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1942réf. 1279San Francisco: Communist Party of California 1942. No Edition Stated. Seven-page mimeographed document 8 1/2 x 11 inches 217 x 280 mm stapled in top left-hand corner. A "Dear Comrades" letter addressed to all branches of the Communist Party in California Arizona and Nevada urging them to meet and discuss an editorial in the August 1942 issue of the Communist "No Delay in Opening the Western Front." The letter provides reading suggestions from Communist Party publications and suggests that party members bring articles from the non-Communist press that favor a second front against Germany. It further warns that "appeasers" are trying to prevent the opening of a second front and provides counter-arguments to those opposing the second front. No institutional copies found in OCLC. None in commerce. RARE. An interesting look at how the Communist Party sought to mobilize popular support for a second front in Europe. CONDITION: Moderate toning to cover page less toning to subsequent pages pencil notation at upper left corner of cover page. Horizontal fold probably for mailing. Light dampstaining. A Very Good copy. Communist Party of California paperback
réf. 1258985578.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1941réf. 35913Breslau: Gauverlag-Ns-Schlesien. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1941. Presumed 1st. Paperback. Photos; 4124 1 pages; So sa ich moskau so sa ich moskau so sa ich moskau . A notable action in Breslau was Battle of Breslau also known as the Siege of Breslau was a three-month-long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia Germany now Wroclaw Poland .German language. Includes Ukraine Mongolia Georgia Odessa Kiew etc. . Gauverlag-Ns-Schlesien paperback
1935réf. 35877Wichita Kan.: Defender Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1935. Third Edition. Paperback. Photo ; Interesting overview of Stalin. "Stalin's father Vissarion Djugashvili was the only cobbler in Gori. In his youth the father shared the brigand life of the Ossetes who live north of Georgia. He abducted his wife from the Ossetes then left the mountains to settle down in town and resume the trade of his ancestors. " original wraps sometime in the 1930's. Dust stains wear to soine fold toning. Only 3 copies located wolrdwide scarce. Anti-communist. . Defender Publishers paperback
1927réf. 35883London: Anglo-Russian Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition. Card Covers. 136 pages; Uncommon- Worldcat locates 12 copies in worldwide libraries and collectons. Red card covers. Illustrated with textual pics. Cartoons Red Press extracts etc. Anti-communist. Focuses on Anglo-Soviet relations. . Anglo-Russian Press unknown
1920réf. 35884Paris: Editions Pour La Russie. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1920. Presumed 1st. Paperback. 69. 1 pages; Uncut page ends not separated. In buff publisher's wraps. Binding sound. Anti-communist. . Editions Pour La Russie paperback
1937réf. 6146New York: Revolutionary Workers League 1937. About very good. Two issues each 13pp. Folio. Mimeographed front wrapper stapled. One cover loosening. Moderate toning and dust soiling. Two issues of the scarce New York Spanish-language periodical Claridad Proletaria "El Organo en Castellano de la Liga Obrera Revolucionaria de los Estados Unidos." The Revolutionary Workers League was formed by American Trotskyist and Communist Party leader Hugo Oehler in 1935. The first issue present here dated September 1936 contains articles describing the revolutions in Spain and Latin America as well as pieces on the various internecine fights between the Trotskyist Stalinsist and other Communist factions during the 1930s. The second dated February 1937 is dedicated entirely to events in Spain and the role of Partido Obrero de Marxista Unificacion Workers' Party of Marxist Unification. OCLC locates a small smattering of individual issues. Revolutionary Workers League unknown
1969réf. 12628Havana: Union de Jovenas Comunistas 1969. Seven newspapers each between 6 and 8pp. on newsprint. Illustrated. Modest toning some edge wear and closed tears some bumped or dog-eared corners. Overall very good. A small but instant collection of an informative newspaper from Communist Cuba published daily by the youth wing of the Party. The issues are all dated in January 1969 specifically from January 11 15 22 28 29 30 and 31. The issues contain domestic and international reporting along with topics relevant to revolutionary young people. Interestingly one issue contains a translated interview with Hollywood legend Marlon Brando. The paper also prints a legion of photographs cultural event listings classifieds baseball statistics and updates cartoons and more. Union de Jovenas Comunistas unknown
