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COMMUNISM. LENINE Nicholay
La Revolution Proletarienne et la Renegat Kautsky
Paris: Biblioteque Communiste 1921. First French edition. Original wraps. 8vo Pp. 124. Spine darkened. A very good copy. Biblioteque Communiste unknown books
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COMMUNISM. ENGELS Frederick
THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE STATE; in the light of the researches of Lewis H. Morgan
NY: International Pub 1942. reprint. VG. Rowbotham: ".an attempt to analyze the oppression of women in terms of the relationship between the mode of production and procreation.saw the monogamous family as the result of the private ownership of property. International Pub unknown books
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COMMUNISM. LUXEMBURG Rosa
SELECTED POLITICAL WRITINGS.; edited with an intro. by Dick Howard
NY: Monthly Review 1971. First edn. 8vo Pp. 441. VG in price clipped dj. Active in the German Polish and Russian Communist movements in the pre-WWII time period Luxemburg was murdered by the German government. Monthly Review unknown books
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Communism. Il Sung Kim
On The BUILDING Of The WORKERS' PARTY Of KOREA. 2
Pyongyang Korea: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1978. Red faux leather binding stamped in gilt. VG binding glue discoloration to front paste-down perimeter/faint stain to fore-edge. 643 pp. Portrait of Il Sung. 8vo. <br/><br/>Kim Il Sung the long-time North Korean leader. Book contains reports from 1955 - 1961. Foreign Languages Publishing House hardcover books
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Malenkov GM. G. M.
Speech by G.M. Malenkov Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. At the Session of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet August 8 1953
London: Soviet News 1953. 16mo 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 176 x 120 mm 40 1 pages in red and white stapled wrappers. Speech by Soviet Premier Georgy Malenkov to the Supreme Soviet in August 1953 just months after Stalin's death. He calls for more money for housing attacks the U.S. and other Western countries and defends the "people's democracies." Nikita Khrushchev ousted Malenkov as premier in 1955. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light toning to page edges internally clean and unmarked. A Near Fine copy. Soviet News books
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Flynn John T.
John T. Flynn Replies to His Critics
New York: Self-published ca. 1950. No Edition Stated. Oblong 48mo 3 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 100 x 140 mm 31 1 pages in stapled wrappers. American journalist and professional curmudgeon John T. Flynn 1882-1964 responds to critics of his 1949 book "The Road Ahead: America's Creeping Revolution" in which he alleged America was being led down the road to socialism.In this pamphlet he attacks Protestant church organizations saying they promote socialism. He also levels attacks at various people he considers socialists communists and fellow travelers.OCLC FirstSearch shows only six institutional holdings. None in commerce as of July 14 2019. SCARCE. <br /><br />CONDITION: Toning to wrappers rubber stamp of free-market economist Percy L. Greaves Jr. to upper wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. Self-published books
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Vladimirov Peter
The Vladimirov Diaries: Yenan China: 1942-1945
Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1975. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches; 215 x 145 mm 538 pages quarter cloth over paper boards. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Some fading to lettering on spine internally clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears nicks and chips especially on the front panel as well as soiling to the rear panel and spine.An insider's account of Mao Tse-tung's drive for power during World War II. The author was a Tass correspondent and Comintern agent assigned to the Chinese Communist area around Yenan. Peter Vladimirov spent many hours speaking with Mao and was struck by his ruthlessness and lack of culture and morality. A valuable insight albeit from a Soviet viewpoint into Mao and the revolutionary movement he led. Numerous black-and-white photos. <br /><br /> Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1561 ISBN : 0385009283 9780385009287
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The Co operative Union Limited
Report of a Group of Co-operators on a Visit to Russia: August 1929
Manchester England: The Co-operative Union Limited 1930. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 5/8 inches 212 mm tall 50 1 pages in stapled wrappers. Moderate toning to the covers front cover and first two leaves missing small pieces of paper at upper right vertical fold throughout probably as a result of mailing staples slightly rusty. Bookplate to verso of front wrapper. Pages clean and unmarked but lightly toned along the edges. A Very Good copy.Nearly two dozen members of British co-operative societies visited the Soviet Union in August 1929 as the guests of Centrosoyus the All-Russian Union of Consumers' Co-operative Societies. This is their report touching on such subjects as education agriculture the status of women scientific work factory conditions co-operatives in the USSR etc.Group members were impressed by what they saw. Given the overwhelmingly positive view they had of the Soviet Union they apparently felt it necessary to assure skeptical readers that group members "were able to investigate matters in which they were particularly interested.Not only were they not prevented from seeing anything else