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191814355Glasgow: The Socialist Labour Press N.d. ca 1918. First Edition. 12mo 18cm. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed wrappers; 30pp. Text slightly darkened else Fine. A primer for workingment outlining the economic history of Great Britain from the feudal era to the early 20th century. Undated but text makes reference to the recent "European War. The Socialist Labour Press unknown books
2005259810New York: Committees of Correspondence Education Fund 2005. Pamphlet. 24p. stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches else very good condition with form letter thanking supportesr laid in. Committees of Correspondence Education Fund unknown books
2005158742New York: Committees of Correspondence Education Fund 2005. Pamphlet. 24p. stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches rear wrap lightly soiled else very good condition. Committees of Correspondence Education Fund unknown books
19771586New York: Self-Published 1977. No Edition Stated. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 138 mm 144 pages in stapled white wrappers. <p>Prolific pamphleteer George Spiro argues that both capitalists and Marxists want to enslave the world. He says World War II was a huge capitalist fraud joined enthusiastically by Marxists. He favors "authentic" socialism which he says has nothing to do with the Soviet Union. <br /></p><p>OCLC shows only two institutional holdings at New York University and the University of Wisconsin. <b>SCARCE</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Toning to edges of wrappers internally clean and bright. A Very Good or better copy.<br /></p><p><br /></p> Self-Published paperback 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
190716763New York: Doubleday Page 1907. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards blocked in gilt and white on spine and front cover; xiv 284pp; 8 inserted leaves of plates halftones. Moderately rubbed and worn; thin split to front hinge at frontispiece; a few pages with sharp slices in margin presumably from opening; complete and Good but best considered as a reading copy. A key early work by Sinclair supplying a sort of non-fiction sequel to his The Jungle which had been published a year earlier. In the current work Sinclair analyzes present economic conditionsconcentrating on wage-slavery and concentration of wealth and predicts an inevitable social and economic revolution. Ahouse calls this the first of Sinclair's "book-length essays.the same sort of popularized economic analysis later found.in Book of Life Letters to Judd The Way Out" etc. Includes a promotional chapter on Helicon Hall Sinclair's ill-fated experiment in cooperative living the Hall burned to the ground shortly before the book went to press. AHOUSE A9. Doubleday, Page unknown 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
1493Chicago: Socialist Party of America n.d. Edition not stated. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages. Very light handling wear. A Near Fine copy. Short pamphlet laying our 12 objections to socialism -- and the response by the Socialist Party of America to each of the objections. SCARCE. <br/><br/> Socialist Party of America unknown books
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
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
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
19751561Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1975. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches; 215 x 145 mm 538 pages quarter cloth over paper boards. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Some fading to lettering on spine internally clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears nicks and chips especially on the front panel as well as soiling to the rear panel and spine.An insider's account of Mao Tse-tung's drive for power during World War II. The author was a Tass correspondent and Comintern agent assigned to the Chinese Communist area around Yenan. Peter Vladimirov spent many hours speaking with Mao and was struck by his ruthlessness and lack of culture and morality. A valuable insight albeit from a Soviet viewpoint into Mao and the revolutionary movement he led. Numerous black-and-white photos. <br /><br /> Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover 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
19421279San Francisco: Communist Party of California 1942. No Edition Stated. <br /><br />Seven-page mimeographed document 8 1/2 x 11 inches 217 x 280 mm stapled in top left-hand corner.<p>A "Dear Comrades" letter addressed to all branches of the Communist Party in California Arizona and Nevada urging them to meet and discuss an editorial in the August 1942 issue of the Communist "No Delay in Opening the Western Front." The letter provides reading suggestions from Communist Party publications and suggests that party members bring articles from the non-Communist press that favor a second front against Germany. It further warns that "appeasers" are trying to prevent the opening of a second front and provides counter-arguments to those opposing the second front.<br /></p><p>No institutional copies found in OCLC. None in commerce. <b>RARE.</b><br /></p><p>An interesting look at how the Communist Party sought to mobilize popular support for a second front in Europe.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Moderate toning to cover page less toning to subsequent pages pencil notation at upper left corner of cover page. Horizontal fold probably for mailing. Light dampstaining. A Very Good copy.<br /></p> Communist Party of California paperback 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
