[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

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

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

[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

New York: Folkways, [1954]. Glazer's pioneering recordings of Joe Hill's iconic labor songs, including "The Preacher and the Slave," "Casey Jones the Union Scab," "The Rebel Girl," "Mr. Block," and others. Glazer was the leading exponent of the labor song tradition during the folk revival, and his interpretations of these..... 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

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

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