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The Roosevelt I Knew
by Frances Perkins
A vivid and intimate portrait of the New Deal president by the first woman ever appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. When Frances Perkins first met Franklin D. Roosevelt at a dance in 1910, she was a young social worker and he was an attractive young man making a modest debut in state politics. Over the next thirty-five years, she watched his career unfold, becoming both a close family friend and a trusted political associate whose tenure as secretary of labor spanned his entire administration. FDR and his...
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There Is Power In a Union
by Dray- Philip
Philip Dray is the author of At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His book Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen was a New York Times Notable Book and received the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Labor Law For the Rank and Filer
by Staughton; Gross, Daniel Lynd
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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All Used Up:
by Phillips, Utah
Newspaper. Utah's songs interspired with IWW remembrances and songs. this collection went with an Album of Utah's "All Used Up. "
I would be personally remiss If I did not bring Brother Phillips work, his memories and hopes for a better world to the reading sisters and brothers. Utah Phillips is alight in the world.
Bibliography. Text unmarked.
paper is browning.
I would be personally remiss If I did not bring Brother Phillips work, his memories and hopes for a better world to the reading sisters and brothers. Utah Phillips is alight in the world.
Bibliography. Text unmarked.
paper is browning.
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A$30.99
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How We Live; A simple dissection of the economic body [FIRST EDITION]
by CLARK, Fred G.; RIMANOCZY, Richard Stanton; KREIS, Hans (illustrator)
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. 4to. Illustrated cloth. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams throughout. 39 pp. Minor sunning to spine. Attractive bookplate inside front cover. A fine copy. This is a young person's primer of Capitalist economic theory with a decidedly anti-Communist, anti-Labor perspective.
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A$38.74
Technologie for Ungdommen, eller Beskrivelse over Konster, Haandvaerker og Haadteringer. Oversat af J. Werfel.
by Funke, C. P. [Carl Philipp Funke]
Kopenhagen, für A. Soldin gedr. von B. Brünnich, 1801. . (Nicht bei Bruun, Bibl. Dan.). - Einband etw. berieben, Exlibris aV. - Beschreibt über 150 Berufe aus Handwerk, Kunsthandwerk, Jagd- u. Forstwesen, mit einer Einführung zur Ethik zwischenmenschlichen Verhaltens.- Karl Philipp Funke (1752-1807), Pädagoge u. Verfasser von Lesebuch- u. Sachtexten für die Jugend, studierte in Halle Theologie u. unterrichtete bereits während des Studiums an den Franckeschen Anstalten, ging 1776 als Lehrer u....
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A$74.70
History of the Labor Movement in the United States: Volume III (3); The Policies and Practices of the American Federation of Labor 1900-1909
by Foner, Philip S
New York: International Publishers, 1973 The cover is rubbed and creased. 477 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paper Back. Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (204-227mm).
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A$37.50
A Short History of the British Working-Class Movement 1789-1947
by Cole, G. D. H
London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1948). Later Printing. Hardcover. New edition completely revised and updated to 1947, fifth printing 1966. Red cloth cover is clean and unworn, gilt lettering bright, corners sharp. Binding sound. Interior clean and unmarked. DJ has age toning and a somewhat darkened spine, some short tears, light soiling, and is price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 500 pages .
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A$34.09
Statut der Innung: "Tapezier-Verein von 1810" in Hamburg.
Hamburg, gedr. bei J. G. L. Wichers & Sohn, 1891. . Enthält die 60 Haupt-Statuten, die 8 Neben-Statuten u. 4 Reglements der Innung. - Einband gebräunt; je 2 Bibl.-Stempel auf VDeckel u. Titel; innen gut
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A$64.74
Hoffa's Man : the Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa As Witnessed by His Strongest Arm / Joseph Franco with Richard Hammer
by Franco, Joseph
New York : Prentice Hall Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 332 pages; Description: xv, 332 p. , 8 p. Of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Franco, Joseph --Hoffa, James Riddle, (1913-) --International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
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A$20.36
The Impact of Negotiations in Public Education: The Evidence From the Schools
by Perry, Charles R. & Wesley A. Wildman
Worthington, Ohio: Charles A. Jones Publishing Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth cover is clean and unworn other than a very small bump lower front corner. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. DJ has light wear at edges and a few short tears. Spine is faded from light. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages .
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A$12.40
Labor Divided: Austerity and Working-Class Politics in Contemporary Italy
by Golden, Miriam
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1988. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Sunning to jacket spine and watermarks to jacket interior. Marks to rear board and light wear to board edges. Smal highlighter mark to page block foot and small pen mark to FEP. Lower leading corner of page 105 is dog-eared. Text is clean and unmarked throughout. AD. Hardcover. Good. Used.
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A$29.07
LABOR AND AUTOMOBILES
by Dunn, Robert W
New York:International Publishers, 1929. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Internatonal Publishers. (1929). 224pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. In verygood codition. Rear cover and spine lightly soiled and shelf-worn, with some soiling to top page edges. Front cover clean and bright. Internally, pages clean and bright with no previous owners marks or signatures. A very good copy.
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A$30.99
Subterranean Fire : A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United States
by Smith, Sharon
Haymarket Books, 2018. Very Good softcover New Updated edition. Softcover. Very Good.
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A$30.99
Understanding Industrial Relations
by Farnham, David
London: Cassell Educational Limited. Very Good. 1990. Fourth Edition. Paperback. Trade PB . Light reading creases, some highlighing inside. ; Nice tight flat copy. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 464 pages; Setting British industrial relations in their political, historical, economic and social contexts. .
