‎Communism‎

‎(communism)‎

‎PROBLEMS OF COMMUNISM VOLUMES I-XIII 13 VOLUMES BOUND IN 12‎

‎Washington 1952-1964. The first 13 years of this noteworthy journal uniformly bound in 12 volumes. Six issues per year except for 1952 Volume I which has 4 issues. 4tos. most original covers bound in light tan institution buckram. Very light depository library marks - name stamp on each issue cover stamps on top and bottom fore-edges no other markings no spine numbers no bookplates no pockets. Several years are reprint editions. Near Fine. 13 years in 12 volumes. . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : a75830

‎Vrazova, Vlasta‎

‎Pruvodce Prahou Guide to Prague‎

‎<p>Chicago: Ceskoslovenská národní rada v Americe Czechoslovak National Council of America 1956.</p><p>A scarce satirical guidebook to Prague written by a Czech-American author who lived in Czechoslovakia highlighting the poor conditions under Communist rule. <br /><br />Want to know why the hotels are so expensive Translating from the Czech: You didn't realize what was included in the room price: free-of-charge eavesdropping on your phone maybe even a secret camera opening your mail without damaging the envelope and recording it in the police register photographing your more important correspondence. Want to look around Over here is the prison over there is secret police headquarters this is where Jan Masaryk was pushed out of a window to his death. <br /><br />Theres plenty more in this vein text entirely in Czech. The author Vlasta Vrázová 1900-1989 directed American relief work in Czechoslovakia in the years following World War II. In 1949 the Communist government held her for a week on espionage charges. She returned to the U.S. and became president of the staunchly anti-Communist Czechoslovak National Council of America the publisher of this volume. <br /><br />OCLC shows 16 institutional holdings. None in commerce. <strong>SCARCE</strong>. <br /><br />PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto 8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches; 222 x 140 mm 32 pages in stapled red wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />CONDITION: Small tear to top corner of upper wrapper staples rusted some pencil erasures creasing and general handling wear. About Very Good. <br /><br /><br /><br /></p> Ceskoslovenská národní rada v Americe [Czechoslovak National Council of America] paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2736

‎The Committee on Socialism and Communism‎

‎Communist Infiltration in the United States: Its Nature and How to Combat It‎

‎New. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : B9781163174401 ISBN : 1163174408 9781163174401

‎Hall, Gus‎

‎Hands Off Korea and Formosa‎

‎New York: New Century Publishers 1950. First Edition. <br /><br />Gus Hall national secretary of the Communist Party USA denounces American foreign policy in Asia. Speaking at Madison Square Garden on June 28 1950 Hall declared that the United States "has launched an undeclared shooting war against all the peoples of Asia and the Pacific." <br /><br />DETAILS: 24mo 5 x 3 1/2 inches; 126 x 88 mm 15 1 pages in stapled green and white wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />CONDITION: Slight edge wear internally bright and unmarked. Near Fine. <br /><br /><br /> New Century Publishers paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2654

‎Intourist, Inc.‎

‎Pavilion of the USSR: New York World's Fair 1939 10 Souvenir Post Cards‎

‎n.p.: Intourist Inc. 1939. <br /><br />Red folder measuring 4 x 5 3/4 inches 150 x 113 mm containing 10 post cards. <br /><br />Souvenir folder issued to commemorate the 1939 World's Fair in New York. The folder consists of 10 post cards in black-and-white with descriptions in English French and Russian on the verso of each card. Perhaps not surprisingly two of the cards depict Lenin and Stalin while others show a model of the Soviet Union's pavilion a sailboat Red Square a Caucasian dance festival Theatre Square the fountains at Peterhof holiday makers on the Black Sea and a map showing Intourist offices around the Soviet Union. <br /><br />We find no institutional holdings in OCLC. No others in commerce July 2021. A complete set of this rare portfolio. <br /><br />CONDITION: Fading to lettering of folder along with some creases and edge wear. Toning to the verso of the cards. Overall Very Good or better. Intourist, Inc.‎

