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1957865New York: Frederick A. Praeger Inc. 1957. First Edition. Howard Fast explains his disillusionment and break with the Communist Party. 8vo. 197 pages. Near Fine in an unclipped Very Good dust jacket that has a couple of small creases and tears and sunning. Overall a beautiful copy. <br/><br/> Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. unknown 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
1977181660New York: FECOPES 1977. 8p. 8.5x11 inches text in Spanish photos very good newsletter. Cover editorial is in support of the general strike in Colombia noting Carter's meetings with various Latin American generals; also pieces on New York in crisis showing pigs in tophats eating Manhattan a critique of an immigrant amnesty plan and more. FECOPES 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
19442362New York: New York Labor News Company 1944. <br /><br />12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 129 mm 48 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />Eric Hass decries the spread of anti-Semitism in the United States and argues that socialism is the answer to defeating it. Hass was a Socialist Labor Party stalwart who went on to be the SLP's candidate for president in four elections. <br /><br />This 1944 edition is scarce in commerce. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light vertical crease throughout some soiling to wrappers tears to two leaves not affecting any text. Otherwise Very Good. <br /><br /><br /> New York Labor News Company books
19462360New York: New York Labor News Company 1946. <br /><br />12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 127 mm 48 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />The author Eric Hass maintains that the Soviet brand of socialism is not socialism at all. Instead he says the USSR is an imperialist power bent on domination of other countries. Hass was a Socialist Labor Party stalwart who went on to be the SLP's candidate for president in four elections. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some creasing soiling and toning to wrappers but internally clean and bright. Very Good. <br /><br /><br /> New York Labor News Company 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
19361497New York: New York Labor News Company 1936. First Edition. 12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 126 mm 40 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /> <br />A spirited -- rollicking even! -- essay with attacks on "fakers" "impostors" "swindlers" and other enemies of the working class. <br /> <br />May Day is the true holiday of the proletariat the author says while Labor Day in the U.S. is fake because it "sticks to the hollow pretense of a brotherhood between capital and labor." <br /> <br />Issued by the radical Socialist Labor Party the pamphlet argues that American labor leaders have eagerly embraced the capitalist class. "The 'labor' leaders travel through the country in the grandest style stop at the 'swellest' hotels--often as not manned with non-union labor. Where they go liquor flows expensively and plentifully--sometimes swinishly." page 30 <br /> <br />The author Olive M. Johnson 1872-1954 was a longtime activist editor and pamphleteer for the Socialist Labor Party. <br /> <br />This pamphlet is peak agit-prop. SCARCE. <br /> <br />CONDITION: Light soling and creasing to wrappers. Pages clean and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. <br /> <br /> <br/><br/> New York Labor News Company unknown books
131973San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism n.d. 45p. wraps. Title page has a typed statement about the origins of the League pasted down with some resulting browning from the glue's deterioration. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
1975204948San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism 1975. Pamphlet. 45p. wraps 6.5x8.5 glue remains on title page from tipped in mimeographed note present but now detached else very good condition. Cover title: League for Proletarian Socialism a proposal. First point of the tipped in note is "to combat dogmatism and sectarianism within the Marxist-Leninist left." The League was also known as the Democratic Workers Party and known for its goon squad tactics. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
1977146875San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism 1977. Pamphlet. 16p. wraps 8.5x11 inches very good condition. Occasional papers. Critique of the Movement for a Revolutionary Left in Eugene Oregon published by Marlene Dixon's group. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
131971San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism 197-. Pamphlet. 6p. wraps very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. The League later became the Democratic Workers Party Marlene Dixon was their guru. They were based in San Francisco and had a significant base at San Francisco General Hospital. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
1977152741Minaluta California: League for Proletarian Socialism 1977. Single 8.5x14 inch sheet horizontal fold otherwise very good printed both sides with the LPS's heraldic lion emblem at upper left. The LPS had been participating in the summer camp of the UMSS Union of Marxist Social Scientists at Camp Minaluta challenging the other members as pseudo-Leninists and daring them to "give up their class privilege and serve the working class through Leninist organization" conduct which aroused the ire of the other attendees. A meeting was called to discuss LPS' further participation but the group issued this leaflet to announce that it was withdrawing anyway having accomplished what it came to do. The League's leader was Marlene Dixon. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
