N.p. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, C.I.O., 1944. First Edition. Scarce album of lithographs, published by the Shipbuilders Union to celebrate the union's contributions to the shipbuilding industry during the Second World War. A very nicely produced album, with seven fine prints by an artist about..... More
![Never Off Pay: The Story of the Independent Tanker Union, 1937-1962 [Inscribed & Signed]. John J....](/pictures/medium/28747.jpg?v=1529353594)
New York: Fordham University Press, [1964]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; xii,339pp. Light dusting to jacket, tiny closed tear to top edge of upper panel, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed "To Father James Johnson / With best wishes / Sincerely /..... More
San Francisco & New York: 1937-1938. Professional archive of a "Probationary Member" of the ISUA from 1937 to 1938, comprised of nine printed pieces, nearly all accomplished in manuscript or rubberstamp. Some old folds to the two discharge certificates, minor wear from handling, else a Very Good or better collection..... More
New York? NMU, n.d., ca. 1943? First Edition. Broadside (27.5x20.75cm.); two woodcut illustrations. Previous mail fold, very minor chipping along top edge, tiny dampstain at left-hand edge, else Very Good or better. Beautifully illustrated promotional broadside issued by the National Maritime Union: "Do You Need / A ration card for..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948. First Edition. Rosskam's photo-documentary of maritime culture on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The work is highly reminiscent of Rosskam's photographs for the FSA in the thirties, and the book is in fact dedicated to Rosskam and Shahn's old boss at the FSA..... More
