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The Shadow Of the Winter Palace
by Edward Crankshaw
The Shadow of the Winter Palace: Russia's Drift to Revolution, 1825-1917
Crankshaw examines 19th-century Russia, between the failed Decembrist conspiracy in 1825 up until it's WWI collapse - a tempestuous time in the political world, but one that was also a Golden Age of intellectual and artistic achievement.
Reveille For Radicals
by Saul Alinsky
Saul Alinsky was born in Chicago in 1909 and educated first in the streets of that city and then in its university. Graduate work at the University of Chicago in criminology introduced him to the Al Capone gang, and later to Joliet State Prison, where he studied prison life. He founded what is known today as the Alinsky ideology and Alinsky concepts of mass organization for power. His work in organizing the poor to fight for their rights as citizens has been internationally recognized. In the late 1930s...
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Late Capitalism
by Mandel, Ernest
Ernest Mandel (1923–95), historian, economist and activist, was a leading figure in the Fourth International from 1945 and was the author of a number of books, including Late Capitalism, Marxist Economic Theory, Long Waves of Capitalist Development, and The Meaning of the Second World War.
The Flower Shop: A Play in Three Acts
by Craig-Wentworth, Marion
Boston: Richard G. Badger: The Gorham Press, 1912. Melodrama of women's freedom and right to work after marriage; the author was better-known for her later anti-war play War Brides. First or early printing: 1912 on title page, 1911 on copyright page: OCLC lists no 1911 issue so we believe this was copyrighted in late 1911 and published in early 1912; in any case, original printings are rare. Hardcover, tan cloth over greay boards, paper spine & front labels. General wear to book, corners rubbed...
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church
by Martin, Malachi
New York, Putnam, 1982, hardcover, 309 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription "Malachi 3/11/82" on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, color offsetting to front endpaper from laid-in newspaper clipping, otherwise as new. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, one short closed edge tear near head of spine, age-toning to edges, in new Brodart sleeve. The Irish-born American...
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Barred From Prison
by Culhane, Claire
Vancouver BC, Pulp Press, 1981, trade paperback, 234 pp, third printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Good condition in black card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner, edge, and spine-end wear, light scuff across front cover, rubs. The story of real life behind bars in Canada from one of the leading Canadian activists and prisoner's rights advocates of the mid-twentieth century. Illustrated with 6 pages of black-&-white photographs. ISBN...
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The Rise of European Liberalism: An Essay in Interpretation
by LASKI, Harold J
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1947. Second Impression. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 12mo, 287pp. A near fine copy, crisp and clean, with even age-toning to the cheap paper stock. In a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, darkened on the spine panel.
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A$31.38
The Sociological Imagination
by Mills, C. Wright
New York: Oxford University Press, 1959. Critique of academic sociology by the influential & controversial scholar. First edition (first printing), second state binding. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket shows some rubbing, tiny tear along spine, light edgewear with tiny chips, short tear, creases to upper rear panel, $6.00 price intact; faint foxing to endsheets and page edges. Text clean; [8], 234 pages; index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Friends and Enemies. What I Learned in Russia.
by ADLAI E. STEVENSON (SIgned)
Illustrated. 8vo. Original black cloth in pictorial dust wrapper. Harper & Brothers, New York (1959). First Edition. One of a limited number of advance presentation copies for friends of the author and publisher, signed by Stevenson. Dust wrapper slightly soiled and chipped, o/w Very Nice.
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Crimes, Lies and Injustices of the Clergy and Capitalists During and After the World War
by DRAZIC, John S
Detroit: Self-Published, 1936. First Edition. Softcover. Very good +. Small octavo, 43pp. A very good or better pamphlet in red-orange wrappers. Some wear at the base and a few faint creases to the extremities, else a clean, crisp volume. This pamphlet, a tirade against religious institutions (chiefly as capitalist institutions) in the US in the wake of World War I, also anticipates many of the conflicts arising from World War II, including the dangerous rise of Hitler. OCLC locates two copies in...
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1736 BIBLE & BANNED Commentary Jansenism Catholic 8v Pasquier Quesnel French
by QUESNEL, Pasquier [edit.]
1736 BIBLE & BANNED Commentary Jansenism Catholic 8v Pasquier Quesnel French
Pasquier Quesnel was a 17th-century French Jansenist best-remembered for his commentary on the New Testament. This commentary was written to push Jansenist theology and doctrine which, unfortunately, seemed to form numerous phrases that were considered heretical by the Catholic Church. This French edition of the New Testament includes Quesnel's commentary, published in eight tomes.
