The Moneychangers

The Moneychangers

First Printing. Octavo (19cm); olive green pictorial cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black and white on spine and front cover; [4],316pp. Slight forward lean, wear to cloth at base of spine, some light foxing to text edges and rough erasure to previous owners name at upper front...

Ain't I A Woman?: A Midwest Newspaper of Women's Liberation - 15 Issues

Ain't I A Woman?: A Midwest Newspaper of Women's Liberation - 15 Issues

15 tabloid issues (29cm); offset printed in black on newsprint; each issue 12pp; illus. Includes Vol.1, Nos.3-17. Original folds, with light toning to extremities; Near Fine overall.

New Masses - Vol.XX, No.12 (September 15, 1936)

New Masses - Vol.XX, No.12 (September 15, 1936)

Quarto (31cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Light wear and mild toning to extremities, else Near Fine.

Biddy Brogan's Boy [Inscribed in the Year of Publication]

Biddy Brogan's Boy [Inscribed in the Year of Publication]

First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 300pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Doug Rigg - with the friendship of Jim Tully / Canoga Park, Cal / Oct 1942." Owner's bookplate to front pastedown, with mild wear to spine...

And So Dedicated: An American Novel

And So Dedicated: An American Novel

Octavo (20.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; dark gray topstain; dustjacket; 416pp. Two unobtrusive scratches to topstain, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.50), with light edgewear, a few short tears and small nicks.

Counter-Attack: Organizing Self-Defense Groups

Counter-Attack: Organizing Self-Defense Groups

Quarto (28cm); illustrated newsprint wrappers; [16]pp; illus. Toning to extremities, with a few short tears along right margins; Very Good+.

Literature of the World Revolution. No. 1: June, 1931

Literature of the World Revolution. No. 1: June, 1931

Large octavo (24.5cm). Original printed card wrappers; 128pp. Wrappers somewhat worn, with triangular losses to rear cover costing a few words of promotional text; spine abraded, with titling partially rubbed away. Occasional mild creasing to contents, but generally clean and free of markings; just Good. Text entirely in English.

Promotional Circular: Long Live the Little Red School House in America. Stand By It!

Promotional Circular: Long Live the Little Red School House in America. Stand By It!

No date (ca 1900?). Handbill or circular, 22cm x 13cm. Printed recto-only, in colors; text in two columns beneath central graphic. Faint horizontal and vertical creases; paper slightly browned; Very Good.

The Don Flows Home To The Sea

The Don Flows Home To The Sea

First Impression. Octavo (20.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; vii,861pp. Spine ende gently nudged, some offset to front endpaper, with a crack to gutter at terminal leaf; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 9/6 net), gently spine-sunned and lightly shelfworn, with some dustiness and a....

Komsomoliia: Stranitsy Epopei. Izdanie Piatoe

Komsomoliia: Stranitsy Epopei. Izdanie Piatoe

12mo (17.5cm.); original pictorial wrappers (artist unidentified) printed in red and black; 79pp. A few small tears to spine, old rubberstamp to rear wrapper effaced with later ink notes written over. Still an About Very Good copy of a fragile work.

The Break-Up of Our Camp. Stories 1932-1935 (Volume One of the Collected Stories, Edited By Taylor Stoehr)

The Break-Up of Our Camp. Stories 1932-1935 (Volume One of the Collected Stories, Edited By...

Cloth-backed boards; acetate dustjacket. One of 200 Special copies, bound in boards by Earle Gray. Fine copy in original acetate dustjacket.

New Masses - Vol.XXII, No.3 (January 12, 1937)

New Masses - Vol.XXII, No.3 (January 12, 1937)

Quarto (30.75cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Mild wear and toning to extremities, with a few tiny nicks and chips to edges; Very Good+.

Biafra: Selected Speeches and Random Thoughs of C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, General of the People's Army

Biafra: Selected Speeches and Random Thoughs of C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, General of the People's Army

First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); chickpea yellow cloth, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in metallic red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxi, [7], 226, [8]pp. Text edges lightly foxed, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $12.00), gently spine-sunned, with minor wear to extremities, a few short edge...

New Masses - Vol.XLIII, No.2 (April 14, 1942)

New Masses - Vol.XLIII, No.2 (April 14, 1942)

Quarto (31.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Subtle toning to extremities, a few tiny tears, and a handful of tiny spots to upper edge of front wrapper; Near Fine.

Did Adam Sin? Also, Stories of Negro Life in Comedy Drama and Sketches

Did Adam Sin? Also, Stories of Negro Life in Comedy Drama and Sketches

Octavo (20cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 132pp. Very mild toning to wrapper extremities, else a tight, Fine, and remarkably well-preserved copy.

Equality

Equality

Small octavo (20cm). Blue cloth boards, blocked in black and silver ink on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii, 412, (6)pp; portr. frontis. The Seventh Edition, dated 1903 (originally published 1897). Tight, Near Fine copy in the scarce early dustwrapper, toned and chipped at edges, still Good or better.

