New York: M. Doolady, 1866. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green decorative gilt-stamped cloth; 422pp. Some wear at extremities with brief exposure at corners, small white soil spot to upper cover, early 20th-century ex libris to front pastedown, contemporary St. Louis bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown, else Very Good, internally... More about Ten Years of a Lifetime
![Red and White: A Christmas Story [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]. Edward E. HALE](/pictures/medium/45364.jpg?v=1565385201)
Boston: J. Stilman Smith & Co., [1887]. First Edition. Novella written and published as "A Christmas Present to the Ten Times One Is Ten Clubs," religious clubs for children inspired by the author's journal of the same title. The action follows the exploits of Ezekiel Beers, whose father was killed... More about Red and White: A Christmas Story [Inscribed and Signed by the Author
San Francisco: Solutions to Poverty Workshop, 1991. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound pamphlet; photostatically reproduced from typescript; 42pp. Fine, unmarked copy. Report of a workshop held at the 509 Cultural Center, San Francisco, April 1990 to May 1991. More about Abolish Involuntary Poverty: A National Program
No Place: Socialist Labor Party, 1940. Two-page bifolium, cord-bound into gold illustrated card wrappers. Mild corner-creasing, else Fine.Program and menu for the 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Hotel Capitol, New York. Includes a 1-pp tribute to Daniel De Leon; menu on verso of rear wrapper. Program includes entertainment by Joh... More about Program. Golden Jubilee Celebration and 20th National Convention Banquet. John P. Quinn, Toastmaster
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Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial card wrappers; 38pp. Wrapper edges toned; light soil and wear; Very Good. Issued in the series of Labor Department "Seminars on Manpower Policy and Program." A somewhat uncommon Mead item. More about The Changing Cultural Patterns of Work and Leisure [Seminar on Manpower Policy and Program
Ithaca: New York State School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1957. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 54pp. Very Good in original wrappers. More about Streamlining the Union Meeting
Hastings-on-Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., 1950. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 59pp. Small pencil scrawl to front wrapper, else Near Fine, with text clean, tight and unmarked. Extended tract on the principles of libertarian thought; an extension of his lectures in "Comparative Economic Systems" at University of Pittsburgh. Read... More about Students of Liberty
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[San Francisco: 1970]. Palm card, ca 7" x 5", printed in red on white glossy card stock, recto-only. Slight corner-crease bottom left, else Very Good or better. The concert took place on Oct 16-18, 1970 with a revised line-up, The Four Tops replacing Mason and Cass; Merry Clayton replacing John... More about Winterland October 16, 17, 18 [...] The Four Tops. Special Guest Star Bread / Merry Clayton / Joy...
New York: The Catholic Peace Fellowship, N.d. [ca 1968]. 12mo. Staple-bound pictorial paper wrappers; [12pp]. Mild creasing and wear; Very Good. Calls for dialogue between "Marxist" atheists and the Catholic Church, especially on topics of militarism and war. References Pope John XXIII's 1962 encyclical "Pacem in Terris." Uncommon. More about Revolutionary Atheism and Dialogue
Washington DC: Public Affairs Institute, 1956. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial glossy paper wrappers; 34pp. Faint crease to first few leaves, else Near Fine, with no markings or significant wear. Agricultural economics, with much on farm labor wages and the hazards of over-production. Foreword by Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey. More about Workers and Farm Income
[Detroit: UAW Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department; ca 1952]. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial glossy paper wrappers; 24pp. Very Good, free of markings or significant wear. Review of fair employment practices at the federal, state, and municipal level. At this time (ca 1952, dated from contents) only nine U.S. states and... More about Your Rights Under State and Local Fair Employment Practices Laws
[Milwaukee: ca 1950s]. Mimeographed flyer, ca 8" x 5"; bifoliium; 4pp. Slight creases to extremities, else fine. Community organizing flyer urging residents of Wisconsin's First Ward to join the Democratic Party. Issued without imprint or authority, but contact details and context confim a Milwaukee location ca. mid-1950s. More about Why Should YOU Join the Democratic Party?