they wanted to when it was humanly possible but every facility for so doing was provided by the various co-operative organisations which entertained them."Some of their observations are jaw-dropping given what we know now about the Soviet Union in the late 1920s as Stalin began to consolidate his power. Especially notable is the short chapter on farming written just a few years before wide-spread famine killed millions of people in 1932-33. Visiting a commune in the Ukraine group members reported: "The quality and condition of the cattle of this village were remarkable." Then on a visit to a dairy farm outside Leningrad the report said that the farm "was built in accordance with our Western ideas of cleanliness and efficiency while most of the work is undertaken by milkmaids who were as bonny and fresh as one could possibly wish."There's plenty more along this line. All in all a fascinating look at various aspects of the Soviet Union in 1929 written by a group of well-meaning people who no doubt genuinely believed what they saw. They were so impressed that they returned several more times and wrote additional reports on their visits. Reports from later years are more often found in the trade than this edition which is fairly uncommon. OCLC WorldCat shows only 10 institutional holdings mostly in the U.K. The pamphlet contains the bookplate of J.J. Harpell 1874-1959 a Canadian businessman and publisher who was active in the co-operative movement. SCARCE. <br /><br /> The Co-operative Union Limited books
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Spiro George
Solzhenitsyn the "Communist" Power and the Answer to the SALT Delusion
New York: Self-Published 1975. No Edition Stated. 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 138 mm 96 pages in stapled wrappers. Small light stain to fore edge light rubbing to wrappers internally clean and bright. A Very Good or better copy.Prolific pamphleteer George Spiro chides both the U.S. and Soviet Union over the SALT arms-control agreement. Spiro is both anti-capitalist and anti-Soviet and basically argues that neither country can be trusted to reduce the possibility of nuclear war. <br /><br /> Self-Published books
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Schneir Walter; Schneir Miriam
Invitation to an Inquest
Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1965. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Walter Schneir on the front end paper: "To John J. Macbride / With best wishes / Walter Schneir." Dated August 1965 the year of publication. A review of the trial and conviction of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg for espionage; the authors argue that the Rosenbergs had been framed. 8vo. xii 467 pages. Very Good with top edge a bit soiled and crown of spine tapped in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket that's creased and has a couple small chips and some soiling on the rear panel. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company, Inc. unknown books
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COMMUNISM RUSSIA
PROGRAMM DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN PARTEI RUSSLAND BOLSCHEWIKI
1920. COMMUNISM - RUSSIA. DAS PROGRAMM DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN PARTEI RUSSLAND BOLSCHEWIKI. Angenommen aufdem 8. Parteikongress 18. bis 23 Marz 1919. Mit Einfuhrung von Karl Radek. Zurich: Internationaler Verlag 1920. 67 pp. Pamphlet format: 8 3/4 by 6 1/4inches 22 x15.5 cm printed paper wrappers. The text is clean; however the paper is of inferior quality and is uniformly toned throughout. There is a faint dampstain along the fore-edge; the last two leaves have tears which extend into the text without loss. The wrappers are edge-chipped creased and reinforced with paper tape at the spine. There is a small label affixed to the front panel as well as a closed tear. As is. unknown books
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Petersen Arnold
Karl Marx and Marxism: A Universal Genius: His Discoveries His Traducers
New York: New York Labor News Company 1934. First Edition. 12mo 7 1/4 inches / 185 mm tall 63 1 pages in bound wrappers. Light soiling to wrappers general handling wear. Pages clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Defense of Marxist principles by a leader of the Socialist Labor Party published by the party's New York Labor News Company. Black-and-white frontispiece of Marx plus three plates showing various places in London where Marx worked and lived. <br/><br/> New York Labor News Company unknown books
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Shaw George Bernard
Socialism and Superior Brains: A Reply to Mr. Mallock
London: The Fabian Society 1909. First Edition First Printing. Pamphlet criticizing the conservative anti-socialist writer and economist W.H. Mallock. According to Shaw Mallock believes that inventors and other people of exceptional ability have no reason to share their earnings with others. Mallock in letters to newspapers reprinted here says he doesn't make any such contention in his writings giving Shaw the opportunity to attack him further. Fabian Tract No. 146. 8vo 8 1/2 inches / 21 1/2 cm 23 1 pages in stapled red wrappers. Photographic portrait of Shaw by Marie Leon. Wrappers are rather brittle and age-toned front cover loose but still holding. Small split at the head of the spine and several nicks and tears to the covers especially the rear cover. Vertical crease throughout. Although this pamphlet has been reprinted several times and in different formats copies of this first edition are uncommon to the market. SCARCE. <br/><br/> The Fabian Society unknown books
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Committee on Un American Activities US. House of Representatives U. S.
