorraine was a friend that Lawrence was helping to write this letter—these feelings are located squarely in the context of malaise surrounding World War II:<br /> <br /> “As for my job that is of no consequence. I have given notice and this Saturday will be my last day at Gilfillan. . When I took the job I went with innocent believing eyes thinking I was doing what I should for the war effort. I only find myself now a human parasite wasting ½ my time doing nothing – and the most important thing expected of me is to look busy when the “big shots†go through the plant. Such waste of precious time – how I feel with you the impossible hand of army routine life crushing out all possibility of creativeness! And if one doesn’t rebel inwardly for actively it is impossible to do in your position he falls into the rut which too many people eventually accept as part of them.†August 25 1944<br /> <br /> Fortunately Lawrence has a supportive adult in his life: Nancy’s mother Helen Gotthart with whom Lawrence has a lengthy correspondence and an ambiguously tender relationship. Helen—who is a real estate agent and aspiring writer—encourages Lawrence to stick with dancing:<br /> <br /> “I want to insist again that you must take at least one or two classes a week or get into your dance clothes and give yourself a barre at the kitchen sink . but don’t allow yourself to get stiff whatever you do. And look like crazy for another job where you can get classes and maybe attend rehearsals again . If you let things drift as they are without trying to do better in any and every way possible then you will be as bad as R. only in a different way.†September 13 1957<br /> <br /> She assures him that “if we both do our best and work as hard as we can perhaps we will both come out on top†and promises to “do all I can to help you or possibly I should say ‘to help you help yourself’ because dance is a thing you must do for yourself†November 10 NY.<br /> <br /> Also of interest in the archive is Nancy’s appraisal of the contemporary treatment of gay men which they discuss several times. Nancy writes:<br /> <br /> “Oh yes you made reference to some ‘raids’. Were you referring to the round-up of homosexuals There has been a great-to-do about it in the papers. Several private citizens and you remember Ermine Duccini Well he was picked up. And on account of public opinions mothers primarily he is going to be dropped from page missing… turn their efforts to rounding-up dope-pushers and the like. The strange ideas & hates of the great unwashed are incomprehensible to me. I guess they feel the murders committed by the sale of heroin are less terrible. Not so with me; I believe in live and let live.†May 8 1958<br /> <br /> At another point she remarks:<br /> <br /> “As far as I am concerned what should be done with such people i.e. gay men is let them alone. They are as much human beings perhaps more as anyone else. After all one isn’t condemned because he prefers green to blue why would one be condemned for preferring someone of one’s own sex And the thing that really gets me about all this business is that a married man can philander and make every woman he feels inclined to while two men or two women who really love each other and don’t go on the make have no rights according to our brave government. This makes me want to vomit.†No Date<br /> <br /> The friends’ unconventional attitudes towards sexuality seem to apply to their own lives as well. Included in the archive is a very graphic break-up letter from an unknown woman to Lawrence; the fourteen-page letter is surprisingly sexually explicit contravening stereotypes of the time:<br /> <br /> “I have more tenderness warmth passion and understanding in my little finger than most women in their whole person. Where do you think – from what well do I draw what you feel when you think I’m being submissive The well is bottomless never been drained though drank from copiously. Right now David I can come up with nine guys count them nine of which only two have slept with me that would come right out and say they love me! And that’s only on this coast! . You hurt my feelings tremendously by saying that as opposed to other women you ‘don't’ like me when I’m not submissive’ ! A When am I not submissive Any touch from you renders me so any indication of your desire .†No Date<br /> <br /> Overall an uncommon survival providing an intimate look at the inner lives of American youths coming of age after the Second World War and before the next decade’s counterculture would allow them the creative freedom they desired. unknown
