New York: Rand School Press, 1934. Anti-war literature by the future Executive Secretary of the Social Democratic Federation, an off-shoot of the Socialist Party. Introduction by George W. Hartmann, professor of psychology, Pennsylvania State College. First edition, 8vo (21cm.); printed staplebound self-wrappers; 15pp. Spine edge heavily foxed, else Very Good..... More

Pullman, WA: By the Author, 1907. The first volume of a two-part work (published separately) that included also The Trumpet Voice From the Throne (1907). We find reference to the author as the proprietor of a small farmstead in Washtucna, WA in 1912, the same year in which he sold..... More

New York: H.K. Fly Company Publishers, [1913]. First Edition. Octavo (19.25cm.); original red pictorial cloth embossed in blind, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; [2],110pp.; frontispiece printed in sepia, 5 plates of cartoons by Walter J. Enright. Minor shelf-wear, covers slightly soiled; stillVery Good and sound, with the text..... More

San Gabriel, CA: Florence H. Kirkpatrick, [1939]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original teal printed card wrappers; x,3-311pp.; photographs & illus. throughout; order form laid in. Small paper flaw to upper cover affecting the "h" in "Much"; extremities a bit rubbed, else Very Good and sound. Anti-war Socialist Party politician's last..... More

New York: Vanguard Press / League of Industrial Democracy, [1929]. First Edition. Symposium on the growth of International Socialism, by a panel of more than thirty experts from both within and outside the revolutionary movement. Uncommon in the dustwrapper. Small octavo (18cm); limp brown cloth lettered in black on upper..... More

[Boston: Socialist Party of Massachusetts, ca 1932]. Campaign leaflet. Undated, but probably issued for the 1932 Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Alfred Baker Lewis ran for Massachusetts Governor in 1930, 1932, 1934 and 1936. No mention is made here of national candidates, so we would presume the leaflet to be from an..... More

New York: National Mooney-Billings Committee, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers (a bit dust soiled); 22pp. Some wear from handling, but overall a clean, fresh copy, easily Very Good. A relatively early fundraising appeal for the defense of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings, two labor leaders framed for the..... More

Saint Louis: The National Rip-Saw Publishing Company, 1911. Uncommon early pamphlet by the socialist/feminist agitator, accusing the Church of abandoning the needs of the working class, leading to alcoholism and prostitution. "Fortieth thousand." 12mo; staple-bound, printed self-wrappers; 35pp. Mild toning to wrapper extremities, else Near Fine. More

Everett, WA: Socialist Party of Washington, [1915]. A Socialist parable on the evils of Landlordism, much along the lines of Bellamy's "The Parable of the Water Tank." OCLC notes but a single holding (Hamilton College), but that example issued by the Socialist Party of America and published in Chicago. Our..... More

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, [1922]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in white dust jacket printed in dark blue; 332pp. Jacket toned, extremities rather chipped and worn with a number of closed tears, spine crown partially separated but present. Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. Criticism of..... More

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1906. Second edition, "Revised & Enlarged." 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 64pp. Text toned (but not brittle); general light cover soil; Very Good. Simons (1870-1950) was the long-time editor of The International Socialist Review. More

[Boston]: George B. Hugo, 1909. First Edition. Full transcript of the debate, including occasional interjections from the audience. Since the volume was published at Mr. Hugo's expense, we may assume he thought himself the victor; though he notes in his foreword that "...they [the Socialists] submitted [their own] copy for..... More

[Milwaukee: Socialist Party, 1933?]. Single sheet, 9" x 24", folded to 9"x6", 10pp. Mild toning to margins; Very Good. Transcript of an extemporaneous speech delivered by Milwaukee's Socialist Mayor Daniel Hoan, answering attacks against his administration's decision to issue city-backed bonds (here called "scrip") rather than borrowing cash to address..... More