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Viereck, George Sylvester: Editor
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, December 30th, 1914 - Blockbuster Article Displays Evidence Against Belgium
32 pages. This issue is twice as long as previous issues due to its blockbuster treatment of "The Case of Belgium" with reproductions of documents incriminating to Belgium. Features: The (New York) "Times" in Despair; Irish Home Rule Bill; Government Control of Public Utilities, by Frank Koester; "I Protest", by Clara Viebig - one of the foremost novelists of Europe; We Demand Real Neutrality; What is an American German?, by Representative Richard A. Bartholdt of Missouri; The Case of Belgium - In the light of official reports found in the secret archives of the Belgium Government after the occupation of Brussels with facsimiles of the documents - a major article; cartoon shows a German dog being taken before an English firing squad; England's Embarrassment is Ireland's Opportunity; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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Viereck, George Sylvester - Editor; Crowley, Aleister; et al
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, January 20th, 1915 - Contribution By Aleister Crowley
16 pages. Features: Are Hyphenated Citizens Good for American?; Who Are Americans?; A Congressman Who is Not Afraid - Representative Joseph Taggart of Kansas Assails Harper's Weekly for its abuse of Germans; Hartelpool Well Defended; Brave American Actress - Fern Rogers; Honesty is the Best Policy (Part 2 of 2), by Aleister Crowley - a remarkably forcible exposition of the hypocrisy of his countrymen; The Greatest Secret of German Progress, by Frank Koester; The Division of the Nation's Forces, by Dr. Hanns Heinz Ewers - a keen analysis of the actual condition and strength of the armies at war; English Schemes against German and German-American Insurance Companies; American "Neutrality Notes"; England's Note - Refusal to safeguard American seagoing commerce; England Decadent - Fair-Minded Englishmen and Americans in London express their disgust; Jerome K. Jerome Protests Against the Infamous Treatment of English Citizens of German Birth; Advertising Talk - persuading neutral companies to advertise in this 'publication of class'; The Turks at the Suez Canal; Violation of Property Rights of Foreigners in France; Back cover is a full-time request for readers to convert their spare time into dollars by working for this publication; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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Viereck, George Sylvester: Editor
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, April 14th, 1915 - Cover Illustration of General Von Mackensen
16 pages. Features: Some Open Questions to the American Opponents of Germany; Colonel George Harvey to "My Dear Lord Northcliffe"; Victims of the War - casualty counts from many countries; The Co-Operative Spirit in Germany, by Frank Koester; England violates Chilean Neutrality; Another Campaign of Filth - more fake atrocity stories; The British Black Book, by Rudolph Cronau; English Agents and American Papers, by Dr. Edmund von Mach; President Wilson's Dollar Diplomacy; First in War, First in Peace, Hugo Muensterberg; The War and America - Three Questions for the American People; Austria-Hungary 1914-1915 - a poem by W.P. Trent; News from Germany, by Louis Viereck; Advertising Talk #13; and more. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy copy. Magazine
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Viereck, George Sylvester: Editor
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, July 7th, 1915 - The War of 1920 - How the Ring of Iron Will Strangle America - First Instalment
16 pages. Features: The War of 1920, being the fictional diary of Gustav Bauerfeldt, War Correspondent of the Berliner Rundschau - Part 1; What we Demand of President Wilson In the Spirit of 'Seventy-Six'; Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany with Edward Lyell Fox; The Eliots and the Parkhursts, a poem by Stephen Oland; "To See Ourselves as Others See Us", by Dr. Edmund von Mach; Mr. Bryan and the German-Americans; The Worm Turns - at last American manufacturers are making an energetic protest to President Wilson against England's strangulation of American commerce; Why Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and William Bauchop Wilson, head of the Department of Labor, Should Resign; Why They Are Against Peace - one of the most virulent pro-Ally newspapers in New England is owned by interests manufacturing war supplies for the Allies; Swiss View on our "Neutrality"; News from Germany; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Three-inch opening to bottom of coverfold otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
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Viereck, George Sylvester: Editor
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, July 14th, 1915 - William Randolph Hearst Cover Photo - He Led This Country Into One War - he Has Helped to Keep it Out of Another, Plus: The War of 1920 - 2nd Instalment
20 pages. Features: The Trade in the Tools of Death, by George Sylvester Viereck - an account of the tremendous development of the manufacture of munitions of war in the United States showing how this country, allegedly neutral, is helping to prolong the European conflict by furnishing firearms and explosive to the British Allies; Cartoon by A. Staehle shows the Prince of Peace coming out of Bethlehem, Palestine, and hell going out of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the form of munitions on railcars; White List - A list of some companies what have refused to manufacture arms and ammunition and ammunition-related manufacturing machinery; Money From Death - a partial list of American companies engaged in the manufacture of munitions of war; Victory - In Battle and in Balkan Diplomacy; The War of 1920 - 2nd Instalment; The Ocean Travelers' Suicide Club; Arm the German Ships in New York Harbor; The Cleveland Automatic Company and the New York Times - poison shrapnel being provided to the Allies; Mr. Pulitzer in Looking-Glass Land - he seems to exist in a land where everything is the reverse of the truth; The Verdict - Guilty! - England on the Witness Stand; Spring's Awakening in Berlin, by Louis Viereck; Ad for Kaffee Hag on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Covers loose but present, otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
