Search Results: Social Movements, Protest, Labor from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New York: New Yorkers for Abortion Law Repeal, 1970. First separate printing (originally published in Notes from the Second Year: Women's Liberation). 4to (11" x 8.5"), single sheet folded to form 4 pages, printed on white paper.
Brief portion of page one redacted (upper right), otherwise a Fine uncirculated copyAn early member of the radical feminist group Redstockings, Ms Cisler's important & prescient essay focuses on anti-abortion tactics & argues that settling for reform to existing law would result in a situation "in which abortion is grudgingly parceled out by hospital committee fiat to the few women who can 'prove' they've been raped, or who are crazy, or are in danger of bearing a defective baby." Quite uncommon, OCLC finds a single copy at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

New York: New Yorkers for Abortion Law Repeal, no date [1970]. First edition. 4to (11" x 8.5"), single sheet folded to form 4 pages, printed on yellow paper.
Brief portion of page one redacted (upper right), otherwise a Fine uncirculated copy. In 1970 New York became the second state (after Hawaii) to pass broad legislation legalizing abortion. Prior, although several states permitted some exceptions, abortion was essentially illegal in the United States. Interestingly, the New York legislation did not include a residency requirement, as Hawaii did, and in the first two years, women from other states accounted for 60% of abortions in New York. As the author writes, presciently as it seems, "The recent change in New York state's abortion laws has met with widespread, but largely unwarranted, praise The enactment of "the nation's most liberal abortion law" is certainly a pleasing indication of the speed at which public and legislative opinion is progressing The fact that the New York abortion bill was… Read More

New York: George H. Doran Company, (1915). First Edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.5"), 94 pages. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in blue on the spine, with blue printed paper label on the upper cover providing author & title.
Covers soiled, modest edge wear, foxing throughout (heavy at times), one leaf with corner crease, a good or so copy of an important book.
Alice Duer Miller's gathering of satirical poetry, prose, & a three-page play all related to women's rights & suffrage, much of which was originally published in the New York Tribune. Particularly engaging is the section entitled "Campaign Material" in which Ms. Miller provides tongue-in-cheek reasons for denying suffrage:
"BECAUSE no woman will leave her domestic duties to vote;
Because no women who may vote will attend to her domestic duties;
Because every woman will vote as her husband tells her to; ...
Because will form a solid party and outvote men ..."

New York: Socialist Workers Party. New York State Campaign, 1970. Illustrated broadsheet flyer, single sheet measuring 11 inches by 8.5 inches printed recto & verso.
Short diagonal creasing at two corners, otherwise Fine.
In addition to a poignant message provided in part below, this flyer supplies the platform of the Socialist Workers Party and solicits donations.
"Increasing numbers of Black and Puerto Rican people in this city are opening their eyes to the cruel and unjust system that oppresses us. It is this system which sends our sons to die in Indochina for "freedom" and "democracy" - in the name of the very rights denied us here at home. We fight against our Vietnamese brothers and sisters when the main enemy is right here at home.That enemy is capitalism - the system of Nixon, Rockefeller, Wallace and Lindsay. It is the system whose two parties, the Democratic and Republican parties, come asking us for votes every year while Democratic and Republican officeholders send out brothers to die,… Read More

[Boston: Boston: Crystal River Society ?], no date (ca. 1887). Broadsheet, 2 pp., small 4to (10" x 6"), with color-printed "map" from a woodcut on the recto depicting a train en route from "Drunkard's Curve" to the "Black Valley Country." The verso supplies statistics and "Questions for Study in Moral and Political Economy." Small losses at corners, a few tears without loss, otherwise very good.A variant available in various incarnations as early as 1863, this example not currently found in OCLC. The recto offers the "above map enlarged to 18 x 24 inches in colored lithograph sent by mail to any address for 50 cents," the verso offers the handbill at 3 cents each or $2 per hundred, to be ordered from the Crystal River Society of Boston. The map was also advertised in the Home Missionary (volume 60, 1887).

New York: Richard Ellington, 1959. Second edition. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75"), 36 pp., illustrated by Trina Castillo, Lee Shaw, & Pat Ellington. Pictorial, stapled, stiff paper wraps. Wraps moderately toned & soiled (cup stain on the upper), brief edge wear, about very good. Satiric but poignant folksongs collected by Dick Ellington, who was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, & Dave Van Ronk, Greenwich Village's "Mayor of MacDougal Street," who made enormous contributions to the American folk music revival.

Boys Town, Nebraska: Father Flanagan's Boys Home, no date [1939]. First edition, this copy signed in ink by Father Flanagan at the first page: "Father Flanagan/ Boys Town, Nebr.,/ Xmas 1939." Tall quarto (12.25" x 9.25"), 16 unnumbered pages & covers, profusely illustrated from photographs. Original pictorial light card covers, stapled.
Lightly soiled, modest edge wear particularly at the corners, lower cover irregularly browned, otherwise very good or better.
"There is no such thing as a bad boy."
Father Flanagan (1886 -1948) revolutionized how orphaned and disadvantaged youth are cared for and will no doubt be declared a saint by the Catholic Church imminently.