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1956. Single octavo issue. Staple-bound pictorial paper wrappers; 17pp. Very Good, with ink pressure stamp of the Madison (Wisc) Labor Temple. Includes an article by Otis Durant Duncan on "Desegregation in Oklahoma;" William Gordon on the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and other civil rights boycotts in the... More about New South. Vol. 11, no. 4 (April, 1956
Washington DC: AFL - CIO, 1965. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 38pp. Pencil notations and date stamp to front cover, else Fine. Foreword by George Meany. Report of an AFL-CIO conference on consumer advocacy for American workers. More about The Worker is a Consumer. A Summary Report of the Tenth Annual AFL-CIO National Conference on...
Boulder: Conservative Club of the University of Colorado, 1962. 12mo bifolium; 4pp. Fine. Eleven-point Declaration of Principles of this student conservative society, clearly derived from Objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand. Points include "Primacy of the Individual," "Self-Realization," "Objective Truth, Right, and Justice," "Equality and Inequality" ("we hold that all human... More about Declaration of Principles
Los Angeles: University of California Institute of Industrial Relations, 1954. Offprint. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; pp 300-318. Clean, unmarked copy; Near Fine. Reprinted from the American Economic Review; issued as Institute of Industrial Relations Reprint no.44. More about The Growth of American Unions
No place or publisher. 12mo. Stapled self-wrappers; [13pp]. Near Fine, with no markings or significant wear. Transcript of an address by the publisher of The Washington Post, on political and electoral reform. More about The High Cost of Politics. Publisher of The Washington Post and Times Herald, at the annual...
N.p. State County & Municipal Workers of America, 1943. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 62,[10]pp. Near Fine, free of markings or significant wear. Full report to the Union from its Executive Committee; includes foreword by union president Abram Flaxer, much content on the union's role in wartime. More about Officers Report to the Third Biennial Convention. State County & Municipal Workers of America...
Washington DC: Conference on Economic Progress, 1955. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 108pp. Faint pressure tamp to front cover; mild external soil and wear; Very Good. Progressive farm policy from the Conference on Economic Progress, a private think-tank closely associated with its founder, the economist Leon Keyserling. More about Full Prosperity for Agriculture. Goals for Farm Policy: For Farmers: Economic Justice. For All...
[No place: American Federation of Labor, 1947]. Octavo pamphlet. Printed paper wrappers; [16pp]. Slightly age-toned, mild wear to wrapper edges; Very Good. Analysis, from the perspective of Labor, of theTaft-Hartley Act, which gutted labor unions' rights to organize and strike in the wake of the widespread labor unrest of the... More about Summary of Provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act. Prepared by the Office of the General Counsel,...
Washington DC: CIO Political Action Committee, 1952. Tabloid bifolium, printed on first and final pages only. Original mailing folds, else Fine. Campaign sheet from the CIO, endorsing and promoting Adlai Stevenson for President, poking fun at Eisenhower and the Republicans. Includes two political cartoons, one by Herblock, another by labor... More about CIO-PAC News Service. No. 4 (Sept. 29, 1952
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1934. First Edition. Statement on the floor of the Senate, by Mississippi's segregationist Senator, on the recent Brown v. Board of Education decision in the Supreme Court. "Mr President, a court cannot enforce its will in these fields. Racial instincts are normal, natural, human instincts... More about The Supreme Court, Segregation, and the South
New York: Plowshare Press, 1944. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; Printed buff paper wrappers; 32pp. Mild aging and external soil; free of markings or significant wear; Very Good. Transcript of Mayer's speech before the War Resisters' League, with additional commentary by Jesse Wallace Hughan, Evan W. Thomas, and others. Mayer a.... More about Conscience and the Commonwealth
Kalamazoo: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1964. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 41pp. Fine, unworn copy. List of publications laid in. More about Federal Manpower Policies and Programs to Combat Unemployment
New York: Current Affairs Press, (1968). First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed thick paper wrappers; 32pp. Mild cover soil; internally clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. Critique of Vietnam-era foreign policy, by the co-founder the Institute for Policy Studies and the Society for the Prevention of World War III. More about Wanted: A New American Approach to Peace
