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One of 3,000 copies. Slim octavo (21.5cm); original stapled wrappers; 20pp. Starting oxidation to staples, hint of tanning to text edges, else a bright, Fine copy.
12mo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 246p. Clean, tight copy in lightly dusted jacket; Very Good or better.
First printing. 12mo; pictorial paper wrappers; 84pp. A tight, clean copy with a bit of foxing to wrapper edges and final text leaf; Very Good or better.
Octavo. Black cloth boards; dustjacket; 79pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper with a bit of foxing on lighter portions; Very Good.
Quarto (31cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Light wear and toning to extremities, with a few tiny tears to wrappers; Near Fine.
Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 370pp. Tight, near fine copy in the very scarce pictorial jacket, bright and clean but lightly chipped at edges (costing a few characters at upper front panel), front flap partially detached. Scarce novel of Texas sharecroppers during the Great Depression. HANNA 2590. COAN p.63.
Octavo. Tan cloth; 249pp; frontis. Boards soiled; frontispiece partially detached at gutter; previous owner's printed bookplate; Good or better.
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Quarto (35.5cm.); side-stapled typescript leaves; 3pp. Horizontal fold, small "1974" in ballpoint pen at bottom edge of first page, else Very Good and fresh.
16mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 64pp. A tight, clean, well-preserved copy, Near Fine. A collection of pedagogical fictional vignettes, presenting the virtues of Socialism through the follies of "Pop" Weasel, so-called for his adherence to the Populist Party. Phifer was Associate Editor of Appeal to Reason and the.....
12mo (18.75cm.); publisher's salmon cloth, black paper wrap-around band lettered in silver, black topstain; 211pp. Spine a bit cocked and faded, corners bumped, minor soiling to textblock, else Near Very Good and sound, lacking the acetate jacket. Inscribed and signed on front flyleaf: "To Nina and Hale / with love.....
First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); slate gray cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; [16], 367pp. Some light wear to spine ends and upper board edges, with the word "docks" neatly rubber-stamped to second blank page; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75), with mild wear, a few shallow.....
First Printing. Octavo (19cm); hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; [iv],315,[1]pp. Previous owners ink name to front pastedown, neat rubberstamp "Hill Reference Library St. Paul" to copyright page and upper edge of textblock, with a tiny bump to upper front board, and some.....
Octavo (24cm.); publisher's orange cloth lettered in black; 184pp. Light scuffing at spine ends, board very slightly bowed, else Very Good or better, internally fine.
12mo bifolium (19.5cm.); faint uneven toning to upper panel, else Near Fine.
First Printing. Octavo (21cm); oatmeal-colored buckram, with titling and rule stamped in red on spine and front panel; red topstain; dustjacket; 650pp. Fine in a Very Good+ price-clipped dustjacket, lightly sunned at spine, with shallow chips and a few short tears to extremities, and some dustiness to rear panel...
Broadside, 44cm x 57cm. Printed offset in black on white uncoated lithograhic paper; text in two columns beneath headline in Gothic type. Minor wrinkling at margins, else Fine.
Octavo (20.5cm.); original cloth in red and black dust jacket; [8],260pp. A few losses to jacket extremities, including to lower edge of upper panel affecting the "W" of "Howard W. Roper," and 2-inch loss to spine crown affecting all words of spine title except "Hell." Some additional uneven fading to.....
Octavo (19cm.); publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, yellow, blue, and green; [6],ii,[7],281,[1],[32](ads)pp.; frontispiece. Extremities a bit rubbed and worn, general dust-soil, spine rather dulled with some fraying at ends, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. OCLC locates 7 copies as of November.....
More info about The Cruise of the Training Ship; or, Clif Faraday's Pluck
Octavo (19cm); original blue pictorial cloth boards embossed in black, grey, and gilt; vii,[1],320,[8](ads)pp. Spine a bit cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, else Very Good and sound. Contemporary bookseller ticket to front free endpaper.
Two volumes; octavos (18.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white photo-montaged dust jackets printed in red and black, dark blue topstains, in original card slipcase; 311, 319pp. Light shelf wear at top jacket extremities, else a Near Fine, exceptionally fresh set.
Octavo (21cm). Original tan cloth boards, lettered in red on cover and spine; price-clipped dustjacket; 632pp. A few small losses to jacket extremities with some subsequent creasing, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket just about free of toning.
More info about The Road: A Romance of the Proletarian Revolution
Octavo. Printed wrappers; 32p. Covers slightly worn and soiled; text tanned at margins; Very Good. Boschi (1871-1956) was a militant anarchist and close associate of Malatesta. We find only three institutional holdings for this uncommon Anarchist fable; the first edition was published in 1933 and is held only by the.....