Item number: #18461
Price: $1500
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Pasquier Quesnel was a 17th-century French Jansenist best-remembered for his commentary on the New Testament. This commentary was written to push Jansenist theology and doctrine which, unfortunately, seemed to form numerous phrases that were considered heretical by the Catholic Church. This French edition of the New Testament includes Quesnel's commentary, published in eight tomes.
Item number: #18461
Price: $1500
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Those without a Country: The Political Culture of Italian American Syndicalists
by Topp, Michael Miller
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. Monograph on Italian immigrants in America involved in radical labor politics from around 1900 to the deaths of Sacco & Vanzetti in 1927, both in America and Italy; the author argues that the common understanding of these movements as solely class-based is mistaken. INSCRIBED by the author to two mentors, also noted first in the acknowledgements. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear, but some bumps to corners & edges,...
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The Best of Art Young
by Young, Art; Introduction by Heywood Broun
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1936. SCARCE, especially so SIGNED BY ARTIST Art Young at front end page "Art Young August 1938 Bethel, Conn". Near Fine, prior owner name, end papers darkened at gutters, in a Very Good dust jacket, moderate wear and small chips at edges of front panel and spine ends. 3 preliminary leaves xi-xix pages, 1 leaf, 23-186 pages, frontispiece portrait photograph, illustrations of Young's political cartoons. An uncommon title. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Edition....
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by Trumbo, Dalton
New York: Produced and Released by Mainstream Magazine, [ca, 1947-8].. Original 12" 78 rpm double-sided phonograph record. Printed labels a trifle foxed, small blemish at extreme edge far from grooves, otherwise visually very good. A quite rare recording of Trumbo's recitation of his long poem, first published in the Winter 1947 (I:1) issue of MAINSTREAM. While OCLC includes a barebones entry for this recording (without citing locations), it refers to "Part 2" only, which is the flip side of the present...
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Los Angeles Free Press, 1966 vol 4 39 1ssue #114 Sept. 30, 1966
n. 1966. Soft cover. Good. 1966 Soft cover Good+The Los Angeles Free Press, the "freep" was perhaps one of the larges and foremost counter culture paper of its era; It was ell known for its political news and opinion articles, However , no matter where you stand on the pollical spectrum , the concert adds and art work are fabulous and make owning one of these papers is worth the cost Barbers, Sailors and Booksellers have chosen the best to the best freep to offer you The issues that we have chosen are...
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Right and Wrong in Boston.
by Maria Weston Chapman, Compiler
12mo. 108 pages. Boston: Published by the Society, 1836. First Edition. (American Imprints 36307; Sabin 11994). The second annual report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society. Report includes an account of the obstacles to its founding and events at its first meeting, at which William Lloyd Garrison was arrested. Also containing a letter from Lydia Maria Child. At the conclusion are several poems and hymns, including ones by Chapman and Bernard Barton. Maria Weston Chapman was a founding member of...
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The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. The Second Edition: To which is Added The Ouverture in Score; and the Musick prefix'd to each Song
by JOHN GAY
1728. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine. With A Table of 69 Songs; Overture Compos'd by Dr. Pepusch; typographic music throughout the text; plus woodcut head- and tailpieces. 8vo. Full speckled calf, gilt ruled, spine with 2 gilt lettering-pieces; aeg; by Rivière & Sons. London: John Watts, 1728. Second Edition. The first expanded edition to include the music printed in the text. Gays highly successful ballad opera, satirizing popular Italian opera was an immediate triumph, and ran for a record 62...
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How to Meet the Union Organizer's Challenge: A Wholesaler-Distributor's Guide to Union Organizing and Elections
by Marchese, Louis
Washington D.C.: National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, 1980. Legal advice, dated but no doubt still partly applicable, from this industry lobbying group on how to understand, confront, and prevent union efforts, and the rights & rules of organizing workers. The author was a recognized authority on labor law and a member of the firm representing the NAW. Paperback, as pictured; some rubbing, light staining, couple of nicks/scuffs, ink name on front cover, upper corner bumped. Typescript...
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Nexus 12 (Volume 2, Number 5; September - October 1965)
by Kulek, Jerome (ed.), Paul Twitchell (on D.H. Lawrence), F.J. Gould, Duane Locke, Dean Lipton, Bernard Kliban, et al
San Francisco: Nexus, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 66pp, printed wrappers. Scarce early counterculture magazine from San Francisco, includes a brief article on D.H. Lawrence by Eckankar founder Paul Twitchell. Library stamp to cover (barely visible; no other markings) and light outer wear.
