![Sabotage: Its History, Philosophy, & Function [Together With] Original Cover Artwork. ANARCHISTS & THE I. W. W. - GRAPHICS, Walker C. SMITH, Ralph Chaplin, attributed.](/pictures/medium/32077.jpg?v=1529353680)
[Chicago: I.W.W. Publishing Bureau, n.d. but 1913]. Reprint (1917). Quite possibly the earliest iteration of Ralph Chaplin's now-ubiquitous "Sabo-Tabby," the I.W.W.'s black cat symbol for sabotage. The present work shows the black cat with its claws fully extended while it arches its back on top of a bag of money..... More
![Der Sozialistische Industrie-Unionismus [Industrial Unionism]. Translated into German by Karl Dannenberg. Eugene DEBS.](/pictures/medium/31616.jpg?v=1529353662)
Hoboken: Deutschen Press-Komitee / Literatur-Buro der W.I.I.U., 1920. First Thus. Rare German-language printing, under the auspices of Daniel DeLeon's Workers International Industrial Union, of Debs's 1905 speech "Industrial Unionism." An uncommon Debs item. The W.I.I.U. was a re-branded version of Daniel De Leon's "Detroit I.W.W.," which split from the Chicago..... More
[Chicago: I.W.W., n.d. but 1918?]. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm.); original yellow-green printed wrappers; 151pp. Wrappers rather worn and a bit soiled and unevenly foxed, spine ends chipped, additional minor soil spots to textblock. Still, About Very Good and sound. One of the early members of the IWW accused of..... More
[New York: Ferrero-Sallitto Defense Conference of New York, n.d., 1936]. First Edition. 12mo (19cm.); original staplebound self-wrappers (a bit soiled); 16pp.Light from handling, previous fold, else Very Good and sound. IWW-sponsored Conference's plea against the deportation of two Italian anti-Fascists who, if sent back to Italy, would be hounded by..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Frank's sequel to Dark Mother, a strike novel in which a tobocco company executive searches for social order among farmers and workers. HANNA 1299, BLAKE p.252, RIDEOUT p.296. Octavo (21cm); lime green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel; dustjacket;... More
![Az Állandó Munka Biztositása [Hungarian: How to Insure Your Job]. József GERÉB.](/pictures/medium/32945.jpg?v=1529353710)
Chicago: Az I.W.W. Magyar Közp. Szerv. Bizottsága, ca. 1920. First Hungarian Language Edition. Slightly later (ca. 1944) typescript note tipped in providing publication information: "'The Security of a Steady Job' / A pamphlet of revolutionary industrial unionism. By Joseph Gereb. Published by the Central Organization Committee of the Hungarian Section..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1947]. "Great Western Edition" Novel first published in 1919, "An anti-labor account of the ruin of a loyal German-American farmer in Washington state by striking I.W.W. farm workers" - HANNA 1504; see also BLAKE, pp. 239-40, and MILES 4995 for the first edition. Octavo (19.5cm.);... More
![[Text in Russian] Kak Mashina Zamenila Ruchnoi Trud. N[ils HANSON, H, INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD.](/pictures/medium/32946.jpg?v=1529353710)
[Chikago: Izdanie Ispolnitel'nago Komiteta Russkikh Ob'edinennykh Otdelov Soiuza I.R.M.], 1920. First Russian Language Edition. Small octavo (19cm.); original grey staplebound card wrappers; 32pp. Very minor wear from handling, faint contemporary ownership rubberstamp to upper cover, else Very Good or better. Russian translation of Onward Sweep of the Machine Process. MILES..... More
[Chicago]: Industrial Workers of the World, 1955. Quarto (27.25cm.); original green mimeographed staplebound wrappers; 11,[1],12pp.; text printed from typescript; lacking top staple, remnants of previously removed paper label on upper wrapper not affecting text; faint toning along fold lines of rear wrapper. Appendix (large tear without loss of meaning) printed... More
![[Title in Bulgarian] Ekonomicheskoto Obiasnenie na Rabotata. Bulgarian: An Economic Interpretation of the Job. I W. W.](/pictures/medium/21061.jpg?v=1529353297)
Chicago: Izdanie na Industralnit' Rabotnitzi na Svieta, 1923. Bulgarian translation of An Economic Interpretation of the Job (see MILES 4084 for the first, 1922, edition). NYU, UC Davis, Michigan, and Balch Institute only in OCLC as of September, 2015. Octavo (22.75cm.); original blue-green pictorial wrappers; [2],61,[1]pp. Wrapper edges a bit... More
Chicago: Il Proletario, (1922). First edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 16pp. Chip to front wrapper (with no loss of text); covers partially split along spine-fold; internally clean and unmarked. Anarchist-socialist tract, printed by "Il Proletario," the Italian-language propaganda arm of the I.W.W. Scarce; only five copies located via OCLC..... More
Chicago: "Il Proletario" [1922]. First edition, 12mo (19cm.); original red printed staplebound wrappers; 15,[1]pp. Two small, shallow chips to upper wrapper fore-edge not affecting text; shallow dampstain to bottom inch of spine. Anarchist-socialist tract, printed by "Il Proletario," the Italian-language propaganda arm of the I.W.W. Scarce; only five copies located..... More
New York: Merit Publishers, 1967. Reprint. Reprint of MILES 3637, originally published in 1955 - "Fiftieth anniversary review of the IWW from a Communist viewpoint." Second edition (first published 1955). First printing of the Merit edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial wrappers; 31pp. Clean, unworn copy, Near Fine. More
