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197815966Pyongyang Korea: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1978. Red faux leather binding stamped in gilt. VG binding glue discoloration to front paste-down perimeter/faint stain to fore-edge. 643 pp. Portrait of Il Sung. 8vo. <br/><br/>Kim Il Sung the long-time North Korean leader. Book contains reports from 1955 - 1961. Foreign Languages Publishing House hardcover books
197116792Roma: Partito Comunista Italiano / Editoriali Fratelli Spada 1971. First Edition. Lithographed poster offset in three colors; 100cm x 70cm ca 40" x 28"; on heavy paper. Minor toning; light creases at margins; Near Fine - Grade A/A-. A bit of a puzzle: the poster appears to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the formation of the Associazione Bandiera Rossa an Italian Trotskyist group; but the poster bears the imprint of the PCI the main-line Marxist-Leninist party in Italy -- an ideological implausibility even within the chaotic confines of Italian Marxism. Adding further to the confusion is a quotation from Antonio Gramsci founder of the PCI in upper right. In any case a terrific graphic attributed here to Luciano Prati whose name we encounter on a few late-70s Italian film posters but nowhere else. Duke University appears to be the only North American institution to hold a catalogued copy of this work. Partito Comunista Italiano / Editoriali Fratelli Spada unknown books
19502009Oberlin Ohio: Oberlin College 1950. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />16mo 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches; 170 x 115 mm 27 1 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />A lecture on the politicization of science and the controversy over genetics in the Soviet Union. The author Harriet B. Creighton was a professor of botany at Wellesley College. <br /><br />"Only an informed and alert public can defend the freedom of scientific inquiry and the right to base practice on scientifically established facts. In this defense each of us has his responsibility" she writes. SCARCE. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Some edge wear and soiling to wrappers staples rusted tear to recto of lower wrapper. Otherwise bright and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. Oberlin College paperback books
193426222New York: Workers Library Publishers n.d. but ca.1934. Original poster offset printed in black on white stock measuring 67.5cm x 80.5cm. Light wear to extremities old horizontal and vertical folds with attendant creasing; Very Good. Propaganda poster advertising eight penny pamphlets published by the Workers Library; pricing ensured that even the lowliest worker would be able to afford something to read. The poster pictures titles by Israel Amter Elizabeth Lawson Herbert Benjamin and Sadie Van Veen. Issued by the National Committee Unemployed Councils proceeds presumably went to aid the unemployed and anti-hunger organizations. Not found in OCLC. Workers Library Publishers unknown books
1920591131920. COMMUNISM - RUSSIA. DAS PROGRAMM DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN PARTEI RUSSLAND BOLSCHEWIKI. Angenommen aufdem 8. Parteikongress 18. bis 23 Marz 1919. Mit Einfuhrung von Karl Radek. Zurich: Internationaler Verlag 1920. 67 pp. Pamphlet format: 8 3/4 by 6 1/4inches 22 x15.5 cm printed paper wrappers. The text is clean; however the paper is of inferior quality and is uniformly toned throughout. There is a faint dampstain along the fore-edge; the last two leaves have tears which extend into the text without loss. The wrappers are edge-chipped creased and reinforced with paper tape at the spine. There is a small label affixed to the front panel as well as a closed tear. As is. unknown books
196415935Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1964. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 237pp. Ownership signature to front pastedown; a few page corners turned down else a clean tight copy in lightly edgeworn dustwrapper; VG or better. Cornell University Press unknown books
19614565New York: Far East Reporter 1961. Wraps. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 20pp. Pencil date to front cover tanning to text pages; else Very Good. Far East Reporter unknown 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
19491205Washington D.C.: Committee on Un-American Activities U.S. House of Representatives 1949. First Edition. An investigation into the Congress of American Women by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. The committee maintained that the CAW was a Communist front organization; its report attacked various members and attempted to tie them to Moscow. There's an especially lurid chapter on Muriel Draper president of the CAW: ".when Muriel Draper had nearly achieved the pinnacle of her consuming desire for importance fame even adulation her husband entered their London residence at teatime to confess that he had lost their last cent on a horse race. From that time on her faith in capitalism suffered a heavy decline." page 68. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. 8vo 9 inches / 23 cm iv 114 pages in stapled wrappers. Near Fine with some creasing to front and rear covers. SCARCE. <br/><br/> Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives unknown books
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 books
19718617NY: Monthly Review 1971. First edn. 8vo Pp. 441. VG in price clipped dj. Active in the German Polish and Russian Communist movements in the pre-WWII time period Luxemburg was murdered by the German government. Monthly Review unknown books
1957390New York: Random House 1957. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm xi 270 4 pages in gray cloth titles to spine in a pictorial unclipped dust jacket.<br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by James Michener on the front free end paper. A gripping account of the Hungarian revolution of 1956. <br /><br />CONDITION: Pages are slightly age-toned and the dust jacket shows a bit of edge wear and soiling. Jacket is heavily toned on the verso. A Very Good or better copy. Random House hardcover books
197838649Praha Prague: Nakladatelstvi Svoboda 1978. First Czech Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 318pp. Fine in lightly soiled jacket. Alphabetical dictionary of Communism intended as a primer for Czech readers. Nakladatelstvi Svoboda unknown books
