New York: New Century Publishers, 1947. First edition. An argument for the socialization of the food industry to combat increasingly high prices. Stapled wrappers, 15 p. One small nick to the bottom corner, else a Near Fine copy. More
n.p.: Screen Publicists Guild / Screen Office and Professional Employees Guild, [1948]. A short pamphlet by the Screen Publicists Guild / Screen Office and Professional Employees Guild representing the 3500 home office workers and exchange workers: file clerks, secretaries, accountants, readers, typists, messengers, feature writers, column contacts, press-book editors, copywriters..... More
London: n.p., 1950. First edition. Perfect-bound wrappers, 72 p. Small tear to the tail, else a VG copy of an uncommon pamphlet. More
New York: New Century Publishers, 1946. First edition. A history of the efforts of Communist seamen on the waterfronts by a member of the Seaman’s Branch of the Communist Party in NYC. Perfect-bound, illustrated wrappers, 112 p., illustrations by Jim Turnbull. Rubbing and wear to wrappers with some staining to..... More
Fullerton, California: Union of Vietnamese in the United States, ]197-]. First edition. A collection of poetry published by the Union of Vietnamese in the United States, a Vietnamese American anti-war organization founded in 1972 and lasting until 1995. Stapled, illustrated wrappers, vii, [3], 83, [1] p., illus. Wear and some..... More
Beograd: Office of Information of the FPRY, 1948. First edition. Perfect-bound wrappers, 93 p. Dampstaining along the lower edge; staple bleed along spine, a Good reading copy. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. First edition. Originally published in the January 20, 1937 issue of Harper’s Magazine, Eastman comes to terms with the failure of socialism in the Soviet Union and evinces a glimpse of the strident anti-Communism he would later promote. Yellow paper boards with red wraparound..... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, Inc., 1940. This pamphlet contains the full text of the report of V. M. Molotov, Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, and People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs, delivered to the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. on August 1, 1940. Stapled wrappers, printed on pulp paper..... More
New York: Student Mobilization Committee, [1968]. Two issues of this anti-war tabloid published by the Student Mobilization Committee. Content includes articles and reports on the various national anti-war organizing initiatives: demonstrations, conferences, petitions, etc. No. 1 features a special supplement on “The Student Strike” by SDS leader Carl Davidson. Other..... More
[New York], 1974. A small grouping of internal documents related to turmoil within the Puerto Rican Studies Department at Brooklyn College - CUNY in October, 1974. The controversy started when a popular faculty member, María Sánchez, was passed over for chairpersonship of the department in favor of Dr. Elba Lugo..... More
[Philadelphia]: The Free University, 1971. First edition. A course catalog for the Spring 1971 semester of the Free University, an alternative university funded by the University of Pennsylvania’s student government. Includes an introductory letter from co-directors Robert S. Brody and Don Cooper followed by a list of courses with descriptions..... More
[Philadelphia: West Philadelphia Broadside], 1970. A one-off publication by the East Powelton Concerned Residents, one of the community groups most actively opposed to the West Phila. Corp.'s development plans around Drexel and Penn. Includes a long profile of the West Philadelphia Corporation, on an injunction prohibiting the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority..... More
Philadelphia: The Voice, 1970. A single issue of this Philadelphia Black daily with coverage of State Representative, Hardy Williams, a salute to clothing retailer, Curtis Sisco, a short article on “Race Versus Racism,” a section on the Black Man’s Contribution to America, a tribute to MLK, and other small tidbits. Tabloid..... More
Philadelphia: Free Press Publishing Co., Inc., 1969. A single issue of this Philadelphia Black daily covering all aspects of Black life in the city. Selected content for this issue includes coverage of Temple’s controversial expansion into historically Black neighborhoods, a notice of Black Panther, Reggie Schell’s, talk on “Justice in..... More
New York: The Spanish Child Welfare Association of America for the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), 1938. A collection of drawings by Spanish boys and girls illustrating their experiences during the Spanish Civil War. The book was issued as a fundraising initiative by Quakers for the relief of children in..... More
Los Angeles: National Pure Water Committee, [1954?]. First edition. Tri-fold brochure (3 ” x 8 ½”) from a Christian Nationalist Crusade front group called the National Pure Water Committee claiming that water fluoridation is a Communist plot to brainwash Americans. Unfolds to a photostat reproduction of a Fort Worth newspaper..... More
St. Louis: Christian Nationalist Crusade, [195-]. First edition. A fulsome tribute by far right demagogue, Gerald L. K. Smith, to fellow demagogue, Mississippi Congressman, John Elliott Rankin, who used his long-time political position to oppose integration, non-white immigration and Jewish influence. Smith discusses Rankin’s many enemies including, “The Communist Party..... More
Surrey: Foreign Affairs Publishing Co., Ltd., 1977. First edition. A pamphlet critical of the World Council of Churches and its support of militant Black Power and African terrorists. Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers, 99 p. Apparently the author’s copy as the title page states “own copy” and the author’s name. Sunning to..... More
Philadelphia: Plain Dealer, 1970. A single issue of this short-lived Philadelphia underground newspaper, which began and ended in 1970. Content for this issue includes an article on Philadelphia's repression of demonstrations by the noted social activist, Peter Countryman, an update on the exoneration of two policemen accused of murdering a...... More
Philadelphia: Plain Dealer, 1970. A single issue of this short-lived Philadelphia underground newspaper, which began and ended in 1970. Content for this issue includes a raid on the Black Unification Society, the military on Philadelphia universities, a terrific yellow and black centerfold titled "Free the Panther 21 or Babylon Will..... More
New York: Breaking Point, 1967. First edition. An anti-hippie screed excoriating sexual liberation, the drug culture, faux-intellectualism, and COOL, which is the “new venereal disease.” Stapled green wrappers (6 ” x 9 ¼”), 32 p. Some foxing to the top edge, light edge wear, about Near Fine. More
Metairie, LA: Sons of Liberty, [197-?]. Reprint. A close reading of Michael Higger’s The Jewish Utopia (Baltimore, 1932), which Williams claims outlines the Zionists’ complete plan for world domination. Stapled brown wrappers printed in purple, 74 p., illus. Some rubbing to wrappers, but about Near Fine. SINGERMAN, 0986. More
Vancouver: British Israel Association of Greater Vancouver, [ca. 1951]. First edition. A small format booklet prepared and published by the British Israel Association of Greater Vancouver, in which Zionist Jews are accused of financing the Russian Revolution. A preface reprints content from the infamous report, Bolshevism and Judaism, by the..... More
Mason, Michigan: Loompanics Unlimited, 1979. First edition. A bibliography of books, courses and manuals on combat martial arts, encompassing weaponry, psychological warfare, and demolition and sabotage. The author was the founder of the COMBATO (Jen Do Tao) System of Self-Defense, “a synthesis and compilation of the best of the finest..... More
Berlin: John Peet, 1967. A single issue of the long-running newsletter edited and published by British journalist John Peet in Berlin where he’d defected in 1950 due to West German rearmament. Peet’s newsletter was directed at leftwing Brits and served the East German state as an important propaganda source in..... More