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Viereck, George Sylvester: Editor
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, August 4th, 1915 - Cover Photo of Dr. C.J. Hexamer - President of the German American Alliance - An Organization of Over 2,000,000 Americans - The War of 1920 (continued)
20 pages. Features: The Next Step of President Wilson; Friends of Peace, Organize! Organize!; The Trust of the Red Death - Article III - Premonitions of the Future - George Sylvester Viereck discusses how capital is diverted from peaceful employment to the establishment of a trust that will ean the fomenting and making of wars for profit; News from Austria-Hungary, by Dr. Ervin Acel-Starhemberg; German Week at the San Francisco Exposition; Famous English Preacher Pleads for Arms Embargo - Rev. Dr. Aked and Prof. Rauschenbusch Protest Against National Dishonor; The War of 1920 (continued); Russia as a Publisher Duplicates her Failure in Military Affairs; The London Morning Post Fears the Fatherland; Mr. Ochs's (of the New York Times) Fate?; Chip in for the Dernburg Fund; Henry James has done something; Full-page fascimile of letter to George Sylvester Viereck from Mrs. Carl L. Schurz asking him to be Editor of the English edition of "Weltkrieg" called World-War; A hint for the "American Machinist" - a publication which promotes the sale of poison shrapnel; Poultney Bigelow Again - an amusing clown; If The Fatherland were published in Germany - an interesting quotation from the Cedar Rapids Republican; Prof. Burgess's Book "The War of 1914" Boycotted by some of the leading book stores in New York; Facsimile of Mr. Viereck's reply to Mrs. Schurz - in the affirmative; The German Aims of Peace; - and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Openings/creases to upper corner of back cover at backstrip. This issue noteworthy in that for the first time we find a full-page back cover ad for Budweiser -with a George Washington theme. Until this issue, most advertisers in this publication had been of the smaller, local (New York City) variety. Magazine
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Viereck, George Sylvester: Editor
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, November 3rd, 1915 - Cover Portrait of Jeremiah A. O'Leary, Champion of Real Americanism
Pages 213-232 (20 pages in this issue). Features: Who is Using Our Life Insurance Funds? - Wall Street Again Defies the Law in Gambling with the Savings of the American People, by Charles A. Collman; How the Bank Depositors of New York Beat the Loan, by Jeremiah A. O'Leary; General Von Steuben, Washington's Friend and Aid, the German-American Who Helped Make the Republic, by Dr. C.J. Hexamer - with illustrations; Poem by Peter Golden; Secessionist in New England, by Frederick Franklin Schrader; Miss Cavell and Brand Whitlock; England's Darkest Hours; The Men of the Eitel Friedrich; The Pirate Ship "Baralong"; The Recognition of Carranza; How Belgium is Being fed, by Louis Viereck; Financial Forum; War bond ad for the German, Austrian and Hungarian Governments; Interesting ad for the "new trick toy Ding-a-Ling", with proceeds for relief of destitue Germans in Canada; Nice full-page Budweiser ad on back cover features John Hancock; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Viereck, George Sylvester: Editor
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, November 17th, 1915 - Cover Portrait of Herman Ridder, A Great Editor Who Died Fighting for Real Americanism
Pages 253-268 (16 pages in this issue). Features: Repudiating Wilson and Root - Administration Candidate in New York Congressional District Runs 13,000 Votes Behind His Party on Neutrality Issue; The Great News Conspiracy - How Unscrupulous Newspaper Owners, at the Behest of Wall Street, Deliberately Deceived the American People, by Charles A. Collman - includes a lengthy list of pro-Ally fake stories published in the New York Times; How the American Truth Society Defeated President Wilson's Congressional Candidate in New York, by Jeremiah A. O'Leary; Germany Opens Road to Turkey; The Death of Edward L. Pretorius; Austria-Hungary Teaches Mr. Lansing a Lesson; Three books to be read; The Most Hyphenated American - Editorial; Ad for war bonds of the German, Austrian and Hungarian Governments; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Martin, Kingsley; Hulton, Edward
Picture Post Magazine - Hulton's National Weekly, March 30, 1940 - Phyllis Stanley Cover Photo / John Maynard Keynes
62 pages. Features: Mr. Keynes Has a Plan - super photo-illustrated article on this influential economist; Josephine Baker - star of the music halls - steps down; Rescue In the Arctic - the two-year drift of the Soviet icebreaker "Sedov" and its dramatic rescue; The Lives of Cabaret Girls - featuring Eileen O'Mahony, Barbara Wood, Marie Rennie, Bette Farrar, Baby Bradshaw and Freda Fairchild; British Propaganda Bombs are Duds - reflections on Look magazine's suggested improvements for British propaganda; The Story of Actor-Playwright Emlyn Willians; Volunteers for Finland - with photos and brief write-ups on George Ford, Pat McGee, John Hurman, Col. Kermit Roosevelt, Peter Farragut, Harry Connolly, Peter Broad and Edward Graham; Goose on the Loose - nice photos of the Goose of Montmartre on a walk through Paris; Diary of the War, #27 - The Twenty-Fifth Week; Cartoon by Low mocks Britain's lack of economic leadership; Are Economics Really Everything?; Nice two-colour ad for Bird's Custard on back cover. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
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Meissner, Hans-Otto; Keeble, Gwendolen Mary (Translator)
Magda Goebbels - A Biography
288 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Translated from the German. Biography of the wife of Hitler's confidant and foremost protagonist, Dr. Joseph Goebbels. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Book
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Urwin, G.; Veremakis, D.; Riehn, R.; Marrion, R.; Katcher, R.; Klem, B.; Jones, E.; Heap, S.
