New York: Communist Party, U.S.A., [1951]. First Edition. "Though MacArthur may have precipitated his ouster by Truman to advance his own political ends, Dennis asserts that the major reason for dropping him was the U.S. military failure in Korea, along with sharpening differences faced by the Anglo-American imperialists. The ouster..... More
New York: New Century Publishers, 1948. First Edition. "An address by the general secretary of the Party on September 23, 1948, denouncing the trial of the top communist leaders as an example of ripening American fascism, and calling for mass demonstrations against the trials" (SEIDMAN D138). Slim octavo (18.75cm); original..... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, Inc., 1942. First Edition. "A call to Americans to increase production to fight the Axis. Industry is urged to complete its conversion to war production and monopolies are asked to stop raising prices. Labor should be given full representation on government boards, the labor movement..... More
New York: International Publishers, 1933. First Edition. "Communist pamphlet expressing grievances on behalf of the children of the working class. The author tells instance after instance of capitalism's inhumanity to the children, and concludes that children of the workers will really come into a full and joyous life only when..... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1935. SEIDMAN S-327: "...asserting that Hearst, in his drive against wages, unions, and communism, is driving for fascism in the U.S., with the knowledge and approval of the Roosevelt Administration." Dramatic cover illustration by Burck, depicting Hearst and Hitler as a pair of flying bats..... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, Inc., 1942. First Edition. "The text of a report to the national committee of the Party in April 1942, appraising the military situation. Minor stresses the importance of worker mobilization and a favorable outcome of the 1942 elections to the opening of a second front..... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, Inc., 1942. First Edition. "The text of a speech by the acting secretary of the Party, defending the Soviet Union as the most important ally of the U.S. in the war. He denounces as fascist those who question the fighting capacity of the Red army..... More
New York: New Century Publishers, [1944]. First Edition. "A popularly written account of the Communist Political Association, picturing communists as leading fighters against fascism, in the armed forces, in production, and in the community. Unity to win the war and achieve post-war prosperity is advocated. The communists, Marxists who believe..... More
Statesville, NC: American Psychiatrists for Neutrality on Abortion, [1991-92]. Broadside issued by the American Psychiatrists for Neutrality on Abortion (APNOA), highlighting the conflict within the mental health community (specifically the APA) over the abortion issue. The APNOA "was formed after APA's President Elissa Benedak invited Planned Parenthood's President Faye Wattleton..... More
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1942. First Edition. Pamphlet issued as "Bulletin No.193" of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, highlighting the contributions of nearly 1.5 million newly-registered women in unemployment offices around the country. Slim octavo (23cm); original printed wrappers, stapled; 10pp. Mild wear and handling..... More
[Memphis: Memphis Pink Palace Museum Foundation / Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association, n.d. but ca.1970's]. First Edition. Booklet accompanying an exhibit at the Memphis Park Pink Palace, partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, which recognized the contributions of Black Memphians to the growth of the city. Supplies photographic portraits..... More
New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1965. The author's first book, a poetic odyssey. With an introduction by Karl Shapiro. Second Printing. Octavo (21cm); light gray cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [8],9-173,[3]pp. Light wear to spine ends and lower board edges, else Fine. Dustjacket..... More
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Toronto: Fair Play for Cuba Committee, [1964]. Full-text of a speech by Castro, delivered on July 26, 1964, on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks. This edition printed August 31, 1964. Slim octavo (21.5cm); mimeographed sheets, stapled into photo-illustrated wrappers; 36pp. Some toning..... More
Brooklyn: Out & Out Books / The Print Center, Inc., 1980. First Separate Edition. Full text of this key essay by the prominent African American feminist and critical theorist, which originally appeared in the pages of Condition: Two (October, 1977). Issued as Out & Out Pamphlet No.5, "the fifth in..... More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial paper-covered boards; xi, 250pp. Trivial soiling to boards, minor shelf wear. A tight, unmarked, near-new copy. Near Fine. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. First Edition. In publisher's series "Campaigns and Commanders." Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xvii, 353pp. Text block mildly cocked, with some spotting to top edge, otherwise a tight, unmarked copy. Minor soiling to boards and dust jacket. Near Fine. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xii,337pp. Some spotting to top edge of text block, else a tight, unmarked, clean copy. Some external wear to jacket, including a few minor nicks and a 1" tear to back cover. Very Good. More
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1975. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket, red topstain; xii,308pp. Minor spotting to top edge of text block, otherwise a clean, unmarked, tight copy. Some shelf wear to jacket and boards, mild soiling to back cover of dust jacket. Near Fine in Very Good jacket..... More
[New York]: Printed for Warner & West, 1831. First Edition. Octavo. 38pp. Contemporary plain (unprinted) wraps, untrimmed. **An imperfect copy, lacking pp.35-38 and the folding frontis, all of which have be supplied in facsimile on period paper, laid-in**. Sensational contemporary account of Nat Turner's rebellion, noted by Blockson as "the..... More
New York: Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, [1971]. First Edition. Pamphlet produced by the Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, with an introduction by Ossie Davis, and contributions by Ralph Abernathy, John J. Abt, and Paul E. Miller. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 16pp; illus. Some mild wear and handling..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards (hardcover), lettered in gilt on spine; 392pp. Thin crack to front hinge (internal), holding tight but webbing exposed. Else a clean, tight, well-preserved copy. Economic and social case studies of twenty-one small American communities. More
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1834. First Edition. Octavo. Contemporary full sheep with morocco spine label; viii,[1]-381pp. Some rubbing to boards and mild foxing to endpapers; still a tight, Very Good copy. Compilation of official state documents regarding the South Carolina nullification controversy of 1832-33. SABIN 46140. More
New York: Huebsch, 1919. Highly important work by Morel, originally published in 1906, this edition revised and updated, with a new Foreword by the author. Morel (1873-1924), a British M.P., was instrumental in exposing and bringing to an end the practice of slave labor in the Belgian Congo, both through..... More
Berne, IN: The Berne Witness Company, 1944. First Edition. Biography of the Rev.John Bennett Boddie (1880-1944), by his son, Charles Emerson Boddie (1911-1997), who had the distinction of being the first African American to become staff secretary of a national agency of the American Baptist Convention. With a moving foreword..... More
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1990. "In this work, Julius Lester charts his political and spiritual odyssey over the past decade" (from front flap). Second Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black paper and blue cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; viii,276,[2]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced..... More