Report on the Congress of American Women
Washington D.C.: Committee on Un-American Activities U.S. House of Representatives 1949. First Edition. An investigation into the Congress of American Women by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. The committee maintained that the CAW was a Communist front organization; its report attacked various members and attempted to tie them to Moscow. There's an especially lurid chapter on Muriel Draper president of the CAW: ".when Muriel Draper had nearly achieved the pinnacle of her consuming desire for importance fame even adulation her husband entered their London residence at teatime to confess that he had lost their last cent on a horse race. From that time on her faith in capitalism suffered a heavy decline." page 68. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. 8vo 9 inches / 23 cm iv 114 pages in stapled wrappers. Near Fine with some creasing to front and rear covers. SCARCE. <br/><br/> Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives unknown books
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Gunther John
Inside Russia Today
New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. First Edition. SIGNED by John Gunther on the half-title page. Gunther's acclaimed account of politics and everyday life in the Soviet Union in the years immediately following Stalin's death. He also deals with the arts as well as foreign policy Khrushchev's secret speech and the crushing of the Hungarian revolt. 8vo xxiv 550 pages. Top and bottom page edges slightly soiled otherwise Fine in bright unclipped dust jacket with some soiling to rear panel light rubbing a few creased closed tears and shallow chipping to spine ends and tips. Signed copies of this book are uncommon. SCARCE SIGNED. <br /><br />John Gunther 1901-1970 was a famous foreign correspondent best known for his "Inside." series of books. Harper & Brothers books
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Galbraith John Kenneth and Menshikov Stanislav
Capitalism Communism and Coexistence: From the Bitter Past to a Better Prospect
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1988. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED by both authors on the front free end paper. U.S. economist John Kenneth Galbraith and Soviet economist and journalist Stanislav Menshikov met in a New England farmhouse in 1987 to discuss the state and future of communism and capitalism glasnost and Reaganism. 8vo 225 pages. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight edge wear. Copies signed by both authors are uncommon. SCARCE SIGNED by both authors. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 912 ISBN : 0395473160 9780395473160
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Philbrick Herbert A.
I Led 3 Lives: Citizen"Communist" Counterspy
New York: Capitol Hill Press 1972. Revised Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front end paper: "Many thanks - / to / Tom Moran / Herbert A. Philbrick / 1972." Philbrick's account of his nine years in the Communist Party working as a spy for the FBI. Originally published in 1950 the book was updated and reissued in 1972. It was also the basis of a television series in the mid-1950s called Three Lives. Foreword by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 8vo 306 pages. Red remainder mark on bottom page edges light stain on rear pastedown. Otherwise Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket that has some nicks creases and rubbing as well as ownership signature on the front flap. <br/><br/> Capitol Hill Press unknown books
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Fast Howard
The Naked God: The Writer and the Communist Party
New York: Frederick A. Praeger Inc. 1957. First Edition. Howard Fast explains his disillusionment and break with the Communist Party. 8vo. 197 pages. Near Fine in an unclipped Very Good dust jacket that has a couple of small creases and tears and sunning. Overall a beautiful copy. <br/><br/> Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. unknown books
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Carr EH
Twilight of the Comintern 1930-1935
New York: Pantheon Boos 1982. First Edition. A history of Moscow's relations with foreign Communist parties in the 1930s written by the left-wing historian and journalist E.H. Carr. Octavo pp. xi 461. Near Fine with a tasteful bookplate on the front paste down in a Very Good dust jacket that has a couple small closed tears on both panels along with some soiling on the rear panel. <br/><br/> Pantheon Boos unknown books
Bookseller reference : 694 ISBN : 0394525124 9780394525129
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DYKER David A
Catching Up and Falling Behind: Post-Communist Transformation in Historical Perspective
London: Imperial College Press. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 1860944345 . First edition. Fine in printed boards. No dust jacket. . Imperial College Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 32482 ISBN : 1860944345 9781860944345
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The Committee on Socialism and Communism
Communist Infiltration In The United States: Its Nature And How To Combat It
Kessinger Publishing 10-09-2010. paperback. New. 6.00x0.10x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX1163174408 ISBN : 1163174408 9781163174401
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The Committee on Socialism and Communism
Communist Infiltration in the United States: Its Nature and How to Combat It
Kessinger Publishing 10-09-2010. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.25x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX1168677645 ISBN : 1168677645 9781168677648
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COMMUNISM.
Gongchandang danzhang "Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party".