Campaigns Magazine, Issue Thirty-Eight (38), 1981 - The Work of Mike Leonard
54 pages. Features: The Fall of Wake Atoll; U.S. Civil War Cavalry; The Legend of Camerone; The Myths and Reality of the French Foreign Legion; Uniforms of the Continental Army; Propaganda in Hitler's Germany; The Work of Mike Leonard; How to Determine when a particular uniform was worn by Napoleon's hussar regiments; An overview of the uniforms of Russian Guard cavalry in the Napoleonic era; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
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White, John Baker
The Big Lie
220 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Great eye-catching dust jacket art. Discusses "deceptions, physical feints involving men and machines, faked papers, maps and photos designed to harass, puzzle and trick the enemy into making a false move, or no move at all." - from dust jacket. Author was an active participant in such activities during the second world war. Average wear and soiling to book.. Binding intact. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound reference copy of this fascinating work. Book
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Bernays, Edward L.
Propaganda
159 pages. Third printing of the 1928 first edition. The landmark work by the man who has come to be known as "The Father of Spin." "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country." - from page 9. Chapters include: Organizing Chaos; The New Propaganda; The New Propagandists; The Psychology of Public Relations; Business and the Public; Propaganda and Political Leadership; Women's Activities and Propaganda; Propaganda for Education; Propaganda in Social Services; Art and Science; The Mechanics of Propaganda. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate age-toning to contents. A sound early copy of this profoundly influential work. Bibliographic references: Cole p.14, Larson p.9. Book
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Bernays, Edward L.; Hershey, Burnet: Editors
The Case for Reappraisal of U.S. Overseas Information Policies and Programs, Incorporating Congressman Fascell's Report
316 pages. Published in cooperation with The Emergency Committee for Reappraisal of U.S. Overseas Policies and Programs, and The Overseas Press Club Foundation, Edward R. Murrow Memorial Fund. In light of the communications revolution of the last fifty years, this work addresses the urgent need for the U.S. Overseas Information Agency (USIA) to "be brought into line with changed political conditions, the new techniques of communication, and the findings of social scientists." - from Preface. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
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Leith, James A.
The Idea of Art as Propaganda in France, 1750-1799: A Study in the History of Ideas - University of Toronto Romance Series, No. 8
184 pages. Index. Essay on Sources. Black and white plates. "Examines the ideas about the social value of art developed during the last half of the eighteenth century in France by the philosophes, the Encyclopedistes, certain royal officials, and finally by revolutionaries." - from Preface. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. No dust jacket. A quality copy. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.L.; Cunningham, L.A.; Lent, C.; Bynum, T.; Ford, S.; Michaelson, J.M.; Macarow, P.; Luscombe Whyte, A.P.; Bayne, E.G.; Kennedy, M.; Et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, April (Apr.) 1943 - New Canadian Pacific Air Lines / The Royal Engineers - The Army's Pathfinders
60 pages. Features: Cover photo of baby gnawing on huge Easter egg; Canadian National - Canadian Pacific ad inside front cover called "War Whoop" shows speeding night train and illustration of native warrier to explain how the night-time whistle of a locomotive means men and materiel are being rushed to the front; News digest discusses German propaganda efforts to incur western suspicion against Russia; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System ad implores long distance users to "Be Brief!", given wartime restrictions on their ability to increase capacity; Editorial comments on support for Russia and the need for those unable to fight in person to contribute financially to the war effort; Brain Waves For Winning the War - photo-illustrated article on technical innovations used in the war effort; Excellent photo-illustrated article on the new Canadian Pacific Airlines includes photos of Stewardess Ethel Hailes, Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon, Grant W.G. McConachie, C.H. Dickins, and veteran parachutist Jack McGovern (at No.l 2 Air Observer School); Earthbound (short story); The Pomander Walk Myster (short story); Alterations (short story); The Royal Engineers - The Army's Pathfinders - nice photo-illustrated article; Sight Unseen (short story); Hollywood news and photos; GM one-page ad highlights their "Victory Service"; One-page Ford ad features illustrations of some of their 1943 military vehicles; The United Service Centre, located in the Eaton Annex, Winnipeg; Centrefold Victory Bonds ad sponsored by the National War Finance Committee illustrates seven Canadians from various walks of life and explains their financial contributions to the war effort; Woodbury Soap