19091228London: The Fabian Society 1909. First Edition First Printing. 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. 8vo 8 1/2 inches / 21 1/2 cm 23 1 pages in stapled red wrappers. Photographic portrait of Shaw by Marie Leon. Wrappers are rather brittle and age-toned front cover loose but still holding. Small split at the head of the spine and several nicks and tears to the covers especially the rear cover. Vertical crease throughout. Although this pamphlet has been reprinted several times and in different formats copies of this first edition are uncommon to the market. SCARCE. <br/><br/> The Fabian Society unknown books
19442362New York: New York Labor News Company 1944. <br /><br />12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 129 mm 48 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />Eric Hass decries the spread of anti-Semitism in the United States and argues that socialism is the answer to defeating it. Hass was a Socialist Labor Party stalwart who went on to be the SLP's candidate for president in four elections. <br /><br />This 1944 edition is scarce in commerce. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light vertical crease throughout some soiling to wrappers tears to two leaves not affecting any text. Otherwise Very Good. <br /><br /><br /> New York Labor News Company books
19011202London: Liberty and Property Defence League ca. 1901-05. First Edition. <br /><br />Unbound pamphlet 8 x 5 1/4 inches 205 x 132 mm 4 pages.<br /><br />A wonderfully lurid warning against socialism by a British organization devoted to laissez-faire economics. The anonymous author suggests that socialism would lead to the breakup of families.<br /><br />"There would be no such place as home under socialism" the author writes. "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." <br /><br />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. <br /><br />OCLC lists 7 institutional holdings: Syracuse Stanford Amherst Harvard Michigan Texas and Wisconsin Historical Society. No other copies in commerce. <b>SCARCE</b>.<br /><br />CONDITION: Paper lightly toned old stab holes along the gutter 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. Liberty and Property Defence League paperback books
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
19392361New York: New York Labor News Company 1939. <br /><br />12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 127 mm 62 2 pages in stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />Attack on Soviet communism by Arnold Petersen who was a leader of the Socialist Labor Party. The SLP was a bitter foe of the Communists claiming they had abandoned Marxism. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout soiling to wrappers but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good. <br /><br /><br /> New York Labor News Company paperback books
19532124London: Soviet News 1953. 16mo 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 176 x 120 mm 40 1 pages in red and white stapled wrappers. Speech by Soviet Premier Georgy Malenkov to the Supreme Soviet in August 1953 just months after Stalin's death. He calls for more money for housing attacks the U.S. and other Western countries and defends the "people's democracies." Nikita Khrushchev ousted Malenkov as premier in 1955. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light toning to page edges internally clean and unmarked. A Near Fine copy. Soviet News books
19462360New York: New York Labor News Company 1946. <br /><br />12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 127 mm 48 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />The author Eric Hass maintains that the Soviet brand of socialism is not socialism at all. Instead he says the USSR is an imperialist power bent on domination of other countries. Hass was a Socialist Labor Party stalwart who went on to be the SLP's candidate for president in four elections. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some creasing soiling and toning to wrappers but internally clean and bright. Very Good. <br /><br /><br /> New York Labor News Company books
196634011London: Ellis Bowles 1966. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm; original pictorial staplebound wrappers; 84pp. Wrappers a bit worn with wrinkling along spine edge old ink note to upper cover else Near Very Good and sound. Covers the fall of the Independent Federation and First Republic of Nigeria which would lead to three years of civil war. Ellis Bowles] unknown books
197114948London: Inkululeko Publications 1971. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 135pp; illus. Minor external wear; text tanned but not brittle; Very Good. Organ of the South African Communist Party published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes a substantial 15pp article by Sol Dubula on the 10-year anniversary of the founding of the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe "Spear of the Nation" anti-apartheid movement. Other contributors include A. Lerumo Arnold Adams El Mahdawi others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197214941London: Inkululeko Publications 1972. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 122pp; illus. Minor external wear; Very Good. Organ of the South African Communist Party published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes contributions by J. Villiers "Namibia and the World;" R.E. Braverman "Apartheid Industrialisation and the Trade Unions;" Yusuf Dadoo "Tribute to Dimitrov;" others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197314950London: Inkululeko Publications 1973. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 136pp; illus. Minor external wear; internally fresh; Very Good or better. Organ of the South African Communist Party published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes contributions by Albert Tshume Alfred Hutchinson short-story - "The Rickshaw's New Year" Henry Mokgothi critical article on Alfred Hutchinson; R.E. Press J.K. Obatala others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197314953London: Inkululeko Publications 1973. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 127pp; illus. Minor external wear; internally fresh; Very Good or better. Organ of the South African Communist Party published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes contributions by R.E. Matajo ANC Kumalo Poem - "Red Our Colour" Henri Onan Basha Ahmed Abdi others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books