Speeding up the Workers
New York: International Pamphlets, 1932. Second Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; 31pp; lightly splitting along bottom of front hinge; age-toned; else in good or better condition. More
New York: International Pamphlets, 1932. Second Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; 31pp; lightly splitting along bottom of front hinge; age-toned; else in good or better condition. More
New York: Church Peace Union, 1953. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's pale grey pictorial staplebound wrappers; 30pp.; illus. Wrapper extremities a bit toned and very slightly rubbed, else Near Fine. More
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2001. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's card wrappers in black pictorial dust jacket; 406pp.; maps in text. A hint of wear and dust soil else Fine. History of the Biennio Rosso, the revolutionary post-WW1 period in Tuscany involving both the Fascist blackshirts and the Italian..... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, n.d. [ca. 1932]. First American Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); original blue and red decorative staplebound wrappers; 32pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Fine. Forms part of the Brief Biography Series. Brief biography of the Bolshevik Party leader Yakov Sverdlov (1885-1919). More
Split: Izdanje K. U. D. "Ivan Lozica" [1947]. Large quarto (35.25cm.); bifolium, printed on newsprint; exterior leaves printed in red; sheet music. Edges a touch toned and lightly worn from handling, else Fine. Music and lyrics for two Hungarian nationalist songs, published in the Dalmatian city of Split. Not in..... More
New York: Workers School, [1943]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); original tan staplebound card wrappers printed in blue; 48pp. Fine. Three addresses on Thomas Jefferson delivered at a Jefferson Bicentennial Commemoration at Mecca Temple in New York; introduction by Alexander Trachtenberg. More
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1972. First Edition. 12mo (16.5cm.); original white and red card wrappers; 149pp. About Fine. Collection of essays on Lenin and Africa. Text entirely in English. More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1964. First American Edition. Octavo. Gray cloth boards; dustjacket; 294pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in lightly rubbed jacket, small stain to inside front flap; Very Good. More
[San Francisco: Pernau-Walsh Printing Co.], 1952. First Edition. Appeal made by Australian-born union leader of the International Longshoremen's Association and two fellow union members for "conspiracy to fraudulently secure Bridges' naturalization" in 1945. At the time Bridges had lied about his membership to the CPUSA though the present charge was..... More
[Firenze]: La Nuova Italia Editrice, [1972]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's decorative card wrappers; viii,[2],305pp. General shelf wear to wrapper extremities, spine quite significantly sunned, faint pressure stamp to title page, else Very Good, internally fine. Study of the Italian Marxist philosopher and politician. Text entirely in Italian. More
New York: by author, 1949. First Edition. 1. 12mo (17cm.); original blue printed staplebound wrappers; 47pp.; printed from typescript. Lower wrapper edge trimmed slightly affecting price (25¢), else Fine. BRENNEMAN, p. 29; SEIDMAN B631: "A prediction by the former leader of the party that a major economic crisis is developing..... More
Yonkers: Earl Browder, 1950. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 24pp.; printed from typescript. Dust-soiling to wrappers, else Very Good or better. Browder presents an affirmative argument during a debate at Webster Hall, New York City, March 30, 1950, based on what he interprets as Russia's economic success and "peaceful..... More
[New York? By the author, 1949]. First Edition. 12mo (16.25cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 16pp.; printed from typescript. Fine. BRENNEMAN, p. 32; SEIDMAN B634: "Criticism of the Communist Party's 'left-deviationism.' The author...argues that true Leninists should support state capitalism in the U.S. as a transition to ultimate socialism." More
New York: New Masses, Inc., [1943]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's orange printed staplebound wrappers; 47pp.; illus. Light wear to extremities, else Near Fine. SEIDMAN B590. More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940. 12mo (19.75cm.); publisher's green and white card wrappers; [641]-735pp. Light shelf wear, else Near Fine. More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940. 12mo (19.75cm.); publisher's green and white card wrappers; [809]-892pp. Light shelf 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
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
New York: International Publishers, [1958]. First Edition. Octavo (19.75cm.); original yellow card wrappers printed in green; 64pp. Near Fine, partially unopened copy. More
Philadelphia: Historical Publishing Company, 1900. First Edition. A massive study of Imperial Russian politics, with much on the Sino-Japanese War and the burgeoning Russo-Japanese conflict; the ascension of Nicholas II, and the growth of Russian nihilism. Illustrated throughout with halftones and relief engravings. Pretty copy of a book which is..... 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
Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1951. First Edition. Seventh and Eighth reports of the California Un-American Activities Committee, covering the years 1952-1955. Includes lengthy investigation of the "Gadar" [i.e., "Ghadar"] Party, a far-left organization of Punjabi exiles. Octavo. Later black buckram; original wrappers bound in; 296+622pp. Copy of high-ranking FBI..... More
[New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1940]. First Edition. Small octavo (20.5cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 15pp. Stock quite brittle and rather toned, unobtrusive contemporary rubberstamp to upper cover, small chips and short closed tears to rear cover, else Good or better overall. Address first delivered at the Trotsky Memorial Meeting in New..... More
[North London: Solidarity, n.d., 1971?]. First Edition. Quarto (25.25cm.); original green printed staplebound wrappers; 14pp.; printed mimeographed. Minor wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Solidarity Pamphlet no. 23. Speech originally delivered by Castoriadis, co-founder of the movement "Socialisme ou Barbarie," in May, 1965. More
Barcelona: Librería Española de I. Lopez, 1871. First Edition. A popular and sensational account, for Spanish readers, of the Paris Commune and its aftermath. The first title provides a general narrative of events, heavily illustrated with portraits of the principal figures among both the communards and their opposition, as well..... More