![1954 Labor Calendar [cover title]. I W. W., INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD.](/pictures/medium/34789.jpg?v=1529353785)
Chicago: Industrial Workers of the World, 1954. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); red pictorial staplebound and hole-punched self-wrappers; [12] mimeographed leaves; illus. throughout, each leaf printed on differently colored stock. Upper wrapper a bit rubbed with tiny chips along extremities, else a Very Good, unused example. Apparently the only such calendar... More
![Una Gran Unión de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo [cover title: Una sola y grande unión de todos los trabajadores...]. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD.](/pictures/medium/27415.jpg?v=1529353541)
Morelia: Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo, ca. 1940s?]. First Thus. Octavo (23.5cm.); original white decorative staplebound wrappers; 23pp. Very minimal wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Text entirely in Spanish. Mexican edition of One Big Union. Headquarters address on title page: 2422 Halsted St. North, Chicago, the IWW's address... More
![Dan McGann [drop title]. VANCOUVER BRANCH INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD, DUBLIN DAN.](/pictures/medium/27498.jpg?v=1529353545)
Vancouver: Vancouver Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World, n.d., ca. 1970? First Thus. Broadsheet (22.75x20.25cm.) intended to be folded into a bifolium; printed on red stock. Fine. Promotional flyer reproducing three labor poems, including Irish Wobbly poet Dublin Dan's "Dan McGann," J.P. Thompson's "Union Poem," and "Labor Speaks,"..... More
Chicago: I.W.W., n.d., ca. 1920. First Hungarian Language Edition. Tipped in note with manuscript correction: "An official book[l]et of the I.W.W. / Translated into Hungarain [sic] by Joseh [sic] Gereb." Later (1944) manuscript note to title page: "Labadie Collection: G[if]t. Joseph H. Gereb. March 10. 1944." OCLC record erroneously gives..... More
![Broadsheet: Wanted -- One Big Union [drop title]. IWW.](/pictures/medium/27504.jpg?v=1529353546)
[Chicago: Industrial Workers of the World, n.d., ca. 1937]. First Edition. Quarto broadsheet (24.5x17.75cm.); text in double columns. Uniformly toned, else Fine. Organizational flyer, arguing that the "CIO is not constructed to enable workers to decide what action they should take." MILES 4654. One holding located in OCLC as of... More
[N.p. Industrial Workers of the World, n.d., ca. 1940s]. First Edition. Small slim oblong 32mo (3.75x11.5cm.); plain staplebound card wrappers; five leaves each comprised for four repeating perforated stamps printed in red, interleaved with blanks. Fine. Complete booklet of IWW GOC (General Organizing Committee) dues stamps. More
![Ti Einai to I.W.W. [Greek: What Is the I.W.W.?]. IWW.](/pictures/medium/27592.jpg?v=1529353549)
[Chicago: I.W.W., n.d., 1924?]. First Thus. Octavo (22.75cm.); original green decorative staplebound wrappers; 24pp. Wrapper extremities a hint toned, tiny chip at spine foot, else Very Good or better. Greek language edition of the organizing pamphlet What Is the I.W.W.? A Candid Statement of Its Principles, Objects, and Methods. See..... More
![Will You Join Today? [drop title]. IWW.](/pictures/medium/27754.jpg?v=1529353555)
[Chicago: Industrial Workers of the World, n.d., ca. 1920]. First Edition. Octavo broadsheet (23.5cm.); text printed in double column. Uniformly toned, else Fine. Recruitment flyer describing the IWW as both an "idea" and an "ideal." Unlocated in OCLC as of October, 2015, though MILES 4702 locates a copy at the... More
![[Text in Cyrillic] Shcho e I.R.S.? Kratko izlozhenie na neynite printsipi, tseli i metodi. IWW.](/pictures/medium/27501.jpg?v=1529353546)
Chikago: Izdanie i pechat na Industrialite Rabotnitsi na Sveta, 1924. First Thus. 12mo (19cm.); original blue staplebound wrappers; 31pp. Very mild toning along wrapper extremities, else Fine. Bulgarian edition of the organizing pamphlet What Is the I.W.W.? (See MILES 4669.) This edition unlocated in OCLC as of September, 2015. More
Chicago: Industrial Workers of the World. Swedish-language edition of "What Is The I.W.W." (MILES 4669), first published 1919. Address on title page is 1001 West Madison St, Chicago. Octavo. N.d. (1924). Original printed wrappers; 32pp. Mild dusting to covers, else a very well-preserved copy, Near Fine. More
[Chicago? IWW, n.d., ca. 1914]. First Edition. Octavo bifolium (23.25cm.). Uniformly toned and rather brittle due to poor paper quality, else Very Good. Flyer arguing that employment agencies are cheating workers. IWW preamble provided on p. [4]. Unlocated in OCLC as of October, 2015, though MILES 4648 locates a copy... More
Berkeley: Berkeley General Recruiting Union, Industrial Workers of the World, 1962. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); original mimeographed side-stapled wrappers; 16pp; illus. Text printed from typescript in various colors on pulp-paper stock. Moderate cover soil and wear; text paper toned; still a complete and well-preserved single issue of this extremely ephemeral... More