19392080502106917648Not Available 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1844517684Canterbury N.H. / New Lebanon N. Y.: Printed in the United Society 1844. Hardcover. Good. First edition under this title and first revised edition. Revised by Giles B. Avery. 24mo. 131pp. Leather and printed papercovered boards. Early pencil owner name "Rebecca J. Ryle" on front pastedown. Lacking the front fly and front blank but the text is complete. Binding rubbed and worn with a bit of loss at the crown and some loss to the paper covering at one corner of the lower board light interior scattered foxing sound but good only. <br /> <br /> One of 1000 copies printed. Variant issue in reddish-brown boards also seen in a slightly larger-sized issue in brownish-tan boards.<br /> Although the title page and cover bear the imprint "Printed in the United Society Canterbury N.H." the cover and secondary title leaf also state: "New Lebanon N.Y. 1844." Originally published in 1823 under the title A Juvenile Monitor. Printed in the United Society hardcover
200911969<p>Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig 2009. Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig 2009. Signed by Thurston Moore Kim Gordon and Lee Renaldo!! Large thick book with 2 inserted 7' records. New condition very thick and fantastick artbook on sound art collections related to the group Sonic Youth. he iconic postpunk band Sonic Youth is famed for blurring musical genres veering from thundering rock to dismantled experimentalism and expanding the possibilities of the electric guitar. "What we're doing is always inventing itself. I have no terminology for it" guitarist Thurston Moore observes. Moore and his bandmates Kim Gordon Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley have also over the course of 27 years since they first started playing together more quietly engaged in multidisciplinary solo efforts and collaborations with visual artists filmmakers designers and other musicians. Numerous artists from Richard Prince and Raymond Pettibon to Gerhard Richter have contributed artwork for Sonic Youth album covers and Moore Ranaldo and Gordon in particular have collaborated with visual artists; but the group has also produced a large amount of great ephemera over the decades. This comprehensive 784-page volume--which includes two 7-inch records with unpublished songs by each member album covers band portraits and documentary photos many of which have never been published before--is a must for fans and anyone wanting to connect the dots between New York's various scenes. It features writings by band members and contributions by a host of other luminaries including Richard Hell Mike Kelley Jutta Koether Alan Licht Lydia Lunch and John Miller.New/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall shipping must include insurance. y. First Edition signed by SY members LEE THURSTON AND KIM. Hardcover. New/No Jacket.</p> Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig hardcover
1919219878League of Youth 1919-1921 1919. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary gilt-titled navy cloth. Some minor dulling around the edges. Internally some scattered dust-toning and marginal foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of J. Aubrey Rees Hon. Secretary with his signature. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; A collection of booklets pamphlets essays and articles relating to the League of Youth bound in one volume. Some contents are tipped-in. Contents include: Report of inauguration dinner May 22nd 1919 -- First annual report 1919 -- The League of Youth and modern problems : address delivered by the Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher M.P. -- Second annual report 1920 -- Transition : an address by Sir Auckland Geddes M.P. 6th January 1920 -- Youth's turn now : a new spirit and a new hope for Britain by Harold Begbie -- The opportunity of youth by Rev. Dr. Purves. There a number of related documents loosely inserted including: typed letter signed by J. Aubrey Rees explaining the reasons behind the dissolution of the League in 1922 -- a breakfast invitation from 10 Downing Street on embossed notepaper dated 19 August 1919 -- table plan the for the inauguration dinner -- newspaper clippings some tipped-in. Colour League of Youth bookplate to front pastedown. Various paginations 20cm. League of Youth, 1919-1921 hardcover
19552081502111900049chinese youth 1955. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B6 fine B5 fine chinese youth paperback
