[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

[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

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

[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: 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

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

Brooklyn: Lavoratori Industriali del Mondo [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W.], N.d. [1919-1920]. First Edition. Articles by Lenin, Tchicherin and Reed on post-revolutionary Soviet foreign policy. Unusual in that there does not appear to have been an English-language equivalent; this would appear to have been an entirely local production..... More

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

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

[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

[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]. OCLC notes a single holding (Harvard) as of September, 2019, though MILES 4648..... More

Chicago: 1937. Single-page typed letter of 14 lines, signed in pencil with pencil manuscript postscript. Written on Industrial Worker letterhead and dated July 9, 1937. Editor of the Industrial Worker Carl Keller thanks Dwight Swain for "your splendid story," which will be published in the August number of the OBU..... More