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192847462Hämeenlinna: Osakeyhtiö Hämeen Kansa 1928. First Edition. Octavo 23cm. Cloth boards; 288pp; illus. Front and rear hinges cracked with text attached only with cords. External soil; text complete and unmarked - a good restorable copy. Text entirely in Finnish. Tenth-annivesary memorial record for the victims of the 1918 Finnish Civil War illustrated throughout with scenes of the war and its aftermath portraits of victims and extensive death registers for all of the affected municipalities. Evidently rare with no other copies noted in commerce and only two copies noted in OCLC KVK and COPAC - one at the National Library of Finland another at Indiana University. Osakeyhtiö Hämeen Kansa unknown books
191412090Fitchburg MA: Suomalainen Sosialistinen Kustannusyhtio 1914. First American edition. Octavo 20cm; cloth boards; dustjacket; 437p. Tight clean copy Very Good or better. In original printed dustwrapper chipped at margins and with small clear-tape reinforcements at flap-folds; Good. Ursin 1854-1936 a major figure in early Finnish labor movements has been called the "Father of Finnish Socialism." The present anthology of Ursin's writings on labor subjects was produced by the Finnish-Socialist Publishing Company a publishing cooperative centered around the newspaper "Raivaaja" the Finnish labor weekly which has been in continuous publication since 1905. The present copy bears the ink ex-libris of one John R. Karvonen who was the defendant in a celebrated Massachusetts free speech case in 1914 arrested for parading with a red flag and convicted of inciting riot - qv. Feldman "Free Expression and Democracy in America" 2008 p.223. Very scarce in or out of jacket. Suomalainen Sosialistinen Kustannusyhtio unknown books
192647762Superior WI: Tyomies Societyn Kirjapainossa 1926. First Edition. Small octavo 19cm; pictorial card wrappers; 101pp. Covers slightly shelf worn rear wrapper a bit dust-soiled else Very Good and sound. Text entirely in Finnish. Proletarian novel by Helmi Mattson among the more prominent Finnish-American women leftists of the interwar period. Born in Finland Mattson emigrated to International Falls Minnesota married then relocated to Astoria Oregon where she edited the important Finnish women's periodical Toveritar. She later moved to New York where she edited the Finnish-language Communist organ Eteenpäin see Kostiainen Finns in the United States 2014. The current work dating from Mattson's Astoria period ca 1920-1930 is uncommon; OCLC notes five locations only Northern Michigan Minnesota Tulsa Washington and York University Canada. Tyomies Societyn Kirjapainossa unknown books
193647846Superior WI: Finnish Federation 1936. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in green and yellow; 160pp. Extremities a bit toned and dusty a few leaves dog-eared else Very Good or better. Finnish language anthology of American proletarian short fiction including pieces by William Rollins Jr. Michael Gold James T. Farrell Jack Conroy Erskine Caldwell and John Dos Passos. OCLC locates two copies in the United States as of March 2020 at U. Minnesota and the Balch Institute. Finnish Federation unknown books
192047787Astoria OR: Western Workmen's Publishing Society n.d. ca. 1920s. First Edition. Small octavo 19.5cm; publisher's olive printed wrappers; 94pp. Covers rather chipped and curled faint soil to bottom textblock edge spine cocked else Good to Very Good overall. Text entirely in Finnish. Proletarian novel by Helmi Mattson among the more prominent Finnish-American women leftists of the interwar period. Born in Finland Mattson emigrated to International Falls Minnesota married then relocated to Astoria Oregon where she edited the important Finnish women's periodical Toveritar. She later moved to New York where she edited the Finnish-language Communist organ Eteenpäin see Kostiainen Finns in the United States 2014. The current work dating from Mattson's Astoria period ca 1920-1930 is uncommon; OCLC notes three copies only as of February 2020 at Library of Congress U. Minnesota and Lakehead U. Canada. Western Workmen's Publishing Society unknown books
194947624Superior WI: Työmies Society Print 1949. First Edition. Octavo 20cm.; publisher's tan printed card wrappers; 111pp. Light shelf wear and very faint soiling to upper cover else Very Good or better. A socialist novel of Finnish-American immigrant life -- the title translates literally as "Twisted Paul" -- by one of the leading Finnish-language left-wing literary voices in the United States. Helmi Dagmar Mattson 1890-1974 emigrated to Manitoba around 1910 later settling successively in International Falls Minnesota New York City and Kelso Washington. In addition to a prolific career as a poet and novelist Mattson was the long-time editor of Toveritar the official women's organ of the Finnish-language Socialist Federation; she also helped found the Pohjoislannen Suomalainen Historiaseura Northwestern Finnish Historical Society in 1961. Her papers are at the University of Minnesota. Like all of Mattson's work published with the Finnish socialist publishing house Tyómies Society Print this title is uncommon with seven scattered locations in OCLC as of February 2020. Työmies Society Print unknown books
194947463Superior WI: Työmies Society Print 1949. First Edition. Octavo. Printed textured card wrappers; 111pp. Slight toning to text block a bit of creasing to text at upper corner; still a sound attractive copy Very Good or better. A socialist novel of Finnish-American immigrant life -- the title translates literally as "Twisted Paul" -- by one of the leading Finnish-language left-wing literary voices in the United States. Helmi Dagmar Mattson 1890-1974 emigrated to Manitoba around 1910 later settling successively in International Falls Minnesota New York City and Kelso Washington. In addition to a prolific career as a poet and novelist Mattson was the long-time editor of Toveritar the official women's organ of the Finnish-language Socialist Federation; she also helped found the Pohjoislannen Suomalainen Historiaseura Northwestern Finnish Historical Society in 1961. Her papers are at the University of Minnesota. Like all of Mattson's work published with the Finnish socialist publishing house Tyómies Society Print this title is uncommon with seven scattered locations in OCLC. Työmies Society Print unknown books
1969203254London & New York: Cape Gollard Press & Grossman Publishers 1969. Paperback. 32p introduction by Hollo very good first English-language edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Cape Gollard Press & Grossman Publishers paperback books