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1957390New York: Random House 1957. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm xi 270 4 pages in gray cloth titles to spine in a pictorial unclipped dust jacket.<br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by James Michener on the front free end paper. A gripping account of the Hungarian revolution of 1956. <br /><br />CONDITION: Pages are slightly age-toned and the dust jacket shows a bit of edge wear and soiling. Jacket is heavily toned on the verso. A Very Good or better copy. Random House hardcover books
19461264Quarto 12 x 9 inches / 350 x 228 mm single sheet folded to create four pages. Printed on newsprint.<br /><br />Yonkers New York: Self-published 1946. First Edition. <br /><br />An appeal by former Communist Party USA General Secretary Earl Browder to the party membership dated just days after his expulsion from the party. Printed at his own expense there's even a coupon for sending in a donation <br /><br />Browder argues that he has faithfully followed the party line and denies he has engaged in factionalism or attempting to undermine the party's current leadership. He further states that he was given no opportunity to defend himself during a "trial" by the party's national board.<br /><br />As far as Communists go Browder 1891-1973 was actually fairly moderate compared with his left-wing nemesis William Z. Foster. Among other things Browder advocated cooperation with the Roosevelt and Truman administrations as well as with other progressive groups. But following the end of World War II the Communist Party following the Soviet line adopted a much more confrontational policy toward the U.S. government and became even more radical and insular. Browder found himself odd man out.<br /><br />OCLC lists only four institutional holdings: Yale Williams Hamilton and Syracuse. No other copies in commerce. SCARCE. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some darkening to paper a few small nicks to the margins old folds. A Very Good copy. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Self-published books
19492131New York: Harlem Communist Election Campaign for the Re-election of Benjamin J. Davis 1949. <br /><br /> Single page folded once to create a 4-page brochure measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches 280 x 215 mm when folded.<br /><br />Illustrated brochure featuring an autobiographical statement by Benjamin J. Davis a Black Communist who was running for re-election to the New York City Council. The statement was based on his testimony in the 1949 trial against him and 10 other Communist leaders who had been charged with conspiring to overthrow the government.<br /><br />Davis recounts his childhood in Georgia attending college at Morehouse and Amherst and graduating from Harvard Law School. He talks about some of the cases he worked on as a lawyer and ends with a plea for readers to sign petitions to secure a place for him on the ballot. The brochure lists his 11-point program which includes ending police brutality in Harlem and restoring the five-cent fare. <br /><br />We find no institutional holdings of this brochure in OCLC and none in commerce June 2021. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: A bit of handling wear and soiling. A Near Fine copy. Harlem Communist Election Campaign for the Re-election of Benjamin J. Davis books
191735140Boston: Hayrenik'" Tparan 1917. First Edition. Octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in black; 492pp.; photographic frontispiece 29 plates chiefly portraits. Very slightly ex-University of Michigan Library with their rubberstamp to textblock fore-edge light shelf wear brief dampstain to rear cover else Very Good and sound though the interior does have a bit of a smoky odor. History of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation "Dashnaktsutyun" the nationalist and socialist political party founded in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian Stepan Zorian and Simon Zavarian. This account is published by the Federation's Boston-based newspaper "Hayrenik" Fatherland three years into the Armenian Genocide a period of almost ten years during which the Ottoman Empire systematically killed 1.5 million Armenians including many members of the Federation. Hayrenik'" Tparan unknown books
191941717New York: Boni & Liveright 1919. First Edition. Small octavo 19cm. Maroon cloth boards; dustjacket; frontispiece portrait; ix244pp. Shallow chip to cloth at base of spine else a tight well-preserved copy in the very uncommon pictorial dustwrapper. Jacket with brief losses at head and heel of spine panel not approaching text mild abrasions to front panel and mild overall soil but still a Very Good example. Ownership signature of California historian and author Charles Elmer Upton. Standard biography written during the 1920 Presidential campaign in which Debs ran as a candidate from his jail cell in Atlanta's Woodstock Prison and still polled nearly a million votes. Forbidden by his jailers to write Debs reputedly composed the book's introduction verbally while Karsner transcribed it. Offers a detailed though partisan account of Debs's arrest and imprisonment for opposing U.S. entry in to the First World War with additional chapters on his early career as a trade unionist and co-founder of the American Socialist Party. Rarely seen in dustwrapper. Boni & Liveright unknown books
