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193807785McLean Virginia: Freedom Press 1938. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Scuffing to covers and creasing to the spine. Binding tight. 316 pages with Appendixes. Crosby was best known for his long-running comic strip Skippy. By the late 1930s the cartoonist/author's political and philosophical leanings had worked their way into the Skippy comics and he wrote scathing editorials against Roosevelt policies though he had earlier voted for him. Alcoholism and tax problems began to destroy his personal life and he spent his last 16 years institutionalized. Crosby has much to say about Roosevelt. Freedom Press Paperback
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]
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
19762090502113709065Not Available 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
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
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
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
39London: Victor Gollancz 1935. Hard bound first edition. Very good with some spotting and chips to head of dust jacket spine. Scarce in dust jacket. 355 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. London: Victor Gollancz, 1935 unknown
1931132234London Faber & Faber Limited 1931. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 255 pages; Description: 255 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Socialists --Scotland. London, Faber & Faber Limited hardcover
1957865<p>New York: Frederick A. Praeger Inc. 1957. First Edition.</p><p>Howard Fast explains his disillusionment and break with the Communist Party.</p><p>Octavo 197 pages hard cover. Near Fine in an unclipped Very Good dust jacket that has a couple of small creases tears and sunning. Overall a beautiful copy. <br /><br /></p> Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. hardcover
1889022278Boston: Progress Publishing Company 1889. Tabloid. Fair. Side folding small tabloid newspaper format. 8 pp. Early issue of this journal devoted to Christian socialism. Founded in part by William Dwight Porter Bliss a reverend who actively promoted the ideas of socialism as those most compatible with the beliefs of Christianity. Bliss believed capitalism could cause idolatry among other ills. This issue looks at the 10 hour work week and potential 8 hour work week as positive steps for workers in mills and other places. FAIR condition. Large and small half moon rodent nibbling along the spine margin slightly affected text on a few pages in the interior. Minor to moderate scattered foxing. Minor soiling. Chipping and tearing along the fore edge with minor chipping tearing and creasing along the other edges. Horizontal fold crease present. Progress Publishing Company unknown
19672111902156002055Gaiben Publishing Company/China International Bookstore 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Gaiben Publishing Company/China International Bookstore paperback
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
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
19713912<p>Oruro Bolivia: CEDI 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket as issued. VG. 8vo 282pp printed wrappers. Rare original edition of this revolutionary memoir published in Bolivia. In Spanish. Unmarked copy a bit of reading wear.</p> Oruro, Bolivia: CEDI paperback
193535877Wichita Kan.: Defender Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1935. Third Edition. Paperback. Photo ; Interesting overview of Stalin. "Stalin's father Vissarion Djugashvili was the only cobbler in Gori. In his youth the father shared the brigand life of the Ossetes who live north of Georgia. He abducted his wife from the Ossetes then left the mountains to settle down in town and resume the trade of his ancestors. " original wraps sometime in the 1930's. Dust stains wear to soine fold toning. Only 3 copies located wolrdwide scarce. Anti-communist. . Defender Publishers paperback
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
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
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
190373140Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Compnay 1903. First edition. Small octavo. 64 pp. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. A very good copy.For socialism Ernest Untermann and others; For single tax Louis F. Post and others. Untermann was a member of the Socialist Labor Party of America SLP in the 1890s before leaving to join the Socialist Party of America SPA.Untermann was a regular contributor to Algie Simons' dissident SLP newspaper The Workers Call published in Chicago. When Simons moved to Chicago to assume the editorship of International Socialist Review in 1900 a monthly published by the pioneer American Marxist publishing house Charles H. Kerr & Co. Untermann became a frequent contributor to that publication as well. Untermann earned his keep as an associate editor for J.A. Wayland's mass circulation socialist weekly The Appeal to Reason in 1903. Untermann was the first American translator of Karl Marx's Das Kapital beginning work on the massive project in the spring of 1905 while living on a chicken farm in Orlando Florida and completing translations of volumes 2 and 3 for Kerr in 1907 and 1909 respectively. He also translated other socialist works for an American audience including the memoirs of Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel as well as The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State by Frederick Engels. In addition to translations from German and Italian Untermann wrote original works on Economics and Natural History. Untermann's books included Science and Revolution 1905 The World's Revolutions 1906 Marxian Economics: A Popular Introduction to the Three Volumes of Marx's Capital 1907. Charles H. Kerr Compnay unknown
19572111902160201137Kawaideshobo 1957. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 8 books in total Kawaideshobo paperback
19011202<p>London: Liberty and Property Defence League ca. 1901-05. First Edition. <br /><br />A wonderfully lurid warning against socialism by an organization devoted to laissez-faire economics.</p><p>The anonymous author suggests that socialism would lead to the breakup of families: "There would be no such place as home under socialism. 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."</p><p>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.</p><p>OCLC lists 8 institutional holdings under two different accession numbers: Syracuse Stanford Amherst Harvard Texas Wisconsin Historical Society Michigan and the London School of Economics. No other copies in commerce.</p><p>PHYSICAL DETAILS: Single sheet measuring 8 x 5 1/4 inches 205 x 132 mm when folded creating a 4-page unbound pamphlet.</p><p>CONDITION: Paper lightly toned old stab holes along the gutter tiny check mark to front wrapper 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.</p> Liberty and Property Defence League paperback
192958602London: I.L.P. Publication Service 1929. First Edition. Narrow 12mo 18cm. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; 24pp. Slight creasing and soil to wrappers; binding staples rusty else Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Socialist primer addressed to lay readers but not as the cover would suggest intended for children. Glasier née Conway 1867-1950 was a Fabian Socialist suffragist and prominent member of the Independent Labour Party. She was married to J. Bruce Glasier the I.L.P.'s second Chairman. The cover portrait is of the the author's son Glen who died in 1928 and for whom she penned a memorial volume The Glen Book in which she espoused some of her theosophical beliefs concerning the afterlife the same year. I.L.P. Publication Service unknown
1986ZB465057NY: 1986-1988. #2-6 original paper wrappers approx. 500 pp. overall good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. NY: unknown
19091228<p>London: The Fabian Society 1909. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 inches / 21 1/2 cm 23 1 pages in stapled red wrappers. Photographic portrait of Shaw by Marie Leon.</p><p>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. Although this pamphlet has been reprinted several times and in different formats copies of this first edition are uncommon to the market. SCARCE.</p><p>CONDITION: Wrappers are rather brittle and age-toned <strong>front cover detached</strong>. Small split at the head of the spine and several nicks and tears to the covers especially the rear cover. Vertical crease throughout. A Fair copy only. </p> The Fabian Society paperback
