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1934Best.-Nr. ABE-7164436383EN COUVERTURE "FETE NATIONALE: LA STATUE DE JEANNE D'ARC (PLACE DES PYRAMIDES) FLEURIE ET ILLUMINEE"-EN COUVERTURE INTERIEURE "LE 505 E ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA DELIVRANCE D'ORLEANS PAR JEANNE D'ARC MGR COURCOUX EVEQUE D'ORLEANS BENISSANT LA FOULE DEVANT LA CATHEDRALE"-LES FETES DE JEANNE D'ARC/2P-L'AEROPORT SUR LE TOIT/PROJET SUR 2 PAGES-LES "GUEULES NOIRES" CHANTENT POUR LES "GUEULES CASSEES"/PHOTO-LA REFORME DE L'ETAT/LE PROBLEME DES OFFICES/PHOTO-JARDINS DE LA COTE D'AZUR/DE LA CORNICHE D'OR AU GOLFE JUAN/PAR PAUL EMILE CADILHAC/4P-VOIES ROMAINES ET VOIES MODERNES-LES PRINCIPES ET LES REALISATIONS DES FRERES BAT'A/ARTICLE D'EMILE SCHREIBER SUR 6 PAGES/15 PHOTOS/1 CARTE-UN GRAND SEIGNEUR SPORTIF/DECES DU BARON DE ZUYLEN-CINEMA/LA REINE CHRISTINE/GRETA GARBO-NOMBREUSES PUBLICITES-DEGRAFE
1954Best.-Nr. 15390Lünen, Selbstverlag Gewerkschaft, 1954. mit 26 farb. Offset-Tafeln. ill. blindgepr. OLdr., 26 Tafeln + 36-seitiges Begleitheft, 4° (=32 x 26 cm) [2 Warenabbildungen]
1918Best.-Nr. EC10-531Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1918. original Broschur, gr.-8?, 37 S. / p. ; Bibliothekstempel / bibliotheekstempel / cachet de biblioth?que / librarystamp, partial unopened
1951Best.-Nr. 57826Tokyo, Japan. 1951. 48 n. n. Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und zwei Japanpapier-Deckblättern. Mehrfarbiger Druck. Originalbroschur. (Einband etwas fleckig) 23x16 cm
1987Best.-Nr. 339728Oxford: Oxford University Press 1987. hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated with 12 b/w plates. vi 330 pages. 8vo pale green boards d.w sunning to spine. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1987. Faint stains to top and bottom text block edges. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Oxford University Press unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 235961900. African American coal mining photo archive depicting Black industrial labor from the turn of the century through the postwar era documenting the changing conditions of mine work while revealing the continuity of Black employment in one of America's most dangerous industries. Spanning approximately fifty years from an early albumen photograph made around the turn of the century to silver gelatin photographs of the 1940s and 1950s the group records successive generations of miners whose labor fueled the nation's railroads steel production and wartime industries. By 1900 more than 180000 African Americans worked in mining and related extractive industries particularly across Appalachia and the industrial Midwest where operators frequently recruited Black labor during strikes while maintaining segregated workforces and company towns. Photo archive of 10 photographs including one large albumen print and nine silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 3 x 5 to 9 x 14 inches United States circa 1900s through the 1950s. The photographs show Black miners posed beside coal cars loaded with freshly mined coal; mixed Black and white work crews standing before steam powered mining equipment; African American workers operating within large industrial preparation plants beneath towering conveyors and ore bins; foundry and furnace interiors where molten metal is poured from massive ladles; miners gathered for formal group portraits outside industrial buildings; and workers posing beside hoists rail equipment and mechanical machinery. One of the largest photographs records a substantial interracial work crew surrounding a coal car marked with capacity information while another documents a line of African American workers walking through a commercial district following their shift preserving the contrast between industrial labor and urban life. Later photographs depict Black workers operating heavy electrical or mechanical equipment and standing inside modernized industrial facilities illustrating the technological transformation of mining and processing across the first half of the twentieth century. Coal mining became one of the largest employers of African American industrial labor following Reconstruction as southern and Appalachian operators recruited Black workers into mines expanding to meet the demands of railroads steel mills and urban growth. During both World Wars Black miners became indispensable to national coal production even while remaining concentrated in the most dangerous occupations and frequently excluded from skilled positions promotion and union representation until the growing influence of the United Mine Workers and the broader civil rights movement began to erode formal segregation after the Second World War. The chronological span of this archive distinguishes it from single period mining groups by tracing the persistence of Black industrial labor from the era of mule drawn coal cars and steam powered extraction to mechanized postwar production. Light surface wear scattered creasing and occasional edge chipping; the large albumen print shows moderate age toning. Overall in very good condition. A concentrated visual record of African American labor sustaining the American coal industry across five decades of industrial and social change. unknown books