1940ZB644629Northfield Massachusetts: American Youth Hostels Inc. 1940-1948. Volumes 5 1940 through 13 1948 small square octavo each volume complete in four numbers; library markings now in four later board bindings with cloth tape spines all pictorial paper wrappers retained but a few shaved the size of issues varies slightly illustrated sound copies and interiors clean; special events places to visit members experiences etc. some issues have guides to various regions with numerous symbols whose meanings are not apparent to the non-hosteller mostly travel in the United States but after the war occasional articles on European hostelling. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Northfield, Massachusetts: American Youth Hostels Inc., hardcover
194040891Madrid 1940-1942.- Se ofrecen en total 25 fascículos de este semanario falangista teniendo 8 p. cada uno; Gran Folio Imperial 475 x 35 cm.- Cada número vale 30 euros pero se venden todos juntos como unidad global al precio que se indica a pie de ficha. FRANQUISMO FALANGE Y DIVISIÓN AZUL Libro en español Sin editorial paperback
2111902160304795Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A5 size Number of books: 16 Not Available paperback
2111902158405476Japan Youth Education Society Publishing Department N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 23cm Japan Youth Education Society Publishing Department paperback
1906979Boston: John W. Luce and Company 1906. Hardcover. Near Fine. Translation and introduction by Percival Rollard inside front cover inscription handwritten and SIGNED by Percival Pollard and dated January 1907. Near fine. Plum cloth Hardcover. Slight wear to corner John W. Luce and Company hardcover
1942140946990Los Angeles: The Citizens' Committee for the Defense of Mexican-American Youth 1942. First edition. First edition first printing. ii 24 25-30 pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Fine bright with hardly any wear. Quite rare in its first of two printings. <p>An important predecessor to the Zoot Suit Riots of the following year the Sleepy Lagoon case involved the railroading of 17 Mexican-American young men in the death of Jose Gallardo Diaz in the early morning of August 2 1942. The site of his death was named after a then-popular swing song by bandleader Harry James. Twelve of the young men would be convicted of second degree murder but these convictions would be overturned in 1944 following a public outcry at the biased nature of their treatment by the L.A. judicial system. Actor and director Orson Welles already famous for his mass panic-inducing "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938 was among the prominent Southern Californians defending the youths. He contributed a short foreword to this pamphlet. An important albeit often-forgotten milestone for Mexican-American rights and California history. The Citizens' Committee for the Defense of Mexican-American Youth unknown
19912082402113509483Not Available 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
DADAX0590381539Scholastic 0000-00-00. Spi. spiral_bound. New. 5.75x0.25x7.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Scholastic unknown
1970052775Mecca Al-Mukarrama / Palestine: The Youth Committee for the Care of the Families of Mujahideen and Martyrs Palestine. ca. 1968-1974 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original pamphlet. Large roy. 8vo. 25 x 175 cm. Texts in completely Arabic. 4 pp. ills. An extremely rare propaganda and political proclamation in Arabian related to Jerusalem and Palestine question. It has a "call to arms" for the struggle. A unique brochure. Not in OCLC.; Not in IISG. <br/> <br/> [The Youth Committee for the Care of the Families of Mujahideen and Martyrs Palestine]., [ca. 1968-1974] paperback
19342111902160307557Matsushiro Youth Association 1934. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 67 pages Size: B5 size oblong shape Matsushiro Youth Association paperback
19302090502124701345Yamato Youth Association Publishing Department 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Yamato Youth Association Publishing Department paperback
19402062Bayreuth Germany: Reichswaltung Teacher's Association of the Third Reich 1940. 1st Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 48 PP. "Das Deutfche Jugendburch 1940/41" - Original directory of the leaders of the Nazi Party as well as heads of all the departments in the Third Reich. <br /> <br /> The first page of the actual directory is a who's who of the Nazi Party. Names include Adolf Hitler Joseph Goebbels Frans Ritter von Epp Hermann Goring etc. Original stapled wraps. Light toning and wear to spine. A very rare books. Zero copies located at OCLC. Reichswaltung (Teacher's Association of the Third Reich) unknown
19502110502150406952Meimei-sha 1950. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Meimei-sha paperback
