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1995ZEIT0023Wien, Löcker (1995). 259 S., mit zahlr. Abb., OPappband mit Orig.-Umschlag, wie neu. Als Teenager zur Emigration nach England gezwungen, schließt sich Jola Zalud zum Entsetzen ihrer großbürgerlichen Familie der kommunistisch geführten Jugendvereinigung "Young Austria" an. Mit ironischer Distanz wird die Situation der Emigranten aus Österreich, Deutschland und der Tschechoslowakei während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in London und anderen englischen Städten geschildert
19339064London: Communist Party of Great Britain 1933. Staple-bound pamphlet; 14pp. Wear sunning and foxing to edges of wrappers pencil to cover pages sunned else a clean and sound copy. Communist Party of Great Britain 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.
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
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
1961M7164<p>London: Freedom Press 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket as issued. Near VG. 8vo 32pp stapled wrappers. Rare early issue focusing on cinema with particular focus on Vigo and Bunuel of this important anarchist magazine. Unmarked copy a bit of wear and soil.</p> London: Freedom Press paperback
19562736<p>Chicago: Ceskoslovenská národní rada v Americe Czechoslovak National Council of America 1956.</p><p>A scarce satirical guidebook to Prague written by a Czech-American author who lived in Czechoslovakia highlighting the poor conditions under Communist rule. <br /><br />Want to know why the hotels are so expensive Translating from the Czech: You didn't realize what was included in the room price: free-of-charge eavesdropping on your phone maybe even a secret camera opening your mail without damaging the envelope and recording it in the police register photographing your more important correspondence. Want to look around Over here is the prison over there is secret police headquarters this is where Jan Masaryk was pushed out of a window to his death. <br /><br />Theres plenty more in this vein text entirely in Czech. The author Vlasta Vrázová 1900-1989 directed American relief work in Czechoslovakia in the years following World War II. In 1949 the Communist government held her for a week on espionage charges. She returned to the U.S. and became president of the staunchly anti-Communist Czechoslovak National Council of America the publisher of this volume. <br /><br />OCLC shows 16 institutional holdings. None in commerce. <strong>SCARCE</strong>. <br /><br />PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto 8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches; 222 x 140 mm 32 pages in stapled red wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />CONDITION: Small tear to top corner of upper wrapper staples rusted some pencil erasures creasing and general handling wear. About Very Good. <br /><br /><br /><br /></p> Ceskoslovenská národní rada v Americe [Czechoslovak National Council of America] paperback
19832193Hamburg, Landeszentrale f. polit. Bild. 1983. 259 S. Mit Abb. 21 cm. OBrosch.
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
1972238152Roma: Viva il Comunismo 1972. Foglio singolo loose page. Molto buono Very Good. <em><strong>Supplemento al mensile Viva il Comunismo n. 13</strong></em>. Articoli: "I chimici i metalmeccanci gli edili i tessili tutto il proletariato in piazza!"";" Glioperai si oppongono chiaramente ai sindacati"";" "Valpreda"";" "Nelle assemblee chimiche: respingiamo l'accordo"";" etc. In apertura una foto di <strong>Tano D'Amico</strong>. Cm 50x35. pp. 2. Molto buono Very Good. . <em>Il sottotitolo diceva: "Per la costruizione del partito marxista-leninista. Direttore responsabile: Marco Pannella. Il giornale esce nel 1971 per volontà"; del Comitato Comunisti Romani m-l sorto dopo la scissione da Unità Operaia avendo come leaders Augusto Illumintai e Claudio De Tovo. Nonostante le origini trotzkiste Viva il comunismo - con il quale sarà" qausi sempre identificabile anche il gruppo politico - esprime un evidente consenso verso il maoismo utilizzando la fraseologia m-l" da Managno Attilio Le riviste degli anni Settanta.</em> Viva il Comunismo, unknown
19562181Washington D.C.: Department of the Army 1956. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small 4to 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 279 x 215 mm 71 1 pages in stapled card wrappers. <br /><br />U.S. government guide explaining how North Korea interrogates and indoctrinates American prisoners of war. While the focus is mostly on North Korea the guide also discusses Chinese Communist treatment of prisoners. The final chapter asserts that "resistance is possible and profitable." With several black-and-white photographs. Army Pamphlet 30-101. <br /><br />CONDITION: Soiling and age toning to wrappers rusting to staples internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Department of the Army books
1973479022Freiburg, 1973. (648-)692 S. OKart.
