Evanston, IL: Church League of America, 1950s. Pamphlet. This is a lot of 2 pamphlets from the early 1950s published by the right wing Church League of America based out of the Chicago suburbs from 1937-1984. Both pieces are in fine condition. THOMPSON, Dorothy. "What Is Behind the Immigration Furor?"; News..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. 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. 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
New York: Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1940. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5.25". Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 256 pp. Minor scuffing to covers. Hinges lightly soiled. Tight and clean. This is a reprint of progressive political economist Henry George's bestselling treatise on income inequality. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and red boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographs. 445 pp. Slight cock to spine. Minor shelf wear. Lengthy gift inscription by author on front free endpaper. This is a signed first edition biography of controversial Communist leader Castro by the late journalist..... 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
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
Rome: Gangemie Editore, 2005. Paperback. 4to. 11.5"x8.25". In Italian and Chinese. Pictorial wraps with French flaps. Color plates. 306 pp. Edges lightly scuffed. This is an exhibition catalogue for the 2005 retrospective of films produced in China. Full color movie posters reproduced on every page. More
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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
New York: Liveright Publishing, 1937. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Photographic plates. Hand pressed pages. 352 pp. No dust jacket. Minor scuffing to edges. Bookplates on front free endpaper and inside rear cover, along with a vintage sticker from Des Forges Books De Luxe, Milwaukee..... 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
London: Barrie & Jenkins / Norton, 1972. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and red stained top edge. Dust jacket. 550 pp. Jacket price clipped. This is the Barrie & Jenkins first edition with Norton (who printed the paperback edition) stickers affixed on spine and title..... 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