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, printed by Wright & Potter, April 4, 1881. First edition. Original folio broadside measuring approximately 15 inches by 9.5 inches printed recto only on medium paper. Not found in OCLC as of 3/30/2024.
Old folds, Moderately toned & soiled, edge wear including creasing & a one inch tear, otherwise good or better & still quite attractive.
"The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asks the attention of all good citizens to the law of the Commonwealth for the protection of our small birds and their nests, and it invites their co-operation in the enforcement of the same. The penalty is ten dollars for killing each bird, and for wilfully destroying, disturbing or taking their nests or eggs, the same sum; one-half of the fine goes to the complainant, and one-half to the city or town where the offense is committed …" ~Excerpted from the text.

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1872. First edition. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.5"), 8 pages. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps, sewn. OCLC locates 8 copies under 2 accession numbers as of 4/7/2024.
Lightly toned & soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good.
"To awaken attention to the improper use of check-reins, we wish to give a wide circulation to the following article, prepared from the best authorities. Packages of the pamphlet will be sent, without cost, to friends who will distribute them to stable-keepers, teamsters, drivers, and others who have to do with horses." ~Frank B. Fay, Secretary, excerpted from the front cover.
George Thorndike Angell (1823 – 1909) founded the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1868 & in 1889 founded the American Humane Education Society. Both organizations continue to this day.

[Newark, New Jersey: Bureau of Moral And Hygienic Education, Inc.], 1929 (copyright). 16mo (6.5" x 4.75"), 24 pages. Publisher's light card covers, stapled.
Margins sunned, internal toning, otherwise very good.
The first in a series of sex booklets for "adults only" by the prolific Dr. Krauss who was the president of the Bureau of Moral And Hygienic Education.
"SEX is SEX: - And the operation of it is the biggest force in LIFE. Abnormalities in its expression are perhaps mostly the result of supersensitiveness , due to retcence and repression; there is nothing wrong in proper expression of SEX ..." ~Dr. Krauss, excerpted from the text.

Pittsburgh: Know, Inc, [1970] First edition. 4to (11" x 8.5"), broadsheet, single sheet printed recto & verso on yellow paper.
A Fine uncirculated copy Provides the text of a speech delivered by Anselma Dell'Olio at the Congress to Unite Women on May 30, 1970. Ms. Dell'Olio explains her dissatisfaction & provides reasons for leaving the movement to "return to the hordes of women living out their lives in quiet desperation." The author, who founded the New Feminist Theater, poignantly warns that "rage, masquerading as a pseudo-egalitarian radicalism under the 'pro-woman' banner," was turning into "frighteningly vicious anti-intellectual fascism of the left." Quite uncommon, OCLC locates two copies of this edition & another three variants.

Portland, Oregon: Binford and Mort, (1939). First edition. 8vo, 279 pp. Original orange cloth lettered in blue, in pictorial dust jacket. Text toned, brief foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise very good in good or better price-clipped dust jacket, lightly rubbed, with a small gouge in the front panel, a few nicks along the edges, & publisher's advertisements for other titles on the back panel with prices redacted. "A gripping extract from life. This challenging story is an industrial case history taken from the great plywood mills of the Northwest. It is based on five years of struggle by a group of workers to establish union principles in the face of overwhelming difficulties ..."~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

New York: [Guido Bruno], 1920. First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated by Bruno in ink at the ffep. Sextodecimo (6.5" x 4.5"), 24 pp., with illustrations by Clara Tice. Publisher's light green flower motif cloth with a gilt-lettered black leather spine label. Laid in is the catalog card of Stewart Kidd, old & rare books department, descriptive of this copy.
Covers lightly browned mostly in the margins, toning at early & late leaves, otherwise very good.
The inscription is partially in Greek. The portion in English reads as follows: "Clara's charming nudes, not my little sketch will please you. April 1, 1928, Guido Bruno."
A series of charming stories, some mildly erotic, by "The Barnum of Bohemia," enhanced by the illustrations of Clara Tice, "The Queen of Greenwich Village." Contents include: "Adultery on Washington Square" & "The Nun and the Prostitute." Both Bruno & Tice ran afoul of Anthony Comstock & his Society for the Suppression of Vice.

New York: Roth Horowitz LLC, 1999. First edition, one of 500 copies. Oblong octavo (7.75" x 10") 39 pages, illustrated throughout (some in color, some folding). Publisher's light gray thick boards lettered in white on the upper cover bound by red wire rings.
Boards slightly soiled & toned, trace edge wear, otherwise near fine.
An extremely clever catalog for the Roth Horowitz exhibition held October 28 through December 10, 1999. Presented as a wedding invitation for the marriage of Berman & Watts, the catalog actually showcases their art work. Includes seven illustrations by Beat Movement artist Wallace Berman from SEMINA and The David Meltzer archive & six illustrations by Fluxus artist Robert Watts from "Archive With Embedments."

