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19522001West Haven Connecticut: Foundation for Promoting Enduring Peace 1952. No Edition Stated.<br /><br />Single sheet folded to create 4 pages each measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches 279 x 216 mm. <br /><br />Rare leaflet on U.S.-Soviet relations from a Christian Left perspective. The author pleads for better understanding of Russian history arguing that the country has made great strides since the October Revolution. He also says the Soviets feel encircled by hostile forces pointing to Western military bases along the country's perimeters. <br /><br />The format of this leaflet is a bit odd: the first three pages are professionally printed while the last page appears to be mimeographed. The publisher the Foundation for Promoting Enduring Peace was established in 1952 to promote world peace and oppose military conflict. <br /><br />OCLC shows no institutional holdings although a separate search turns up a copy in the Kringlock Pamphlet Collection of the University of Iowa. Nor were there any copies in commerce as of January 2021. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some toning along edges general handling wear two horizontal folds perhaps for mailing. A Very Good copy. Foundation for Promoting Enduring Peace books
19501962New York: Self-published ca. 1950. No Edition Stated. Oblong 48mo 3 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 100 x 140 mm 31 1 pages in stapled wrappers. American journalist and professional curmudgeon John T. Flynn 1882-1964 responds to critics of his 1949 book "The Road Ahead: America's Creeping Revolution" in which he alleged America was being led down the road to socialism.In this pamphlet he attacks Protestant church organizations saying they promote socialism. He also levels attacks at various people he considers socialists communists and fellow travelers.OCLC FirstSearch shows only six institutional holdings. None in commerce as of July 14 2019. SCARCE. <br /><br />CONDITION: Toning to wrappers rubber stamp of free-market economist Percy L. Greaves Jr. to upper wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. Self-published books
190452063Chicago: International School of Social Economy 1904. First Edition. Octavo 23cm. Publishers cloth titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 640pp. Small nick to cloth at crown of spine; mild external wear and soil; still a tight clean Very Good copy. <br/><br/>A substantial elementary treatise on socialism intended as a textbook for group or home study "to help those who are trying to help others in the long warfare against oppression and so to have some share in helping to make a speedy and peaceful transition from the outworn social forms by which we are surrounded and of which we are the victims." Mills 1856-1942 was a leading voice of the moderate wing of the Socialist Party known for his small stature four and a half feet tall and rousing oratorical style. International School of Social Economy unknown books
191847446Utica: Church Socialist League 1918. Single orginal quarto issue in original wrappers; 24pp. Clean Near Fine copy. Uncommon Christian Socialist publication edited by Vida Scudder with contributions by Rev. Paul Jones Wells Weeks Lyford Edwads and others. Church Socialist League unknown books
19188078Chicago: Charles H. Kerr 1918. First Edition. Original printed wrappers; 31pp. Chips to wrapper edges; neat repair to small section at fore edge of front cover; mild tanning to text; Good or better. A Rationalist analysis of the European war with much criticism of its religious and capitalist origins. HUNSBERGER 117. Charles H. Kerr unknown books
19502009Oberlin Ohio: Oberlin College 1950. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />16mo 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches; 170 x 115 mm 27 1 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />A lecture on the politicization of science and the controversy over genetics in the Soviet Union. The author Harriet B. Creighton was a professor of botany at Wellesley College. <br /><br />"Only an informed and alert public can defend the freedom of scientific inquiry and the right to base practice on scientifically established facts. In this defense each of us has his responsibility" she writes. SCARCE. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Some edge wear and soiling to wrappers staples rusted tear to recto of lower wrapper. Otherwise bright and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. Oberlin College paperback books
1972913New York: Capitol Hill Press 1972. Revised Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front end paper: "Many thanks - / to / Tom Moran / Herbert A. Philbrick / 1972." Philbrick's account of his nine years in the Communist Party working as a spy for the FBI. Originally published in 1950 the book was updated and reissued in 1972. It was also the basis of a television series in the mid-1950s called Three Lives. Foreword by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 8vo 306 pages. Red remainder mark on bottom page edges light stain on rear pastedown. Otherwise Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket that has some nicks creases and rubbing as well as ownership signature on the front flap. <br/><br/> Capitol Hill Press unknown books