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
191043026New York: Arbeiter Ring aka Workmens Circle 1910. First Edition. Small octavo 18.5cm. Printed thick paper wrappers; 256 pp; 16 unnumbered leaves of plates; illus; portraits. Mild external rubbing and wear; text clean tight and unmarked - a Very Good copy. Text in Yiddish but for a few captions in English. Souvenir book and organizational history issued in conjunction with the tenth anniversary convention of Der Arbeiter Ring aka The Workmens Circle a Jewish-American labor association and mutual-aid society that formed following the massive waves of Yiddish immigration following the Russian and European pogroms of the Eighteen-eighties and Nineties. The Workmens Circle is still in existence as a Jewish cultural and liberal political organization but at the time of this publication the Circle's aims were essentially Marxist in line with those of the left wing of the American Socialist Party with which many of its members were closely affiliated. In keeping with the sense of accomplishment that the organization's members would have felt having survived both Russian pogroms and ten years in a New World barely more sympathetic to Jewish culture than the Old this souvenir book is rather elaborately produced with numerous halftone plates reproducing photographs and drawings as well as many illustrations in text. Arbeiter Ring [aka Workmens Circle] unknown books
1982694New York: Pantheon Boos 1982. First Edition. A history of Moscow's relations with foreign Communist parties in the 1930s written by the left-wing historian and journalist E.H. Carr. Octavo pp. xi 461. Near Fine with a tasteful bookplate on the front paste down in a Very Good dust jacket that has a couple small closed tears on both panels along with some soiling on the rear panel. <br/><br/> Pantheon Boos 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
19452353New York: New York Labor News Co. 1945. 4th Printing. 12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 184 x 126 mm 39 9 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />Ferocious attack on William Z. Foster a longtime senior official of the Communist Party who gets tagged as a "war monger" "liberty bond salesman" "fraud" "Anarchist microbe" "mediocre personality" and similar terms of endearment. The Socialist Labor Party which the author led was a bitter foe of the Communists. <br /><br />This pamphlet was originally issued in 1932. Our copy is the 4th printing from August 1945 presumably updated because the Communist Party ousted Earl Browder as leader and installed William Z. Foster to succeed him. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease probably from mailing ink smudges to lower wrapper but internally clean and unmarked. About Very Good. <br /> New York Labor News Co. books
199522695Seattle Washington: Mark Manning 1995. 22 pages; with a few black and white illustrations; interesting historical perspective on the 1995 Boeing aircraft machinist's strike - the editor claiming to be one of those laid off; statements concerning the background of the contention on-site subcontracting health insurance premiums and commentary on equal wage pay for international workers; with quotes from various historical sources and editorial of a socialist nature; approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" size; original illustrated paper wrap covers; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Mark Manning Paperback books
19422357New York: New York Labor News Company 1942. 12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 128 mm 48 pages in stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />Questions and answers about socialism from the standpoint of the Socialist Labor Party. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout soiling creasing sunning and rubbing to wrappers corners bumped some page corners creased. About Good. New York Labor News Company paperback books
195993495N.pl: Committee for Scientific Socialism 1959. 18p. wraps slightly browned. Promotes a United Socialist Front and running Walter Reuther for president. Committee for Scientific Socialism unknown books
2005219339San Francisco: The Party for Socialism and Liberation 2005. Pamphlet. 28 26 iip. wraps 5.5x8.5 inches very good condition. Text in English and Spanish back to back format. The Party for Socialism and Liberation unknown books
16306Suffrage Socialist Women of Greater New York. Woman's Suffrage. New York: New York Labor News Company 1914. An Address delivered by Daniel De Leon Under the Auspices of The Socialist Women of Greater New York. 48 pages 6 ¾ x 5 in. Paper wrappers. "The Ballot and The Class Struggle" written in ink across top edge of front cover. Lecture presided over by a woman Mary Papelsky. "The Socialist Women of Greater New York have invited you to this meeting for the purpose of presenting to you the position they take in the matter of Woman's Suffrage and the reasons for their position." In this pamphlet De Leon equates women's suffrage to socialist class struggle. Previous owner's name inscribed on cover. Two punch holes along left edge. Light dampstaining around left right and bottom edge of first couple of pages but not cover. Good to very good condition. An interesting pamphlet that documents the connection between women's suffrage and socialism movements in early 20th century America. unknown books
