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19482521New York: The Viking Press 1948. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 247 x 167 mm 220 pages in green and tan cloth in an unclipped illustrated dust jacket hard cover accompanied by four photographic prints. <br /><br />An account of a trip to the Soviet Union in 1947 by author John Steinbeck and photographer Robert Capa who visited while the country was attempting to recover from the devastation of World War II. They traveled to Moscow Stalingrad and other cities as well as to Ukraine and Georgia meeting numerous ordinary people while accompanied by a minder from the government. <br /><br />The New York Herald Tribune financed the trip and along with some other newspapers published articles by Steinbeck and photos by Capa. Indeed included here are three photographs that were used by one of the newspapers as indicated by layout instructions on the versos of the photos. There's also a later publicity photo of Steinbeck. One of the photos from the trip showing a Georgian restaurant in Moscow appears on page 47 of the book. Two of the trip photos are stamped on the versos with the notice that their reproduction could be used only with the "1948 Steinbeck-Capa articles on Russia" along with "Copyright 1948 by John Steinbeck." <br /><br />Our copy is a first printing of the first edition with "Printed by the Viking Press in April 1948" on the copyright page. The dust jacket carries a price of $3.75. <br /><br />A fascinating look at ordinary people in the Soviet Union as the country tried to rebuild following World War II accompanied by three photographs of scenes from the country and a publicity photo of Steinbeck. <br /><br />CONDITION: Book slightly cocked rear hinge loose corners rubbed spine ends bumped end papers slightly toned a couple of pages with vertical creases possibly a production error. Nearly Very Good in a Good dust jacket that has some loss to both spine ends as well as a few tears nicks toning foxing and stains. The four photographs have some nicks creases and soiling to the edges. The versos contain notes stamped instructions and captions pasted on the photo of Steinbeck has an article pasted to the verso. Some discoloration to two photos resulting from pasting of newspaper captions to the versos. The Viking Press hardcover
19471474<p>Robeson Paul W.E.B. Du Bois and Roscoe Dungee.</p><p>To the President and Congress of the United States of America Petition and Typed Letter Bearing Signatures of Robeson Du Bois and Dungee. New York: Communist Party USA 1947.</p><p><br />Single-page typed letter and two-page petition printed on rectos only. Each page 8 1/2 x 11 inches 215 x 280 mm.</p><p>A rare typed letter bearing signatures of Paul Robeson W.E.B. Du Bois and Roscoe Dungee asking recipients to sign a petition against banning the Communist Party USA. <strong>We believe the signatures were printed as does an autograph expert we consulted.</strong></p><p>In any case the three African-American leaders sprang into action after President Truman's Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach told Congress that the Communist Party should be outlawed. Schwellenbach was concerned about Communist control and infiltration of labor unions and thought no Communist should be allowed to lead a union.</p><p>The letter is dated March 22 1947 and carries the address of 23 West 26th Street New York the Communist Party's headquarters at the time. The letter is aimed at African-American recipients: "This invitation to sign the petition is also being sent to several hundred other Negro leaders throughout the country."</p><p>According to the letter "It is clear that Labor Secretary Schwellenbach's proposal to suppress the Communist Party involves a flagrant negation of our constitutional Bill of Rights. It represents therefore a serious threat to the civil liberties of all minority groups." The authors urge recipients to mail back a postal reply card confirming they would sign the petition. The card is not present probably because it was mailed back to the Communist Party.</p><p>The petition which is also rare is addressed to the President and Congress urging them to reject Schwellenbach's "fascist-like proposal" to ban the Communist Party. The Party was not banned but the government regularly harassed and imprisoned its leaders in the 1940s and '50s.</p><p>Even though we believe the signatures on the letter were printed these materials are nonetheless rare. We have not found any institutional holdings of the letter or petition. None in commerce.</p><p>CONDITION: Pages lightly creased for mailing staple on petition badly rusted. A Very Good set. <strong>RARE</strong>.</p> [Communist Party USA]
1938ABC_46007Sofia & Cherven Bryag 1938. Alexander & Stoyan P. Darakchiev Original publishers gold-stamped black cloth with the Krone logo on the front board and title and publisher on the front board and spine. With 256 well-preserved wool yarn and fabric samples showing a wide range of colours of aniline dyes solidly mounted on thick cardboard. 26 pp. A well-preserved 1938 collection of fabric swatches and yarn samples dyed in various colours and several varieties: wool shajak a fine Bulgarian wool fabric blended wool sulan a heavier Bulgarian fabric and kunstseide probably rayon published by the Bulgarian subsidiary of the German manufacturer of Krone aniline dyes. A Bulgarian 1 lev postage stamp violet stuck on the title-page in a space apparently provided for that purpose perhaps as a tax stamp is dated 1938. Although the title is in Bulgarian the title-page is headed Anilinfarben Fabrikniederlage with the large Krone logo.Bulgaria and other allies of Nazi Germany played a major role in supporting the German economic expansion during the 1930s and 1940s. The catchword Großraumplanung stood for the German industries aim to expand throughout the Balkans and Turkey as far as Iran. A major sector of National Socialist business interests the chemical industry in particular grew rapidly. Its leading players such as I.G. Farben promoted their aniline dyes by establishing local subsidiaries in the East who would then distribute bilingual swatch-books such as the present specimen.The tipped-in sample pages are captioned in German and Bulgarian throughout. Prefixed is a manual in both languages on how to dye the fabrics several of which such as sulan and shajak are traditional Bulgarian cloths.Covers very slightly worn at extremities; light dust stains on the cards. Some strands of dyed wool slightly loose but generally in good condition.l Cf. Arbeitskreis I.G. Farben der Bundesfachtagung der Chemiefachschaften Hg. von Anilin bis Zwangsarbeit. Der Weg eines Monopols durch die Geschichte. Zur Entstehung und Entwicklung der deutschen chemischen Industrie Aachen 1994 p. 59. ABE CAT Art History hardcover
