New York: International Publishers, 1938. First Edition. SEIDMAN B526: "...While many domestic topics, such as unions, Wall Street, social insurance, freedom of the press, and the 1936 elections are dealt with, along the Trotskyism, Spain and the achievements of the USSR, the main emphasis is on building a people's front... More
New York: New Age Publishers, 1937. First Edition. SEIDMAN C192: "A pamphlet of the popular-front period commemorating the adoption of the U.S. constitution, at a time when the Party's slogan, "Communism is Twentieth Century Americanism" sought to show that its aims were in line with American traditions." Slim octavo (18.75cm);... More
Chicago: American Peace Mobilization, [1940]. An interesting example of the Comintern's Hitler-Stalin Pact-era "pacifism" - the authors argue vigorously against American participation in WWII, a position that they would reverse abruptly on June 21, 1941, the day Hitler launched his invasion of the Soviet Union. At this point the organization... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1935. SEIDMAN S-327: "...asserting that Hearst, in his drive against wages, unions, and communism, is driving for fascism in the U.S., with the knowledge and approval of the Roosevelt Administration." Dramatic cover illustration by Burck, depicting Hearst and Hitler as a pair of flying bats... More
N.p. [New York]: American League Against War and Fascism, ca 1935. First Edition. Lengthy statement by the American League Against War and Fascism countering accusations that the ALAWF was a Communist-controlled front group. Text unsigned. Concludes with an invitation to attend a Mass Meeting for the defense of Ethiopia (from... More
New York: War Resisters League, [1941]. First Edition. Brief description of life in a federal penitentiary, prepared by a convicted C.O. to give others a notion of what to expect. Rather literal - the author discusses routines, policies, and regulations, but supplies no personal impressions - but an interesting and... More
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1936. First edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed wrappers; 30pp; ads at front and rear. Mild toning to spine and exterior extremities, else Near Fine. Issued as Number 6 in the "Reviewer's Library." More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1936. Staple-bound pamphlet; 56pp. Pencil date to sunned cover, else near fine. 12mo. More
New York: International Publishers, 1941. Staple-bound pamphlet; 32pp. Light foxing to cover and pages, else near fine. 12mo. More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1936. Revolutionary novel of the early days of the Spanish Civil War, set within the socialist and anarchist milieu of pre-war Madrid. Sender, an anarchist and a Republican sympathizer, fled Spain in 1938 and became one of the best-known Spanish exile-intellectuals of the post-war period... More
London: Labour Monthly, (1942). First Edition. Selections from the Soviet press, intended to provide "...a general lesson in the democratic mobilisation of the total effort and resources of a people for victory." Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial wrappers; [64pp]. Covers slightly rubbed; text darkened; about Very Good. More