1901réf. 1202London: Liberty and Property Defence League ca. 1901-05. First Edition. A wonderfully lurid warning against socialism by an organization devoted to laissez-faire economics. The anonymous author suggests that socialism would lead to the breakup of families: "There would be no such place as home under socialism. Everyone would live in the State barracks. There would be no breakfasts dinners or teas with one's family at one's own table as in the first place meals in private would not be permitted as it would be against the socialist idea of equality.In other words everybody when hungry would be reduced to the necessity of repairing to the common swine-trough and eating the hogwash the State had placed therein. No roast beef turkey and plum pudding no smiling faces of children and friends around the table on Christmas Day. Indeed there would not be any Christmas Day under socialism." This pamphlet carries no publication date but it appears to have been issued sometime between 1901 and 1905. It refers to "the late Mr. Oscar Wilde" who died in late 1900. In 1906 the Liberty and Property Defence League issued a book Socialism: Its Fallacies and Dangers which included the text of this pamphlet. OCLC lists 8 institutional holdings under two different accession numbers: Syracuse Stanford Amherst Harvard Texas Wisconsin Historical Society Michigan and the London School of Economics. No other copies in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Single sheet measuring 8 x 5 1/4 inches 205 x 132 mm when folded creating a 4-page unbound pamphlet. CONDITION: Paper lightly toned old stab holes along the gutter tiny check mark to front wrapper a couple small closed tears small ink stamp at the end of the text general handling wear. A Very Good copy of an uncommon publication. Liberty and Property Defence League paperback
1927réf. 688Paris: Librairie Marcel Rivière 1927. Later printing. French translation of the best-known book by the German Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky 1854-1938. Kautsky's book analyzes the development of capitalism and outlines the nature of a future socialist society. According to Kautsky the victory of socialism and the working class was inevitable. This work first appeared in German in 1892 Das Erfurter Programm in seinem grundsätzlichen Theil erläutert and is usually known in English as The Class Struggle. Kautsky added a short preface to the first French edition in 1909 and made some changes to the text. The present edition was issued in 1927 by Librairie Marcel Rivière which published and sold socialist texts. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto 9 x 5.6 inches; 230 x 142 mm pps. v 1 240 in brown printed wrappers soft cover. CONDITION: Light wear to the wrappers. Many of the pages remain unopened and a few pages have light pencil marks. Light age toning to the leaves. Shadow of sticker to the spine. About Very Good overall. Librairie Marcel Rivière paperback
1886réf. 57483London: Reeves & Turner 1886. First Edition in English. 8vo 500pp uncut in original green cloth.some water damage to the rear board little toning to the title-page o/w a very good tight copy. The Paris Comune of 1871 was an insurrection of Paris against the French government from March 18 to May 28 1871. It occurred in the wake of France’s defeat in the Franco-German War and the collapse of Napoleon III’s Second Empire 1852-70. Lissagary was a soldier of the Commune. This translation was originally done in 1876 and was entirely revised and corrected by Karl Marx. As a working class revolutionary movement the experience of the Commune offered Marx an opportunity for contemporary analysis. Scarce. Reeves & Turner unknown
1921réf. 1436Paris: Biblioteque Communiste 1921. First French edition. Original wraps. 8vo Pp. 124. Spine darkened. A very good copy. Biblioteque Communiste unknown
1874réf. 5439New Haven Ct: Richmond 1874. First Edition. Intro. by Henry Red clothworn at the top of the spine A good tight copy. An attack on Socialism. Villetard was editor of Journal des Debats. Richmond unknown
1980réf. UT15-15320Taiwan: Institute For the Study of Chinese Communist Problems 1980-1986. Hardcover. Good. 4 volumes: 198019821983-84 and 1986. Ex-Library flexible bindings red boards with the usual markings attachments and library wear. Taiwan: Institute For the Study of Chinese Communist Problems hardcover
