Excerpts from Brotherhood of the sea: a history of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, 1885-1985.
San Francisco, CA: Sailors' Union of the Pacific, 1985. 63p., illus., very good in staplebound wraps. 9x12 inches. More
Cat.No: 123438
Maritime trades
Twelfth annual report of the Seamen's Aid Society, of the city of Boston
Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1845. 32p., wraps, 5.75x9.5 inches, wraps chipped, rear wrap detached, front wrap coming loose, large section of front wrap torn off with no loss of text. More
Cat.No: 3003
The Dispatcher, Vol. 48, No. 4 (April 1990), Harry Bridges, 1901-1990.
San Francisco: International Longshore & Warehouse Union, 1990. newspaper. 8p., single issue, 11x17 inch tabloid folded in half; heavily illustrated with b&w photographs, hint of foxing on front page, mild edgewear, else in very good condition. The central organ of the ILWU. Long a left wing inside the labor movement..... More
Cat.No: 297517
The Dispatcher, Vol. 55, No. 10 (November 1997)
San Francisco: International Longshore & Warehouse Union, 1997. Newspaper. One issue, 11x17 inch tabloid folded in half, 12 pages, illustrated with photos, spot color, evenly toned, else in good condition. The central organ of the ILWU. Long a left wing inside the labor movement, it has been inside and independent..... More
Cat.No: 277504
The Dispatcher, Vol. 55, No. 9 (October 1997)
San Francisco: International Longshore & Warehouse Union, 1997. newspaper. One issue, 11x17 inch tabloid folded in half, 20 pages, illustrated with photographs, spot color, evenly toned, else in good condition. The central organ of the ILWU. Long a left wing inside the labor movement, it has been inside and independent..... More
Cat.No: 277506
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In the Shadow of the Cypress a novel [signed]
New York: Gallery Books, 2010. Hardcover. 246p., personal inscription signed by the author on title page, very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Debut novel of John Steinbeck's son after an earlier collection of stories set in the Monterey Peninsula of his childhood. This first novel is about..... More
Cat.No: 231361
De diepe wateren van Nagasaki; Nederlands-Japanse betrekkingen sedert de stichting van Deshima // [bound with] Roodharige Vreemdelingen op Deshima; Nagasaki prenten en schilderingen uit de 18e en 19e eeuw
Amsterdam: Uitgeverijt. Wever b.v.-Franeker Exposorium Vrije Universiteit, 1983. Hardcover. 1-160p. / 39p. plus many b&w period images, most vignette-size on about 25 glossy plates, hardbound in 9x6 inch decorated dark green boards. Texts entirely in the Dutch language. A fine copy of this double book: quite sound, perfectly clean and..... More
Cat.No: 278776
Etchings of San Francisco's Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf
San Mateo: Alec Stern Studio, 1959. Paperback. [12]p., uncaptioned plates, b&w with two in colors, softbound in 11x8.5 inch stapled self-wraps, marginal toning to covers, good copy. Etchings of America volume 2. More
Cat.No: 209924
Frontier port; a chapter in San Diego's history
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1965. Hardcover. xvi, 173p., foreword, preface, index, illustrations, photos, maps, illustrated endpapers, fine first edition in blue cloth with paper label on front cover in fine gold cloth slipcase. More
Cat.No: 142699
A history of shipbuilding in British Columbia. as told by shipyard workers Published... on the 50th anniversary (1927-1977) of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Industrial Union, Local no. 1
Vancouver, BC: The Marine Retirees Association, 1977. Paperback. 170p., wraps, illus., 8.5x11 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 80171
Constitution of the Grand Lodge; Statutes for the Government of Lodges and Protective Laws. Effective July 1, 1975
no city: Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes, 1975. Pamphlet. 179p. [plus twelve numbered blanks], small fat booklet in 6.5x4.5 inch stapled cardstock wraps, paperstock mildly toned else little sign of age or handling, clean and unmarked, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 227569
The unmaking of the American working class
New York: The New Press, 2003. Hardcover. x, 211p., first edition, very good condition in like dj. More
Cat.No: 97936
A Yankee Merchant in Goldrush Australia. The Letters of George Francis Train 1853-55, With an introductory sketch of his life and notes by E. Daniel [Potts] And Annette Potts.
Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. xxx, 204p., illustrated with a b&w frontis photoportrait. Hardbound in brown papered boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. We see no damage whatsoever: a fine copy in every respect. More
Cat.No: 297158
L'Afrique Barbaresque dans la Litterature Francaise aux XVI et XVII Siecles
Geneva: Librairie Droz, 1973. Hardcover. xvi, 407p., illustrated with period images in b&w, hardbound in textured white boards lettered in blue, enclosed in the dust jacket. Text is in French only. An essentially sound copy, but not fully presentable, as marginal damp damage has uglified edges of the rear cover..... More
Cat.No: 279502
Investigation of Communist activities in the New Orleans, La., area; hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities House of Representatives Eighty-Fifth Congress, first session. February 15, 1957. Including index
Washington DC: GPO, 1957. Pamphlet. viii, 19-178, iii., wraps stained & chipped else good condition. Includes some mention of maritime & longshore unions. More
Cat.No: 250312
To the Central Labor Councils and Local Unions of California
San Francisco: California State Federation of Labor, 1935. Mimeographed press release / letter, 8.5x11 inches, all text on one side only, paper toned and creased else good condition. Call for local unions to raise money for the legal defense costs of Tom Mooney, Warren Billings and The Modesto frame-up (an..... More
Cat.No: 262291
The Daily Port-Light. Lies about Communism
San Francisco: CPUSA, [194-]. 8.5x14 inch single sheet, mimeographed on printed letterhead, closed edge tears, evenly toned else good condition. Unnumbered and undated. This issue is at attempt to refute "anti-Communist hysteria" surrounding word of a possible ban on the Communist Party under Truman. More
Cat.No: 218522
The yellow sailor
Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 2001. Hardcover. 220p., review copy with sheet laid in, very good first edition in cloth-backed boards and unclipped dj. Novel set on a German merchant ship in 1914, with gay themes. More
Cat.No: 71243
The union makes us strong; radical unionism on the San Francisco waterfront.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Hardcover. xix, 364p., illus., very good hardcover in dj. Author Wellman has inscribed and signed the title page of this copy with a moving acknowledgement of someone who stood by him during the McCarthy era (one "Jerry"). More
Cat.No: 19667
Roads to Zion; Four Centuries of Travelers' Reports. Translated by I.M. Lask
New York: Schocken Books Inc., 1948. Hardcover. 117p., neat little hardbound in blue cloth gilt-titled and enclosed in the dust jacket. The dj spine panel is sunned and quite faded, and mildly edgeworn. Spine panel of casing is slightly dim else nice, and even near-fine: clean, unmarked and sound. Schocken..... More
Cat.No: 271600
The Adventurers of Bermuda; a history of the island from its discovery until the dissolution of the Somers Island Company in 1684
London: Oxford University Press, 1933. Hardcover. xii, 396p. + 11p. plates and a facsimile (on glossy alkaline stock) of Norwood's map in a pocket stubbed into rear pastedown. First edition in 9x5.5 inch blue cloth boards gilt, illustrations on glossy inserted stock. Edgeworn with a touch of fray and a...... More
Cat.No: 73393
The New Zealand Journal 1842-1844 of John B. Williams of Salem, Massachusetts. Edited with an Account of his Life by Robert W. Kenny
Salem MA: Peabody Museum of Salem and Brown University Press. 1956. Hardcover. xii, 120p., illustrated from period images, a fold-out line map is bound in at back, nice hardbound copy in 10x7 inch maroon cloth boards gilt. Entirely sound, clean and unmarked: near-fine. More
Cat.No: 296960
Pluck and Luck. Lost on a Whaler, or A Boy Captain's First Cruise. And Other Stories. October 12, 1927
New York: Westbury Publishing Co., 1927. Magazine. 30p., newsprint cover and text, staplebound 9.5x6.5 inch color wraps. Very acidic and fragile; cover margins were strengthened long ago with old-style clear document tape, no longer perfectly clear but holding well. A complete copy that can be handled and read. Pluck and..... More
Cat.No: 235958
Workmen's compensation and the protection of seamen
Washington: GPO, 1946. Pamphlet. 93p., stapled wraps, 5.75x9.25 inches, tables, ex library with liberal use of various library stamps else good condition. United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics, bulletin no. 869. More
Cat.No: 6881