19700033732Sydney: Socialist Youth Alliance 1970-1975. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 43.5cm x 30cm. 103 issues bound in 2 volumes. Red cloth gilt lettering. An unbroken run of the first 103 issues bound in two volumes of the Australian socialist newspaper Direct Action which became the Green Left Weekly in 1991. The SYA was a Trotskyist youth organisation of eco-socialist and anti-capitalist politics which emerged out of the Sydney University Socialist Club and the Vietnam Action Campaign and later merged into the Socialist Alliance. Direct Action was a large format newspaper brightly illustrated throughout running stories on local and international politics with calls to action. Minor tanning. Some creasing to page 1 of No. 1 and upper leaves due to binding style. A well preserved collection. Category: Politics & Government; Inventory No: 0033732. BZDB407 Politics & Government; Unbranded Socialist Youth Alliance Direct Action Nos. 1 - 103 September 1970 - December 1975 Socialist Youth Alliance hardcover
186319181Paris: Philippart Libraire-Éditeur 1863–1864. Books uniformly very good in printed wrappers with edgewear along the spine chips to the edges and some creasing and tearing to the internal pages. First Editions. Octavos. A collection of eight volumes in the Le Monde Photographié series dedicated to various European sites and cities. Includes 1: Le Palais de Versailles by A. Jeunesse 2: La Ville de Bordeaux by J. Renaudin 5: Italie: Saint-Pierre de Rome by Giulio Rinaldini 6: Italie: La Ville de Naples by M. de Rocourt 8: Paris: Le Louvre et les Tuileries by J. Lingay 21: La Ville de Varsovie by A. Legallais 22: Constantinople et le Bosphore by J. de Rocourt and 25: Le Palais de la Reine a Londres by Auguste Jeunesse. Each book includes one tipped-in albumen print followed by a text in French. Paris: Philippart, Libraire-Éditeur unknown
19727342Mexico City Mexico: WACL WYACL & FEMACO 1972. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 216 30 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates. Small 4to. measuring 7.5" x 10.5". Bound in illustrated navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the front board. Generously illustrated with dozens of chiefly black-and-white some colour photographic plates capturing conference proceedings and participants. Provides a comprehensive record of the conference proceedings organized by the Mexican affiliate of the World Anti-Communist League WACL namely the Federación Mexicana Anticomunista FEMACO comprising a detailed list of delegates from participating nations - including Australia Canada South Korea Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand the Philippines Thailand South Vietnam Jordan Lebanon Saudi Arabia Turkey Lesotho Liberia France the United Kingdom West Germany Italy Sweden the United States Guatemala El Salvador Costa Rica and Nicaragua - along with representatives holding observer and candidate status. Prefaced with messages of support from key anti-Communist leaders such as Chiang Kai-shek Ferdinand E. Marcos Park Chung-hee Leabua Jonathan and Nguy n V n Thi u. Outlines the detailed programme of events for the week-long milieu as well as printed texts of proposals studies deliberations and resolutions many of which include sharp criticisms of the Soviet Union the Peoples Republic of China their allied states and security apparatuses. A rare extant copy offering valuable insight into the operations and rhetoric of this unusual virulently anti-Communist and far-right Cold War organization later to be implicated in myriad allegations of wrongdoing. Light rubbing to the cloth extremities contents uniformly without blemish; near fine and housed in very good illustrated dustjacket showing small loss to the lower-right margin of the front panel and one short closed tear dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover. Overall very good. Highly rare. Equally rare amongst institutional holdings. Corresponds to OCLC #123216394 which records only two holdings at time of cataloguing. Rare indeed. <br/><br/>¶ Founded in 1966 in Taipei Taiwan as a global coalition of right-wing groups opposing communism the WACL evolved from the Asian People's Anti-Communist League APACL. Supported and led by staunch anti-Communist figures such as Chiang Kai-shek Taiwan Park Chung-hee South Korea John K. Singlaub USA and Charles A. Willoughby USA the WACL backed authoritarian regimes paramilitary groups and anti-Communist insurgencies including the Nicaraguan Contras. It would subsequently face criticism for its ties to extremists former Nazis and death squads particularly in Latin America. At the close of Cold War in 1990 the organization would rebrand as the the World League for Freedom and Democracy WFLD. WACL, WYACL & FEMACO hardcover