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A$39.22
Address Delivered Before the Peace Society of Windham County
by Elisha B. Perkins
Elisha B. Perkins. Address Delivered Before the Peace Society of Windham County at Its Annual Meeting in Brooklyn. August 20th, 1828. 8vo. Brooklyn, Con. Advertiser Press - William H. Bigelow, 1828. Second Edition. 32 pages. Original self-cover, disbound.Some light foxing, o/w Very Nice.
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Early anti-colonialist and anti-missionary treatise
by Jacob Haafner (1754-1809)
Rage against missions: a landmark anti-colonialist treatise
Haarlem, Joh. Enschedé en Zoonen & J. van Walré, 1807.
4°. [4], X, [2], 27, [1 blank], 296 pp. With two engraved medallions on the first title-page.
First edition of a landmark Dutch anti-colonialist and anti-missionary treatise. This controversial and heavily criticized work marks a shift in thinking about the Western influence around the world. It is a rare work and here in excellent. Only a few copies are recorded in libraries outside The... Read more about this item
Haarlem, Joh. Enschedé en Zoonen & J. van Walré, 1807.
4°. [4], X, [2], 27, [1 blank], 296 pp. With two engraved medallions on the first title-page.
First edition of a landmark Dutch anti-colonialist and anti-missionary treatise. This controversial and heavily criticized work marks a shift in thinking about the Western influence around the world. It is a rare work and here in excellent. Only a few copies are recorded in libraries outside The... Read more about this item
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A$7,535.25
Crisis in the Schools: Teachers & the Community: An IS Publication
by [INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS]
New York / Boston: International Socialists / New England Free Press, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Quarto, 42pp. A near fine copy in grey printed wrappers, with a gentle, shallow fold in the middle of the pamphlet. This is probably the NEFP edition, as it contains their logo on a few leaves. An uncommon pamphlet, with eight copies in libraries according to OCLC.
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A$78.44
World Communism and U. S. Foreign Policy: A Comparison of Marxist Strategy and Tactics After World War I, and World War II
by Browder, Earl
New York/Chicago: Author, 1948. Scarce hardcover edition of Browder's analysis of politics and Marxism after the Wars, including Roosevelt's role & the 'Truman-Marshall Plan'. Laid in is a prospectus for the book. Small hardcover, as pictured; full tan cloth, black titling. Shows some wear, minor smudging, ink name & date on front free endsheet - Richard E. ["Archie"] Stockwell, a notable journalist who wrote on Soviet airpower in the 1950s; red pencil marginalia -...
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A$62.75
Growing (Up) at Thirty-Seven
by RUBIN, Jerry
New York: M. Evans and Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Octavo, 208pp. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, with a ding to the bottom edge of the rear board and a very aint stain on the top edge, not affecting the interior. In a very good dust jacket, evenly dust-soiled, with a few short tears at the extremities. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED humorously by Rubin on the title page not long after publication: "Jan. 7, 1977 N. Y. C. To Julian: One more Jew to write about! Jerry...
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The Sayings of Chairman Hayakawa
by Paris, Richard & Janet Brown, editors
San Francisco: [American Federation of Teachers Local 1928 AFL-CIO], 1969. Pamphlet lampooning quotations and writings of linguist S. I. Hayakawa, then acting president of San Francisco State College during a student strike, in which the students were demanding, among other things, formation of an ethnic studies department. The inside rear cover notes that proceeds of the pamphlet's sale will aid the striking students. Stapled pamphlet, as pictured. Shows some wear, heavy fading, minor stains. Text...
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History of the Commune of Paris
by VESINIER, P. [Pierre]; translated by J. V. Weber
London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 337pp., with one folding map at frontis, hand-tinted to illustrated the fortifications which encircled Paris during the 1871 communist uprising. A very good copy in late 19th or early 20th century 3/4 brown calf and rough-grain burgundy cloth. Spine with raised bands, gilt compartments, red morocco spine label. Patterned endpapers. Front board expertly re-attached, and the rear board with a ver slight partial...
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A$1,176.60
Paternalism and Protest: Southern Cotton Mill Workers and Organized Labor, 1875-1905
by McLaurin, Melton Alonza
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1971. Monograph on the shift from the slave-centered plantation economy of the south to an industrial economy of textile mills staffed by poor whites, and efforts by northern urban unions to extend their reach & benefits to those mills, thwarted by the greated paternalism of southern mill owners and their threats to employ Black scabs. Publisher's Contributions in Economics and Economic History No. 3, co-published with the Negro Universities Press. Hardcover in...
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