1890Best.-Nr. 185951890. Albumen photograph 19th century depicting African American men working in a quarry or mining environment with direct relevance to the study of labor organization race relations and industrial development in the post-emancipation United States. The image shows a large group of Black laborers positioned among rock formations several holding tools such as hammers and shovels indicating active participation in extractive work. Interspersed within the scene are white men women and children including a prominently placed well-dressed man at the center suggesting supervisory or ownership roles and reflecting the racial hierarchy characteristic of labor systems in this period. The composition captures both the physical conditions of industrial labor and the social structure of mixed-race work environments that emerged in the decades following the Civil War. Albumen photograph measuring approximately 8 x 6 inches mounted on cardstock. The scene includes two small shacks and a buckwagon in the background situating the group within a temporary or semi-permanent industrial site. The arrangement of figures tools and built elements provides visual context for quarry or mining operations and the organization of labor at such sites. Mount with soiling and wear including small tears; photograph with minor surface abrasions but image remains clear; overall very good condition. A detailed visual record of African American labor in a nineteenth-century industrial setting documenting both work practices and social dynamics. unknown books
1916Best.-Nr. 3385Cripple Creek and Denver Co 1916. Very good. Eight partially-printed forms completed in manuscript. Minor wear and soiling. A collection of seven applications for membership in the Miners' Protective Association and one application for the Western Federation of Miners all filled out by prospective members in the early 20th century. The applicants range in age from 23 to 59 and were born in a wide variety of locations including several midwestern states Canada and England. They report varying levels of mining experience from four to forty years with one applicant reporting no experience having worked previously as a rancher. None of the men were members of any other labor organization at the time of their applications. Interestingly the Miners' Protective Association and the Western Federation of Miners worked at cross purposes from each other. The former was a cooperative association formed by mining companies in order to discourage the unionizing of workers; the Western Federation of Miners was a notable labor union that had previously participated in widely-reported and violent strikes in Cripple Creek in 1894 and 1903. The forms themselves echo the competing motivations of the two groups. The application for the MPA asks applicants if they are or ever have been members of the Western Federation of Miners or any other labor organization. The Western Federation of Miners' application asks applicants if they have ever taken the place of strikers been a scab or assisted law enforcement or the Pinkerton Agency with opposing organized labor. An additional point of interest on the Western Federation of Miners application is the implication that the applicant is African American. The applicant William Judson reports his complexion as "Dark." People of color working as miners was rare in the west though certainly not unheard of. unknown books
1915Best.-Nr. 36550Colorado 1915. 5-1/2" x 8-3/4". Printed form on pink paper completed in ink manuscript two holes punched at top. Very Good. Ernest George Ahl age 19 born in Sweden and residing at 214 No. 4 St. Victor lists his occupation as trammer and claims eleven months' experience at Stratton's Independence Mine. He recites that he has never been a member of the Western Federation of Miners or a member of any labor organization. He states that he is "in sympathy with the objects and purposes of the Miners' Protective Association. . . and will abide by and observe the Constitution and By-Laws as may be prescribed by its Executive Committee." He signs the document. On the verso are additional notes regarding his application. The Stratton Independence Mine & Mill was located in the Cripple Creek Mining District in Victor Colorado on the south slope of Battle Mountain. Named after Winfield Scott Stratton who discovered the mine on July 4 1891 it was site of the first major strike in the Cripple Creek/Victor area. The disputes led to the formation of the Western Federation of Miners in 1893. Tensions between management and workers escalated into the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903. The Miners' Protective Association formed in Virginia City in May 1863 opposed pending wage cuts and created a benefit fund for sick and injured miners and their families. By 1912 it had established an office in Cripple Creek which was made up of both employers and employees. Mining American Volume 65 1912 p.197. Ernest George Ahl was born in Malmere Shana Sweden on June 28 1896 and died in San Diego California on June 21 1923. Not much is known about him; Swedish emigration records show him leaving for New York on June 11 1914. His Declaration of Naturalization occurred March 1917 at San Diego California; he registered for the World War I draft on June 8 1917 and listed his employer at the time as Portland Gold Mining Company; he is listed in the Roster of Men and Women Who Served in The World War From Colorado 1917-1918 Teller County as a private in the Infantry. unknown books
1905Best.-Nr. 4330Denver: The W.H. Kistler Stationery Co 1905. 29p. staplebound pamphlet 3.75x5.5 inches minor fading along the edges slight rust on staple else in very good condition. Front cover and title page have IWW union logo. The Pony union was affiliated with the Western Federation of Miners who's association with the Industrial Workers of the World lasted only a short period of time 1905 to 1908. The W.H. Kistler Stationery Co unknown books
1905Best.-Nr. 346983Denver: The W.H. Kistler Stationery Co 1905. Paperback. 29p. staplebound wraps 3.75x5.5 inches minor fading along the edges else in very good condition. Front cover and title page have IWW union logo. The Pony union was affiliated with the Western Federation of Miners whose association with the Industrial Workers of the World lasted only a short period of time 1905 to 1908. The W.H. Kistler Stationery Co paperback books
