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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
1919ZEIT0641Leipzig, Vulkan-Verlag 1919. 8°. 2 Bl., 90 S., 1 Bl. OBrosch. m. schwarzgedr. Deckeltitel. Einbd. angestaubt, gebräunt u. etw. abgegriffen, Titel m. kleinem Eckabriß (kein Textverlust), Text gebräunt. Die gegen Bernstein gerichtete Schrift erschien erstmasls 1898/1899 in der "Leipziger Volkszeitung", die Aufsätze "Miliz und Militarismus" und "Die 'deutsche Wissenschaft' hinter den Arbeitern" (gegen Sombart) im Anhang stammen aus der "Neuen Zeit" derselben Jahre.
19123344842Jena, Diederichs, 1912. XXIV, 186 S. OLwd.
192028737ABOlten, W. Trösch, o.J. (um 1920). 8°. 35 (1) S. Orig.-Heft + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + (lichtrandig und mit Knickspuren).
193284363New York: Dial Press; Lincoln Mac Veagh 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Original deep red cloth titled in black to spine with embossed publisher's imprint to front board. Dustjacket. 383pp. Bumped to spine ends with some minor wear to corners some minor darkening to the cloth in places; internally clean fore-edge untrimmed top edge a trifle dusty; in the John Gram dustjacket with some toning to the spine panel shallow chipping and loss to the spine ends intruding upon the author's first name and a short closed tear to the front upper front spine hinge. A good strong copy with some wear.<br /> <br /> Leonov's novel of Soviet labor centred around the building of an enormous factory; Sotstroy. Gorky provides the preface; the novel was notable at the time as an antidote to the image of the USSR as an enormous generator of plans progress noble artistic and industrial endeavor and a shining beacon of energy. Leonov tends towards a more on the ground depiction of enthusiastic ineptitude paranoia and fanaticism. Bookplate of Alvin Kapusta to front pastedown a Special Assistant for Soviet Nationalities at the US State Department and a notable scholar of the Soviet Bloc whose collections are housed at the Hoover Institution. Dial Press; Lincoln Mac Veagh unknown
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
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
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
194135913Breslau: Gauverlag-Ns-Schlesien. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1941. Presumed 1st. Paperback. Photos; 4124 1 pages; So sa ich moskau so sa ich moskau so sa ich moskau . A notable action in Breslau was Battle of Breslau also known as the Siege of Breslau was a three-month-long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia Germany now Wroclaw Poland .German language. Includes Ukraine Mongolia Georgia Odessa Kiew etc. . Gauverlag-Ns-Schlesien paperback
191943051New York: Libreria Rossa N.d. ca 1919. First Edition. 12mo 18cm. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 24pp. Slight aging; mild creasing to spine; Very Good. Text entirely in Italian. Communist tract issued shortly after the Russian revolution calling for an immediate proletarian revolution in Italy with socialization of industry and agriculture; closure of borders to prevent the flight of the bourgeoisie; and the "management of the new society through a free arrangement of persons and competent groups" ".persone e di gruppi competenti interessati all soluzione di ogni singolo problema tecnico e sociale". The pseudonym "Emme" is unknown to us; nor is it certain from which "Libreria Rossa" this pamphlet originated - "libreria rossa" "red bookshop" being a common enough appelation among Italian-American radical booksellers of all political stripes during this period. One copy only in OCLC; not seen in commerce; not in Periconi. Libreria Rossa unknown
193284963New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in red to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 282pp. A little light wear to extremities minor bumping to spine ends bright and strong; internally clean topstain red fore-edge untrimmed; in a strong example of the dustjacket priceclipped with some soiling to the white portions and some shallow marginal chipping. A very good copy. Signed by the author to the title page. <br /> <br /> Walter's assessment of the Russian experiment as it stood in the early 1930's after he had just been granted unprecedented access to administration and infrastructure during a six month tour of the country. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
19662667<p>London: Revolutionary Communist Party 1966. First Edition Thus. <br /><br />A scarce pamphlet published on the 10th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution. It includes material published in a 1956-57 edition plus additional material. The author Gerry Healy strongly denounces the Soviet invasion of Hungary and takes Western leftists to task for not supporting the workers' uprising. <br /><br />This edition was published as a "Newsletter Pamphlet" and includes considerable material on the uprising an article on workers' councils reprinted from the Newsletter of Nov. 12 1966 and a useful chronology of events in Hungary and Eastern Europe. The Newsletter was a publication of Britain's Revolutionary Communist Party. <br /><br />Copies of the original publication are available in the antiquarian book trade but this edition -- with additional material -- is much more scarce. <br /><br />PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches; 241 x 185 mm 20 pages in stapled illustrated wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />CONDITION: Two old price labels pasted to front cover bleeding through to verso some soiling to covers one case of underlining to a page. Overall Very Good or better. <br /><br /></p> [Revolutionary Communist Party] paperback
1968M6279<p>London: Resurgence 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket as issued. VG. 4to 28pp including printed wrappers. Subscription form laid in. Scarce early issue of this important political and cultural magazine featuring a cover by Henri Chopin. Unmarked copy creasing to back cover.</p> London: Resurgence paperback