193441205New York: Organization Committee for a Revolutionary Workers Party n.d. ca. 1934. First Edition. Quarto broadside flyer 28x21cm. printed mimeograph. Extremities unevenly toned with a few tiny chips along right-hand edge none approaching text else Very Good or better. Flyer promoting a talk by the New York-based socialist politician Benjamin Gitlow 1891-1965 a founding member of the CPUSA who later in life turned conservative and McCarthyist. The present item dates from Gitlow's tenure with the Workers Party on whose ticket he ran for Governor of New York in 1926. The talk held at the radical Rand School addressed such questions as "Will the Socialist Party Go Left or Right" and "Will the Socialist Party split" Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of July 2018. Organization Committee for a Revolutionary Workers Party unknown books
187941796New York: Anson D.F. Randolph & Company 1879. First Edition. 12mo 19cm.; publisher's light blue-grey decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt blue floral endpapers; 111pp. Extremities a bit worn with brief loss of cloth at spine ends corners bumped light soil spine a bit cocked else Good to Very Good overall. Virulently anti-socialist and -communist piece by the Congregationalist clergyman arguing that "To-day there is not in our language nor in any language a more hateful word than Communism.it meant and still means wages without work arson assassination anarchy" p. 24. An anonymously published response "A Reply to Roswell D. Hitchcock D.D. on Socialism" would be published the same year. Neither title appears in Egbert. Anson D.F. Randolph & Company unknown books
190739808Chicago: Brotherhood Publishing Inc 1907. Third Edition. Small octavo 19.5cm.; printed brown card wrappers; 128pp. Light wear else Very Good to Near Fine. Early edition of this popular Socialist song-book which went into at least seven editions between 1905 and 1913. COHEN 120; EGBERT II p. 494. Brotherhood Publishing, Inc unknown books
191541991New York: Louis Weitz 1915. First Edition. Small octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's tan pictorial card wrappers; 59pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Wrapper extremities a bit chipped and toned spine lettering partly effaced else Near Very Good internally near fine. "Peoples Educational Society" - upper cover. Socialist study of unemployment. A copy would be sent to Jack London in Honolulu prompting him to write to Weitz: "I think it is a good clean straight-from-the-shoulder presentation of the situation for the jobless ones. My congratulations" see "The Letters of Jack London 1913-1916" 1988 p. 1543. Quite uncommon with only five physical copies in OCLC as of September 2018 at Cornell Library of Congress U. Kansas Harvard and U. Wisconsin. Not in Egbert. Louis Weitz unknown books
19301427Manchester England: The Co-operative Union Limited 1930. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 5/8 inches 212 mm tall 50 1 pages in stapled wrappers. Moderate toning to the covers front cover and first two leaves missing small pieces of paper at upper right vertical fold throughout probably as a result of mailing staples slightly rusty. Bookplate to verso of front wrapper. Pages clean and unmarked but lightly toned along the edges. A Very Good copy.Nearly two dozen members of British co-operative societies visited the Soviet Union in August 1929 as the guests of Centrosoyus the All-Russian Union of Consumers' Co-operative Societies. This is their report touching on such subjects as education agriculture the status of women scientific work factory conditions co-operatives in the USSR etc.Group members were impressed by what they saw. Given the overwhelmingly positive view they had of the Soviet Union they apparently felt it necessary to assure skeptical readers that group members "were able to investigate matters in which they were particularly interested.Not only were they not prevented from seeing anything else they wanted to when it was humanly possible but every facility for so doing was provided by the various co-operative organisations which entertained them."Some of their observations are jaw-dropping given what we know now about the Soviet Union in the late 1920s as Stalin began to consolidate his power. Especially notable is the short chapter on farming written just a few years before wide-spread famine killed millions of people in 1932-33. Visiting a commune in the Ukraine group members reported: "The quality and condition of the cattle of this village were remarkable." Then on a visit to a dairy farm outside Leningrad the report said that the farm "was built in accordance with our Western ideas of cleanliness and efficiency while most of the work is undertaken by milkmaids who were as bonny and fresh as one could possibly wish."There's plenty more along this line. All in all a fascinating look at various aspects of the Soviet Union in 1929 written by a group of well-meaning people who no doubt genuinely believed what they saw. They were so impressed that they returned several more times and wrote additional reports on their visits. Reports from later years are more often found in the trade than this edition which is fairly uncommon. OCLC WorldCat shows only 10 institutional holdings mostly in the U.K. The pamphlet contains the bookplate of J.J. Harpell 1874-1959 a Canadian businessman and publisher who was active in the co-operative movement. SCARCE. <br /><br /> The Co-operative Union Limited books
