Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence of Morals and Happiness

Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence of Morals and Happiness

Two volumes; octavos (21.5cm.); contemporary straight-grained morocco, rebacked at a later date (ca. 19th century) in tan calf, black gilt spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; lvi,436;ix,[1],554pp. Boards a bit rubbed along extremities, some clean peeling to upper cover leather of Vol. I, spine leather slightly cracked but not.....

Henri Barbusse: Asnieres 1874 - Moscou 1935

Henri Barbusse: Asnieres 1874 - Moscou 1935

12mo. Staple-bound wrappers; 16pp. Discoloration to edges of wrappers, general soil; internally clean & fresh. Extremely scarce eulogy for Barbusse, a communist pacifist writer best known for his WWI novel, "Le Feu". He died in Moscow while working on his final work, a biography of Stalin. No copies located via...

Peace Is Where The Tempests Blow

Peace Is Where The Tempests Blow

Octavo. Green cloth; dustjacket; 341pp. Bright, Near Fine copy with deep blue topstain. In the scarce dustwrapper, lightly worn at extremities, a bit faded on spine (still perfectly legible); easily on the better side of Very Good.

Seven Red Sundays

Seven Red Sundays

Octavo (20cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; maroon topstain; dustjacket; 439pp. Minor rippling to spine cloth, with a small streak of topstain dye to right edge of textblock and some bleed-through from same to upper edge of endpapers; Very Good+. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn and...

Pirmoji Lietuvos Proletarine Revoliucija ir Sovietu Valdžia [The First Lithuanian Proletarian Revolution and the Soviet Union]

Pirmoji Lietuvos Proletarine Revoliucija ir Sovietu Valdžia [The First Lithuanian Proletarian Revolution and the Soviet...

Small octavo (19.5cm.); original purple printed wrappers; 240pp. Upper wrapper unevenly faded along fore-edge, spine a hint faded as well, else Very Good or better. At head of title: "Amerikos Lietuviu Darbininku Literaturos Draugijos Leidinys No. 38" (translates as "American Lithuanian Workers Literary Society Publication no. 38"). Author's name appears...

The Silent War

The Silent War

Octavo. Original gilt-decorated red cloth boards; 222p; frontis, illus. Slight dusting to edges of text block, else a remarkably bright, straight copy, very near Fine, with gilt lettering on spine and cover brilliant and free of the usual flaking & dulling.

Sonnets of Love and Liberty (Inscribed to Bob Travis)

Sonnets of Love and Liberty (Inscribed to Bob Travis)

Octavo. Brown cloth; dustjacket; 63pp. Tiny scuff to base of front board; spine ends lightly rubbed; a tight, Near Fine copy in the original Rockwell Kent dustwrapper, toned on spine and with a few nicks to extremities; Very Good. Prospectus laid in. This copy inscribed and signed on half-title: "For...

The Sale of an Appetite

The Sale of an Appetite

Octavo (22cm). Publisher's gray cloth boards, decorated and lettered in black on front cover with pictorial paste-on; 57pp; frontispiece and two inserted leaves of plates with tissue guards. Light bumps to corners, light wear; Near Fine, with stamped ownership signature of John G. Hughes to front endpaper.

Journey to the West

Journey to the West

Octavo (20.5cm); navy blue cloth, with titling stamped in yellow; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 593pp. Trivial wear to board edges; brief gift inscription dated 1940; else Near Fine in the scarce and fragile jacket, toned at spine and lightly dusted to panels, still unclipped and better than Very Good.

Poetry for my Friends [from half-title: Greens and Blues and All the Rhythms in Between]

Poetry for my Friends [from half-title: Greens and Blues and All the Rhythms in Between]

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.

Petroleum

Petroleum

First printing (1.-15. Tausend). Octavo. Original blue cloth boards, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 638, [2]pp. Hairline crack to front hinge (internal), else a fresh, well-preserved copy in the original photomontage dustwrapper by John Heartfield, slightly chipped along upper edge but still quite attractive, with spine...

Progress

Progress

Tabloid (ca.38cm); illustrated wrappers, printed in black and green on newsprint; 16pp; chiefly illus. Text edges lightly toned, with a few in obtrusive creases and faint foxing to margins; Very Good+.

Treatise On Living

Treatise On Living

Quarto; single sheet of light blue stock printed in black, measuring 43cm x 28cm; folded vertically at center to create a 4pp pamphlet; illus. Some trivial wear to extremities, with purple and pink rubberstamp to front cover ("Communication invited with: The Re-Invention of Everyday Life..."); Near Fine.

Puerto Rican Obituary

Puerto Rican Obituary

Octavo (21cm). Original orange cloth boards, lettered in black on spine; dustjacket; 109pp. Slight toning to margins of text, still a sharp, Near Fine copy in a bright, unworn and unclipped dustwrapper with just a hint of dusting to lighter portions.

The Anvil - No.10 (March 1935)

The Anvil - No.10 (March 1935)

Quarto (27.25cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp, [2]. Light wear to extremities, faint spotting to rear wrapper, with a small tear to right edge of front wrapper and first 15pp; Very Good+.

The Six. Translated from the German by Ray E. Chase. Drawings by Doris Whitman Chase

The Six. Translated from the German by Ray E. Chase. Drawings by Doris Whitman Chase

Octavo (19cm). Green textured cloth boards; 255pp. An especially clean, tight copy, Near Fine but for some pinpoint rubbing to spine ends and board corners.

