[New York: 1952]. Three snapshots by an unknown amateur photographer depicting a 1952 street protest against Soviet occupation of the Baltic States. The protesters can be seen carrying placards in front of a large Horn & Hardart warehouse, possibly in lower Manhattan. Signs read "Soviets Out of Lithuania;" "USSR is..... More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in red to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 282pp. A little light wear to extremities, minor bumping to spine ends, bright and strong; internally clean, topstain red, fore-edge untrimmed; in a strong example..... More

Newark, NJ: Swingshift, 1951. First Edition. Proletarian literary and art journal produced by the Writers Workshop of New Jersey, a group comprised of "working artists and writers. And when we say 'working', we mean that we work for a living at benches, counters, desks and machines just as you do..... More

London: Duckworth, [1914]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt on front and spine; plain endpapers, lacking front free endpaper; [vi],310,[2],[20]pp; 22pp of ads at rear. Stamp of Herbert Biberman to flyleaf; old pencil notes to flyleaf. A straight copy, spine lightly sunned, edges gently..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket. 398pp. Mild sun-fading to board edges, else just very light wear, with text tight, clean, and unmarked; Very Good or better. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $6.50 at base of front flap), lightly edge-rubbed..... More

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1960. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's terracotta cloth titled and ruled in black and gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xx]; 651pp. Very light wear and bumping to spine ends and extremities, strong and bright; internally clean and fresh; in a grey dustjacket with some minor..... More

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989. First Edition. A detailed and scholarly investigation of Shahn's life and work during the Cold War period; probably the best critical study of his work after Rodman's 1951 biography. In her note, the author states that she is "pleased with the way it turned..... More

N.p., n.d. [Nashville, 1957?]. Handbill, 8-1/2" x 7" (ca 22cm x 18cm). Printed from typescript, one-side only on white paper. Mild evidence of use; Near Fine. Presumably self-published handbill by an anonymous "Nashville Woman," arguing for the innocence of segregationist gadfly John Kasper (who served an eight month sentence for..... More

Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1957. First American Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decoreated in gilt and blind to spine and front board. Dusjacket. 217pp. Very light wear, a touch of bumping to the head of the spine and some minor scuffing in..... More

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1955. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Pictorial card wrappers with French flaps; 85pp; illus. Trivial rubbing to covers; still a tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy. A bit of show-off Cold War propaganda, touting the achievements of Russian engineering – in this case a completely automated..... More

Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,159,[3]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with some light surface wear and a faint trace of adhesive pull on verso from an old-style dustjacket protector. A...... More

New York: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, 1950. First Edition. Slim octavo (16.25cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 24pp; illus. Light wear and some trivial dustiness to wrappers, else Near Fine. "An assertion that the UE is attacked as red because of its record of devotion to the American..... More

New York: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, [1951]. First Edition. Slim octavo (18cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 24pp; illus. Subtle toning to front wrapper, else Near Fine. A denunciation of the Un-American Activities Committee for its frame-up of UE General Secretary Julius Emspak and UE Local 601 leader..... More