Steelworkers in America: the nonunion era
New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1969. Paperback. x, 303p., wraps lightly worn, spine sunned, else very good reprint trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Reprint of 1960 edition. More
Cat.No: 35838
New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1969. Paperback. x, 303p., wraps lightly worn, spine sunned, else very good reprint trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Reprint of 1960 edition. More
Cat.No: 35838
[New York?]: n. pub. [1880s?]. 19th century greeting card, 5x6.5 inches, decorated with color motifs on outside and description of the play on the inside, without actually stating the date or theatre locations, short split at fold. The inside is slightly stained and rubbed, with some impact on the text..... More
Cat.No: 154392
New York: International Publishers, 1937. Paperback. 126p., wraps faded, spine creased and rather faded, minor shelf wear else good condition. More
Cat.No: 509
New York: International Publishers, 1937. Paperback. 126p., illus., wraps with the lower right corner of the front wrap clipped off, some fading, spine faded and creased else good condition. More
Cat.No: 230092
Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1882. Paperback. 46p., first issue (or at least, the first softbound issue), 7.5x5 inch wraps, sewn signatures (threads holding nicely), a handleable exemplar lacking two inches on the tail of its spine panel, (roughly torn away but holding well enough), both covers and both endsheets heavily spotted..... More
Cat.No: 311316
Emporia: Kansas State Teachers College, 1954. Pamphlet. 29p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, wraps slightly worn, library address on rear wrap (no other markings) else very good condition. The Emporia State research studies, vol. 3, no. 2. More
Cat.No: 28998
Villa Real: editor, 1880. Pamphlet. Single folio leaf printed and folded to make 4p., each page 18x12.5 inches, folded again transversely. The curiously generous margins are not much worn, but all leaves are, or are nearly, detached along the transverse fold. Looks to be complete; texts address local matters with..... More
Cat.No: 226667
Felton, CA: Big Trees Press, 1967. Pamphlet. 66p. staplebound booklet, 8.5x11 inches, covers mildly shelfworn and toned. Reprint of the 1887 Pacific Cable Railway Company prospectus. More
Cat.No: 282416
Richmond, VA: S.J. Dudley, 1887. Pamphlet. 128p., second edition, 4.5x5.5 inches; slight damp stain on front wrap, wraps toned with minor soil, small chip on front bottom corner where page corners are slightly curling inwards, front wrap slightly edgworn, 1/16th of an inch thick burn hole on back wrap, else..... More
Cat.No: 285714
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. Paperback. xviii, 344p., line maps and inserted plates, very good condition in wraps. More
Cat.No: 124422
Berkeley: University of California / Bancroft Library, 1978. Pamphlet. 39p., illustrated with mug- and snap-shots of eminent professors, softbound, a stapled 9x6 inch pamphlet; covers are faintly sunned, and front cover bears the author's signed inscription to "Ann," his editor. A very good copy. Professor Constance was tapped for an..... More
Cat.No: 235468
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. Hardcover. v, [iii], 295, 8p., original green cloth binding slightly shelf worn, spine slightly sloped, else good condition. Boston Monday lectures. Topics covered include secret socialistic societies, sex in industry, rich and poor in factory towns, wages and children's rights, etc. More
Cat.No: 1306
Madrid: Tipografia de Gregorio Estrada, 1883. pamphlet. 20p., wraps, wraps worn and lightly toned with a few small ink stains else very good condition. Text in Spanish. Laid in is a [2]p. introduction by chief of telephone service Jose Casas Barbosa. Only one found in OCLC as of 4/2020... More
Cat.No: 250495
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Paperback. x, 320p., first printing translation of 1988 French edition, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 35510
Terre Haute, IN: Brotherhood of Locomotive of the United States & Canada, 1883. Hardcover. 575p., half leather bound (spine and corners) in black leather rubbed and a bit cracked along the hinge, purple cloth unevenly faded, one page 15/16 has chipping and rips in the margins, a few gatherings slightly..... More
Cat.No: 214926
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990. Hardcover. xii, 194p., front., illus., tables, corners bumped, else very good condition in like dj. More
Cat.No: 18584
San Francisco: Directory of Members of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco with the California Historical Society and the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. Portfolio. mustard yellow folio (8.75x11.5 inches), with twelve individual plates (8.5x11 inches) with photographs of San Francisco. Folio corners ever so slightly bent, else..... More
Cat.No: 279535
Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Co., 1885. Hardcover. 313p., slender hardcover, mild scuffing to boards, else very good condition. Narrative of a Chinese seeker whose quest for religious truth leads him to the United States. Much of the text is devoted to lengthy debates between clergymen about the nature of baptism, etc...... More
Cat.No: 262992
Paris: Dunod, 1883. Paperback. 56p., 6.25x9.5 inches, text in French, worn gray printed wraps with some chipping and splitting at extremities. Monograph providing a detailed comparison of the economic conditions of railroad workers in England and France. More
Cat.No: 214605
Milano: Fratelli Treves, Editori, 1881. Hardcover. 320p., a rebound folio in 15x11 inch cloth boards with both covers and the complete spine panel laid down on brownish-purple fabric (an opportunity to use the word "puce"), utilitarian but skilled, compatible endsheets, item rather worn at this point in time but still..... More
Cat.No: 287380
Barcelona: Tipo-Litografía de Espasa y Compañía, 1889. Paperback. 266p., color frontis, illustrations, text in Spanish, third edition trade paperback, shaken, slightly loose and fragile, in 7x4.5 inch wraps decorated with a well-executed chromolithograph. First book of a 24 volume novel by the Mexican writer, journalist and diplomat. More
Cat.No: 192331
London: D. Bogue, 1884. Hardcover. 86p., hardbound first edition in 10x7.5 inch boards, frontispiece portrait in photogravure, rubricated titlepage, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, dark blue diced cloth with gilt titles and black rulings, a handsome production somewhat worn with handling and age; spine slightly sloped with light handling..... More
Cat.No: 208824
San Francisco: R and E Research Associates, 1970. Hardcover. 114p., boards stained, rubberstamp on free front endpaper, else very good facsimile reprint. No dust jacket. First published in 1885. More
Cat.No: 302358
London & Clifton: George Bell & Sons/J. Baker & Son, [1884]. Leather Bound. 204p., errata sheet bound-in, preface, dramatis personae, bookplate of Masonic Library in DC (withdrawn) some unopened pages, covers bowed-out, soiling to covers and endpapers, hinges sound, first edition of both titles (both later republished separately) in white..... More
Cat.No: 213075
Philadelphia: H.N. Fowler and Company, 1886. Hardcover. vi, 608p. hardcover, first edition; hinges starting, front free endpaper loose but present. Corners mildly bumped, cloth rubbed, particularly at spine ends. Radical novel on the emancipation of women through abolition of traditional marriage. The main character, Irene, marries a man who agrees..... More
Cat.No: 296371