New York: Libreria Rossa, N.d. [ca 1919?]. First Edition. Communist tract, issued shortly after the Russian revolution, calling for an immediate proletarian revolution in Italy, with socialization of industry and agriculture; closure of borders (to prevent the flight of the bourgeoisie); and the "management of the new society through a...... More
Roma: Partito Comunista Italiano / Editoriali Fratelli Spada, 1971. First Edition. A bit of a puzzle: the poster appears to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the formation of the Associazione Bandiera Rossa, an Italian Trotskyist group; but the poster bears the imprint of the PCI, the main-line Marxist-Leninist party in..... More
[Hamtramck, MI]: [1934]. Scarce relic from the 1934 Hamtramck, Michigan mayoral campaign, in which George Kristalsky and a slate of seven communist candidates for City Council were defeated. Hamtramck, a working-class suburb of Detroit, was a center of radical labor activity during the Great Depression. Hand-painted banner, 8.5cm x 65cm..... More
Arlington: Historical Documentation Committee, Asia Books Periodicals, 1976. Reprint. Octavo. Yellow card wrappers; 95pp. Slight wear to spine; ownership signature on front page; else clean, tight copy in very good condition. More
Paris: Maurice Lachatre et Cie. [1872-1875]. First French Edition. First appearance in French of Marx's "Das Kapital," the translation the only such to have been executed with the collaboration of the author, whose letter to Lachatre appears in facsimile on p. [7]: "J'applaudis à votre idée de publier la traduction..... More
[New York: New Century Publishers, 1957]. Offprint. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's grey decorative staplebound self-wrappers; 15pp. Light toning, else Near Fine. Translations provided by the Hsinhua News Agency in Peking (i.e. Beijing) and first published in the December, 1957, issue of Political Affairs. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1961. Detailed history of the Communist Party's attempts - first to undermine, then to exploit - religious institutions in the United States. Issued as Volume 6 in the series "Communism in American Life." Early Printing. Octavo; navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in silver..... More
Chicago: Deutschen Sprachgruppe der Socialist Party of the United States, 1919. First American Edition. Probable first printing in America of Trotsky's account of the October revolution. English editions appeared the same year in London and Brooklyn, but it is likely that this German-language version, translated from the Russian by German-American..... More
Santiago de Chile: [Union Social de Chile], 1932. First Edition. Short missive on the dangers of communism in Chile, quite possibly the only title issued by the "Union Social de Chile, Asociación contra el Comunismo," despite the series number. Though this title appears uncatalogued in OCLC as of February, 2019..... More
San Francisco: Educational Committee, San Francisco Communist Party, N.d. [ca 1937]. First Edition. Rather remarkable Popular Front document, prepared by Manuilsky as Deputy General Secretary of the Comintern and clearly oriented toward American Party members, as the majority of the text deals with the resurgent economic crisis in the U.S...... More
Chicago: American Peace Mobilization, [1940]. An interesting example of the Comintern's Hitler-Stalin Pact-era "pacifism" - the authors argue vigorously against American participation in WWII, a position that they would reverse abruptly on June 21, 1941, the day Hitler launched his invasion of the Soviet Union. At this point the organization..... More
![Broadside] Defeat Reaction! Vote Communist! Anti-Kramer Rally to be Held Friday, October 30th,...](/pictures/medium/48933.jpg?v=1641872552)
[Los Angeles]: Communist Party Election Campaign Committee, [1936]. Broadside, 12" x 9"; printed offset, black ink on pink newsprint. Old folds; mild aging, with some shallow chipping along right margin; Very Good. Announces an "Anti-Kramer" Rally (Charles Kramer, California congressman) to promote local and national Communist Party candidates. Speakers include..... More
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, (1971). 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed pale yellow wrappers, 51pp. Fine. Bookseller stamp of Yenan Books, Berkeley, to front cover. More
London: Labour Party - Publications Division, 1933. First edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial wrappers; 24pp. Light soil and wear to covers; minor creasing; Very Good. Labour Party attack on the CPGB; p.24 includes a list of Communist-affiliated groups "ineligible for affiliation to the Labour Party." More
London: The Communist Party [of Great Britain], 1949. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed paper wrappers; 64pp. Mild external wear; text toned at margins; Very Good. Report of the 21st Congress, held at Liverpool. Includes remarks by Arthur Horner, Harry Pollitt, R. Palme-Dutt; William Gallacher, others. More
![Political Resolution. Adopted by the Eighth Congress - Cochin, December 23-29, 1968 [with] Eighth...](/pictures/medium/52532.jpg?v=1641872683)
[Kolkata]: Communist Party of India (Marxist), 1968. Four works bound into a single volume. Unprinted red vinyl flexible boards; 317,(3) + 48 + 20 + 15pp. Slight aging to texts; wrappers bound in (but for second title, which is bound without wrappers); generally Very Good. All appear to be first..... More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1938. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's red and white pictorial wrappers; [575]-672pp. White portions of wrappers very faintly foxed, small chip to rear wrapper not approaching text, else Very Good or better. Issue chiefly devoted to the 10th Communist Party Convention, with..... More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1938. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's red and white pictorial wrappers; [385]-480pp. Minor wear and dust-soil to wrappers, else Very Good or better. More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1938. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's red and white pictorial wrappers; [865]-960pp. Wrappers a bit worn and foxed, else Very Good and sound. The 1938 Election issue. More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1939. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's red and white decorative wrappers; [577]-672pp. Near Fine. The Latin American Issue. More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1939. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's red and white decorative wrappers; [193]-285pp. Near Fine. Includes contributions by Browder and William Z. Foster. More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1939. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's white wrappers printed in red and black; [673]-767pp. Light dust-soil else Near Fine. More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1939. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's white wrappers printed in red and black; [897]-991pp. Minor dust-soil, else Very Good to Near Fine. Includes the CPUSA National Committee's plea to "Keep America Out of the Imperialist War!" More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1939. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's white wrappers printed in red and black; [993]-1087pp. A bit of soil to wrappers, else Very Good and sound. Includes pieces by Browder and Vladimir Lenin. More
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1939. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's white wrappers printed in red and black; [289]-384pp.; illus. Some foxing and dust-soil to wrappers, else Very Good, internally near fine. Includes Irene Browder's tribute to Nadezhda Krupskaya. More