Bookseller reference : 2412

‎Petersen, Arnold‎

‎Communist Jesuitism‎

‎New York: New York Labor News Company 1939. First Edition. 12mo 7 5/16 x 5 inches; 186 x 128 mm 110 pages in stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />A pamphlet attacking Communists as swindlers frauds capitalist stooges and other crimes. Written by Arnold Petersen leader of the Socialist Labor Party in his usual subtle style. Petersen believed the Communists had abandoned the working class by supporting the New Deal and offering to collaborate with other parties during the Communists' "Popular Front" phase. <br /><br />This pamphlet is quite scarce in commerce. <br /><br />Seidman P117 Joel Seidman editor Communism in the United States--A Bibliography Cornell University Press 1969. <br /><br />CONDITION: Soiling and creasing to wrappers corners bumped a few scattered stains and creasing to page corners. Overall Very Good. <br /> New York Labor News Company paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2355

‎Petersen, Arnold‎

‎W.Z. Foster: Renegade or Spy‎

‎New York: New York Labor News Co. 1945. 4th Printing. 12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 184 x 126 mm 39 9 pages in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />Ferocious attack on William Z. Foster a longtime senior official of the Communist Party who gets tagged as a "war monger" "liberty bond salesman" "fraud" "Anarchist microbe" "mediocre personality" and similar terms of endearment. The Socialist Labor Party which the author led was a bitter foe of the Communists. <br /><br />This pamphlet was originally issued in 1932. Our copy is the 4th printing from August 1945 presumably updated because the Communist Party ousted Earl Browder as leader and installed William Z. Foster to succeed him. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease probably from mailing ink smudges to lower wrapper but internally clean and unmarked. About Very Good. <br /> New York Labor News Co.‎

Bookseller reference : 2353

‎[No Author]‎

‎What Is Socialism Answering Questions Most Frequently Asked‎

‎New York: New York Labor News Company 1942. 12mo 7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 128 mm 48 pages in stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />Questions and answers about socialism from the standpoint of the Socialist Labor Party. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout soiling creasing sunning and rubbing to wrappers corners bumped some page corners creased. About Good. New York Labor News Company paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2357

‎Williams, Wheeler, E. Merrill Root, et al.‎

‎Minutes of a Communist Cell on Art: Anonymous but Believed Unquestionably Authentic by Competent Authorities Reveals the Party's Tactic re: "Modern Art" Cover Title‎

‎Fullerton California: Education Information Inc. 1960. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 271 x 212 mm 21 pages in stapled illustrated wrappers <br /><br />A "second report on modern art" issued by Education Information Inc. an Orange County California anti-communist outfit. The main highlight: the purported minutes of a Communist cell comprising artists and writers: "PROGRAM: Remove all inspiring and beautiful art from all exhibits and substitute degenerate art in its place.Keep rational art out of all public exhibits -- allow only empty or distorted art to be shown in museums dealers' exhibits.Tie junk together and set it up as sculpture." <br /><br />There's plenty more in this vein. The woman who took these notes -- "a friend of truth and decency" -- supposedly mailed them to the right-wing sculptor Wheeler Williams who was active in anticommunist politics. Williams provides a Foreword to the notes saying he believes they're authentic. He says he shared the notes with colleagues and some former FBI undercover agents all of whom apparently believe the notes are genuine. <br /><br />Also in this pamphlet are articles on "subversion in art" lengthy excerpts from Williams's testimony to Congress on the Soviet uses of art and a piece by E. Merrill Root on conservative philosophy. <br /><br />This pamphlet is scarce. OCLC records around a dozen institutional holdings. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical fold throughout original mailing label and partially removed tape to lower wrapper extremities worn from handling staples a bit rusted. Otherwise Very Good. Education Information, Inc.‎