1948réf. 2875New York: Council of Negro Trade Unionists 1948. Near fine. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Minimal wear. A rare leaflet issued by the Provisional Harlem Committee to Free Ferdinand C. Smith and the Council of Negro Trade Unionists. Ferdinand C. Smith secretary of the National Maritime Union was instrumental in promoting Black membership in the Negro Trade Unionists. Attorney General Tom C. Clark originally from Texas sought to deport Smith back to Jamaica because of his Communist affiliations and work for civil rights. OCLC reports just a single copy of this work at the University of Kansas. Council of Negro Trade Unionists unknown
réf. 1258850532.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1872réf. 47305Paris: Maurice Lachatre et Cie 1872-1875. First French Edition. Large octavo 28.5cm.; original parts bound in early 20th century blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; 351pp.; pictorial half title and title pages full-paged steel-engraved portrait and facsimile additional vignettes throughout; text printed in double column. Boards a bit rubbed and corners bumped foxing and toning to preliminaries as well as minor dampstaining to last few leaves of text light foxing to rear cover; overall Very Good and sound. First appearance in French of Marx's "Das Kapital" the translation the only such to have been executed with the collaboration of the author whose letter to Lachatre appears in facsimile on p. 7: "J'applaudis à votre idée de publier la traduction de 'Das Kapital' en livraisons périodiques. Sous cette forme l'ouvrage sera plus accessible à la classe ouvrière et pour moi cette considération l'emporte sur toute autre" "I congratulate you on your idea to publish the translation of 'Das Kapital' as a periodical. In this format the work should be more accessible to the working class and to me this is more important than all else" our translation. Maurice Lachatre 1814-1900 was a Parisian radical bookseller publisher and collaborator of Félix Pyat's with whom Marx butted heads over the growth of the International Working Men's Association in France. Lachatre's projected publication of the anarchist newspaper "La Commune" nearly cost him his life after the fall of the Paris Commune when his bookshop was attacked with murderous intent by the Versaillaise army see "The Publisher's Weekly" Vol. 19 1881 pp. 50-1. It was while exiled first in Belgium and then Switzerland that Lachatre began work on publishing the present edition though he was not free to return to Paris until 1879. Maurice Lachatre et Cie unknown
1957réf. 2127Paris: Editions Présence africaine 1957. A letter from the Martinique poet and politician Aimé Césaire to Maurice Thorez secretary general of the French Communist Party. Césaire announces his resignation from the party citing Stalin's crimes and the party's treatment of nonwhite people. Césaire's letter is dated October 24 1956 one day after the start of the Hungarian Uprising against the Soviet Union and eight months following Nikita Khrushchev's "secret speech" documenting Stalin's crimes. "I think I have said enough to make it plain that it's neither Marxism nor Communism I repudiate; that the use certain people have made of Marxism and Communism is what I condemn" Césaire writes. "That what I want is that Marxism and Communism be harnessed into the service of colored peoples and not colored peoples into the service of Marxism and Communism." pages 11-12. Pamphlet entirely in English. While this pamphlet is widely held by institutions it's uncommon in commerce. SCARCE. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo 7 1/16 x 4 1/2 inches; 180 x 113 mm 15 1 pages in stapled green-gray wrappers with errata slip pasted to recto of lower wrapper soft cover. CONDITION: Light soiling to wrappers some light creasing to pages but clean and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy of a scarce publication. Editions Présence africaine paperback
2007réf. 257112New York: Historians of American Communism 2007. Paperback. Nine Issues various pagination wraps very good condition. Issues present are Vol. 1 No. 1 June 2002 Vol. 1 No. 2 December 2002 Vol. 2 No. 1 June 2003 Vol. 3 No. 1 June 2004 Vol. 4 No. 1 June 2005 Vol. 4 No. 2 December 2005 Vol. 5 No. 1 June 2006 Vol. 6 No. 1 June 2007 and Vol. 6 No. 2 December 2007. Historians of American Communism paperback
