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First printing. 12mo. Yellow cloth, titled in maroon on spine with color pictorial vignette to front cover; dark green topstain; 121pp. Light soiling to cloth, else a straight, tight, Near Fine copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $1.50 on front flap), lightly soiled but generally bright and unfaded.....
Slim octavo (21.5cm); pictorial mimeographed wraps; [iii],6,[3]pp. Light wear and handling, else very Near Fine. McLucas (1945-2016), one of the New Haven 9, was convicted of conspiracy in the torture-murder of Alex Rackley, who at the time of his death in 1969, was suspected by several members of the Black.....
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Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 429pp. Bright, Near Fine copy, with yellow top stain unsoiled and unfaded. In the original dustwrapper, crisp and unworn; all four corners clipped by publisher (as always), with $2.50 price intact on both front and rear flaps; just lightly soiled on lighter portions of rear panel;.....
12mo (15cm). Contemporary deep brown cloth over green cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; 385pp; half-title present. A tight, straight, and attractive copy, firmly Very Good, in a plain but attractive contemporary binding. Contemporary ownership signature of an F. Gommere (sp?). Text entirely in French. Hugo's satirical attack on.....
First printing. Octavo. Beige linen over boards, titles stamped in brown on spine and front cover; dustjacket; charcoal top-stain; decorated endpapers; 295pp; fore- and bottom text block edges untrimmed. Gentle toning to cloth at margins, still a tight, Near Fine copy. In the scarce original dustwrapper, clilpped by publisher on.....
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First Printing. Octavo (21cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],395,[4]pp. Inscribed by author on front endpaper: "For Sue Tanner McKenzie, whom I remember so much better than my actions allow. Willie Snow Ethridge". Modest shelf-wear and -soil, with foxing to covers.....
First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); bluish-grey paper-covered boards and turquoise cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and authors initials embossed onto front cover; light blue topstain; dustjacket; [4],xvi,198,[6]pp. Inscribed by Carmichael on the front pastedown: "To my Brother James / Afrika will be free / unified + socialist.....
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First printing. Inscribed on front endpaper: "To Marc / 'in the name of all tears, no tears' / from Jed Taggard. [I send Collected Poems, also, so that you may see pgs 11,12,13]." Octavo. Navy cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 113pp. Tight, square copy with a touch of foxing to endpapers and.....
Octavo (20.5cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; photographic frontispiece,891,[5]pp; illus. Spine ends nudged, light wear to corners and lower board edges, internally clean and tight; a Very Good copy.With printed bookplate of Ruth Jarvis Hall to front pastedown. Important early anthology of radical.....
More info about The Cry For Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest
First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); olive green cloth, with titling and cornstalk device stamped in black on spine and front cover; [vi],[2],3-302,[4]pp. Spine gently sunned, moderate wear to extremities, foxing to text edges, with a few spots of white paint spatter to rear cover; contemporary ownership signature of Elizabeth Prestopino on.....
First printing. Thick octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; liii,1086,(6)pp. Unobtrusive spot of soil to fore-edge of text block, else a tight, Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper. Third volume only of the critical edition of Shelley's poems. The series is now at four volumes, and is projected to expand to eight.....
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First impression; wrappered issue (simultaneously issued in cloth). Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 106pp. Mild external rubbing and wear, with a few spots of foxing visible on the lighter portions of the wrappers; internally tight and clean, with minimal toning to text margins; Very Good. Future war novel set in South.....
First Printing. Octavo (19cm); publisher's blue cloth, with titles in gilt on spine and front cover; 367pp. Slight wear to cloth at spine ends, subtle darkening to spine, with gilt a trifle dull; still a very well-preserved Very Good or better copy, extremely uncommon thus. With the ownership stamp of.....
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Trade issue (after 50 copies on Alfa). 12mo. Original printed wrappers; 127,(1)pp; illus, frontispiece and five unnumbered leaves of plates. Slight toning to spine, else a tight, Near Fine copy; the text is completely unopened (i.e., pages are uncut), clean and supple with practically no toning to the margins. Prospectus.....
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No. 876 of 999 hand-numbered copies. Author's inscription to front endpaper: "To Mr. Alfred Wiehl with compliments," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo. Green cloth, titled in gilt; 231pp; frontispiece and three unnumbered leaves of plates. A tight, Near Fine copy, with just a trace of rubbing to.....
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First impression. Small, slim octavo (19cm); printed card wrappers, 59.[5]pp. Slight external wear; ink ownership signature to front endpaper, Very Good. From the collection of Puerto Rican poet, translator, and editor Roberto Marquez. Text entirely in Spanish. Issued as no.67 in the publisher's series "El Bardo," edited by José Battló.....
First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); mauve cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [8],9-350,[2]pp. Though the title page credits it to C.D. Williams, the frontispiece and four black & white plates of illustrations are signed by John Sloan. Gentle sunning and some light dust-soil to spine, neat.....
Inscribed inside front cover: "For Gert / with love / Leo," dated August, 1942. 12mo. Pictorial wrappers; [8]pp; illus. Near Fine. Cover illustration signed in block, "Carlo." An organizing pamphlet for the National Maritime Union, issued as NMU "Educational Pamphlet" no. 1. Highlights the accomplishments of the Union in raising.....
