The Communist International, No. 7, July, 1940
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940. 12mo (19.75cm.); publisher's green and white card wrappers; [409]-487pp. Light wear else Near Fine. More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940. 12mo (19.75cm.); publisher's green and white card wrappers; [409]-487pp. Light wear else Near Fine. More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First Edition. Superb copy of this novel by the native New Hampshire author, telling the story of "a New England village dictator as seen by four of his fellow citizens." HANNA 470. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in black on..... More
Providence: Booke Shop, [1938]. First Edition. Collection of essays by the Brown University professor on state-controlled theaters across Europe with special emphasis on those in the Soviet Union. This a superlative copy. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cloth in orange printed dust jacket; [10],105pp. Jacket spine a bit sunned, light spotting to..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. First Edition. Brown's first book, a smooth-talking novel of 1960's Black culture in America, which follows its protagonist on a journey from the States to Copenhagen on a journey of self-discovery. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in white and..... More
[New York: American Unity League, 1942]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original blue decorative cloth stamped in gilt, unadorned spine; 158pp. Ex-library with a few contemporary markings; top edge of cloth considerably faded, textblock a bit shaken, else Very Good and sound. 8-point economic proposal to end the war-time depression without..... More
Weston, MA: M&S Press, 1970. Reprint. Facsimile reprint of the 1858 edition, with a Preface by West Virginia journalist and collector Boyd B. Stutler and a brief publisher's afterword. 12mo (18cm); printed blue cloth-covered boards (hardcover); no dustwrapper, as issued; 12,15,[1]pp. A new, unread copy. The M&S Press, publishing arm..... More
Moskau: Verlagsgenossenschaft Ausländischer Arbeiter in der UdSSR, 1932. First German Language Edition. The author, an old guard Bolshevik, served as People's Commissar of Enlightenment, stating during the Great Purge that enemies of the Soviet Union should be "squashed like vile vermin" only to be himself arrested and executed in 1937..... More
Weston, MA: M&S Press, 1970. Reprint. Facsimile reprint of the 1812 edition, with an introductory historical essay by James F. Adams and a bibliographical note on the early printing history of Richmond, Kentucky by Lawrence S. Thompson. Octavo (24cm). Brick-red cloth-covered boards (hardcover); no dustwrapper, as issued; 15,336pp. A new..... More
Newark: Abas Magazine, 1969. First Edition. Scarce, short-lived underground paper produced by a Newark, New Jersey high-school collective. Masthead of no. 7 suggests that it is the first issue to be produced by offset in tabloid format; earlier issues were (apparently) mimeographed and sold only by mail. The masthead indicates..... More
[London: Soviet News, 1956]. First Thus. 12mo (18.5cm.); decorative staplebound self-wrappers; 70pp. Light wear and toning, else Very Good and sound. Soviet News Booklet No. 21. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); grey linen, with titling and rule stamped in black and red on spine; dustjacket; 283pp. Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket, gently spine-sunned, with a few small tears to extremities, one larger tear with attendant crease to lower..... More
[San Francisco: 2004]. Staple-bound pamphlet; 15pp. Fine. Prospectus and mission statement for this San Francisco social filmmakers cooperative. From the Mission Statement: "Our artistic mission is to engage in production and distribution of documentaries about street survivors and runaways, as well as "outsider" art consisting of music, visual works and..... More
New York: The Daily Worker, 1935. First Edition. First printing. Limited issue; no. 50 of 100 clothbound copies signed by Burck. Quarto; tan buckram with titles and decorations stamped in brown on front and rear covers; 247pp. A lovely, fine copy, free of soiling or wear. There was a simultaneous..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1936. First Edition. "The story of six closing days of Governor Read Cole's "honest" campaign for re-election, including a riot planned for publicity" (Coan, p.147). HANNA 528. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in orange and black on..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1929. First Edition. Burnett's first novel, following the rise and fall of a Chicago gangster Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello. Basis for Mervyn LeRoy's 1931 film of the same name, starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Glenda Farrell. HUBIN, p.58; COAN, p.102; HANNA 529..... More
New York: International Publishers, [1957]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's blue-grey wrappers printed in maroon; 91pp. General wear from handling as well as some light dust-soil, spine slightly cocked, else Very Good and sound. Basic introduction to Marxist principles. SEIDMAN B749. More
London: Clarion Press, 1902. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original green printed staplebound wrappers; 16pp. Wrapper extremities toned and brittle due to poor paper stock. Still, Very Good overall. Text of a speech delivered at the adult school rooms, Roscoe Street, Bunhill Row, January 4, 1902, by the noted British trade..... More
[London: Published for the Schools Council jointly by Longman and Penguin Education, 1972]. First Edition. Large quarto (29.75cm.); original orange-tan photo-illustrated wrappers; 10 separately paginated sections; illus. throughout, text printed in red and black. Light wear from handling, minor dust-soil, else Very Good to Near Fine. Teaching manual covering the..... More
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1926. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth in brown printed dust jacket; [2],283pp. Jacket extremities chipped with shallow loss to spine crown, spine toned, the whole dust-soiled; contents about fine. Human Relations Series V. Survey of the "Employee Representation Movement." More
New York: Harrison-Hilton Books, 1940. First Edition. Strike novel set in a small Midwestern town, where a young man marries the heiress of the town's ruling-class family, but discovers his heart belongs to a militant factory worker. "The strike begins in a packing plant and spreads to poor farmers and..... More
New York: Smith & Durrell, 1941. First Edition. Longstreet's pseudonymous novel chronicles the clash between midwestern farmers and corporate interests over the erection of a hydroelectric dam and powerlines during the 1920's. Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002) was a prolific author and Hollywood screenwriter whose credits included Silver River (1948); The Jolson..... More
N.p. Busines Executives Move for Vietnam Peace, 1968. Single 11" x 25-1/2" sheet, folded to make six 11" x 8-1/2" panels. On glossy paper. Folded in thirds for mailing; light wear, small splash-stain at lower right; Very Good. Address delivered before three meetings of "Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace,"..... More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1934. First Edition. The author's first novel, "an uncensored presentation of the slow disintegration of the influential banker in a small Idaho town" (COAN, p.48). HANNA 2386. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover;..... More
Detroit: Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America, 1935. Octavo. Printed paper wrappers; 114pp. Mailing label to front cover, else a tight, clean, Very Good copy. This issue comprises the full official Convention Report for the union's 1935 convention, held at the Book-Cadillac Hotel in..... More
Portland, ME: Berry Printer, 1877. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); original pictorial stitched self-wrappers; 13pp. Wrappers rather brittle with a few tiny shallow losses, else Very Good. Satirical fable regarding the railroad industry. WILLIAMSON (Maine) I 835. More