The Energy Rip-Off; Cause and Cure
New York: Little New World Paperbacks, 1974. Paperback. 227p., wraps, very good condition. Pocketbook format. By the then-head of the Communist Party USA. More
Cat.No: 98549
New York: Little New World Paperbacks, 1974. Paperback. 227p., wraps, very good condition. Pocketbook format. By the then-head of the Communist Party USA. More
Cat.No: 98549
Boston: C. M. Clark Pub. Co., 1909. Hardcover. 382p., frontispiece with chipped tissue-guard & 7 glossy b&w plates from drawings, some foxing including a bit on the fourth plate, rubbing and wear else fair first edition in green cloth boards , dull gilt spine titles and green and yellow titles..... More
Cat.No: 267845
New York: Walker and Company, 1966. Hardcover. 268p., illustrated with numerous unfamiliar b&w photos and three handsome line maps, hardbound American first edition in tan cloth boards lettered dark brown, and enclosed in the dust jacket. Dj spine is mildly sunned (red has become orange) and otherwise we see no..... More
Cat.No: 317146
Cleveland: Standard Oil Company, 1948. Pamphlet. 25p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, "Re: World Federation Movement" penciled on front wrap else very good condition. Argument for World Government by the president of the Standard Oil Company. A condensed version appeared in the January 1948 issue of Reader's Digest under the title..... More
Cat.No: 285147
Berkeley: Serendipity Books, 1989. Paperback. 112p., listings for 574 separate items, softbound in the usual Serendip manner, black on matte white cardstock with Peter's traditional ink-blot here printed pink and shown spurting (i.e., spurting the title). Covers have a couple faint smudges and a tiny ink overrun, clean and unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 282719
New York: Standard Oil Co., [1945]. Pamphlet. 16p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8 inches, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Howard was president of the Standard Oil Development Co. More
Cat.No: 275832
Seattle: KC & Associates, [1990]. Paperback. Unpaginated or variously paginated xeroxed documents in facsimile plus transcripts keyboard-set, copyshop binding ("velo," but no acetate cover leaf), perhaps two hundred single-side standard leaves under professionally-printed cover leaf. Slight handling soil, a very good copy. Referred to within as third part of a...... More
Cat.No: 181076
Dallas: H. L. Hunt Press, 1965. Paperback. 254p., first edition in book form, a mass-market pocketbook. Pages and unglazed side of wraps are very toned, not yet fragile, wraps edgeworn and lightly soiled, no ownership or other markings, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 199671
Dallas: H L H Products, [1960s]. Paperback. 192p., pocket book format, pages evenly toned, else very good condition. Cover subtitle: "Where is average? To find out read the most recent of the constructive newspaper columns of H.L. Hunt." More
Cat.No: 311279
Dallas: H. L. Hunt Press, 1964. Paperback. 192p., pocket book format, pages evenly toned, else very good condition. Cover subtitle: "The who, what, when, where and why of public speaking with masterpieces by Douglas MacArthur, Patrick Henry, Winston Churchill, and others." More
Cat.No: 311278
Dallas, TX: H.L. Hunt Press, [circa 1961]. Paperback. iv, 188p., wraps, paper toned else very good condition. Pocketbook format. More
Cat.No: 221405
Highland Park, MI: International Socialists, 1972. Newspaper. One issue, 16 pp., wraps, tabloid folded in half, very toned, smudged and chipped, Previous owners name penciled in top right of cover wrap. Articles: "Defend Wounded Knee!" "Philadelphia Teachers", "Nixon's POW Fraud", "Generals Destroy Brazil", more. More
Cat.No: 257823
Wilmington, CA: International Union of Operating Engineers, 1945. Single stiff sheet of orange paper, 8.5x11 inches, printed one side only, lightly edgeworn, fold creased else very good condition. Outlines plans for 1945, including membership drive; invites reader to join. "We protect our members. We represent all oil workers. Join to-day."..... More
Cat.No: 137488
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. 169p., illustrated only with frontis portrait, first edition hardbound in dark blue buckram boards gilt. Remainder squiggle to top edge, else very good in every respect: sound, clean and unmarked. Subject Lloyd was considered the muckraker par excellance, worked with Darrow and Debs (Debs from..... More
Cat.No: 282141
Veracruz: Centro de Investigaciones Historicas Instituto de Investigaciones Humanisticas Universidad Veracruzana, 1988. Paperback. 268p., text in Spanish, footnotes, illustrated with figures, graphs, tables and b&w photos on glossy plates, personal inscription signed by Alberto J. Olvera R., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 206467
Mexico City: Editorial Nueva Imagen / UNAM, 1981. Paperback. 451p. in significantly edgeworn wraps, pages toned, old price sticker on front free endpaper, else very good condition. Text in Spanish. Collection of essays on the impacts of oil production and nationalization on development in the two countries. Authors include Allan..... More
Cat.No: 319388
[Mexico City]: Archivo Histórico de Pemex, 2013. Paperback. xxviii, 531p., illus., very good condition. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 316395
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 2000. Paperback. viii, 95p., 12x9 inch oblong; preface, notes, index, clearly-reproduced period site photography, very good first edition in original pictorial card covers decorated with a frightening wraparound panorama reproduced in sepia. Frightening? well, extensive oil tower wastelands do that. More
Cat.No: 122878
New York: Pantheon, 1988. Paperback. ix, 390p., a substantial softbound in 9x6 inch glossy white wraps; mildest signs of handling, covers slightly curled, paperstock toned, a sound, clean, unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 250011
North Sydney NSW: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, 1991. Hardcover. 378p., illustrated with a few tables and graphs, hardbound in black boards gilt and dust jacket. Book is fine, unmarked (except by us), and jacket nearly so (slight edgewear). More
Cat.No: 232023
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1957. Hardcover. xv, 251p., illustrated from period photos &c, first edition (1000cc) cloth boards with printed paper label; very presentable copy. More
Cat.No: 70799
New York: International Socialist Review Publishing Association, 1975. Magazine. One issue, 8.5x11 inches, staplebound and initials of previous owner penciled in on upper right hand corner of cover wrap, else in very good condition. 47p. This issue has articles on "Crooked politics: an American Institution" by Stephanie Coontz, "Do Mideast..... More
Cat.No: 254889
London: Fabian Society, 1968. Pamphlet. 32p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Young Fabian Pamphlet 16. More
Cat.No: 310200
Caracas, Venezuela: Ediciones Centauro. Paperback. 539p., wraps, 4.75 x 7 inches, gift inscription signed "H" on front blank, old price sticker on rear wrap else very good condition. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 245569
New York: Pathfinder Press, 1974. Pamphlet. 14p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 91880