Shexian: Taihang qunzhing shudian "Taihang People's Bookstore" 1947. Maoism made official First edition thus. Passed at the party's seventh congress in 1945 the constitution for the first time formalized "Mao Zedong Thought" as the guiding ideology of Chinese communism. Following the historic congress the new constitution was disseminated by local printers in the rural base areas under party control. This example was issued in the foothills of the Taihang Mountains near the capital of the strategically important Shanxi-Hobei-Shandong-Henan "liberated zone." In 1948 Mao took up residence in nearby Xibaipo where he lived until his triumphant entry into Beijing in March 1949. This first printing dates to September 1947. Subsequent printings appeared in December 1947 and several times in 1948 but they did not have a frontispiece. Rural printers had access to only the most rudimentary facilities and the vast majority of base-area publications have now perished. Octavo pp. ii 27 1. Half-tone frontispiece portrait of Mao decoration above table of contents. Text in Chinese. Original illustrated wrappers front cover lettered in black. Tidemark at head of volume spine worn split at head of front joint chip to front cover several gatherings uncut: a very good copy typical of publications printed in the Chinese Communist Party's rural base areas. unknown
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COMMUNISM.
Ge shidai shehui jingji jiegou biaojie "Explanatory Chart of Economic Structures in Each Stage of Society's Development".
Shanghai: Taipingyang chubanshe 1949. First edition of this large political visualization significant for its publication date only a few weeks before the founding of the People's Republic of China. It reflects an increased demand for material explaining the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party caused by the party's victory in the civil war and the complete collapse of the Kuomintang on the mainland. The table presents some of the core ideas of Marxism tracking economic and cultural evolution from primitive through to capitalist and then socialist societies. The columns address such criteria as modes and means of production vanguard revolutionary forces and class relations. Although the table accommodates a transitional period from capitalism and socialism this differs from the "new democracy" approach favoured by Mao in the PRC's early years. Printed table 530 x 680 mm folding away into 157 x 107 mm card wrappers front cover lettered in red within black frame. Table in Chinese text printed in red and black. Table with 140 mm closed tear sometime repaired on recto with adhesive tape small split at one intersection unknown
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[COMMUNISM] POLONSKY, Antony; DRUKIER, Boleslaw [Editors]
The Beginnings of Communist Rule in Poland; December 1943-June 1945
London Boston Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's deep red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 464pp. Clean and bright cloth strong and tight; internally clean and fresh. A near fine copy in dustjacket. <br /> <br /> An examination of the process by which the Soviets laid the groundwork for post war occupation of Poland providing a step by step analysis. The research is assisted by the data found in a number of contemporary Soviet documents which were smuggled into the West in the early-1970's. Routledge & Kegan Paul unknown
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[COMMUNISM] NOVAK, Joseph [PSEUD: KOSINSKI, Jerzy]
No Third Path
New york: Doubleday 1962. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's russet cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 359pp. Light wear to board edges and spine ends; internally clean fore-edge untrimmed; in a clean bright example of the dustjacket with some light marginal wear and fraying to the head of spine. A very good copy. <br /> <br /> One of two works written about life in the Soviet Union by Kosinski under his Novak pseudonym. Kosinski something of a master of obscuring his own footprints never really accounted for his need to write anti-communist material in the US under an assumed name and it was widely understood that these works were sponsored and commissioned by the CIA although the claim was never substantiated. This copy has one small piece of underlining to the text of the jacket flap where the author's status as "a social scientist" has been emphasised. This title and "The Future is Ours Comrade" both stem from the period when Kosinski was studying at Columbia on a Ford grant. Doubleday unknown
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[COMMUNISM] WALTER, Ellery
Russia's Decisive Year