190916299Boston: George B. Hugo 1909. First Edition. Octavo 23cm. Publisher's green cloth boards lettered in black on front cover; 60 1pp. Ink presentation inscription from George B. Hugo to front endpaper dated 1913. Mild cover soil and spotting; still a tight well-preserved copy VG or better. Final page reprints the "Declaration of Principles of the Employers' Association of Massachusetts - Organized for Law and Order and Industrial Peace. Full transcript of the debate including occasional interjections from the audience. Since the volume was published at Mr. Hugo's expense we may assume he thought himself the victor; though he notes in his foreword that ".they the Socialists submitted their own copy for publication which being incorrect and slackly handled I refused to countenance.they nevertheless proceeded to publish it ignoring the law in question quite in accordance with established Socialistic tenets." We have never encountered the version published by the Socialist Party Club of Boston but we imagine that a side-by-side comparison of the two would prove instructive. George B. Hugo unknown books
197029917New York: Socialist Workers Party Young Socialist Campaign Committee 1970. First Edition. Quarto 28.5cm.; single sheet folded twice; photographic illus. About Fine. Only issue of a magazine "written for and by the youth who endorse the Socialist Workers Party 1970 election campaign" supporting African-American activist Clifton DeBerry for governor of New York. Includes the piece "Fight for High School Rights" and a list of demands among them to end the war in Vietnam "mass independent Black and Puerto Rican political parties" "free abortion and birth control" "No cops in schools" "Preferential hiring of Afro-Americans Puerto Ricans and women" "Free the Panther 21" and finally "For a socialist America." 2 holdings in OCLC as of May 2016 at Harvard and Wisconsin Historical Society. Socialist Workers Party, Young Socialist Campaign Committee unknown books
1988912Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1988. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED by both authors on the front free end paper. U.S. economist John Kenneth Galbraith and Soviet economist and journalist Stanislav Menshikov met in a New England farmhouse in 1987 to discuss the state and future of communism and capitalism glasnost and Reaganism. 8vo 225 pages. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight edge wear. Copies signed by both authors are uncommon. SCARCE SIGNED by both authors. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
1958911New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. First Edition. SIGNED by John Gunther on the half-title page. Gunther's acclaimed account of politics and everyday life in the Soviet Union in the years immediately following Stalin's death. He also deals with the arts as well as foreign policy Khrushchev's secret speech and the crushing of the Hungarian revolt. 8vo xxiv 550 pages. Top and bottom page edges slightly soiled otherwise Fine in bright unclipped dust jacket with some soiling to rear panel light rubbing a few creased closed tears and shallow chipping to spine ends and tips. Signed copies of this book are uncommon. SCARCE SIGNED. <br /><br />John Gunther 1901-1970 was a famous foreign correspondent best known for his "Inside." series of books. Harper & Brothers books
19582004Washington D.C.: Press Office-German Embassy 1958. No Edition Stated. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm 19 1 pages in stapled wrappers. With a compliments card laid in. <br /><br />Transcript of a speech by Ernst Lemmer a German government minister about the worsening refugee crisis. He notes that millions have fled the German Democratic Republic -- which he calls the Soviet Zone -- since 1949. <br /><br />He blames increasing "Sovietization" of the GDR and denies GDR assertions that West Germany is enticing people to leave. An interesting insight into West Germany's growing alarm about the tide of refugees from the GDR. The Communist regime of course would build the Wall less than three years later. SCARCE.<br /><br />OCLC shows about a dozen institutional holdings. Scarce in commerce. <br /><br />An interesting insight into West Germany's growing alarm about the tide of refugees from the GDR. The Communist regime of course would build the Wall less than three years later. SCARCE.<br /><br />CONDITION: Toning to edges a few light creases internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Press Office-German Embassy books
192314855Pasadena: by the Author 1923. Second Edition. Four 12mo volumes 18cm in uniform pictorial buff wrappers printed in black ink. Wrappers toned lightly soiled; one with a small 1/4" closed chip near upper spine; Very Good. Lacking wrap-around outer jacket as described in Ahouse never seen by us. The relatively uncommon wrappered issue comprising the entire Second Edition of 8000 copies. A bitter attack on the American university system with frequent reference to Sinclair's own experiences at Columbia University and with Columbia President Nicholas Murray Butler whom Sinclair portrays as a puppet of the city's business interests. AHOUSE A30b. by the Author unknown books