ad includes photos of Barbara Sellers of Winnipeg; Woodbury Cold Cream ad includes photo of film star Janet Blair; Food article on "Russia's Nutrition" explains how Russia is tightening its belt to support the Red Army - with photos; Fashion illustrations; Photo-illustrated article on the women of Russia; Quotes from around the world; H.J. Heinz ad inside back cover explains how "To Make Plain Foods Taste Like Banquet Fare"; Fantastic colour-illustrated back cover Coke ad shows soldier proudly walking in great coat, with smaller images of additional members of the military; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.L.; MacDonald, R.; Walters, C.L.; Ellerbe, A & P.; Provost, D.M.; Thornhill, M.; Brogden, S.; Bayne, E.G.; Thompson, F.; et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, September (Sept.) 1942 - Warriors of Hindustan / Cattle Emperor Sir Sidney Kidman
44 pages. Features: National War Finance Committee ad inside front cover features mature man and woman encourages readers to financially support the war effort; News digest discusses second front difficulties, if Russia were to fall, and the Nazi "Pincers"; Editorial discusses propaganda; I Was Very Happy (short story); Warriors of Hindustan - photo-illustrated article on India and her fighting potential ; Samaritan Seed (short story); Cattle Emperor - photo-illustrated story on Sir Sidney Kidman who built up the world's greatest cattle rance; Johnny for Granted (short story); Camellias... Red and White (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Pepsodent ad features photos of the Brautigam twins, Charlotte and Beverly; Group photo of the Graduates of Alma College, St. Thomas, Ontario at the 1942 Convocation in Garden Theatre; Woodbury soap ad features photos of Miss Margaretta Smith of Vancouver; Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of Rosalind Russell; Back to school hints and recipes; Photo of Mr. John Manooch, 82-year-old pensioner of Christie, Brown and Company; Glamour Girl 1942 - beauty and fashion article; Fashion illustrations; Quotes from around the world; Government of Canada, Income Tax Division, ad inside back cover states "There Will Be Less Money in Pay Envelopes", and explains in detail deductions which will be taken from paycheques; Marboleum Flooring colour ad on back cover shows military airfield; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.L.; McGraw, M.H.; Walters, C.L.; Cleaver, H.; Scott, W.; Thornbill, M.; Albert, H.A.; Murray, D.; Bayne, E.G.; Trimble, A.C.; France, B.; Et al
National Home Monthly Magazine, June 1942 - Hounds in Harness / The War of Axis Lies / Government of Canada Ad Says Men Must Pick Up Their Guns and Fight!
60 pages. Features: Marvelous colour ad for the Banff Springs Hotel inside front cover; Nice Anaconda ad shows factory worker with lunch bucket heading to work beneath caption "Night Fighter"; News digest includes 'Failure of Sir Stafford Cripps', 'India is like old Eire', 'Next step in India', 'Arch-traitor Pierry Laval returns to Vichy'; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad encourages readers to call 'station-to-station' rather than 'person-to-person' to preserve wartime bandwidth; Editorial discusses cutting frills; One-page ad sponsored by Canadian Industry spells out their contribution to the Canadian war effort; Love Comes to the Wedding; Hounds in Harness - great photo-illustrated article explains many uses of dogs for man's service; Green Cedars (short story); The War of Axis Lies - great article on war disinformation, with samples of doctored photos used to mislead viewers; Anything but Backward (short story); The Body in the Box (short story); Motors on the Warpath - photo-illustrated article on General Motors and its huge contribution to Canada's war effort, including photo of General McNaughton inspecting vehicle at Oshawa plant; Great one-page illustrated ad for the Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada shows brave pioneer farmers reaching for their muskets to defend against enemies (whereas current governments would probably refer to such men as terrorists); One-page Westinghouse ad oultines ways to save energy in the home, leaving more for war production; "What's Cookin' in Hollywood' - article with photos of Hedy La Marr, Judy Garland, Ruth Hussey, Tyrone Power and Marsha Hunt cooking in their kitchens; Ads featuring photos of Miss Betty Cordon and Paulette Goddard; Photo and write-up of Rise Stevens; Preparing for Parenthood - article; On the Kitchen Front - article about open air meals, long cool drinks, eggs and what you can do with them, bread, and the roast of the month; Beauty and Fashions article; Canadian General Electric ad features "A Victory Diet"; Quotes from around the world; National War Finance Committee ad for War Savings Stamps inside back cover features lady 'loading a rifle by licking a stamp'; *Sensational* wartime colour Coke ad on back cover shows bottle being held by muscular arm with sleeve rolled up and coveralls; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
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Stewart, Dr. H.; Healy, W.; Miller, E.; Capt. A.O. Pollard, V.C.; Turner, Raymond; King, S.; Constanduros, M.; Morton, R.; Byrne, F.; Edmison, J.; Turner, W.; Thornhill, M.; Jessop, M.; France, B.; Bayne, E.; Stanton, J.