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in red to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 282pp. A little light wear to extremities minor bumping to spine ends bright and strong; internally clean topstain red fore-edge untrimmed; in a strong example of the dustjacket priceclipped with some soiling to the white portions and some shallow marginal chipping. A very good copy. Signed by the author to the title page. <br /> <br /> Walter's assessment of the Russian experiment as it stood in the early 1930's after he had just been granted unprecedented access to administration and infrastructure during a six month tour of the country. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
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[COMMUNISM - FRANCE] GRANDJOUAN, Jules
La Misere en Faux-Col "White Collar Misery": Employes Artisans Fonctionnaires Pensionnes La Bourgeoisie Incapable D'Assurer Votre Existence Vous Ecrase Sous Des Charges de Toutes Sortes - Rejoignez Le Bloc Ouvrier-Paysan
Impression illegible: Bloc Ouvrier-Paysan 1929. Original lithographed poster 40cm x 120cm ca 16" x 47". Minuscule losses at margins not approaching image; closed tears; impression slightly weak; Very Good professionally backed on linen B/B.<br /> <br /> An ephemeral work produced for the short-lived Bloc Ouvrier-Paysan Workers & Peasants Party a Communist splinter group which existed in France only from 1929-30. The poster invites white-collar workers including artisans civil servants and pensioners to join the Bloc to save themselves from being crushed under the weight of bourgeois capitalism. The image depicts the bourgeoisie personified in the form of high rents food goods taxes and transportation costs being pulled forward by a horde of civil servants under harness. Copies located at Hoover Institution and the archives of the Department of Correze France; none others in institutional collections or commerce. Bloc Ouvrier-Paysan unknown
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[COMMUNISM] [LABOR REFORM] LEONOV, Leonid; GORKY, Maxim
Soviet River
New York: Dial Press; Lincoln Mac Veagh 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Original deep red cloth titled in black to spine with embossed publisher's imprint to front board. Dustjacket. 383pp. Bumped to spine ends with some minor wear to corners some minor darkening to the cloth in places; internally clean fore-edge untrimmed top edge a trifle dusty; in the John Gram dustjacket with some toning to the spine panel shallow chipping and loss to the spine ends intruding upon the author's first name and a short closed tear to the front upper front spine hinge. A good strong copy with some wear.<br /> <br /> Leonov's novel of Soviet labor centred around the building of an enormous factory; Sotstroy. Gorky provides the preface; the novel was notable at the time as an antidote to the image of the USSR as an enormous generator of plans progress noble artistic and industrial endeavor and a shining beacon of energy. Leonov tends towards a more on the ground depiction of enthusiastic ineptitude paranoia and fanaticism. Bookplate of Alvin Kapusta to front pastedown a Special Assistant for Soviet Nationalities at the US State Department and a notable scholar of the Soviet Bloc whose collections are housed at the Hoover Institution. Dial Press; Lincoln Mac Veagh unknown
Bookseller reference : 84363
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[COMMUNISM] [ANTI-COMMUNISM] CARLTON, Richard K. (Editor)
Forced Labor in the "People's Democracies
New York: Frederick A. Praeger; For the Mid-European Studies Center of the Free Europe Committee 1955. Revised Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Original black cloth spine over illustrated card wraps. 247pp. Some light wear to the extremities and minor toning to the card wraps; internally clean. A very good strong copy.<br /> <br /> An analysis of the nature extent and appalling realities of Soviet forced labor camps in Hungary Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria and Poland. This revised edition was expanded in order to include data regarding forced labor camps in Communist China. Frederick A. Praeger; For the Mid-European Studies Center of the Free Europe Committee unknown
Bookseller reference : 84362
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[COMMUNISM] GETTY, J. Arch; NAUMOV, Oleg V.
The Road To Terror; Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks 1932-1939
New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1999. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's red cloth spine over black paper covered boards titled and ruled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. xxvii; 635pp. Very light wear to spine ends; internally clean illustrated throughout; in a clean bright dustjacket. A near fine copy. <br /> <br /> An academic analysis of the depradations of Stalin's ruling party during the pogroms and cleansings in the few years immediately prior to WW2 compiled from previously secret of inaccessible documents and testimonies. Yale University Press unknown
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[COMMUNISM] [USSR] FULOP-MILLER, Rene [TRANS: FS. FLINT; DF. TAIT F. S. D. F.
