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194725005USA: Not Published 1947. Typed letter signed dated November 20 1947 on 4 Essex Court Temple E.C. 4 imprinted letterhead 1.5 pages single-spaced; written to Cipe Pineles 1908 - 1991 award-winning Austrian-American graphic designer the first woman director for many influential publications including Mademoiselle Seventeen and Charm on the Vogue London staff and also involved in socialist and communist activities in Europe and America. The first part of the letter details Molly Pritt's thanks for various articles of clothing sent to her by Pineles and others due to the shortages in post-war Britain. Especially "the problem of shoes for women and growing childrenwhich were such a comfort to me in Russia and indeed here" She writes of her husband N.P. Pritt's trip to the U.S. and the kindness of Pineles and her husband during his tour. She looks forward to accompanying him on a return journey and "I believe I could be very useful.During the war when I was vice chairman under the Dean of The Joint Committee for Soviet Aid I addressed literally thousands of meetings in all parts of the countryin huge ordnance factories town halls womens organisations and so on and even at a big boxing match 7000 people in the Albert Hall here! So I am quite an expert with all types of audiences. I am still at it of course since my visit to the Soviet Union last year when I received the decoration given me by the Supreme Soviet for my workI find audiences now rather like they were at the beginning of the waranxious for news of Russiaanxious to have their fears dispelledfear inculcated by the press of courseRobin Page Arnot 1890-1986 British political activist and historian foundation member of the CP Great Britain came to lunch yesterday.Now I must go out into the dark to tackle a housing problem of some of my husbands constituentsThey each came to ask my husbands advice about itand he suggested I should go and inspect and see if I could offer any solutionwhat a job!! However along I'll goavoiding the awful drifting crowds who are up from the provinces for the wedding. It is coldit is foggyit is damp but still they find the streets more comfortable then their homes. It would seem.signed Molly Pritt" Approx. 8" x 10" size; light wear old fold lines in very good condition; With a plain typed one-side cardstock 'ticket' for the Guest of Rt. Hon. D. N. Pritt Section B Row 1 Seat 3 to the "American Soviet Friendship Rally" at St. Nicholas Arena Sunday November 9 1947UOPWA Richard Morford Executive Director National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. Approx. 3" x 5" size; light wear; very good condition. Denis Nowell Pritt 1887-1972 British lawyer and political activist "one of Britain's sturdiest fellow-travellers Pritt's legal talents were rapidly harnessed for a variety of progressive causes if incorrigible as a Stalinist he should be remembered too for diverting his career from more lucrative legal pastures to a mostly exemplary body of work for the labour and anti-colonial movements. If his plaudits from the people's democracies were fulsome he also knew the less pleasant experience of professional and social ostracism at home. His wife less political than her husband apparently found their moments of isolation especially trying." Kevin Morgan in the ODNB Pritt's wife Marie Frances Mollie Gough 1895-1999 whose influence and impact is minimized in the biographies and relegated to a supportive role to her husband's activities was much more significantly involved as this letter proves. Her activities were certainly as dedicated to their cause as her more famously-documented husband. . Typed Letter Signed. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published 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
19411284Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Communist Party n.d. 1941. No edition stated. <br /><br />Single sheet of newsprint folded to create four pages of approximately 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches 211 x 266 mm. <br /><br />Rare announcement of a speech by Communist Party Chairman William Z. Foster in Los Angeles a little more than a month after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The announcement appears at the beginning of a text in which the Party calls for the U.S. to spare no effort in defeating Germany: "There can be no peace for the peoples of the world without the complete destruction of Hitler and Hitlerism. Hitler fascism stands exposed as the greatest and main enemy of the peoples of the world."<br /><br />Prior to Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union the Communist Party strongly opposed U.S. involvement in World War II maintaining that the fight between Germany and Britain was an imperialist war. Obviously that policy changed 180 degrees following the German invasion of the USSR. <br /><br />An interesting look at how the Communist Party's position drastically shifted after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. <br /><br />No institutional copies found in OCLC. None in commerce in January 2021. <b>RARE.</b><br /><br />CONDITION: Evenly toned pencil notation at top left corner of cover page couple small closed tears. Horizontal fold probably due to mailing. A Very Good copy. Los Angeles County Communist Party books
2007257112New York: Historians of American Communism 2007. Paperback. Nine Issues various pagination wraps run includes Vol. 1 No. 1 June 2002 Vol. 1 No. 2 December 2002 Vol. 2 No. 1 June 2003 Vol. 3 No. 1 June 2004 Vol. 4 No. 1 June 2005 Vol. 4 No. 2 December 2005 Vol. 5 No. 1 June 2006 Vol. 6 No. 1 June 2007 Vol. 6 No. 2 December 2007. Good condition. Historians of American Communism paperback books