National Home Monthly Magazine, September (Sept.) 1939 - Canada's Prison Shame / William Richard Morris
60 pages. Features: News digest includes 'a British ministry of propaganda', America's altered mood, free speech in Canada, Moscow bargaining, and from Poland to Rumania; Canada's Prison Shame - intersting article by J. Alex. Edmison includes photos of - the B.C. Penitentiary at New Westminster, youn ladies in the Borstal Institute at Aylesbury, England, Montreal Gaol (Bordeaux Gaol), and members of the Archambault Commission - R.W. Craig, J.L. KKent, Mr. Justice Archambault, J.C. McRuer, and Allan Fraser; Uncle Romeo and the White Pendennings (short story); The Missing Passenger (short story); A Letter to Anne (short story); Samaritan on Wheels - the story of the Empire's greatest philanthropist and leading industrialist William Richard Morris, now Viscount Nuffield - article with photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); If I Die Before I Wake (part 4); Nice one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada features the province of Alberta with map and text; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quints; Palmolive soap ad features illustration of the faces of the Dionne Quintuplets and (faux) signed photo of Gladys Cooper of 1973 Robson St. in Vancouver; Stewart-Warner radio ad features photos of the 4575, 4351 and 4511 models; When Contagious Diseases Stay Home; Movie news and photos, with brief write-up and photo of Geraldine Fitzgerald, plus additional photos of King Vidor, Alexander Hall, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, Sam Wood, Jack Conway, Clarence Brown, Frank Borzage, Tod Browning, George Cukor, Victor Fleming and Norman Taurog; Fashion illustrations; Nice half-page two-colour ad for RCA Victor radios shows the A-2, A-1 and A-4; Scales of Fortune (short story); Half-page tourism ad for Italy (unfortunately, many young Canadians would soon be fighting there!); Beauty article; Charis foundations ad features nostalgic photo; Autumn fashion preview; Pickling Made Easier; Quotes of the World; Nice Heinz ketchup ad inside front cover includes photo of restaurant scene; Vintage colour back cover ad for Canadian-grown fruits and vegetables; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Tan, Yeh; Shanghai Juvenile Publishing House (Editor)
It Happened in a Coconut Grove
30 pages. 7.25" x 5.6". Text in English. Each page charmingly illustrated in colour. Ten-year-old Ah-wu, his dog Blackie, and friend Ah-hsiao live on Hainan Island which has been occupied by the Japanese Army in 1939. Tells the dramatic tale of how the trio captures a Japanese soldier, then delivers him and his rifle to the guerrillas. Unmarked with light wear and soiling. A quality copy of this charming vintage work. Book
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Blankenhorn, Captain Heber; Blankenhorn, Mary Dewhurst (Preface)
Adventures in Propaganda - Letters from an Intelligence Officer in France
167 pages. Black and white plates, including tissue-protected frontispiece. Author was a Captain in America's Military Intelligence Division during WWI. A compilation of his fascinating and informative letters. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. A sound copy. Book
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Varney, Harold L.; Oliver, Revilo P.; Muhlnbeck, Jack; Goff, Rev. Kenneth; Oyaas, Joann; Hearst, Allen L.
American Mercury Magazine, "To Bear Witness To The Truth", June 1960, Volume XC No. 437 - Castro's War on Cuban Capitalism / Is There Free Speech?
160 pages. Features: Castro's War on Capitalism in Cuba; Counting Heads - the first U.S. census was no easy job; Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home; The Korean Myth - Misconceptions Americans have about Korea; 1960 Version of "The Little Red Hen"; Cold War in International Athletics - opposing Communist athletes intent on propaganda; The Tenth Man - baseball's most important player can be the groundskeeper; Facts Russia Does Not Tell; School Teaching Beats Working for a Living; The Truly Satisfying Life; The China Clipper; Who are the Metrocrats?; Listen to This; Honey - Nutritious Nostrum; Who Wants to Abolish the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?; They Tamed the Wild Missouri River; Is There Free Speech?; The greatest Train Robbery; Walter, The Adaptable Weasel; A Kentucky Political Education; Don't Let your Shoulder Freeze; This Is Christianity - Young Korean Joon Gon Kim's Ministry to Communists; You Can Do Something; Those Modern Eskimos; A Return to Common Sense in Education - Pennsylvania teacher shuns methods that produce illiterate blockheads; The Organization Mother; January-June 1960 Index. Back cover Flag Day coverage features lovely photo of youngsters Kay and Tony of the Dario Politella family of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Kahn, Otto H.