The Mind and Face of Bolshevism; An Examination of Cultural Life in Soviet Russia
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. Large Paper Edition. Large Octavo. 26.5cm. Publisher's pale orange cloth titled in black and gilt to front board with red paper title label to spine. xvi; 308pp. Scuffing and bumping to extremities the cloth uniformly faded to a pale diluted pinkish orange with some scuffing and soiling darkening to the spine label and some very light marginal chipping; internally clean black topstain fore-edge untrimmed lavishly illustrated throughout in color and black and white. A strong and handsome copy about very good due to solidity and completeness but with cosmetic external wear. <br /> <br /> Significantly taller and more bulky than the trade edition likely a deluxe or large paper edition produced from British sheets the pagination differs considerably from the earlier trade edition with several additional color illustrations for example the "Red Angel of Revolution" color plate is here the recto of the photographic frontis and a rather unusual contemporary small format photograph of Leningrad tipped onto one of the plate pages. The paper title label suggests a slipcase although none is present. Unusual rather than scarce with a pretty solid showing in institutions if none in trade. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
Bookseller reference : 84083
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[SLAVIC AMERICANA] [COMMUNISM] [TROTSKY, Leon]
Manifest KomunistiÄke Internacijonale. Primljen na prvom zboru medjunarodnih komunista u Moski 6. ožujka 1919
Chicago: Jugosl. Medjunarodnog Soc. Saveza 1919. 12mo 17cm. Staple-bound printed pale blue wrappers; 28pp. Mild toning and soil to wrapper edges; expected tanning to text; Very Good. <br /> <br /> Scarce American Croat translation of Trotsky's Manifesto of the Communist International which had originally appeared in Issue no. 1 of The Communist International the Comintern's theoretical organ. The translator of this edition is unidentified; nor is there any mention of Trotsky as author. Hoover Institution only in OCLC. Jugosl. Medjunarodnog Soc. Saveza unknown
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[COMMUNISM] [RUSSIA]
КОÐСТРУКТОРЮÐОСТЬ - 3; "Constructor Youth-3" A Soviet pre-collapse constructor set for young people
Moscow: Tushino Machine Building Plant 1980's. Pasteboard box 44cm x 23cm. Name printed in stark black and white onto a stereotypically minimalist Soviet box all the more susrprising considering this is a toy for children. Light inoffensive wear to the extremities a little rubbing and scuffing to the corners clean and complete. The verso of the box lid contains a plan of the contents with item numbers and small illustrations. Inside the box liner is moulded polystyrene with spaces for the individual components ranging from pressed steel baseboards and wall/hull sections to a set of rubber tyres woven string to simulate hawsers and cables pulleys connecting rods all the necessary tools a bag of nuts bolts and other connector pieces; all mass produced in a fashion that would have even a cursory modern day child safety inspection shutting down the whole plant and issuing a warning that if your children get this for Christmas you might need to count their fingers on Boxing Day. Miraculously complete as far as can be ascertained and with very little sign of use including the plans and construction book which is complex enough to count as aggressively educational and has the original warranty sheet with inspection stamps hand stamped and dated 1992 although the slip dates the set to the 1980's laid in. The introduction to the set in the 62 page instruction book states: "The 'Yunost' contruction set is a game designed in 1944 to introduce children aged 10-15 years to the principles of technical design and construction engineering. Each set of the 'Yunost' construction set contains the most intricate parts intnded for assembling models of various mechanisms machines and industrial structures."<br /> <br /> Clearly designed as a controlled Soviet alternative to Western toys like Erector Sets Meccano and the like the principles are identical whilst the delivery is rather more tailored to a deliberately educational USSR approach to entertaining children. "Nothing without purpose" seems to have been the guiding tenet of USSR toy production approaches which became notorious for taking an existing Western temptation like Meccano or Lego or GI-Joe and adapting them to the requirements of collective adherence to the improvement of the USSR. To Western eyes a lot of this material looks like the physical representation of the "We have McDonalds at home." meme but whilst Western toy design was aimed as much at keeping kids quiet and out of the way with a side of education the Soviet philosophy seems to have been 'if a child is building a toy crane then he should be learning the principles of load bearing members understanding pulleys and getting an idea of where crane operators fit into the process of industrial engineering' whilst this approach seems to take some of the joy out of play time it also contributed to the Western paranoia that the USSR was basically a cradle to grave enemy factory. Tushino Machine Building Plant unknown
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[COMMUNISM] PACKER, Herbert L.
Ex-Communist Witnesses; Four Studies in Fact Finding. A challenging examination of the testimony of Whittaker Chambers Elizabeth Bentley Louis Budenz and John Lautner
Stanford: Stanford University Press 1962. First Edition. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publisher's pale slate grey cloth covered boards titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. viii; 279pp. Light scuffing and edgewear minor bumping to spine ends in a bright strong example of the dustjacket with some minor rubbing and chipping to extremities. some sunning and fraying to the spine panel and ends a very good handsome copy with some light wear. Internally clean. Bookplate of Phillip G. Fox to front pastedown clearly a home made design and almost certainly that of Professor Phillip G. Fox of the University of Wisconsin who was a professor of business administration with an almost obsessive interest in slot machines and the mathematics of gambling payouts. The bookplate has been composed as a piece of typewriter art centered on a complex mathematical equation; bookdealers aren't necessarily terribly mathematically adept so the solution will have to be found by the next owner of the book.<br /> <br /> Packer's preoccupation here is centred around which of the regularly used official methods for interrogating communists and building information on their activities is the most efficient and successful; court trials admisnitrative hearins or Congressional investigations. There is an interesting corollary in that he is compelled to analyze whether or not Communism is in fact subversive but the answer to that shouldn't probably shouldn't get in the way of a good system for governments to control their citizens. Stanford University Press unknown
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[JUVENILE LITERATURE] [COMMUNISM] SHAW, Ruth and HA. POTAMKIN H. A.