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
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
19762090502113718213Not Available 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19593343068Notre Dame, University Press, 1959. XX, 289 S. OLwd.
19243248491Leipzig, Hirschfeld, 1924. 89 S. OKart.
19482521New York: The Viking Press 1948. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 247 x 167 mm 220 pages in green and tan cloth in an unclipped illustrated dust jacket hard cover accompanied by four photographic prints. <br /><br />An account of a trip to the Soviet Union in 1947 by author John Steinbeck and photographer Robert Capa who visited while the country was attempting to recover from the devastation of World War II. They traveled to Moscow Stalingrad and other cities as well as to Ukraine and Georgia meeting numerous ordinary people while accompanied by a minder from the government. <br /><br />The New York Herald Tribune financed the trip and along with some other newspapers published articles by Steinbeck and photos by Capa. Indeed included here are three photographs that were used by one of the newspapers as indicated by layout instructions on the versos of the photos. There's also a later publicity photo of Steinbeck. One of the photos from the trip showing a Georgian restaurant in Moscow appears on page 47 of the book. Two of the trip photos are stamped on the versos with the notice that their reproduction could be used only with the "1948 Steinbeck-Capa articles on Russia" along with "Copyright 1948 by John Steinbeck." <br /><br />Our copy is a first printing of the first edition with "Printed by the Viking Press in April 1948" on the copyright page. The dust jacket carries a price of $3.75. <br /><br />A fascinating look at ordinary people in the Soviet Union as the country tried to rebuild following World War II accompanied by three photographs of scenes from the country and a publicity photo of Steinbeck. <br /><br />CONDITION: Book slightly cocked rear hinge loose corners rubbed spine ends bumped end papers slightly toned a couple of pages with vertical creases possibly a production error. Nearly Very Good in a Good dust jacket that has some loss to both spine ends as well as a few tears nicks toning foxing and stains. The four photographs have some nicks creases and soiling to the edges. The versos contain notes stamped instructions and captions pasted on the photo of Steinbeck has an article pasted to the verso. Some discoloration to two photos resulting from pasting of newspaper captions to the versos. The Viking Press hardcover
19533245180Göttingen, Göttinger Verlagsanstalt, 1953. 342 S. Kart.
19751585New York: Self-Published 1975. No Edition Stated. 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 138 mm 96 pages in stapled wrappers. Small light stain to fore edge light rubbing to wrappers internally clean and bright. A Very Good or better copy.Prolific pamphleteer George Spiro chides both the U.S. and Soviet Union over the SALT arms-control agreement. Spiro is both anti-capitalist and anti-Soviet and basically argues that neither country can be trusted to reduce the possibility of nuclear war. <br /><br /> Self-Published 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
197354315BBRoma, Edizioni di Storia e letteratura, 1973. Groß-8°. 24,5 cm. XIV, 762 Seiten. Original-Leinenband mit Original-Schutzumschlag. (= Storia ed Economia. Studi, Testi, Documenti, Quaderni a cura di Gabriele de Rosa. Vol. 31).
1970002392Frankfurt Germany: Posev 1970. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Covers lt edgeworn scuffed & lt soiled reading crease on spine. Owner stamp inside front cover. Contents clean in tight binding. Last volume in the 6-vol Collected Works containing letters appeals essays media reports meeting minutes and relevant documents pertaining to Solzhenitsyn's struggle to have his work published in the Soviet Union following his exile. Also some literary criticism. All Russian text. 609 for Posev paperback
1920THEO0492Mchn., Kaiser 1920. 35(2) S., 3 nn. S. Vlgsanz., OKart., abgegriffen, Rü. beidseit. etwas rissig, papierbed. gebr.
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