Aurora, Mo. The Menace Publishing Company, [1916]. An anti-Catholic pamphlet on the role of papal politics in instigating WWI, and more broadly, its "participation in secret diplomacy, international intrigue, and such political meddling in public, as well as private affairs, as serve its ulterior end of controlling the human race"..... More
[Boston]: [Woman's Peace Party], 1917. A handbill issued by the Executive Board of the Massachusetts branch of the Woman’s Peace Party to its members, which includes their official statement supporting President Woodrow Wilson’s attempt to keep the U.S. out of WWI: “We feel that we should support the President in..... More
London: Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1915. A White Paper dealing with the treatment of prisoners in England and Germany during the first eight months of the war. Stapled blue wrappers, 36 pp. Printed letter from Sir Gilbert Parker laid in presenting this White Paper. More
[Boston]: [Woman's Peace Party], 1917. Two handbills issuing statements by the Massachusetts branch of the Woman’s Peace Party urging the U.S. government to stay out of military conflict on the European continent (WWI) and in Mexico. The earliest handbill was likely published ca. 1916 after Pancho Villa tried to goad..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1919. 12mo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt, x, 280 pp. Gilt somewhat faded to spine, lacking the dust jacket, a very good copy. More
[Philadelphia]: Press of J. B. Lippincott Company, 1916. Offprint from the Journal of the Franklin Institute, Feburary, 1916. Stapled wrappers, 163-190 pp. Author's compliments card laid in. Some light wear to wrapper edges. More
Washington, D. C. [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1915. Gardner's speech on the capabilities of the U.S. Navy compared with that of Britain and Germany. Wrappers, 15 pp. Faint foxing to the bottom edge, some minor soiling. More
London: Headley Brothers, [1915]. First edition. Twelvemo. Light blue wrappers printed in black & red; 128, [1] pp. The author calls for women the world over to organize and add their voices to the campaign against militarism and aggression. A Very Good copy with wrapper edges and spine browned, corners..... More
New York City: Mr. F. Hansen, 1915. A pro-German, anti-British pamphlet by the German-American, New York City lawyer who uses a legal framework to discuss Germany's invasion of Belgium and the question of Belgian neutrality. He criticizes Great Britain for their hypocritical response to Germany and reminds them of their..... More
London: The Unity Band, 1934. First edition. Originally published in the British Fascist’s journal, "The British Lion" - which Lt.-Col. Oscar Boulton & his Unity Band bought out in 1932 - Lane lambastes the U.S. for trying to collect her WWI war debt and contends that America sold Britain faulty..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1918]. A booklet from the author of Der Deutsche Chauvinismus on the militaristic aspect of German culture, which if allowed to fester will prolong world peace. Wrappers, viii, 49 pp. A near fine copy of an uncommon title. More
Los Angeles: Golden Press, 1918. An issue of Luke North’s single tax journal, which began in 1908 as an organ of philosophical anarchism. This issue features many tributes to Everyman associate editor and treasurer of The Great Adventure in California, Herman Kuehn, who died on March 5, 1918. Included are..... More
Pittsburgh: United Peoples Church, [1917]. An anti-war treatise written by the Christian socialist minister of the United Peoples Church in Pittsburgh just before the U.S. entered the war in April 1917. Prosser discusses the spiritual, biologic and financial costs of war before describing its cause (corporate capitalism) and its cure..... More
[Varde]: Varde Folkeblads Bogtrykkeri, [1919?]. A pamphlet by a Danish-born soldier named Oscar Lorentsen-Tagmose (b. 1891) on his military experiences during the war between Italy and Turkey from 1911-1913 and in the American Navy during WWI. Tagmose was on board the USS Westover when it was sunk by a German..... More