Our Lenin. Pictures by William Siegel
New York: International Publishers 1934. First Edition. Oblong quarto 23cm x 27cm. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards; 62pp; illus. A remarkably bright unworn copy with minimal rubbing to board corners with the pictorial elements bright and unfaded. Internally clean and unmarked with joints and hinges tight; Near Fine. Lacking the scarce dustwrapper. There was also an issue in plain black bookcloth priority uncertain. <br /> <br /> A biographical encomium to Lenin for juvenile readers with illustrations by the New Masses cartoonist William Siegel. A great example of "party-approved" literature for children during the heyday of communism in America an unusually well-preserved copy. International Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 81518
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Frederick Communism
Beating the Unbeatable Foe: One Man's Victory over
New. unknown
Bookseller reference : Q7-WZX2-KRE8 ISBN : 0895264374 9780895264374
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The Committee on Socialism and Communism
Communist Infiltration in the United States: Its Nature and How to Combat It
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1168677645.G ISBN : 1168677645 9781168677648
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The Committee on Christianity and Communism of the Interboard Program Committee
Christian Faith Encounters Communism
Dayton Ohio; The Otterbein Press 1956 1956. F . Soft cover. Fine. Trade Paperback Sized Pamphlet. Staple bound. 96 pages. Anti-communism from a christian prospective in 1956. Great cover design in read and black. VERYFINE. As new. All corners sharp and binding tight and square. No tears crease bumps or chips. Unmarked in any way and very bright amd clean. <br/> <br/> Dayton, Ohio; The Otterbein Press, 1956 paperback
Bookseller reference : 3111705
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VIVA IL COMUNISMO
Viva il Comunismo. Foglio di agitazione. 18 ottobre 1972
Roma: Viva il Comunismo 1972. Foglio singolo loose page. Molto buono Very Good. <em><strong>Supplemento al mensile Viva il Comunismo n. 13</strong></em>. Articoli: "I chimici i metalmeccanci gli edili i tessili tutto il proletariato in piazza!"; Glioperai si oppongono chiaramente ai sindacati"; "Valpreda"; "Nelle assemblee chimiche: respingiamo l'accordo"; etc. In apertura una foto di <strong>Tano D'Amico</strong>. Cm 50x35. pp. 2. Molto buono Very Good. . <em>Il sottotitolo diceva: "Per la costruizione del partito marxista-leninista. Direttore responsabile: Marco Pannella. Il giornale esce nel 1971 per volontà del Comitato Comunisti Romani m-l sorto dopo la scissione da Unità Operaia avendo come leaders Augusto Illumintai e Claudio De Tovo. Nonostante le origini trotzkiste Viva il comunismo - con il quale sarà qausi sempre identificabile anche il gruppo politico - esprime un evidente consenso verso il maoismo utilizzando la fraseologia m-l" da Managno Attilio Le riviste degli anni Settanta.</em> Viva il Comunismo, unknown
Bookseller reference : 238152
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[LIBERTARIAN COMMUNISM – SOCIAL REVOLUTION GROUP]
Introduction to Social Revolution
London & Aberdeen: Social Revolution 1976. Quarto. Staplebound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; 12pp; illus. Clean tight and unmarked; Near Fine. Introduction to the goals and principles of this British libertarian communist group centered in London and Aberdeen. Social Revolution unknown
Bookseller reference : 45463
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[COMMUNISM] ROY, Ralph Lord
Communism and the Churches
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1961. Early Printing. Octavo; navy blue cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; lavender topstain; dustjacket; xvi4951pp. A few small faint stains to upper edge of textblock else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped priced $7.50 with modest shelfwear a few tiny tears and creases. Detailed history of the Communist Party's attempts - first to undermine then to exploit - religious institutions in the United States. Issued as Volume 6 in the series "Communism in American Life. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 44999
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[COMMUNISM] [CHILE] STAUBER, John
El Peligro Comunista y Su Influencia en Chile
Santiago de Chile: Union Social de Chile 1932. First Edition. 12mo 17.5cm.; publisher's blue-grey printed staplebound wrappers; 8pp. Textblock slightly toned else a Fine copy. Issued as "Folleto No. 21. [Union Social de Chile] unknown
Bookseller reference : 43659
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[COMMUNISM - ITALIAN-AMERICANS] "EMME" (pseud)
Se si fa la Rivoluzione in Italia si morrà di fame