1977121264San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism 1977. 29p. staplebound pamphlet format. Marlene Dixon's group which dissolved when the membership found out that not only was she a drunkard but she also wanted to become a professor of philosophy in Bulgaria. Their strongest base was among the doctors at SF's General Hospital. Bulletin of the League for Proletarian Socialism / Union of Marxist Social Scientists Organizing Committee. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
197687156San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism 1976. 17p. staplebound pamphlet stained across the top edge a reading copy. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
1977134073San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism 1977. 30p. wraps livid pen underlining throughout. At head of front cover: Intellectuals for proletarian socialism. Marlene Dixon's group which dissolved when the membership found out that not only was she a drunkard but Dixon also wanted to become a philosophy professor in Bulgaria. Their strongest base was among the doctors at SF's General Hospital. Bulletin of the League for Proletarian Socialism / Union of Marxist Social Scientists Organizing Committee. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
197791930San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism 1977. 30p. very good in wraps. At head of front cover: Intellectuals for proletarian socialism. Bulletin of the League for Proletarian Socialism / Union of Marxist Social Scientists Organizing Committee. Marlene Dixon's group which dissolved when the membership found out that not only was she a drunkard but Dixon also wanted to become a philosophy professor in Bulgaria. Their strongest base was among the doctors at SF's General Hospital. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
1977259110San Francisco: League for Proletarian Socialism 1977. One issue 24p. smudges and stray pencil marks on cover wrap address label on rear wrap else in good condition. Single sheet statement by two UMSS leaders laid in. Union of Marxist Social Scientists Newsletter. Marlene Dixon's group which dissolved when the membership found out that not only was she a drunkard but Dixon also wanted to become a philosophy professor in Bulgaria. Their strongest base was among the doctors at SF's General Hospita and in the sociology/criminal justice deptartment at Cal State Sacremento. League for Proletarian Socialism unknown books
19532124London: Soviet News 1953. 16mo 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 176 x 120 mm 40 1 pages in red and white stapled wrappers. Speech by Soviet Premier Georgy Malenkov to the Supreme Soviet in August 1953 just months after Stalin's death. He calls for more money for housing attacks the U.S. and other Western countries and defends the "people's democracies." Nikita Khrushchev ousted Malenkov as premier in 1955. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light toning to page edges internally clean and unmarked. A Near Fine copy. Soviet News books
19331498Moscow and Leningrad: Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R. 1933. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Octavo 7 1/2 inches / 190 mm 84 4 pages in wrappers. <br /><br />A well-written biography of Marx from a Soviet standpoint emphasizing his sympathy for the working class. There's also an historical overview of the exploitation of workers along with an analysis of Marxism in practice. The author says some so-called Marxists are nothing of the sort; he particularly singles out social democrats. Not surprisingly it's the Soviet Union that's carrying out real Marxism. SCARCE. <br /><br />CONDITION: Moderate soiling to wrappers spine a bit ragged general handling wear. Pages toned but clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R. paperback books
19302018<p>No Edition Stated. Single sheet folded to create 4-page leaflet measuring 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches 120 x 82 mm when folded.</p><p>Small leaflet in English inviting subscriptions to various Soviet publications including Moscow Daily News USSR in Construction Quarterly Review and Soviet Travel. Also offered are maps postcards and dictionaries. Prices listed in U.S. dollars. <br /></p><p>The leaflet is undated but we place the date at ca. 1930-1932 when American activist Anna Louise Strong was managing editor of the Moscow Daily News she's mentioned here. <br /></p><p>OCLC shows no institutional holdings. None in commerce March 2021. <b>RARE</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Light toning. A Near Fine copy.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> Amkniga Corporation books
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
19672010Moscow: Moscow News 1967. No Edition Stated. <br /><br />Oblong Octavo 5 x 8 inches; 125 x 203 mm 80 pages in stapled pictorial wrappers. <br /><br />Booklet containing 12 popular Soviet songs in English and Russian including Moscow Nights rendered here in English as Moscow Evenings. Lovely cover with the upper wrapper featuring piano keys along the spine and a drawing of a Kremlin tower topped by a red star. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Wrappers a bit soiled light edge wear staple rusted pages very lightly toned and some lightly creased. A Very Good copy. Moscow News paperback books
197850214Chicago: New American Movement 1978. Eighth "printing" revised. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 24pp. Faint crease at upper corner else Near Fine. Revised version of NAM's political position statement originally adopted in 1972. Includes policy positions on Racism Sexism Gay Sexuality and Oppression Internationalism etc; along with theoretical statements on the nature of the working class and capitalism. NAM was one of several splinter groups to emerge from the dissolution of SDS in the early Seventies; in 1983 they merged with other groups to form the Democratic Socialists of America DSA. New American Movement unknown books
