![Sabotage: Its History, Philosophy, & Function [Together With] Original Cover Artwork. ANARCHISTS,...](/pictures/medium/32077.jpg?v=1554414994)
[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
[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...](/pictures/medium/21061.jpg?v=1594440147)
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
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. 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
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
![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
[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
![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
New York: Solidaridad [Solidarity], N.d. [ca 1935]. First Edition Thus. Spanish-language edition of MacDonald's Unemployment and the Machine [MILES 4312]. The English-language version first appeared in 1923; the present edition appears to be rather later, probably ca. mid-1930s. Octavo (23cm). Staple-bound pamphlet. Original pictorial wrappers; 103pp. Minor chipping to wrapper..... 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
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1916. First Edition. Comprehensive report of the labor struggles and laws at the turn of the 20th century, subsantially devoted to the Colorado Labor Wars. The Commission was first created in 1912 in the wake of a wave of labor disputes, and was headed by..... More
![Text in Russian] Bielyi Terror: Stranichka iz Istorii Rabochago Bvizheniia Soedinennykh Shtatov....](/pictures/medium/32958.jpg?v=1594440148)
Chikago: Vseodshchago Komiteta Zashchiti Industrial'nykh Rabochikh Mira, n.d., but 1919. Second Edition. Slim 12mo (18.5cm.); original green pictorial card wrappers signed in imaged "S.M."; 96pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers gently worn from handling, brief tape reinforcement to spine foot and upper cover lower fore-edge corner, some minor toning to extremities, front..... More