Prussianized Germany: Americans of Foreign Descent and America's Cause
21 page pamphlet. From an address before the Harrisburg, PA, Chamber of Commerce, September 26, 1917. Using genteel language the author appeals to Americans to shed more of their blood and fortune in WWI (in furtherance of the Balfour Declaration). Author's "Compliments Of" bookplate inside front cover, otherwise unmarked with light wear. The more things change... Book
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George, David Lloyd
British War Aims - Statement By the Right Honourable David Lloyd George, January 5th, 1918
15 page pamphlet. Authorized version as published by the British Government. Average wear. Handwritten mailing address and postage stamp residue on front cover. Book
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Aulich, James
War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication
256 pages. 329 illustrations with 303 in color. Bibliography. Illustration List. Index. "Features a wide selection of the most eye-catching and iconic examples from the internationally renowned poster collection at the Imperial War Museum in London. Examines the social, political, ethnic and cultural aspirations of America, Britain, Northern Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic." - dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Hinges taped. Dust jacked now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy of this stunning reference. Book
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Dryer, Sherman H.; Bernays, Edward L.; Lerner, Max; Corwin, Norman; Landry, Robert; Obeler, Arch; Lasswell, Harold; Schoenfeld, Bernard
Radio in Wartime
xiv, 384 pages. "The first authoritative book about the wartime use of radio in the United States. What fundamental policies should govern creative Radio in wartime? How effective are such broadcasts? What skills and techniques are most useful in the writing, producing and directing of American Radio in wartime? This book will open your eyes - and ears. It will tell you, the radio listener, how to detect propaganda - and how to create and put effective propaganda on the air! Author was Director of Radio Productions for the University of Chicago and of the world-famous University of Chicago Round Table, to which tens of millions listened each week." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name stamped inside each board, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear to red cloth-covered boards. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dramatically-illustrated, price-clipped and mylar protected dust jacket, the back panel of which promotes the purchase of U.S. War Bonds and Stamps, featuring a message from and photo of business analyst Merryle Stanley Rukeyser. COLE p.258, LARSON 42. Book
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Choko, Marc H.
Canadian War Posters: Posters From the First and Second World Wars
192 pages. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with magnificent colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. "The 270 eye-catching posters featured in this book tell an important part of the history of Canada, and of Canadians, during the First and Second World Wars. Significant both as historical objects and as artworks, these posters reveal how the artists of the day used their skills to contribute to the war effort, marking a major chapter in the history of design and propaganda." - dust jacket. Oblong 11.5" x 8.75". Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy of this most handsome work. Book
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Sington, Derrick; Weidenfeld, Arthur
The Goebbels Experiment: A Study of the Nazi Propaganda Machine
260 pages. Index. List of main sources. Black and white photographic plates. Organizational chart of the German Broadcasting Company (RRG) in 1942 and its links to the Ministry of Propaganda. Organizational chart of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in 1942. "The first complete account of the gigantic propaganda organization of the Third Reich. Reveals and describes: The inner workings of the Nazi propaganda organization; The network of Party speakers; The German radio's war effort; The Nazi press system; The German stage and screen in 1942; Propaganda for the armed forces; The men in control. Access to unique German documentary material and an intimate knowledge of German wartime broadcasting and of the Nazi press have enabled the authors to paint a full-length picture of Hitler's political warfare machine." - dust jacket. Printed to wartime standard, apparently without a front free endpaper. Unmarked with average wear and soiling to publisher's canary yellow cloth. Average wear and half-inch of loss to decorated orange dust jacket at top of spine. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy of this vital and incisive wartime study. KEHR & LANGMAID 2950. Book
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Mark Bourrie
The Fog of War: Censorship of Canada's Media in World War II
334 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Explores the realities of media censorship in the context of the tension between government, free-market media, and those deputized to act on behalf of the public good. The first examination of Canadian wartime news control to use the massive files of the censors to fill in the historical gaps and answer major questions about Canada's war effort." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket progected in Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating and controversial history. Book
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Griswold, Arthur H.; St. Nihal Singh; Hindmarch, G.W.; Wilton, Robert; Poindexter, W.B.; Jones, Colston G.; Et al
The Wide World Magazine, October (Oct.) 1918 *Capturing Wild Elephants Alive!*