réf. 18771Heraklion Crete Greece. 12 January 1947. 4pp. 8vo. 96 lines of text. On paper ruled for accounts. On lightly-aged paper with loss to corners and at central edge affecting a few lines of text. Accompanying the letter is a translation 2pp. 8vo by Colin Jordan with the assistance of Dr Loukas Christodloulos. The letter is of great interest casting light on Leigh Fermor's activities in Crete in the period following the Second World War. The identity of 'Haris' is not immediately apparent: he does not appear to feature in George Psychoundakis's account of the Cretan resistance 'The Cretan Runner' 1955 which was translated by Leigh Fermor. Addressing 'Mr. Leigh Fermor' the author of the letter begins in reproachful terms: 'After my third letter you remain silent. I write now with a big question mark: why this is happening and why you are ignoring my thoughts and my offer in general' He asks Fermor 'for the sake of our friendship and co-operation and for our land of Crete' to guide him in his thoughts and to advise him in his actions 'and to help me in my efforts against the slanderers and the malevolent enemies of our union'. He desires Leigh Fermor's 'co-operation against the transformation of Crete and Greece my country into a Soviet protectorate.' He proceeds to report on 'the situation that exists': 'The Communist newspaper "Free Crete" has begun again a serious campaign against the English generally and in particular against us Major Fielding Major Alexander Wallace 'Xan' Fielding who like Leigh Fermor was in the SOE in Crete during the war and Kyrios Giorgos. They claim that the crimes of killing a villager from Potamiko Nikos Komi of another from Heraklion prior to the referendum others from Apokoronou and from Hania family murders for revenge and political party murders were done by you that you organized them that is and ordered their execution by your people.' A further claim is that 'from the time of the occupation' Leigh Fermor has been 'organizing here the ground for the occupation of Crete by the English and the creation of military bases since Alexandria is hostile towards Egypt and you are using that against her'. In his view it is easy to refute the Apokorona and Hania murder charges 'since it's commonly known that they were done by locals for revenge and due to political hatred and had nothing whatsoever to do with our work. The murder of the police officer from Heraklion happened before your arrival here in September. As for the killing of Komi at Potamiko the same man wrote a letter that he did it because of personal motives and not following orders from yourself.' He proposes to write 'to the newspapers of the Right-wing here that your visit to Crete was entirely a holiday trip to see your friends and that the villager's murder was done before you came. Also that the Hana murder had other purposes and that you and the English generally have never thought of occupying Crete and that you have always acted from friendship. I will also go to the prison and I will oblige Nikos Komis to sign a letter of protest against the writings of the "Free Crete" newspaper.' He will take responsibility for the publication 'as I did a few days ago when I published articles about English/Greek friendship in the <.>IDI and PATRIDA newspapers. Regarding 'the Communist nightmare that threatens all of us with destruction': 'Once again I give my life and for that thought I would gladly sacrifice. The communists know this and consider me their enemy like nobody else.' He ends with an enquiry regarding 'the Anglo-Greek Society at Heraklion that you had promised back in September'. Heraklion [Crete, Greece]. 12 January 1947. unknown
réf. 13603Heraklion Crete Greece. 12 January 1947. 4pp. 8vo. 96 lines of text. On paper ruled for accounts. On lightly-aged paper with loss to corners and at central edge affecting a few lines of text. Accompanying the letter is a translation 2pp. 8vo by Colin Jordan with the assistance of Dr Loukas Christodloulos. The letter is of great interest casting light on Leigh Fermor's activities in Crete in the period following the Second World War. The identity of 'Haris' is not immediately apparent: he does not appear to feature in George Psychoundakis's account of the Cretan resistance 'The Cretan Runner' 1955 which was translated by Leigh Fermor. Addressing 'Mr. Leigh Fermor' the author of the letter begins in reproachful terms: 'After my third letter you remain silent. I write now with a big question mark: why this is happening and why you are ignoring my thoughts and my offer in general' He asks Fermor 'for the sake of our friendship and co-operation and for our land of