19461264Quarto 12 x 9 inches / 350 x 228 mm single sheet folded to create four pages. Printed on newsprint.<br /><br />Yonkers New York: Self-published 1946. First Edition. <br /><br />An appeal by former Communist Party USA General Secretary Earl Browder to the party membership dated just days after his expulsion from the party. Printed at his own expense there's even a coupon for sending in a donation <br /><br />Browder argues that he has faithfully followed the party line and denies he has engaged in factionalism or attempting to undermine the party's current leadership. He further states that he was given no opportunity to defend himself during a "trial" by the party's national board.<br /><br />As far as Communists go Browder 1891-1973 was actually fairly moderate compared with his left-wing nemesis William Z. Foster. Among other things Browder advocated cooperation with the Roosevelt and Truman administrations as well as with other progressive groups. But following the end of World War II the Communist Party following the Soviet line adopted a much more confrontational policy toward the U.S. government and became even more radical and insular. Browder found himself odd man out.<br /><br />OCLC lists only four institutional holdings: Yale Williams Hamilton and Syracuse. No other copies in commerce. SCARCE. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some darkening to paper a few small nicks to the margins old folds. A Very Good copy. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Self-published books
19492131New York: Harlem Communist Election Campaign for the Re-election of Benjamin J. Davis 1949. <br /><br /> Single page folded once to create a 4-page brochure measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches 280 x 215 mm when folded.<br /><br />Illustrated brochure featuring an autobiographical statement by Benjamin J. Davis a Black Communist who was running for re-election to the New York City Council. The statement was based on his testimony in the 1949 trial against him and 10 other Communist leaders who had been charged with conspiring to overthrow the government.<br /><br />Davis recounts his childhood in Georgia attending college at Morehouse and Amherst and graduating from Harvard Law School. He talks about some of the cases he worked on as a lawyer and ends with a plea for readers to sign petitions to secure a place for him on the ballot. The brochure lists his 11-point program which includes ending police brutality in Harlem and restoring the five-cent fare. <br /><br />We find no institutional holdings of this brochure in OCLC and none in commerce June 2021. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: A bit of handling wear and soiling. A Near Fine copy. Harlem Communist Election Campaign for the Re-election of Benjamin J. Davis books
193446150Hamtramck MI: Michigan Communist Party 1934. First Edition. Broadside 22" x 14" printed recto-only on newsprint. Slight toning; small puncture to lower right corner else Very Good; shrink-wrapped on archival foamboard. Broadside announcing the 1934 Communist Party municipal ticket for the Detroit suburb of Hamtramck Michigan. Includes a large central portrait of mayoral candidate George Kristalsky and smaller portraits of seven City Council candidates which include one woman Jennie Romaniuk and one African-American candidate Cass Bailey. [Michigan Communist Party] unknown books
193414600Hamtramck MI: Michigan Communist Party 1934. First Edition. Broadside 22" x 14" printed recto-only on newsprint. Slight toning; mounted on archival board else Near Fine. Broadside announcing the 1934 Communist Party municipal ticket for the Detroit suburb of Hamtramck Michigan. Includes a large central portrait of mayoral candidate George Kristalsky and smaller portraits of seven City Council candidates which include one woman Jennie Romaniuk and one African-American candidate Cass Bailey. [Michigan Communist Party] unknown books
196421414New York ca. 1964-1967. Wraps. Very good. Small printed portfolio 6.25" by 2.75" approx. Ten vouchers resembling money stapled in each intended to represent "one dollar and one brick" towards the Center with a brief note and quote from Davis printed inside the wrapper. Very good with mild toning to one edge and front cover lightly creased. <br/><br/>Fundraising campaign for this Harlem-based communist bookstore and community center named after the African-American politician and lawyer Ben Davis 1903-1964 a onetime member of the New York City Council and part of the Communist Party USA. "Every brick you buy provides the new Harlem Ben Davis Bookshop and Center with books pamphlets and periodicals of struggle and socialism. Help build a center to carry on the ideals and understanding of Ben Davis." OCLC does not locate any examples. paperback 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
200432482London: Imperial College Press. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 1860944345 . First edition. Fine in printed boards. No dust jacket. . Imperial College Press hardcover books
196144999New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1961. Early Printing. Octavo; navy blue cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; lavender topstain; dustjacket; xvi4951pp. A few small faint stains to upper edge of textblock else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped priced $7.50 with modest shelfwear a few tiny tears and creases. Detailed history of the Communist Party's attempts - first to undermine then to exploit - religious institutions in the United States. Issued as Volume 6 in the series "Communism in American Life. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
195238806Washington DC: Chamber of Commerce of the United States 1952. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial thick paper wrappers; 55pp. Mild external wear; Very Good. Red Scare-era primer on Communists: how to recognize them how to beat them around the world and in the woodpile. With laid-in mimeographed cover-letter by Emerson Schmidt. Chamber of Commerce of the United States unknown books
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