Bernard Shaw & Karl Marx: A Symposium 1884-1889

Bernard Shaw & Karl Marx: A Symposium 1884-1889

Small octavo; morocco-backed sage green boards in publisher's slipcase; ix, 200pp; folding frontispiece facsimile. Number 78 of 575 hand-numbered copies printed by Richard W. Ellis at the Georgian Press. Hint of rubbing to spine ends; slipcase slightly worn; Very Good to Near Fine.

Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts

Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts

First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); bound in oatmeal buckram, with titles and decoration stamped in black and brown on spine and front panel; gray topstain; dustjacket; 172pp. Some trivial offset to gutters from binders glue, topstain slightly dulled, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, spine-sunned, with a few tiny nicks...

Labor and Nation Vol. VI, No. 3 (Summer 1950)

Labor and Nation Vol. VI, No. 3 (Summer 1950)

Quarto. Staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 64pp. Covers rubbed, with small losses to extremities (not affecting text); text clean and unmarked; Very Good.

Don't Cry, Scream

Don't Cry, Scream

First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 64pp. Mild wear to extremities, hint of sunning to spine-fold, with a vertical crease along right side of front wrapper; Very Good+.

The Duplex: A Black Love Fable in Four Movements

The Duplex: A Black Love Fable in Four Movements

First Printing. Octavo (21cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in black and brown on spine; dustjacket; 166, [2]pp. Top edge slightly dusty, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $5.95), with light shelfwear, sunning to spine, and bubbling to the laminate on the front panel (as is...

Proletarskaia Revoliutsiia i Renegat Kautskii [The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky]

Proletarskaia Revoliutsiia i Renegat Kautskii [The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky]

Octavo (23cm). Publisher's pebbled brown cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; 144pp. Mild external wear; triangular loss to leaf 107/108, resulting in brief loss to text (not affecting sense); Very Good.

The Industrial Republic: A Study of the America of Ten Years Hence

The Industrial Republic: A Study of the America of Ten Years Hence

Octavo. Red cloth boards, blocked in gilt and white on spine and front cover; xiv, 284pp; 8 inserted leaves of plates (halftones). Moderately rubbed and worn; thin split to front hinge at frontispiece; a few pages with sharp slices in margin (presumably from opening); complete and Good, but best considered...

You Play The Black and The Red Comes Up

You Play The Black and The Red Comes Up

Octavo (21cm). Red linen boards, titled in black on spine and front cover; yellow top-stain; 213pp. Bit of soiling to upper edge of text-block, with consequent dulling to top-stain; very minor thumb-soil within; in all a tight, straight copy, VG+ to Near Fine. Lacking the scarce dustwrapper.

The Scarlet Shadow: A Story of the Great Colorado Conspiracy

The Scarlet Shadow: A Story of the Great Colorado Conspiracy

First Printing. Octavo (20cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in white on spine and front cover; 416, vi, [2]pp. Slight forward lean, scattered foxing to text edges, lower corners bumped, with some rubbing to lettering (though still quite legible); Very Good, sound copy.

The FBI Pyramid from the Inside

The FBI Pyramid from the Inside

Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 351pp. INSCRIBED by Felt "with warm regards," dated 1981. Four faint tape-shadows to boards where previous owner had attached the dustjacket, else straight and Fine in a fine, unclipped dustjacket.

Between Eras: From Capitalism to Democracy. A Cycle of Conversations and Discourses with Occasional Side-lights upon the Speakers

Between Eras: From Capitalism to Democracy. A Cycle of Conversations and Discourses with Occasional Side-lights...

Octavo. Original red cloth with gilt spine, 431pp. Very good with minor dusting to page edges. Mild rubbing to boards, small chip to crown of spine. A series of fictional dialogues on socio-economic matters of the day, with an emphasis on the rights of labor. Small was founder of the...

My Life As A Rebel [Inscribed copy]

My Life As A Rebel [Inscribed copy]

Octavo (22cm). Cloth-covered boards; 324pp; lacking dustwrapper. Inscribed by Balabanoff on title page: "Long live socialism! Angelica Balabanoff / with best wishes to Prof. Lauer," dated in year of publication. Ink underlining and brief notations throughout, presumably in inscribee Lauer's hand; front hinge thinly cracked; a Good, sound copy. Inscribee's...

Swing Shift

Swing Shift

Octavo (21cm); tan cloth boards lettered in brown; dustjacket; 494pp. Fine copy mildly spine-faded dustwrapper, toned at margins but still Very Good or better.

Ditte: Girl Alive

Ditte: Girl Alive

First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth with titles and design stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 268pp, [2] ads. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with a few tiny nicks at spine ends and three faint splash marks on the spine.

Samuel The Seeker

Samuel The Seeker

Octavo (19cm); olive green pictorial cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in white and dark green to spine and front cover; dustjacket; [4], 315, [1]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, some trivial rubbing to lower corners, with mild offset to endpapers and pastedowns; Near Fine. Dustjacket shows even sunning to...

The Long Pursuit

The Long Pursuit

Octavo (21cm). Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt; dustjacket; 310pp. Warmly and lengthily inscribed to a young Stephen Sondheim in year of publication: "To Stephen Sondheim: novelist and musician - With all good wishes," followed by a lengthy quotation from Proust's The Past Recaptured. Bottom board edges rubbed; abrasions along...

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