19011202London: Liberty and Property Defence League ca. 1901-05. First Edition. <br /><br />Unbound pamphlet 8 x 5 1/4 inches 205 x 132 mm 4 pages.<br /><br />A wonderfully lurid warning against socialism by a British organization devoted to laissez-faire economics. The anonymous author suggests that socialism would lead to the breakup of families.<br /><br />"There would be no such place as home under socialism" the author writes. "Everyone would live in the State barracks. There would be no breakfasts dinners or teas with one's family at one's own table as in the first place meals in private would not be permitted as it would be against the socialist idea of equality.In other words everybody when hungry would be reduced to the necessity of repairing to the common swine-trough and eating the hogwash the State had placed therein. No roast beef turkey and plum pudding no smiling faces of children and friends around the table on Christmas Day. Indeed there would not be any Christmas Day under socialism." <br /><br />This pamphlet carries no publication date but it appears to have been issued sometime between 1901 and 1905. It refers to "the late Mr. Oscar Wilde" who died in late 1900. In 1906 the Liberty and Property Defence League issued a book "Socialism: Its Fallacies and Dangers" which included the text of this pamphlet. <br /><br />OCLC lists 7 institutional holdings: Syracuse Stanford Amherst Harvard Michigan Texas and Wisconsin Historical Society. No other copies in commerce. <b>SCARCE</b>.<br /><br />CONDITION: Paper lightly toned old stab holes along the gutter a couple small closed tears small ink stamp at the end of the text general handling wear. A Very Good copy of an uncommon publication. Liberty and Property Defence League paperback books
191717340Wilkes-Barre PA: Tlacou "Bratstva 1917. First Edition. 16mo 15cm. Staple-bound pamphlet; 43pp. Text browned and slightly brittle; covers slightly soiled; Good. Anti-socialist tract by a Pennsylvania Slovak priest. The author also penned a American-Slovak language primer 1924 but the present title does not appear in the catalog of any OCLC member institution. Tlacou "Bratstva unknown books
193647771New York: International Publishers 1936. First American Edition. Octavo 22cm.; publisher's cloth in decorative dust jacket signed in image "Walker" red topstain; 648pp. A hint of shelf wear red jacket spine lettering sunned else a Near Fine copy. Layman's introduction to dialectical materialism as taught by Marx and Engels. See Egbert II p. 213 for the first London edition. International Publishers unknown books
190917424Chicago: Charles H. Kerr 1909. First Edition. Octavo 23cm. Original pictorial wrappers; pp 385-472. Slight cover wear and soil; light wear to spine; occasional creasing; Very Good. Includes the entirety of Mary Marcy's socialistic Thanksgiving satire "Skinny's Turkey Dinner." Cover illustration by J. Reynolds. Other contributors to this issue include James Hatton Brower "Mickey's Religious Experience"; Lida Parce "The Relation of Socialism to the Woman Question"; others. Uncommon in original wrappers. Charles H. Kerr unknown books
19091228London: The Fabian Society 1909. First Edition First Printing. Pamphlet criticizing the conservative anti-socialist writer and economist W.H. Mallock. According to Shaw Mallock believes that inventors and other people of exceptional ability have no reason to share their earnings with others. Mallock in letters to newspapers reprinted here says he doesn't make any such contention in his writings giving Shaw the opportunity to attack him further. Fabian Tract No. 146. 8vo 8 1/2 inches / 21 1/2 cm 23 1 pages in stapled red wrappers. Photographic portrait of Shaw by Marie Leon. Wrappers are rather brittle and age-toned front cover loose but still holding. Small split at the head of the spine and several nicks and tears to the covers especially the rear cover. Vertical crease throughout. Although this pamphlet has been reprinted several times and in different formats copies of this first edition are uncommon to the market. SCARCE. <br/><br/> The Fabian Society unknown books
19411284Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Communist Party n.d. 1941. No edition stated. <br /><br />Single sheet of newsprint folded to create four pages of approximately 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches 211 x 266 mm. <br /><br />Rare announcement of a speech by Communist Party Chairman William Z. Foster in Los Angeles a little more than a month after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The announcement appears at the beginning of a text in which the Party calls for the U.S. to spare no effort in defeating Germany: "There can be no peace for the peoples of the world without the complete destruction of Hitler and Hitlerism. Hitler fascism stands exposed as the greatest and main enemy of the peoples of the world."<br /><br />Prior to Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union the Communist Party strongly opposed U.S. involvement in World War II maintaining that the fight between Germany and Britain was an imperialist war. Obviously that policy changed 180 degrees following the German invasion of the USSR. <br /><br />An interesting look at how the Communist Party's position drastically shifted after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. <br /><br />No institutional copies found in OCLC. None in commerce in January 2021. <b>RARE.</b><br /><br />CONDITION: Evenly toned pencil notation at top left corner of cover page couple small closed tears. Horizontal fold probably due to mailing. A Very Good copy. Los Angeles County Communist Party books
19411280<p>Single sheet 8 1/2 x 11 inches 217 x 280 mm printed on one side only. </p><p>A Communist Party USA flyer issued in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. It calls for a united front in the fight against the Axis powers and total mobilization of industry. "The Communist Party pledges its loyalty its devoted labor and last drop of its blood in support of our country in this greatest of all the crises that has ever threatened its existence."<br /></p><p>No institutional holdings found in OCLC. SCARCE.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Heavily toned folded for mailing some pencil notations. About Very Good.<br /></p> Los Angeles County Communist Party books