First printing. Octavo. Gray cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 445pp. Tight, clean and unmarked; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, stained at upper portion of spine panel with overall light rubbing and wear; just VG. The first full-scale biography of Reed, written by the prominent Marxist literary historian and critic Granville.....
First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); coarse dark grey cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine; red topstain; viii,[2],3-383,[1]pp. Sunning to spine and upper board edges, some wear and softening to spine ends, else clean throughout; Very Good or better, lacking the dustjacket. Seaver's elusive third book and second novel, a......
First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); russet cloth, blocked and titled in black on spine; brown topstain; [x],322,[4]pp. Warmly inscribed on the title page to Ken McCollum, Algren's bibliographer, with a drawing of a cat, dated 1972: "With best wishes to Ken McCollum / from Nelson Algren (Whose private opinion it is.....
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First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in orange on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; orange topstain; [6],7-376pp. Touch of sofening to spine ends, gentle sunning to spine, with light wear to extremities and some faint foxing to text edges; a Very Good, sound copy, lacking the.....
First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); beige buckram, with printed title label applied to spine; reddish-brown topstain; dustjacket; [10],210pp. Hint of sunning to spine, else Fine and clean throughout. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with light wear to extremities, some faint creasing along front panel edges, and a sharp vertical fold slightly.....
Slim quarto (29.75cm); original photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 16pp; illus. Very mild wear and handling, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Lengthy interview given by James to Al Richardson, Clarence Chrysostom, and Anna Grimshaw on June 8th and November 16th, 1986, in South London. 87218.
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First printing of the Thunder's Mouth reissue. Signed by Hayden in ink, on half-title. Octavo; printed card wrappers (only format issued); 171pp. A fine copy. Contains the full text of the 1962 edition, here reissued with a substantial new introduction by Hayden.
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Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 32pp. Mild external wear, with a bit of sunning at bound edge; internally clean, tight and unmarked. Very Good or better overall. Scarce Socialist three-act drama based written in response to the Potlach Riot of 1913, when a mob of nativist citizens attacked the Seattle headquarters of.....
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First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); burgundy cloth boards, with titling and decorations stamped in white and black on spine and front cover; black topstain; map endpapers; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-389,[3]pp. Some offsetting to endpapers, else internally fresh, and very Near Fine. Dustjacket is evenly machine-clipped, with $2.50 price at lower rear flap, and.....
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First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; viii,[2],3-340,[4]pp. Rubbing to crown, light wear to lower board edges, else clean internally; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95), measuring just slightly shorter than the book, as with nearly every copy we have seen; gently.....
Slim octavo (19.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 20pp. Touch of oxidation to staples, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. De Cleyre (1866 - 1912) was the leading figure of radical anarchist feminism prior to Emma Goldman. This title was originally issued by Goldman's Mother Earth Press in 1909; the.....
Three Volumes. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled in gilt to spines. 869pp.; 618pp.; 1048pp. Some light wear and shallow fraying to heads of spines, gilt bright, bindings strong with some mild scuffing in places; internally clean and fresh, although not printed on the best paper stock, the stand out.....
First Printing. Small octavo (15cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [4],5-84,[4]pp; illus. Signed by Ericka Huggins on the title page. Pinpoint wear to extremities, tiny stress creases to upper left corner of rear wrapper, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Scarce collection of poems co-authored by Newton and Huggins, chronicling.....
12mo (17cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 10pp. Shallow chips and tiny losses to wrapper extremities, the whole a bit toned and dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Publisher's advertisements printed on pp. [11] and [14] (rear wrapper).
Octavo (19cm); light brown cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; portrait frontispiece; 315,[1],[4]pp ads. This copy originally owned by American radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist George Ephraim Sokolsky (1893-1962), with his pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown, and his holograph signature ("George E. Sokolsky /.....
16mo (14cm.); publisher's hand-stitched marbled wrappers; 52pp; text printed in dark purple on double leaves. Light wear with slight chipping at spine and corners, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good or better. At head of title page: "The Labadie Booklets."
Octavo. Black cloth boards; dustjacket; 167pp. Bit of foxing to endpapers, else Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, with $1.50 price intact on both front and rear flaps; all four corners clipped by publisher. Jacket lightly rubbed on rear panel, mildly sunned on spine, but otherwise quite clean and crisp.....
Quarto. Original illustrated boards; 288pp; illus. Fine, unread copy. Richly detailed bibliography of Soviet avant-garde propaganda photo books of the post-Revolutionary period. Text entirely in Russian (Cyrillic).
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Quarto (36cm); mimeographed sheets (recto and verso), with text printed in black on sage green stock, measuring 8 5/8" x 14 1/8", stapled at upper left corner; [1],2-9,[10]pp. Horizontal fold smoothed out at center, some very subtle toning to text edges, ink check mark to upper margin of preliminary leaf.....
First Printing. Octavo (22cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine and front cover; photo-illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; [xvi],[2],3-330,[6]pp. Crown gently bumped, with a tiny nick to cloth at upper edge of front board; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, with a lower ink price written beneath the printed $5.95.....
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First printing (American issue; published simultaneously in Great Britain by John Lane). 12mo (18cm). Decorated green cloth; 208pp + 4pp publisher's ads; cover and title page decorations by Aubrey Beardsley (who designed all the books in this series). Cloth on spine is darkened, with gilt dulled but legible; text is.....
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