Two octavo volumes (18.75cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [ii],99,[11]pp. The first copy is inscribed by Eugene Debs to American film actress, screenwriter, and editor Helen Louise Gardner on the front endpaper: "To Helen L. Gardner / With love and greetings, and with.....
First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); gray cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; viii, [9]-266, [6]pp. Signed by Tully on the front endpaper. Hint of offset to endpapers, else a tight, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), lightly edgeworn, with a handful of.....
Octavo (22cm); purple cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; purple topstain; dustjacket; 230pp. Hint of sunning to upper board edges and topstain, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with light wear and a few small nicks to extremities and gentle sunning to spine...
16mo. Printed wrappers; 75p. Faint soil and creasing; text clean and unmarked. Text entirely in French. Scarce work. Not found via OCLC.
More info about La Poesie Populaire Bulgare. Avant-propos de Nicolai Dontchev
Octavo (19.5cm). Pictorial paper wrappers; 139pp. Bilingual text, with Spanish-language portion translated by Sergio Mondragón. One thousand copies printed. Inscribed on half-title: "For Sid Finkelstein who knows how to read as well as write," signed, dated 1965. Covers sligthly rubbed; spine a shade sunned; text gently tanned; Very Good. Poems.....
More info about Land of Roseberries / Tierra de Moras. Drawings by David Alfaro Siqueiros
Octavo (24.25cm.); original black morocco-backed pictorial boards in paper-covered slipcase; xliv,341pp.; woodcuts throughout. Slipcase a bit rubbed and discolored from dust-soil, ownership signature to front free endpaper else Near Fine in Very Good slipcase. Posthumously published writings of the Communist journalist and author Mike Quin (1906-1947) who also wrote pulp.....
More info about On the Drumhead: A Selection of the Writing of Mike Quin. A memorial volume
Octavo (19.5cm); red boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 294pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Spine gently sunned, with a small patch of rubbing at the left edge of the front panel; Near Fine. The unclipped dustjacket is lightly chipped at the crown.....
Quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; [18pp]. Text continues onto rear wrapper. Early collection by the author of the acclaimed novel Danger Song (1967). Fine in original wrappers. Uncommon; OCLC gives 4 locations only.
First Impression. Octavo (20.75cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-255,[1]pp. Crown gently nudged, small vintage booksellers label to front pastedown, with subtle offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers, else clean throughout; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 36s net), gently spine-sunned, with some modest shelfwear;.....
Small, slim 12mo (16cm.); publisher's tan pictorial card wrappers, yapp edges; [2],38pp.; printed on stiff tan handmade stock. Light edge wear, faint dampstaining along spine edge of upper and rear cover (not bleeding into textblock); Very Good overall, internally fine and unopened. "Driftwood Chapbook No. 2."
More info about Banners of Brotherhood: An Anthology of Social Vision Verse
Edition and printing not stated. 4-pp leaflet (single folded sheet); text on all four pages. Mild age-toning to paper, small chips; still Very Good. Organizational guide for local branches; includes a catalog of "Socialist Party Supplies" including celluloid buttons, lapel pins, dues cards, and, compellingly, the "moving picture film 'Opening.....
"First Edition of 1,000 Printed in September, 1915," octavo (19.25cm.); original brown cloth double ruled and printed in dark brown; [10],240,[4](ads)pp. Fine. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author and his wife Jessie to noted Americana collector Dr. William C. Braislin, with author's own photographically illustrated bookplate on front.....
Pale sea-green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; 283pp; page edges and margins tinted yellow. Corner chip to front free endpaper, else a tight, clean copy, just lightly soiled on boards; Very Good or better.
More info about Young West: A Sequel to Edward Bellamy's Celebrated Novel "Looking Backward"
First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); orange cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 207pp; illus. Contemporary owners name and date on front endpaper, spine ends gently nudged, with faint spotting to text edges; Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket is spine-sunned and edgeworn, with chipping.....
Octavo (18.75cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [ii],99,[11]pp. With a full-page contemporary inscription from Le Prade to U.S. Attorney General A. Michell Palmer on the front endpaper: "To A. Mitchell Palmer - The poets of the world appeal to you for the liberation.....
More info about Debs and the Poets [Presentation Copy, Inscribed to A. Mitchell Palmer
Quarto (30.75cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Mild wear, toning, and dustiness to wrappers, with a few tiny nicks and short tears to same; Very Good+.
More info about New Masses - Vol.XXIII, No.12 (June 15, 1937
Octavo (18cm). Printed buff wrappers; 891pp + ads. Covers and text mildly toned; still a tight, lightly worn copy of the unusual wrappered edition. Simultaneously reprinted in cloth by Sinclair; initially published by John C. Winston & Co. in 1915.
More info about The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest
Original red cloth boards, lettered in white on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 329pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in slightly soiled dustwrapper stating "Third Edition" at base of front panel. Dates on title page and copyright match (1909), however, jacket states "Third Edition."
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