19392355New York: New York Labor News Company 1939. First Edition. 12mo 7 5/16 x 5 inches; 186 x 128 mm 110 pages in stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />A pamphlet attacking Communists as swindlers frauds capitalist stooges and other crimes. Written by Arnold Petersen leader of the Socialist Labor Party in his usual subtle style. Petersen believed the Communists had abandoned the working class by supporting the New Deal and offering to collaborate with other parties during the Communists' "Popular Front" phase. <br /><br />This pamphlet is quite scarce in commerce. <br /><br />Seidman P117 Joel Seidman editor Communism in the United States--A Bibliography Cornell University Press 1969. <br /><br />CONDITION: Soiling and creasing to wrappers corners bumped a few scattered stains and creasing to page corners. Overall Very Good. <br /> New York Labor News Company paperback books
194726204Washington DC: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Near Fine. 1947. First Edition. Stapled wraps. light age-toning to covers minor handling wear. 53-page report with the page numbers in RED just to make it a little scarier issued by the C of C's Committee on Socialism and Communism and "Approved by the Board of Directors" documenting the organization's belief that "every effort must be made to set forth the facts of Communist infiltration and strategy in all fields -- government literary entertainment education and wherever the Communists are at work." . Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America paperback books
195740656New York: New Century Publishers 1957. Offprint. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's grey decorative staplebound self-wrappers; 15pp. Light toning else Near Fine. Translations provided by the Hsinhua News Agency in Peking i.e. Beijing and first published in the December 1957 issue of Political Affairs. New Century Publishers unknown 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
19392354New York: New York Labor News Company 1939. 12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 187 x 127 mm 76 2 pages in illustrated stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />Socialist Labor Party pamphlet celebrating the life and achievements of Daniel De Leon an important figure in the party and a Marxist theoretician. <br /><br />CONDITION: Soiling to wrappers edge wear corners bumped but otherwise clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. <br /><br /><br /> New York Labor News Company paperback books
19411282<p>Communist Party U.S.A. <b>Defeat the War-Powers Bill: Get Out and Stay Out of the War</b>. San Francisco: California State Committee Communist Party n.d. 1941. Bifolium of newsprint folded to create four pages of approximately 8 1/2 x 11 inches 217 x 280 mm. </p><p>A vigorous denunciation of what became known as Lend-Lease where the US. supplied military assistance to Britain and other Allied countries beginning in 1941. Here the Communist Party appeals for the U.S. to stay out of foreign wars arguing that Wall Street bankers -- referred to here as a "bandit gang" and "the crafty minds of the House of Morgan" -- are the ones who benefit from war. <br /></p><p>"The workers and farmers the people of America have nothing to gain from war. Only the Morgans the Rockefellers and du Ponts -- only the imperialist scavengers -- feast on the blood of imperialist war" the leaflet states in the Communist Party's typically overwrought style.<br /></p><p>This leaflet was published in early 1941 as Lend-Lease legislation was moving through Congress. Despite the opposition of the Communists on one side and right-wing isolationists on the other the legislation passed Congress and was enacted in March 1941. This was just months before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Needless to say the Communist Party would soon change its tune arguing for an all-out effort to defeat Hitler. And indeed Lend-Lease was used to aid the Soviet Union.<br /></p><p>Rare with no institutional holdings found in OCLC. None in commerce. <br /></p><p>An interesting artifact reflecting the Communist Party's antiwar position right before the German invasion of the Soviet Union. <br /></p><p>CONDITION: Evenly toned a couple of small edge tears pencil notation to upper left corner of first page horizontal fold from mailing. A Very Good copy.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> California State Committee, Communist Party books
196339006Paris: Central Committee of the French Communist Party 1963. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 92pp. Covers slightly rubbed; text paper toned; Good to Very Good. Internal statements by the Central Committee of the PCF; contributions by Maurice Thorez Raymond Guyot others; much on the development of Chinese Communism. Text entirely in English. Central Committee of the French Communist Party unknown books
193243659Santiago de Chile: Union Social de Chile 1932. First Edition. 12mo 17.5cm.; publisher's blue-grey printed staplebound wrappers; 8pp. Textblock slightly toned else a Fine copy. Issued as "Folleto No. 21." Short missive on the dangers of communism in Chile quite possibly the only title issued by the "Union Social de Chile Asociación contra el Comunismo" despite the series number. Though this title appears uncatalogued in OCLC as of February 2019 we find Stauber's "El Pueblo Comunista y Su Influencia en Chile" with the same imprint quite possibly a cataloging error National Library of Chile only. [Union Social de Chile] unknown books
19411280<p>Single sheet 8 1/2 x 11 inches 217 x 280 mm printed on one side only. </p><p>A Communist Party USA flyer issued in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. It calls for a united front in the fight against the Axis powers and total mobilization of industry. "The Communist Party pledges its loyalty its devoted labor and last drop of its blood in support of our country in this greatest of all the crises that has ever threatened its existence."<br /></p><p>No institutional holdings found in OCLC. SCARCE.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Heavily toned folded for mailing some pencil notations. About Very Good.<br /></p> Los Angeles County Communist Party books
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
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