85, 16 [ads] pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos. Features: "As I ran for the cliff a shell struck the truck just behind me, blowing it to pieces" - Arthur H. Griswold on the horrors of Gallipoli; Capturing Wild Elephants Alive, by St. Nihal Singh - including *amazing* photos of the Maharajah of Mysore's hunt; Tales of the Service - part VI - my smuggler-catching adventures, by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired customs and excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Behind the Scenes in Russia - part II - Robert Wilton reports on the war in Russia with many excellent photos including a German propaganda sheet (in Russian) which blames England for the war; Queer Fixes - trapped by rattlers, and 'twixt bear and rapids; In Unknown British Guiana - part II - many great photos; The Hold-up at the "Gem" - a tale from Lordsburg, New Mexico; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - part VI, by Fanny Bullock Markman and William Hunter Workman - with many super photos; How "Big Walsh" Held His Own - a mining experience in Bolivia; The Carrier-Pigeon in Wartime - many excellent photos; German Raids on the Cables - the first true account of Germany's daring efforts to cut Britain's underseas cable systems, with photos; The Falling Bucket - adventure involving a Bolivian silver mine; The Quaintest Horse-Race in the World - the annual Palio of Siena, Italy; Amazing photos of Mooseback riding in Rainy Lake, Ontario!. Sewer cleaning with an alligator in Fort Meade, Florida. Wonderful full-page WWI ad by AT&T with caption "How Belgium Stemmed the Tide". Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this fascinating issue. Book
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Carter, Dyson
The Big Brainwash
176, [4] ads, pages. Frequent grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Author seeks to inform his Western readers of "remarkable developments going on inside the USSR." - p.174. "In my opinion, we are kept in the dark about wonderful new Soviet technology because if our people knew these things they would see that the USSR is not a threat to us." - p.175. Scattered ink marginalia and underlining throughout. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy of this interesting cold war-era work. Book
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Hughes, Richard; King, Seth S.; Green, Paul; Raskin, A.H.; Dale, Ernest; Smith, Alice; Dempsey, David; Millstein, Gilbert; Brown, Nona B.
The New York Times Magazine, March [Mar.] 31, 1957 - Propaganda in Peiping / Elath [Elat] - Israel's Port of Hope
Features: Cover photo entitled Propaganda in Peiping [Beijing]; Report on Peiping - Mao's regime stands squarely with Russia against the West, but its methods, says a visitor to China, remain orientally patient; Propaganda in Peiping; Israel's Port of Hope - Elath [Elat] will contribute much toward national self-sufficiency - if the gulf remains open; The Epic of Jamestown - 350th anniversary recalls the tragic but inspiring beginning of our nation; The Moral Issue That Confronts Labor - Some union leaders have come to resemble industry's 'robber barons'; Reports Cards For the Bosses - Large corporations are adopting systematic rating methods to evaluate their executives; Home Sweet (Homemade) Home - article on those who are building their own homes; A Comic Discourses on Comedy - Bert Lahr; President's Unknown Aides - Two pages of photos of some of the President's behind-the-scenes staffers, including safety man James Rowley, personal secretary Ann C. Whitman, recorder Jack Romagna, pilot Lieut. Col. William G. Draper, head gardener Robert M. Redmond, and six others; Clubs for Little Girls to Grow In; Two pages of fashion photos of ladies' 'Pajamas on the Beach'; Summer patio accessories; Photos from the movie "12 Angry Men"; and more. 80 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos. Dozens of lovely illustrated ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Viereck, George Sylvester: Schrader, Frederick F.: Editors
The Fatherland - Fair Play for Germany and Austria-Hungary, May 12th, 1915 - Cover Illustration of Chancellor Von Tethmann Hollweg - the Man Who Held That the Laws of Humanity Were Greater Than Scraps of Paper
16 pages. Features: What Count Von Bernstorff Might Reply to Mr. William Jennings Bryan; Prof. Burgess Unmasks Sir Edward Grey; The Military Situation; The German Educational System, by Frank Koester; The Free Sea, by Dr. Edmund von Mach; The Incident of the "Gulflight"; Directors of Death Factories - a partial list of names of directors of American companies profiting by selling armaments to Germany's foes; Wisconsin and the Shipment of Arms - General Pearson seeks to stop the flow of arms; Kuno Meyer and Harvard - Harvard is neutral in the same was as the U.S. is neutral; Pogroms against the Jews in England; The Secret Aim of the British Press Bureau - some would like to see America join the British Empire; Louis Viereck's news from Germany; and more. This publication took Germany's side during WWI. Unmarked with moderate wear. Short openings to several pages at foot of coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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COME VIVE L'OPERAIO NELLA RUSSIA SOVIETICA
In-16 (Cm 17 x 12), pp. 29, Br. ed. Firma di appartenenza alla br. Ordinari segni d'uso e del tempo. MOLTO BUONO
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LA GRANDE RIVOLUZIONE D'OTTOBRE E LE CONQUISTE CHE HA ASSICURATO AI POPOLI E DI ESTONIA LETTONA LITUANIA POLONIA GERMANIA ORIENTALE ALBANIA ROMANIA BULGARIA UNGHERIA CECOSLOVACCHIA COREA DEL NORD E CINA
In-8 (Cm 21 x 14,5), pp. 38 n.n., br. ed. ill., illustrazioni b.n. fuori testo. Ordinari segni del tempo. MOLTO BUONO - Pubblicazione propagandastica anticomunista nella quale, a frasi tratte da giornali o affermazioni di dittatori russi, vengono contrapposti disegni e commenti che confutano le suddette frasi.
