COMMUNISM CHINAABAA
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196323144Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1963. First Thus. Octavo 18.25cm.; original blue and white printed wrappers; 63931pp. A touch dust-soiled textblock uniformly toned else Very Good or better. Collection of seven editorials originally published in Renmin Ribao "People's Daily" and the Hongqi "Red Flag" between December 1962 and March 1963. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
194440265London: Communist Party N.d. ca 1944. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed self-wrappers; 12pp. Very Good. Reading list with glosses to accompany Harry Pollitt's ˆHow to win the Peace 1944. Communist Party unknown books
19422357New York: New York Labor News Company 1942. 12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 128 mm 48 pages in stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />Questions and answers about socialism from the standpoint of the Socialist Labor Party. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout soiling creasing sunning and rubbing to wrappers corners bumped some page corners creased. About Good. New York Labor News Company paperback books
192842186London: National Minority Movement 1928. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 66pp. Pencil marginalia throughout; minor aging to wrappers; stamp of the Labor Research Ass'n New York to front cover. Very Good. National Minority Movement unknown books
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
19452353New York: New York Labor News Co. 1945. 4th Printing. 12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 184 x 126 mm 39 9 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />Ferocious attack on William Z. Foster a longtime senior official of the Communist Party who gets tagged as a "war monger" "liberty bond salesman" "fraud" "Anarchist microbe" "mediocre personality" and similar terms of endearment. The Socialist Labor Party which the author led was a bitter foe of the Communists. <br /><br />This pamphlet was originally issued in 1932. Our copy is the 4th printing from August 1945 presumably updated because the Communist Party ousted Earl Browder as leader and installed William Z. Foster to succeed him. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease probably from mailing ink smudges to lower wrapper but internally clean and unmarked. About Very Good. <br /> New York Labor News Co. books
191917439Chicago: Deutschen Sprachgruppe der Socialist Party of the United States 1919. First American Edition. 12mo 18cm. Printed card wrappers; 127pp. Very mild external wear; faint spotting to a few pages of text; Near Fine in the original wrappers. Probable first printing in America of Trotsky's account of the October revolution. English editions appeared the same year in London and Brooklyn but it is likely that this German-language version translated from the Russian by German-American scholar Jacob Wittmer Hartmann precedes any English edition. Interestingly a German translation had already appeared in Berlin in 1918 but the German-language group of the Socialist Party commissioned this new translation from Hartmann for the American edition. Deutschen Sprachgruppe der Socialist Party of the United States unknown books
1982694New York: Pantheon Boos 1982. First Edition. A history of Moscow's relations with foreign Communist parties in the 1930s written by the left-wing historian and journalist E.H. Carr. Octavo pp. xi 461. Near Fine with a tasteful bookplate on the front paste down in a Very Good dust jacket that has a couple small closed tears on both panels along with some soiling on the rear panel. <br/><br/> Pantheon Boos unknown books
199315951Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1993. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 273pp; illus. Tight Near Fine copy in lightly edge-rubbed jacket; appears unread. University of Nebraska Press unknown books
196015547New York: Pioneer Publishers 1960. First Edition. Octavo. Stiff card wrappers; 48pp. Crisp tight copy in about fine condition. Pioneer Publishers unknown books
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 books
197615536Arlington: Historical Documentation Committee Asia Books Periodicals 1976. Reprint. Octavo. Yellow card wrappers; 95pp. Slight wear to spine; ownership signature on front page; else clean tight copy in very good condition. Historical Documentation Committee, Asia Books Periodicals unknown books
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 books
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
199115907New York: International Publishers 1991. First Edition. Octavo. Illustrated card wrappers; 332pp; illus. Last few leaves wrinkled else a tight clean unmarked copy. Yoneda was a San Francisco organizer for the CPUSA and active in the ILD. International Publishers unknown books
19428949NY: International Pub 1942. reprint. VG. Rowbotham: ".an attempt to analyze the oppression of women in terms of the relationship between the mode of production and procreation.saw the monogamous family as the result of the private ownership of property. International Pub unknown books
1957865New York: Frederick A. Praeger Inc. 1957. First Edition. Howard Fast explains his disillusionment and break with the Communist Party. 8vo. 197 pages. Near Fine in an unclipped Very Good dust jacket that has a couple of small creases and tears and sunning. Overall a beautiful copy. <br/><br/> Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. unknown books
1493Chicago: Socialist Party of America n.d. Edition not stated. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages. Very light handling wear. A Near Fine copy. Short pamphlet laying our 12 objections to socialism -- and the response by the Socialist Party of America to each of the objections. SCARCE. <br/><br/> Socialist Party of America unknown books
19331498Moscow and Leningrad: Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R. 1933. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Octavo 7 1/2 inches / 190 mm 84 4 pages in wrappers. <br /><br />A well-written biography of Marx from a Soviet standpoint emphasizing his sympathy for the working class. There's also an historical overview of the exploitation of workers along with an analysis of Marxism in practice. The author says some so-called Marxists are nothing of the sort; he particularly singles out social democrats. Not surprisingly it's the Soviet Union that's carrying out real Marxism. SCARCE. <br /><br />CONDITION: Moderate soiling to wrappers spine a bit ragged general handling wear. Pages toned but clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R. paperback 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
19402328Chicago: Citizens Press n.d. 1940s. Octavo 8 7/8 x 6 inches; 225 x 150 mm 8 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />A ferocious attack on communists and communism: "Communism is immoral and decadent: it reduces men and women to the level of beasts and they lose all sense of propriety and decency." Divided into 21 short sections such as: "Communists Are Perverts" "Communism Thrives on Trickery" etc. <br /><br />OCLC shows only two institutional holdings: Ball State and Michigan State while a separate search turns up a copy at Columbia. None in commerce March 2021. SCARCE. <br /><br />Condition: Splits at top and bottom of cover page but still holding firmly small nicks to corners vertical fold to lower right throughout pages lightly toned contact details of "Women's Voice" stamped on final page. About Very Good. <br /><br /><br /> Citizens Press books
194615898Chicago: Chicago Journal of Commerce 1946. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial wrappers; 48pp. Faint vertical crease; mild dusting; Very Good. Reprints a series of postwar essays by Avery a professional red-baiter. SEIDMAN A273: ".exposes Communist influence in labor and liberal organizations. Affected unions Party fronts and individuals are listed and a program to combat infiltration is presented. Chicago Journal of Commerce unknown books
19512003Cleveland: Sherman Rogers Publications 1951. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Octavo 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 195 x 138 mm 71 1 pages in stapled pictorial wrappers.<p>The author gets right down to business in the first line of this pamphlet: "We are at war with communism!" Published during the Korean War the pamphlet says communism is trying to dominate the world. Van Hemert also says capitalism is far superior to communism and notes the Soviets haven't been able to deliver a decent standard of living to their own citizens. Profusely illustrated by Vernon Lind including the cover.<br /></p><p>This pamphlet is scarce. OCLC shows only three institutional holdings at Michigan Northern Michigan and Utah State. Scarce in commerce as well.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Wrappers and pages lightly toned pages clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy.<br /></p> Sherman Rogers Publications paperback books
197814943London: Inkululeko Publications 1978. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 107pp; 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 Phineas Malinga John Ngara Vukani Mawethu others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197414944London: Inkululeko Publications 1974. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 130pp; 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 Alexander Sibeko R.E. Braverman Z. Nkosi Phineas Malinga others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