New York: Libreria Rossa N.d. ca 1919. First Edition. 12mo 18cm. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 24pp. Slight aging; mild creasing to spine; Very Good. Text entirely in Italian. Communist tract issued shortly after the Russian revolution calling for an immediate proletarian revolution in Italy with socialization of industry and agriculture; closure of borders to prevent the flight of the bourgeoisie; and the "management of the new society through a free arrangement of persons and competent groups" ".persone e di gruppi competenti interessati all soluzione di ogni singolo problema tecnico e sociale". The pseudonym "Emme" is unknown to us; nor is it certain from which "Libreria Rossa" this pamphlet originated – "libreria rossa" "red bookshop" being a common enough appelation among Italian-American radical booksellers of all political stripes during this period. One copy only in OCLC; not seen in commerce; not in Periconi. Libreria Rossa unknown
Bookseller reference : 43051
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[BRITISH COMMUNISM - NATIONAL MINORITY MOVEMENT]
What Is Rationalisation The Minority Movement's contribution to a wider understanding in the Trade Union movement of the meaning and effects of Rationalisation
London: National Minority Movement 1928. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 66pp. Pencil marginalia throughout; minor aging to wrappers; stamp of the Labor Research Ass'n New York to front cover. Very Good. National Minority Movement unknown
Bookseller reference : 42186
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(COMMUNISM - GREAT BRITAIN] BURNS, Emile
Winning the Peace: The Communist View of the Post War World A Syllabus based on "How To Win the Peace" by Harry Pollitt
London: Communist Party N.d. ca 1944. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed self-wrappers; 12pp. Very Good. Reading list with glosses to accompany Harry Pollitt's ˆHow to win the Peace 1944. Communist Party unknown
Bookseller reference : 40265
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[COMMUNISM] [CPUSA] MANUILSKY, DZ. [Dmitry Zhakarovych] D. Z.
How to Prepare a Report on the International Situation
San Francisco: Educational Committee San Francisco Communist Party N.d. ca 1937. First Edition. Corner-stapled mimeographed typescript 36cm x 22cm; 6pp printed recto-only. Toning corner creases and general wear; still a complete Good or better example. Dated from text. Rather remarkable Popular Front document prepared by Manuilsky as Deputy General Secretary of the Comintern and clearly oriented toward American Party members as the majority of the text deals with the resurgent economic crisis in the U.S. Though the title of the paper might suggest a style sheet or compositional outline the document in fact is a list of rather explicit instructions to American Party members on how to interpret contemporary world events in the light of current Soviet doctrine the general upshot being that the American economic crisis the rise of European fascism revolution in China and the increasing militancy of the Japanese are all symptoms of the collapse of capitalism and the ". growing resistance of the working class and the toiling masses against the onslaught of the fascist powers!" Evidence of Moscow's direct influence on the CPUSA during this period is hardly necessary to prove a point but this document provides a neat example of precisely how that influence was directed and executed. Unrecorded in this format though a similar document was published in Los Angeles in 1946 per OCLC; this printing clearly much earlier based on text. Educational Committee, San Francisco Communist Party unknown
Bookseller reference : 40520
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[COMMUNISM] NEW CENTURY PUBLISHERS
Complete Text of the Declaration of the Twelve Communist and Workers Parties Meeting in Moscow USSR Nov. 14-16 1957 on the Occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution cover title
New York: New Century Publishers 1957. Offprint. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's grey decorative staplebound self-wrappers; 15pp. Light toning else Near Fine. Translations provided by the Hsinhua News Agency in Peking i.e. Beijing and first published in the December 1957 issue of Political Affairs. New Century Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 40656
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[COMMUNISM] [CPUSA]
Penny Pamphlets That Help Fight Against Hunger - Read and Spread Among Your Fellow Workers
New York: Workers Library Publishers n.d. but ca.1934. Original poster offset printed in black on white stock measuring 67.5cm x 80.5cm. Light wear to extremities old horizontal and vertical folds with attendant creasing; Very Good.<br /> <br /> Propaganda poster advertising eight penny pamphlets published by the Workers Library; pricing ensured that even the lowliest worker would be able to afford something to read. The poster pictures titles by Israel Amter Elizabeth Lawson Herbert Benjamin and Sadie Van Veen. Issued by the National Committee Unemployed Councils proceeds presumably went to aid the unemployed and anti-hunger organizations. Not found in OCLC. Workers Library Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 26222
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Recherches Internationales - A La Lumiere Du Marxisme
Le fascisme hitlérien . études actuelles
Éditions de la nouvelle critique 1972. in8. 1972. Broché. 212 pages. petites salissures en couverture Éditions de la nouvelle critique unknown
Bookseller reference : 29223
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