Bookseller reference : 2275

‎Robeson, Paul, WEB. Du Bois, and Roscoe Dungee W. E.‎

‎To the President and Congress of the United States of America Petition and Typed Signed Letter Bearing Signatures of Robeson Du Bois and Dungee.‎

‎<p>Robeson Paul W.E.B. Du Bois and Roscoe Dungee.</p><p>To the President and Congress of the United States of America Petition and Typed Letter Bearing Signatures of Robeson Du Bois and Dungee. New York: Communist Party USA 1947.</p><p><br />Single-page typed letter and two-page petition printed on rectos only. Each page 8 1/2 x 11 inches 215 x 280 mm.</p><p>A rare typed letter bearing signatures of Paul Robeson W.E.B. Du Bois and Roscoe Dungee asking recipients to sign a petition against banning the Communist Party USA. <strong>We believe the signatures were printed as does an autograph expert we consulted.</strong></p><p>In any case the three African-American leaders sprang into action after President Truman's Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach told Congress that the Communist Party should be outlawed. Schwellenbach was concerned about Communist control and infiltration of labor unions and thought no Communist should be allowed to lead a union.</p><p>The letter is dated March 22 1947 and carries the address of 23 West 26th Street New York the Communist Party's headquarters at the time. The letter is aimed at African-American recipients: "This invitation to sign the petition is also being sent to several hundred other Negro leaders throughout the country."</p><p>According to the letter "It is clear that Labor Secretary Schwellenbach's proposal to suppress the Communist Party involves a flagrant negation of our constitutional Bill of Rights. It represents therefore a serious threat to the civil liberties of all minority groups." The authors urge recipients to mail back a postal reply card confirming they would sign the petition. The card is not present probably because it was mailed back to the Communist Party.</p><p>The petition which is also rare is addressed to the President and Congress urging them to reject Schwellenbach's "fascist-like proposal" to ban the Communist Party. The Party was not banned but the government regularly harassed and imprisoned its leaders in the 1940s and '50s.</p><p>Even though we believe the signatures on the letter were printed these materials are nonetheless rare. We have not found any institutional holdings of the letter or petition. None in commerce.</p><p>CONDITION: Pages lightly creased for mailing staple on petition badly rusted. A Very Good set. <strong>RARE</strong>.</p> [Communist Party USA]‎

Bookseller reference : 1474

‎Paine, George L. Rev.‎

‎Through Russian Eyes‎

‎West Haven Connecticut: Foundation for Promoting Enduring Peace 1952. No Edition Stated.<br /><br />Single sheet folded to create 4 pages each measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches 279 x 216 mm. <br /><br />Rare leaflet on U.S.-Soviet relations from a Christian Left perspective. The author pleads for better understanding of Russian history arguing that the country has made great strides since the October Revolution. He also says the Soviets feel encircled by hostile forces pointing to Western military bases along the country's perimeters. <br /><br />The format of this leaflet is a bit odd: the first three pages are professionally printed while the last page appears to be mimeographed. The publisher the Foundation for Promoting Enduring Peace was established in 1952 to promote world peace and oppose military conflict. <br /><br />OCLC shows no institutional holdings although a separate search turns up a copy in the Kringlock Pamphlet Collection of the University of Iowa. Nor were there any copies in commerce as of January 2021. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some toning along edges general handling wear two horizontal folds perhaps for mailing. A Very Good copy. Foundation for Promoting Enduring Peace‎

Bookseller reference : 2001

‎[Flynn, John T.]‎

‎John T. Flynn Replies to His Critics‎

‎<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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. 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. Very Good.</p> Self-published paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 1962

