Galion: Bradford-Brown Educational Co., 1935. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 7.5"x5.25". Pictorial wraps. Staple-bound. 202 pp. plus advertisements. Scuffing to edges and some small creases on covers. Front hinge was glued improperly and has left some stains. Tight and clean. This is a scarce book of Marxist propaganda for children. Rt. Rev. William... More
London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1928. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 7"x5". Wraps. 415 pp. 1/2" chip with loss bottom right corner of front cover. Covers scuffed. Corners a little bent. Several pages have 1/4" tear (no loss) on right edge. This is a summary and analysis of the 15th meeting of... More
1934. Hardcover. First page has a nameplate: "Ex Libris Roland H. Bradley" and is stamped twice: "R.H. Bradley" and "APR 9-1934". Light pen marks in pages 111-118 where previous owner bracketed and underlined several passages, mostly dealing with the ACLU. Self-published in 1934, this rare 352-page title details the organizations and... More
Kunst-Werke Berlin, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. This is the exhibition catalogue for the 2005-06 collaborative art installation in Berlin about the Balkans and Turkey reintegrating into Europe following the collapse of the Soviet Union. More
Progress Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. In Russian and English. This is a scarce collection of poems by Soviet Tatar poet Jalil who was executed by Nazis in 1944. With original silk ribbon attached. Corners are rather bumped. More
New York: International Publishers, 1941. 1st edition, 3rd printing. Pamphlet. 8vo. 7.5"x5". Pictorial wraps. Illustrations by Nowell Mary Hewlett Johnson. 352 pp. Edges quite scuffed. Top right corner of front cover creased. Book plate inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is a scarce primer on Russian global politics by the pro-Soviet... More
New York: Vanguard, 1926. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. 7.25"x4.5". Brown cloth with red lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Decorative endpapers. 225 pp. Minor scuffing to exterior. Previous owner's name inside front cover. This is the first Vanguard Press publication of Soviet leader V.I. Lenin's two most influential works. An... More
Cowman Publications, 1960. Pamphlet. This no-frills children's story is the tale of little Tim and Paul's quest to convert the evil Chinese Communists to American evangelical Christianity and capitalism. Both the text and cover art are extraordinarily racist, but are sadly an accurate representation of many Americans' views of Chinese... More
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Blue boards over blue half cloth. Decorative dust jacket. 160 pp. Jacket edges lightly scuffed. Tight and clean. This is guide to socialist societies around the world viewed through the lens of the activist Nearings, published for the socialist Monthly Review. More
Oceana Publications, 1962. Pamphlet. This is a vintage 64 page pamphlet for young people about the virtue of organized labor. This was intended for use in schools or libraries and comes with discussion questions on topics like social justice. At the time of this listing, we were able to find... More
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1952. Reznichenko, A. Hardcover. Set of 2 hardcovers (parts 1 and 2 of the novel) without dust jackets, handsomely embossed. The cover of volume 1 is rather stained, and both are stamped on flyleaf: "Distributed by 'NEWS-FACTS,' 753, Bathurst St., Toronto." Both are illustrated and... More
RCP Publications, 1980. Pamphlet. This is a rare Spanish language pamphlet outlining the new program of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Staple-bound. Spine has a lot of rubbing and corners are slightly bent. More
New York: Brentano's, 1928. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 9.5"x6.5". Green boards with Celtic patterns and gilt lettering and design. 495 pp. No jacket as usual. Scuffing at header and footer of spine. Dark smudges on back cover. This is a stated first printing of Shaw's controversial treatise on the... More
Simon and Schuster, 1945. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. In protective overwrap. Contemporary newspaper review of this book is laid inside copyright page and has discolored that page somewhat, otherwise fine. This is a first American edition of Simonov's novel of Russia's recent victory over Germany in World War... More
New York: Dial, 1941. Paperback. 8vo. 7.75"x5.25". Wraps. 279 pp. Edges and spine a little scuffed. Minor toning throughout. Tight and clean. This is a pro-Soviet, anti-Nazi political tract by American journalist and activist Strong. More
U.S. War Department, 1945. Paperback. This is a government-issued English-Russian translation dictionary from World War II. Paper-bound on tan paper with tape residue on covers and owner's name written in marker on front cover. More
New York: Workers Library, 1936. First Edition. Pamphlet. 12mo. 7.5"x5". Staple-bound wraps. 67 pp. Sticker top right corner of front cover. Light foxing around edges of covers and throughout. This is a pamphlet of translated excerpts and commentary from the 1936 Stalinist show trial against Trotsky. More
AMS Press, 1975. First Thus. A few small scuffs on edges and a dog-eared page in Preface, otherwise fine. No dust jacket as issued. This is the AMS reprint of Webb's landmark 1920 history of British trade unions. The book was influential in a number of global socialist movements, and... More