Internationale Arbeiter Chronik [International Labor Chronicle] - Group of 6 Issues

Internationale Arbeiter Chronik [International Labor Chronicle] - Group of 6 Issues

Six tabloid issues (ca.45.5cm); illustrated wrappers; 4pp per issue. Publication sequence as follows: Nos.1, 3-7. All issues horizontally folded (presumed as-issued), edges worn, with occasional tears, splits, and creasing to extremities and folds; toning to extremities, with old dampstain to gutters; complete - Good to Very Good overall.

When God Laughs and Other Stories

When God Laughs and Other Stories

First printing. Title leaf a cancel (as with all copies, per Blanck). Octavo (19cm). Original pictorial cloth boards, stamped in colors on spine and front cover; ix, 319, (4)pp; illus. Previous owner's bookplate pasted inside front board; cloth slightly rubbed at crown and heel; spine design slightly dulled; a tight...

The Dream of Debs: A Story of Industrial Revolt

The Dream of Debs: A Story of Industrial Revolt

Earliest issue (Blanck's printing 'A'), with '10 Cents' printed on front wrapper and History of The Supreme Court of the United States by Gustavus Miller printed on rear wrapper. Slim octavo (18.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp. Light film of dusting and a few quiet creases to wrappers, text edges lightly...

Barefoot Necklace pome[s]

Barefoot Necklace pome[s]

Octavo (22cm). Staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 40pp. Covers slightly toned at margins, else Fine.

The New Force: A Monthly Proletarian Magazine of Art, Literature and Current Events. Vol I, no 4 (May 1932)

The New Force: A Monthly Proletarian Magazine of Art, Literature and Current Events. Vol I....

Quarto (28cm). Staple-bound pictorial wrappers; 15pp; illus. Contributions by Paula Golden, Maurice Sugar, Anita Pavlow; numerous illustrations in text, including two cartoons by Ben Yomen. Covers soiled and slightly creased; still a Good, complete copy.

The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America

The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America

Small octavo (19cm.); original green printed staplebound wrappers; [2],119pp.; text in double column. Spine cocked, wrapper rectos fading and extremities foxed and a bit worn; contemporary ownership signature at head of title page. About Very Good. Fictional account of the rise of Henry Ford. AHOUSE A62a; HANNA 3232 (erroneously stating...

A Cure for Unemployment

A Cure for Unemployment

Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 14pp. Covers slightly worn; front cover stamped "With compliments of American Ethnological Press." Very Good.

Fellow Countrymen: Collected Stories [Inscribed to Evelyn Shrifte]

Fellow Countrymen: Collected Stories [Inscribed to Evelyn Shrifte]

First Impression. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in navy blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x,439,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author to his American publisher, Evelyn Shrifte, on the front endpaper: "To Evelyn / With love / Jim." Upper and lower rear boar corners gently tapped (though still...

Der Marsch ins Reich der Caoba

Der Marsch ins Reich der Caoba

Octavo (23.5cm); blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in maroon on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 255pp. Some trivial wear to spine ends, else Fine. Dustjacket is lightly edgeworn, with several short edge tears (a few archivally mended on verso) and some minor touch-up to the black portions at...

Conjure [Inscribed & Signed]

Conjure [Inscribed & Signed]

Octavo (22cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; 82pp. Light shelf wear to boards and jacket extremities, shallow crease to rear flap, else Very Good to Near Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author on half title: "For Cristoph / 'Open my face' / Ishmael Reed."

The Beacon Banner: Short Stories About the Resistance War in Vietnam

The Beacon Banner: Short Stories About the Resistance War in Vietnam

12mo. Decorated card wrappers; 155pp; illus. Errata slip following final leaf of text. Cover by Van Cao; Illustrations by Phan Ke An. Bit of external dusting to wrappers, else a tight, clean copy, Very Good or better.

King Cobra

King Cobra

Octavo (21cm); black cloth boards; dustjacket; 275pp. Bit of toning to endpapers, else a Fine copy in the striking pictorial dustjacket, lightly edge-rubbed and with a brief (3/4") triangular chip at base of rear panel near spine.

The Liberator - Vol.3, No.12 (December, 1920)

The Liberator - Vol.3, No.12 (December, 1920)

Quarto (27.5cm). Original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 34pp. Text edges browned, but not brittle; toning along spine fold and cover edges, with a faint vertical crease along center of front cover and foxing along the upper margin of same; Very Good. The issue includes contributions by Max & Crystal Eastman, Robert...

Touch and Go. A Play in Three Acts

Touch and Go. A Play in Three Acts

12mo. Original flexible paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 96pp. Publisher's trade list (4pp) laid in. Mild wear to spine and covers; printed bookplate of noted folklorist Mellinger E. Henry to front pastedown; offsetting to endpapers from laid-in items. Very Good or better in the fragile dustjacket, which has small loss at base...

Sinister Shadows

Sinister Shadows

First Printing. Octavo (20cm); rough brown cloth, with titling and panels stamped in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 385pp. Inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front endpaper. Some light page edge soil, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, front flap neatly detatched, with...

Just To Remind You

Just To Remind You

First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 222pp. Hint of sunning to spine, top edge slightly dusty; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), spine-sunned and somewhat dusty overall; flap folds foxed; Very Good+.

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