‎Communist Party, USA. U. S.‎

‎A People's Program for the Defeat of Hitlerism‎

‎Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Communist Party n.d. 1941. No edition stated. <br /><br />Single sheet of newsprint folded to create four pages of approximately 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches 211 x 266 mm. <br /><br />Rare announcement of a speech by Communist Party Chairman William Z. Foster in Los Angeles a little more than a month after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The announcement appears at the beginning of a text in which the Party calls for the U.S. to spare no effort in defeating Germany: "There can be no peace for the peoples of the world without the complete destruction of Hitler and Hitlerism. Hitler fascism stands exposed as the greatest and main enemy of the peoples of the world."<br /><br />Prior to Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union the Communist Party strongly opposed U.S. involvement in World War II maintaining that the fight between Germany and Britain was an imperialist war. Obviously that policy changed 180 degrees following the German invasion of the USSR. <br /><br />An interesting look at how the Communist Party's position drastically shifted after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. <br /><br />No institutional copies found in OCLC. None in commerce in February 2022. <b>RARE.</b><br /><br />CONDITION: Evenly toned pencil notation at top left corner of cover page couple small closed tears. Horizontal fold probably due to mailing. A Very Good copy. Los Angeles County Communist Party‎

Bookseller reference : 1284

‎Shaw, [George] Bernard‎

‎Socialism and Superior Brains: A Reply to Mr. Mallock‎

‎<p>London: The Fabian Society 1909. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 inches / 21 1/2 cm 23 1 pages in stapled red wrappers. Photographic portrait of Shaw by Marie Leon.</p><p>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. Although this pamphlet has been reprinted several times and in different formats copies of this first edition are uncommon to the market. SCARCE.</p><p>CONDITION: Wrappers are rather brittle and age-toned <strong>front cover detached</strong>. Small split at the head of the spine and several nicks and tears to the covers especially the rear cover. Vertical crease throughout. A Fair copy only. </p> The Fabian Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 1228

‎Schneir, Walter; Schneir, Miriam‎

‎Invitation to an Inquest‎

‎<p>Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1965. First Edition.</p><p>Octavo xii 467 pages in blue cloth hard cover.</p><p><strong>INSCRIBED</strong> 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.</p><p>CONDITION: 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 /></p> Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 863

‎[Communism; Peekskill, NY] Fast, Howard‎

‎Crisis No. 1 and Crisis No. 2. Folded Broadsheets‎

‎New York: Civil Rights Congress 1951. Very good condition. Two pamphlets part of a series of articles by the American author and noted Communist. Fast modeled his pamphlets on Thomas Paine's "Crisis Papers" noting "I intend this to be the first of a number of Crisis Papers. This tyranny of today will not be easily conquered nor will the evil men who rule America easily bow to the will of the people. I state that I will speak up again and again so long as the need be present". <br /> <br /> Crisis No. 1 protests the American war in Korea the activities of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and attacks and threats on American Communists. Fast decries the threats against the leader of the Civil Rights Congress William L. Patterson to turn over all of his organization's records or be jailed. The Congress's goal was to fight racism & racial injustice in the US.<br /> <br /> Crisis No. 2 concerns the government's attacks on the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund. 8vo 4pp each. Paper evenly toned. These are the first and second of three pamphlets titled Crisis. Fast wrote extensively on the Paul Robeson riots in Peekskill NY. OCLC: 30448136 Crisis No. 1 and OCLC: 71682230. Civil Rights Congress unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 23521

‎Communism‎

‎CONSTITUTION OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS U. S. S. R. Fundamental Law‎

‎American Russian Institute. Very Good; Amendment statement as of Feb. 2 1944 taped on inside front . cover. Clean text. B385. N.D. Stapled wraps. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . American Russian Institute paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 72842

‎Leo Loubere.‎

‎Utopian Socialism: Its History Since 1800.‎

‎Cambridge MA Schenkman 1974. Paperback Very Good in Wraps: shows light wear to the extremities; considerable rubbing and a little faint overall soiling to the wrapper covers; a small rather faint coffee-like stain at the fore-edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining hi-lighting notations or marginalia. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing moderate wear and minor unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches.162 pages. Language: English. Weight: 9.3 ounces. Paperback. Schenkman , paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 54771