Louisville, Kentucky: Baptist Book Concern, (1923). First edition. 8vo, 165 pp. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover.
Covers soiled & spotted, corners bruised & rubbed, binding cracking in a couple of places, previous owner's name in ink at front pastedown, moderately toned & occasionally foxed, Good or so.Presents ten essays by various authors, good Baptists all, including:"The Menace of Feminism" (John William Porter), "Should a Woman Speak to Mixed Assemblies?" (John A. Broadus), "The Bible on Women's Public Speaking" (T.T. Eaton), "The Work and Sphere of True Womanhood" (W.H. Felix), etc. John William Porter, presumably the compiler as well, provides a closing summary, writing in part: "There was no woman among the twelve apostles, nor the seventy Surely had Christ intended for women to preach, and to speak in mixed assemblies, he would have made some mention of the fact."

New York: WW Norton and Company, (1967). First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink at the half-title page by Warren K Billings to James H Williams. Additionally laid in is the receipt for the book & Williams' cancelled check in payment made out to Billings & endorsed by him on the verso. 8vo, 496 pp, with numerous illustrations from photographs Publisher's maroon paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered gray cloth patterned paper, in pictorial dust jacket Binding shaken, lightly rubbed, with a couple of nicks at the spine extremities, otherwise good in moderately soiled dust jacket, browned at the spine, with brief edge wear, & front flap corner clipped (price at upper corner intact). "One of the most infamous, calculated miscarriages of justice in American history" Billings, a labor leader and political activist, was falsely convicted of the 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco in which 10 were killed and 40 injured. Mooney was convicted in a separate trial. Both men were… Read More

Havana, San Juan de Dios y Villegas: Impresos Martin, no date (ca. 1949). Illustrated brochure, bifolium (9.5" x 6.25"), 4 pages, with photographic illustration depicting General Wood, who founded the Fronton, & teammates at page 4.
Removed from a scrapbook leaving glue staining & scuffing at the upper margin of the last page, old folds, creasing, edge wear including a couple of short tears & small losses, good or so & still quite useful.
Presents "description & rules of the game" on pp. 2 & 3.
This fronton was established in 1901 by General Leonard Wood, then military governor of Cuba. The facility, now in ruins, closed in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution when Fidel Castro banned sporting or recreational events involving betting.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1908. "Special Philadelphia Edition with References." Sextodecimo (6.5" x 4.5"), 159 & [1] pages. Publisher's light brown/ tan cloth lettered in black on the spine & upper cover.
Binding soiled, spine browned, edges lightly rubbed, brief wear at corners, text toned, Previous owner's name, address & presentation in ink & pencil at the ffep, a good or better copy.
A Russell Sage Foundation Publication by Ms. Richmond who, along with Jane Addams, is regarded as the mother of professional social work.
Originally published in 1907, this "Special Philadelphia Edition" adds local addresses, phone numbers & office hours for service providers.
Chapters include: The Child in the City; The Child at Work: The Adult Worker; The Tenant; The Man on the Street; The Family in Distress; The Invalid; The Contributors, & The Church Member.

New York: Oaksmith & Co., Five issues, volume I, January to July, (omitting July as issued), 1859. Small quarto (10.25" x 7"), 664 pages, profusely illustrated from woodcuts. Publisher's gilt-lettered quarter black morocco & black pebbled cloth. Text in two columns.
Ex-library with rubber-stamp of the Frank J. Basloe Library at the ffep (no other marks). Binding worn, rubbed & scuffed, evidence of bookplate removal at the front pastedown, hinges cracked, front hinge nearly failed, foxing & toning, still quite useful.
Seba Smith & wife Elizabeth Oakes Smith purchased Emerson's Magazine, previously known as Putnam's Monthly, in 1858, renaming it The Great Republic thereafter. Ms. Smith, a prominant women's rights activist as well as author, journalist, poet, & editor, contibutes 9 articles largely regarding conditions in New York City including:
"The Tombs, The Great City Prison."
"The Sewing Girls of New York."
"The Street Musicians of New York."
"The Ragpickers of New York."
Apparently unsuccessful,… Read More

New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1911. Second printing. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), xii & 213 pages plus [4] pages of advertisements. Publisher's olive cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover.
Spine dull, brief wear at extremities, binding cracked at p. 212 (still secure), text moderately toned, browning at p. 46 from removed newsclipping, text a bit toned, previous owner's name, date, & address in ink & pencil at front pastedown & ffep, good or better & still quite useful.
The author was secretary of the New York State Tenement House Commission & instrumental in drafting the New York State Tenement House Act which mandated better fire exits and running water for bathrooms in every tenement.
Chapters include in part:
Housing Evils and their Significance.
Some Popular Fallacies.
How to Start a Movement for Housing Reform.
Model Tenements and their Limitations.