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BELTRAMI SIVIO
L'OPERA DELLA PROPANGANDA DELLA FEDE IN ITALIA
In-8 (cm 24 x 17), pp. 478, br. ed. con sovracop. ill., decine di tavv. b.n. nel testo. Brossura con strappetti e millimetriche mancanze. Millimetrica mancanza al margine alto del piatto ant., Ingiallitura e leggerissima abrasione al taglio sup. Qualche leggera ingiallitura sparsa (Soprattutto alle sguardie). Ordinari segni del tempo. BUONO
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MALAGODI GIOVANNI
LA POLITICA AGRARIA LIBERALE DISCORSO PRONUNCIATO IL 12 GENNAIO 1958
In-8 (Cm 20,5 x 14), pp. 31, brossura editoriale. Leggera ingiallitura della br. Ordinari segni del tempo. BUONO
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PROGRAMMA DEI SOCIALISTI PER LE ELEZIONI DEL 6 NOVEMBRE
In-8 (Cm 20 x 13,5), pp. 14, brossura editoriale illustrata, illustrazioni b.n. nel testo. Residuo di etichetta di spedizione alla brossura ant. Ordinari segni del tempo. MOLTO BUONO
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PARTITO LIBERALE ITALIANO
LA BUONA SCELTA POLITICA PER UNA BUONA AMMINISTRAZIONE PROGRAMMA ELETTORALE 1960
In-8 (Cm 21,5 x 15), pp. 13, brossura editoriale illustrata. Ingialliture sparse. BUONO
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I SOCIALISTI DI FRONTE AL MERCATO COMUNE EUROPEO
In-8 (Cm 21 x 14), pp. 12, brossura editoriale illustrata, a cura della Sezione Centrale Stampa e Propaganda del PSI. Un piccolo strappetto al margine esterno. Pieghetta centrale orizzontale. MOLTO BUONO
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LA DONNA ITALIA E LA GUERRA
In-16 (cM 18 X 13), pp. 47, brossura editoriale. Illustrazioni a tre colori nel testo. Ordinari segni del tempo. MOLTO BUONO
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VINCERE
In-16 (Cm 18 x 13,2), pp. 36, brossura editoriale. Qualche piccola ingiallitura alla brossura. Piccola publicazione di carattere propagandistico nella qualei vengono indicati "10 fatti inoppugnabili" sul fatto che le forze dell'Asse riusciranno a vincere la guerra, indicazioni intercalate da citazioni tratte da discorsi di Mussolini e Hitler.
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COME FUNZIONA IL GOVERNO DEGLI STATI UNITI
In-24 (Cm 14 x 11,5), pp. 23, brossura editoriale illustrata. Margina ingiallitura alla brossura. MOLTO BUONO
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UN COMPAGNO PIANGE
In-16 (Cm 167 x 11,7), pp. 24, brossura editoriale. Pubblicazione della Democrazia Cristiana SPES. OTTIMO
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LA FORMAZIONE DELLA COSTITUZIONE AMERICANA
In-24 (Cm 14 x 11,5), pp. 23, brossura editoriale illustrata. OTTIMO
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COME SI VOTA NEGLI STATI UNTI
In-24 (Cm 14 x 11,5), pp. 32, brossura editoriale illustrata. Illustrazioni b.n. nel testo. Marginale ingiallitura alla brossura. MOLTO BUONO
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MARESCALCHI GIANNI (TESTO DI)
GUERRA ALLA RUSSIA
In-16 (Cm 16,5, x 12), pp. 31, brossura editoriale. Ossidazione delle grappette. Ordinari segni del tempo. MOLTO BUONO
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DOCUMENTI DELLA LIBERTÀ DICHIARAZIONI STORICHE DEI PRINCIPI DEGLI STATI UNITI
In-16 (Cm 17,7 x 12), pp. 119, brossura editoriale. Carta con leggera brunitura, due ingialliture alla brossura ant. Ordinari segni del tempo. BUONO
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LE PREDICHE AL VENTO DI DON MUSO DURO N.2 CONTRO LE IMPOSTURE DEL SOCIALISMO ATEO SFRUTTATORE DEL CONTADINO E DELL'OPERAIO (PUNTATA II)
In-24 (Cm 14 x 9,6), pp. 27, brossura editoriale. Collana "Propaganda democratico-cristiana". Qualche leggera ingiallitura sparsa. INTONSO - MOLTO BUONO
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SPIE COMUNISTE
In-16 (Cm 16,5 x 11,5), pp. 30, brossura editoriale. OTTIMO
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