192243854New York: The New York Call 1922. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 18cm; pale blue vertically-ribbed cloth with printed title labels on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 2213pp with photographic frontispiece portrait of Debs. Warmly inscribed by Karsner to author and drama critic Walter Prichard Eaton on the front endpaper: "For Walter Prichard Eaton whose pen is true whose heart is warm whose hand is fraternal / From David Karsner / New York / January 20 1923." Light wear to spine ends touch of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock else Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket lightly dusty with some mild external wear and a few tiny losses to spine ends. A journal kept by Karsner while assisting Debs in the preparation of a series of articles after his release from prison. "Before leaving New York the thought occurred to me to keey a diary while with Debs but I soon discovered that this scheme was scarcely possible because of the pressure of work upon me. Still I was reluctant to neglect the opportunity to portray Debs to the public through his spoken word so I yielded to my desire to jot down notes of our talks and to record incidents in our daily contact for thirty days - the time required to complete his dozen or more prison articles" p.10. Scarce in dustjacket. The New York Call unknown books
19342256New York: The Workers School 1934. <br /><br />Octavo-sized pamphlet measuring 8 7/8 x 6 inches 225 x 152 mm 16 pages in stapled printed wrappers. Laid in is a slightly smaller handbill printed recto only. <br /><br />A pamphlet listing courses available during the Fall 1934 term at the Workers School in New York which was operated by the Communist Party USA. The school offered a staggering number of evening courses in various aspects of Marxism-Leninism economics and history all from the Party's standpoint. The school located at 35 East 12th Street in Manhattan was one of many Workers Schools that the Party operated around the country. That building now consists of co-op apartments that sell for millions of dollars unaffordable by any proletarians. <br /><br />There were also courses in English and Russian along with "special courses" such as "Problems of the Negro Liberation Movement" taught by James W. Ford the CPUSA's candidate for Vice President in the three elections from 1932-1940. Another special course was "Revolutionary Interpretation of Modern Literature" taught by staff members of New Masses magazine including Mike Gold and Joseph Freeman. <br /><br />Tuition for each course was $3. The school emphasized that it wasn't an academic institution and that it "participates in all the current struggles of the working class" including strikes and demonstrations. Nonetheless it was clearly no-nonsense. In a section on attendance the pamphlet states: "Classes begin promptly at the hour set. Regular and punctual attendance is required. Failure to attend two weeks in succession without explanation will necessitate elimination of the student from the rolls." <br /><br />Included with this pamphlet is a handbill for the Workers School highlighting "Courses for Workers." One of the lecturers listed is "Browder" referring to Earl Browder the general secretary of the CPUSA. <br /><br />This pamphlet and handbill are rare. OCLC shows no institutional holdings although it's possible they're included in uncatalogued ephemera collections.<b> RARE</b>. <br /><br />A fascinating insight into Communist education during the Depression years of the 1930s. <br /><br />CONDITION: The pamphlet has some soiling and edge wear to the wrappers as well as rusted staples. Top half of lower wrapper detached from text block. Internally clean and unmarked. The handbill has numerous small nicks and tears. About Very Good overall. The Workers School paperback books
190615675New York: Macmillan 1906. First Edition. Octavo 20cm. Brown gilt-pictorial cloth boards; 337pp; 32 inserted leaves of plates halftones. Light edgewear to boards still a bright clean and unmarked copy Near Fine. A socialist's exposé of child labor in America well-illustrated with photographic plates credited to Marjory Hall G.W. Goler Peter Roberts and the Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee the last photographic plates though uncredited almost certainly by Lewis Hine. Spargo 1876-1966 edited the socialist monthly The Comrade and published a number of socialist tracts before moving to the right during the First World War. In his later years Spargo was an outspoken advocate of free-market capitalism. The current work went through numerous reprintings; the first edition is somewhat uncommon in the trade and is notable for the quality of its photographic illustrations. Macmillan unknown books
19602275Fullerton California: Education Information Inc. 1960. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 271 x 212 mm 21 pages in stapled illustrated wrappers <br /><br />A "second report on modern art" issued by Education Information Inc. an Orange County California anti-communist outfit. The main highlight: the purported minutes of a Communist cell comprising artists and writers: "PROGRAM: Remove all inspiring and beautiful art from all exhibits and substitute degenerate art in its place.Keep rational art out of all public exhibits -- allow only empty or distorted art to be shown in museums dealers' exhibits.Tie junk together and set it up as sculpture." <br /><br />There's plenty more in this vein. The woman who took these notes -- "a friend of truth and decency" -- supposedly mailed them to the right-wing sculptor Wheeler Williams who was active in anticommunist politics. Williams provides a Foreword to the notes saying he believes they're authentic. He says he shared the notes with colleagues and some former FBI undercover agents all of whom apparently believe the notes are genuine. <br /><br />Also in this pamphlet are articles on "subversion in art" lengthy excerpts from Williams's testimony to Congress on the Soviet uses of art and a piece by E. Merrill Root on conservative philosophy. <br /><br />This pamphlet is scarce. OCLC records around a dozen institutional holdings. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical fold throughout original mailing label and partially removed tape to lower wrapper extremities worn from handling staples a bit rusted. Otherwise Very Good. Education Information, Inc. books
