Castroville, CA: Local 912 Strikers' Committee, [1987]. One of a series of silkscreen posters produced and sold through the auspices of the Castroville local of the Teamsters Union to raise funds to support striking cannery workers during the Watsonville Strike of 1985-87. Andrea Kantrowitz, a Philadelphia-based painter and printmaker, was..... More

Washington DC: Law Reporter Printing Company, 1910-1911. First Edition. Thick octavo (23cm.); original olive cloth, spine lettered in gilt, olive endpapers; xx,361;xxi,[1],378pp.; tables, text in double column. Minor wear to extremities, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good and sound. Includes the text for A.F.L. President Samuel Gomper's opening reports..... More

New Westminster, B.C. Solidarity Press, n.d., ca. 1969. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); original blue pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 8pp.; illus., mimeographed text printed on blue, white, and yellow stock. About Fine. Presumably not the first issue of this anarchist periodical, though no edition is stated. Includes contributions by George Metesky, J...... More

[Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office], 1959. First Edition. Quarto bifolium (28cm). Faint mail fold, else Fine. Address delivered before the Joint House and Senate Judiciary Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature considering the Cella resolution, calling for the posthumous pardon of Sacco and Vanzetti. Early in his career Musmanno had served..... More

Chicago: Mrs. A.R. Parsons, 1887. First Edition. An anthology of original and borrowed materials compiled by Parsons in his jail cell; published posthumously by his wife Lucy. Includes excerpts from courtroom speeches in the Haymarket trial; the first appearance of Parsons' essay "History of the Labor Movement in America," and..... More

New York: Modern Age, 1937. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 195,[3]pp, illus. A tight, Near Fine copy, free of markings or notable wear. In the scarce original dustwrapper, priced 85¢ on front flap; slightly rubbed and soiled with small (1/2") loss at base of spine panel, costing second..... More

1937. 21.5cm x 16.5cm. Three black and white original photos with "International News Photos" stamps to versos, with accompanying typewritten slug. Light scratching of the laminate to one image, and some very minor soiling to white borders, very good, clean, clear photographs. Three images from the violent clashes between Congress..... More

Battle Creek, MI: Wages, Wealth and Welfare Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; viii,760pp. Shows signs of being ex-library, with minor spine label residue and redacted rubberstamp to front free endpaper; spine quite darkened, else Very Good and sound. More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1912. First American Edition. Classic work on the sociology of rural villages and the changes wrought by advancing technology. Sturt (1863-1927) was a wheelwright by trade, and wrote from a rather unusual perspective - a sensitive, self-educated tradesman, documenting and eulogizing the passing of..... More

Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1845. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cream printed wrappers; 23pp. Wrappers rather dust-soiled, tiny chips at spine ends, else Very Good and sound. Faint ink inscription to upper cover: "Hon S.P.P. Fay with the respects of the author." Letter composed by the treasurer..... More

[Bombay: Usha Printers], 1957. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original grey staplebound textured wrappers; 12pp.; text in facing columns. Faint vertical crease, else Very Good or better. Account of a strike of the staff of the CIBA Dyes company, with A. Tavernini representing the company and P.A. Aranha representing the staff..... More

[Columbus: C.I.O. Council, 1940]. First Editions. Corner-stapled, mimeographed sheets on standard bond, 11" x 8-1/2"; first document 23pp, second document 4pp. Faint toning, corner-crease, still Near Fine. "This We Can Do" includes a full program of the conference, followed by a series of action items, reading lists, and contact information..... More

Providence: A. H. Stillwell, 1844. First Edition. 12mo (19.5cm). Brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; [i]-xii [13]-324pp; steel-engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. A straight, bright copy, cloth just lightly worn; two small damp-stains to front endpapers and mild foxing to the frontispiece portrait of Dorr; Very Good..... More