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A$34.86
The Big Swindle; The Story Behind Productivity Drives
by Larkin, Lori
Highland Park, MI: Revolutionary Socialist League, n.d. . Pamphlet. Very Good-. Revolutionary Socialist League, n.d., text would suggest early 1970s; saddle-stapled pamphlet; 29pp. Stapled binding remains sturdy. Light corner and edgewear, some spotting/staining to wraps; SAN written in red marker on front; publisher's and Chicago branch of the Revolutionary Socialist League's promotional stamps inside front cover. Text itself is unmarked. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis,...
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A$18.59
THE CLOTHING TRADE: INDUSTRIAL POLITICAL VIEWS. SEPTEMBER, 1919.
by (Shoenfeld, Mayer)
New York: Mayer Shoenfeld, 1919., 1919.. Very good. - Tall narrow 16mo, 6 inches high by 3 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled light brown wraps titled and decorated in black on the front cover. There are minor creases to the covers. 16 pages. Near fine. Mayer Shoenfeld of the United Brotherhood of Tailors led a strike of tailors in 1896. On the inside cover, Shoenfeld writes "This booklet is not on sale. I am talking to be heard: not for hire. Read this and pass it on. It is merely a prologue -...
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A$387.35
An INDEX to PERIODICAL LITERATURE by Wm. Fred. Poole, A.M. librarian of the Boston Mercantile Library Association
by Poole, Wm. Fred. A.M. 07a
NY, London: Charles B. Norton. FAIR book. 1st, 10"x6", 521,(errata)pp.. 1853. 1st. Hardcover. FAIR book, MISSING backstrip top & bottom. VG text block. Top edges of most leaves after p150 unopened. . Brown cloth boards, edge ruled & central floral design in blind. Front cover with gilt vignette of liberty cap holding scales of justice. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine MISSING upper & lower 1/5th of backstrip. Weak upper hinge. Prelim front margin faintly damp stained. Otherwise nice...
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A$309.88
SIDNEY HILLMAN 1887-1946.
by Raskin, A. H
(Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society), circa [1948]., [1948].. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. There is some very minor soiling to the covers with a light stain to the front cover. 14 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. Very good. Reprinted from The American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 49, 1947-48.Sidney Hillman [1887-1946] was an American labor leader. He was the head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and was a key figure in...
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The Miners: Years of Struggle; a History of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain
by R. Page Arnot
George Allen & Unwin, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy. Binding tight. 1st Edition. Slight shelfwear on DJ.
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A$23.26
Dock Strike
by Buchman, Roger
Text unmarked. Spine tight. slight ding top rear cover. Major event in Oregon history and the 1929 depression. Wage figures and contract in book
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A$69.72
Absentee Mothers: A Social Crisis
by Dougherty, Kenneth
Garrison, NY: Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, 1945. Paperback. Near Fine. 1945. Illustrated wraps. 20 pp. Near Fine copy.
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A$38.74
![Special-Rolle des Amts der Töpfer. [Zunftbestimmungen].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/269/754/242754269.0.b.0.jpg)
Special-Rolle des Amts der Töpfer. [Zunftbestimmungen].
Hamburg, gedr. bei Joh. Aug. Meißner, 1835. . 41 Paragraphen: Von den Älterleuten, dem kleinen Amte, den Ladentagen und der jährlichen Amtsversammlung; Von den Meistern, Meisters Frauen und Wittwen; Von den Amtszulagen, der Amtscasse, der Armenbüchse, dem Todtengelde und den Beerdigungen; Von den Gesellen und deren Casse; Von den Lehrlingen und der Ausschreibung derselben. - Ergänzungen v. alter Hand.
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Robert La Follette and the Insurgent Spirit [FIRST EDITION]
by THELEN, David P
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 211 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a stated first edition biography of influential progressive radical politician "Fighting Bob" La Follette (1855-1925).
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Holz im deutschen Volkshandwerk. Zweite Schulausstellung des Staatlichen Museums für Deutsche Volkskunde.
Berlin, Staatlichen Museum für Deutsche Volkskunde, 1940. . [2. Schulausstellung des Staatlichen Museums für Deutsche Volkskunde]. - U.a. mit Berufsporträts: Zimmermann, Tischler, Instrumentenmacher, Schiffbauer, Drechsler, Schnitzer, Böttcher, Stellmacher und einem Kapitel: Kinder werken in Holz. - Etwas gebräunt/angestaubt
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A$24.90
Getting Uncle Sam to Enforce Your Civil Rights
by HARTLEY, Mary Elizabeth
Clearinghouse Publication, 1979. Pamphlet. Very good. This is an original government-issued pamphlet from 1979 and not one of the many reprints available. This is a handbook for reporting discrimination and holding the government accountable for civil rights violations. While most of the addresses and specific advices for reporting are presumably no longer correct, this is a collector's item for anyone interested the history of the bipartisan Commission on Civil Rights, founded in 1957 and continuing...
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Hamburger Werkzeugmacher im 19. Jahrhundert. Die gewerbliche Herstellung von Tischlerwerkzeugen.
by Heine, Günther
Hamburg, 1991. . Dissertation Universität Hamburg, 1991. Günther Heine (geb. 1923), ehem. Vizepräsident und Gründungsmitglied des "British Tools and Trades History Society", Verfasser von 'Das Werkzeug des Schreiners und Drechslers' und 'Das Werkzeug des Zimmermanns'. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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A$107.90
Women, Work and Equal Opportunity: Underachievement in the Civil Service
by Bagilhole, Barbara
Avebury, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Issued. 6x0x9. Very good hardcover copy, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Interior appears free of markings. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Rubbing to cover, otherwise shelfwear is very minor. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A$23.24