191943046Detroit / Troy: Literature Bureau of the Workers' International Industrial Union 1919 - 1923. First Edition. Quarto 30cm. Staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 40pp; illus. Issue for 1919 in clean unmarked condition Very Good or better. Issue for 1923 worn with wrappers darkened and stained contents slightly age-toned with corner-creases and occasional thumb-soil; complete and just Good. Annual souvenir of the Workers' International Industrial Union. The WIIU the labor union arm of the Socialist Labor Party was effectively formed in 1908 following the split of the SLP faction from the Industrial Workers of the World; the group identified itself as the 'Detroit IWW' until 1915 at which point the name was changed to Workers International Industrial Union a typically De Leonist mouthful!. The WIIU never throve; its membership probably never numbered above about 2500 workers a number that dropped quickly following the death of Daniel De Leon in 1915. By the 1920s the WIIU was an afterthought and the group was finally disbanded in 1925.<br/><br/>Contents include articles by Michael Altschuler Herman Richter W.J. Dodge Henry Kuhn and others; literary contributions by Samuel French Fred H. Hartmann Richard Le Galienne William Morris and Walt Whitman; portraits and reproductions of artworks by Eugene Higgins Jan Styka and Eugene Chaperon. An attractive and rather uncommon American labor souvenir book; OCLC notes 6 physical locations for any issue 2018; the 1923 issue printed on clearly inferior paper probably a reflection of the Union's impending demise appears to be in the catalogue of only a single OCLC member institution NYPL. Literature Bureau of the Workers' International Industrial Union unknown books
19302279Moscow: Various Publishers 1930s. <br /><br />Thirty black-and-white postcards each measuring 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches 147 x 98 mm all unused and unmounted. <br /><br />A collection of postcards depicting scenes in Moscow during the tumultuous 1930s when Stalin was expanding his power and killing off his opponents. The scenes include workers' houses hotels department stores and cathedrals that the Bolsheviks closed and turned into museums. Other scenes show Arbat Square Pushkin's monument the race course Dynamo stadium the Izvestia building Moscow University and more. <br /><br />Seventeen of the cards have brief captions in English and sometimes in French and German in addition to Russian. <br /><br />A wonderful series of vibrant images of Moscow in one of the most significant decades in Soviet history. <br /><br />CONDITION: One card lightly trimmed at the edges a few minor stains to the versos of some cards. Overall Very Good or better. Various Publishers books
192834089Detroit: Hoffman Photo Studios 1928. Original vintage print sight area ca 27cm x 45cm ca 11-1/2" x 17". Captioned in image. Professionally matted and framed with UV-protective plexiglas glazing. Sight condition fine; not examined out of frame. The portrait studio of Tomasz Hoffman 1892-1978 specialized in serving Detroit's Polish community producing work from the early 1920s through the 1940s. This attractive group portrait of Detroit's Polish Socialist Club is taken in front of the group's headquarters the Dom Ludowy on Detroit's East Side. Hoffman Photo Studios unknown books
1951902Praha Prague: Nakladatelstvi Mir Drustevnà Práce 1951. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches; 275 x 235 mm 124 pages in illustrated boards. <br /><br />A collection of anti-Hitler and anti-U.S. cartoons by the great Soviet cartoonist Boris Efimov 1900-2008 whose name is rendered in Czech as Boris Jefimova. The anthology starts in the 1930s with the rise of Hitler and carries forward to the late 1940s attacking the Marshall Plan Wall Street fat cats the Western alliance and the U.S. position in Korea.<br /><br />By contrast and not surprisingly the Soviet Union is portrayed heroically having single-handedly defeated Hitler. Given the preponderance of Wall Street financiers in the cartoons Wall Street appears to be behind Western imperialism and belligerence and even abetted the rise of Hitler. The book opens with a quote from "J. Stalin" and contains 60 cartoons mostly in black-and-white but some containing deep red representing of course the supposed nobility of the Soviet Union and its allies. <br /><br />Copies of this Czech-language book are uncommon. OCLC lists just three institutional holdings: the College of William and Mary the National Library of the Czech Republic and the University of Leipzig. <br /><br />A very good striking example of Czech-Russian agitprop during the dark days of the Cold War. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light soiling and wear to the boards but the pages are clean and bright. Very Good or better. Nakladatelstvi Mir – Družzstevnà Práce hardcover books
