New York: Collier Books, 1970. First Collier Books Edition. Attaway's second book, and a classic novel of postwar African-American migration, following the lives and careers of three southern brothers in their travels to the industrial North. Highly praised upon publication by the likes of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, but..... More

New York: Coward-McCann, [1959]. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 256pp.; 8 leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities else Very Good or better. Biography of the former Executive Vice President of the CIO who began his career..... More

[Fairfield?]: S.W.O.C. District No. 3, 1940. First Edition. Report to the second annual convention of the S.W.O.C., documenting the union's successes in the southern states during its first year of existence and as well as union-busting activities which as might be imagined were rampant throughout the south during this period..... More

Chicago: Allied Printing, [1987]. Original placard, with text offset printed in dark blue on chipboard, measuring 35.5cm x 56cm (14" x 22"). Hint of foxing along upper margin, else very Near Fine. A relic of the month-long NFL players' strike during the 1987 season. During the brief period that NFL..... More

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1933. First Edition. Conroy's first novel, cited by Walter Rideout as "one of the relatively few proletarian novels written by a working-class author." After the deaths of his brothers and father in a series of mining accidents, Conroy's protagonist bounces around the country, working an..... More

N.p. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen / Miller Printing Co., [1958]. Original printed strike placard, 21" x 14". Printed in black on heavy card stock. Mild marginal wear, slight toning; Very Good. The Brotherhood struck the E.J.&E. Railway in November, 1958, to protest rules changes regarding seniority and the elimination of..... More

Pittsburgh: Steel Workers Organizing Committee, 1940. Six volumes bound in one; narrow octavos (23.25cm.); contemporary green cloth lettered in gilt, original card wrappers bound in. Boards a bit shelf-worn, front hinge cracked between typescript table of contents and first wrapper, else Very Good or better, last three title with "Complimentary"..... More

Los Angeles: University of California, 1962. Reprint. Octavo (22cm). Staple-bound card wrappers; 12pp. Fine and unmarked. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association. More