‎Leon Trotsky.‎

‎Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky.‎

‎Ann Arbor MI University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor Paperbacks 1963. Paperback First Edition Thus 1961 Second Printing 1963. SCATTERED UNDERLINING AND HI-LIGHTING and an occasional MARGIN NOTE. Else Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: shows moderate rubbing to wrapper covers; the binding leans ever so slightly off square but remains perfeclty secure. Clearly this is a flawed copy but one that remains structurally sound and tightly bound in overall appearance remains quite close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches. xlvii 191 pages. Preface and an Introduction by Leon Trotsky. Foreward by Max Shachtman. Language: English. Weight: 8.3 ounces. First Edition Thus 1961 Second Printing 1963. Trade Paperback. University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor Paperbacks, paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 48642

‎Steven Marcus.‎

‎Engels Manchester and the Working Class.‎

‎New York NY Random House: Vintage 1975. Paperback First Edition Thus 1975 so stated. The hardcover edition was published in the previous year by Random House. First Edition Thus 1975 so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of sunning to the ochre-toned background field of the backstrip the titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; the pages have tanned somewhat due to aging. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership marks inscirptions or labels. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder but must have been some sort of bookstore cut-out as there is a hole-punch near the upper corner of the front panel. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. 12mo. 7.1 x 4.3 x 1 inches. xiii 271 pages. Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces. The hardcover edition was published in the previous year by Random House. Mass Market Paperback. Random House: Vintage, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 47084 ISBN : 0394714067 9780394714066

‎Geroge Lichtheim.‎

‎Marxism in Modern France.‎

‎New York NY Columbia University Press 1968. Paperback First Edition Thus 1968; First Printing so stated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; price removed; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing; pages tanned a bit. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 212pp. First Edition Thus 1968; First Printing so stated. Published in Paperback simultaneously with the second printing of the hardcover edition. Trade Paperback. Columbia University Press, paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 45025

‎Jon Elster .‎

‎Making Sense of Marx.‎

‎Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1985. Hardcover First Ed so stated. First Ed so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Book shows bump along outside edge front face not a serious 'hurt'. DJ shows some fant toning at rear face; mildest rubbing; unclipped; mylar-protected. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 556pp. Studies in Marxism and Social Theory. Hardback with DJ. A systematic critical examination of Karl Marx's social theories and their philosophical presuppositions. Through extensive discussions of the texts Jon Elster offers a balanced and detailed account of Marx's views that is at once sympathetic undogmatic and rigorous. Cambridge University Press, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 41247 ISBN : 0521228964 9780521228961

‎Roy, Arundhati.‎

‎The God of Small Things.‎

‎New York NY Random House Inc. 1997. Paperback First Ed Thus: Advance Reader. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities. Virtually 'As New' in slipcase which shows light wear to extremities about Near Fine. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 321pp. Note: Advance Readers Edition ISBN here: 0375750258. Paperback in Slipcase. Author's first book and winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. Random House, Inc., paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36046 ISBN : 0375750258 9780375750250

‎Bowker, Philip G.; Commission on Communism, Subversive Activities and Related Matters within the Commonwealth‎

‎Ninth interim report of the special commission on communism subversive activities and related matters within the Commonwealth‎

‎Plain printed and staple bound wraps. 205pp. Crease to front wrap previous owner's initials. Ownership stamp on front wrap reads "Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Dept. of Public Safely / Div. of Subversive Activities / Boston Mass." An investigation and report on the case against Professor Dirk J Struik of MIT a Dutch Marxist and mathematician who was accused of being a Soviet spy. Commonwealth of Massachusetts paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 833

‎Chase, William‎

‎ENEMIES WITHIN THE GATES‎

‎2001. 2001 Chase William ENEMIES WITHIN THE GATES THE COMINTERN AND THE STALINIST REPRESSION 1934-1939 Translated Vadim Staklo New Haven: Yale University Press c2001 first printing 514pp index 8vo Fine hardcover in d/j small stain on lower edge of rear panel. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 75350 ISBN : 0300082428 9780300082425