1910Best.-Nr. 184495Denver CO: the Union 1910. Leaflet 5.5x 9 inches. blank printed form very good condition. Form on which union member could file a complaint to have someone declared unfair. Includes details of physical appearance and residence apparently so that someone could not easily escape by using a pseudonym. Very good. the Union unknown books
1882Best.-Nr. 44390Lawrence MA: George S. Merrill printer 1882. Stapled paper wrappers. Very good wrappers lightly soiled torn along head and tail of spine white sticker along top edge covering owner's name torn along inner margin of map not affecting image contents lightly browned else clean. 2 preliminaries 30 pp. 1 blank. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving & 1 map. Sm. 4to. Bound in: Prospectus. "Special Announcement. Summary of the advantages presented in the Miners and Trust Company of Pachuca." Signed in print by Executive Committee members: Geo. S. Merrill H.B. Peirce & C.N. Pratt. Etching of Pachuca by W.M. Tenney. S.C. Map by Heliotype Printing Co. Boston. There was much renewed interest in Mexican mining and exploiting Mexico's natural resources once it was again opened to some outside participation. "In the history of Mexican mining there are two key moments related to the participation of non-national companies specifically of British and American origin and for which Pachuca was a focus of great interest . The British companies stood out in the first decades 1860-1870 while the American companies at the end of the 19th century" See Ubilla Montiel: Inmigrantes españoles en Pachuca. 1866-1911: redes de parentesco matrimonio y ocupación 2013 pp. 35-6. OCLC locates only a single copy Denver Public Library. There is also one at Cornell in the Julius Augustus Skilton Archive. George S. Merrill, printer unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 184517Pony Montana: Western Federation of Miners 1912. Ephemera. Seven 8x12-inch printed forms with written data very good condition. The WFM union miners Local 131 of Pony MT entered monthly figures on its membership income and expenses and other information for filing with the WFM. The local suffered high unemployment during this period. Gold mining was prevalent in this area in southwest Montana. Western Federation of Miners unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 291691Sydney: Australian Coal & Shale Employees Federation 1975. Pamphlet. 72p. 5.5x8.5 inches; illustrated with photos very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. Australian Coal & Shale Employees Federation unknown books
1915Best.-Nr. 253479Denver CO: the Union 1915. Ephemera. Five documents including a blank form for a local's quarterly report 8.5x11 inches fold-creased; note at bottom says "Will send you the password for the ensuing quarter immediately upon receipt of your report ending March 31 1903" an unused form for a monthly report from 1915 a nomination blank for delegates to the AFL convention in 1915 a receipt to the Pony Montana local for purchase of 100 delinquent notices from 1910 and a check from that local to headquarters from 1913 fold-creased. the Union unknown books
1919Best.-Nr. 182429Gold Hill NV: Gold Hill Miners' Union 1919. 5.25x5.5 inch card not filled out vignette of miner with pickaxe at top creased small tear on bottom edge. Gold Hill Miners' Union unknown books
1915Best.-Nr. 182493Denver CO: the Union 1915. Handbill. Leaflet 8.5x11 inches stating that J.A. James of the Skidoo Miners Union in California has been declared unfair and fined $25 for not paying dues and "for knocking organized labor." Ed Langdon of the Rossland Miners Union in British Columbia is on the other hand listed as having placed himself back in good standing. Also present is a form not filled out by which a union member could file a complaint to have someone declared unfair. Includes details of physical appearance and residence apparently so that someone could not easily escape by using a pseudonym. Very good. the Union unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 147343La Paz Bolivia: n.pub 1985. Paperback. 64p. wraps 5x7 inches pages evenly toned else very good 16th edition. Text in Spanish. Originally written in 1948. n.pub paperback books
1986Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original photographic wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Scarce
19698vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Collects six of the most important nineteenth century accounts of the Cornish mining economy.
19618vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece and plates in monochrome; black ribbed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly rubbed dustwrapper.
19558vo., First Edition, free endpapers very lightly browned; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Classic novel set aginst the rise of Communism in the Yorkshire mining industry. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
18572 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, WANTING ALL PLATES; original red cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, expertly recased with new hand-made endpapers, a very good, bright, sound working copy. With the bookplate of 1st Lanarkshire Volunteers, Royal Engineers, Officers Library on front paste-downs. Wanting the seventeen plates coloured plates of uniform, but textually complete. THE FIRST PUBLICLY PUBLISHED HISTORY OF THE CORPS. SCARCE. White p.36.
1979One of the Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series. 288 pages. Comes with letter from the publisher to Dr. Timothy Sicks.