Crete' to guide him in his thoughts and to advise him in his actions 'and to help me in my efforts against the slanderers and the malevolent enemies of our union'. He desires Leigh Fermor's 'co-operation against the transformation of Crete and Greece my country into a Soviet protectorate.' He proceeds to report on 'the situation that exists': 'The Communist newspaper "Free Crete" has begun again a serious campaign against the English generally and in particular against us Major Fielding Major Alexander Wallace 'Xan' Fielding who like Leigh Fermor was in the SOE in Crete during the war and Kyrios Giorgos. They claim that the crimes of killing a villager from Potamiko Nikos Komi of another from Heraklion prior to the referendum others from Apokoronou and from Hania family murders for revenge and political party murders were done by you that you organized them that is and ordered their execution by your people.' A further claim is that 'from the time of the occupation' Leigh Fermor has been 'organizing here the ground for the occupation of Crete by the English and the creation of military bases since Alexandria is hostile towards Egypt and you are using that against her'. In his view it is easy to refute the Apokorona and Hania murder charges 'since it's commonly known that they were done by locals for revenge and due to political hatred and had nothing whatsoever to do with our work. The murder of the police officer from Heraklion happened before your arrival here in September. As for the killing of Komi at Potamiko the same man wrote a letter that he did it because of personal motives and not following orders from yourself.' He proposes to write 'to the newspapers of the Right-wing here that your visit to Crete was entirely a holiday trip to see your friends and that the villager's murder was done before you came. Also that the Hana murder had other purposes and that you and the English generally have never thought of occupying Crete and that you have always acted from friendship. I will also go to the prison and I will oblige Nikos Komis to sign a letter of protest against the writings of the "Free Crete" newspaper.' He will take responsibility for the publication 'as I did a few days ago when I published articles about English/Greek friendship in the <.>IDI and PATRIDA newspapers. Regarding 'the Communist nightmare that threatens all of us with destruction': 'Once again I give my life and for that thought I would gladly sacrifice. The communists know this and consider me their enemy like nobody else.' He ends with an enquiry regarding 'the Anglo-Greek Society at Heraklion that you had promised back in September'. Heraklion [Crete, Greece]. 12 January 1947. unknown
1938réf. 07785McLean Virginia: Freedom Press 1938. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Scuffing to covers and creasing to the spine. Binding tight. 316 pages with Appendixes. Crosby was best known for his long-running comic strip Skippy. By the late 1930s the cartoonist/author's political and philosophical leanings had worked their way into the Skippy comics and he wrote scathing editorials against Roosevelt policies though he had earlier voted for him. Alcoholism and tax problems began to destroy his personal life and he spent his last 16 years institutionalized. Crosby has much to say about Roosevelt. Freedom Press Paperback
1957réf. 865New York: Frederick A. Praeger Inc. 1957. First Edition. Howard Fast explains his disillusionment and break with the Communist Party. Octavo 197 pages hard cover. Near Fine in an unclipped Very Good dust jacket that has a couple of small creases tears and sunning. Overall a beautiful copy. Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. hardcover
réf. a75830Washington 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
1950réf. 2009Oberlin Ohio: Oberlin College 1950. First Edition First Printing. 16mo 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches; 170 x 115 mm 27 1 pages in stapled wrappers. A lecture on the politicization of science and the controversy over genetics in the Soviet Union. The author Harriet B. Creighton was a professor of botany at Wellesley College. "Only an informed and alert public can defend the freedom of scientific inquiry and the right to base practice on scientifically established facts. In this defense each of us has his responsibility" she writes. SCARCE. CONDITION: Some edge wear and soiling to wrappers staples rusted tear to recto of lower wrapper. Otherwise bright and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. Oberlin College paperback
