San Francisco: Mining and Scientific Press, 1865. 6.5x4 inch sheet. Creased, age toned; browned at edges. Good. Announces auction sale of stock certificates for a Nevada mining company in Lyon County, NV. More
Cat.No: 340188
London: The South African Congress of Trade Unions, 1976. Pamphlet. 24p., 6x8.25 inches, tables, very good pamphlet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 156613
Washington, DC: Federal Board for Vocational Education, 1919-1920. Hardcover. Bulletins 35 through 54 inclusive, issued October 1919 through June 1920, in two volumes, custom bound in attractive black half-morocco boards lettered gilt, all edges handsomely marbled with marbled endpapers. External letterpress ownership mark of one "R.T. Fisher." Total around 1,100..... More
Cat.No: 123516
[Barcelona]: Conselleria d'Economia, Juny 1937. Paperback. 78p., plus brief index, small softbound in 6x4 inch tan wraps printed in two colors, staple-fastened textblock with paste-fastened cover, note that ten or so leaves were printed double-wide and are folded to page-size, as issued. Text is printed in the Catalonian language without..... More
Cat.No: 286121
New York: Committee for Miners, 1965. Newsletter. 2p., 8.5x14 inch newsletter; in very good condition. Covers the killing of Eastern Kentucky miner Ernest Creech, Boston folk concerts, and more. More
Cat.No: 309674
London: M. Cooper, 1747. Sewn Binding. Disbound, fragile but complete. 84p., no illustrations whatsoever, presswork on mouldmade paper, each and every leaf held securely in its sequence and fastenings; flaws include remnant adhesions of item as a wraps-issue (see especially the terminal leaf), then as a fascicle in a bound..... More
Cat.No: 300091
Harare: Central African Journal of Medicine, 1982. pp155-182, 7x9.75 inches, ads, illustrations, tables, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. Poisoning by Amanita Panthereina mushrooms, Mineworker health status etc. More
Cat.No: 137822
DuBois, PA: United Mine Workers of America, District No. 2, 1922. Pamphlet. 70p., staplebound booklet, 3.5x5.75 inches, staples rusted, pencil marginalia on a few pages. More
Cat.No: 297985
Chatham, England: Parrett & Neves, Ltd., [1950]. Pamphlet. 20p., wraps. 8.5 x 5.5 in. Hole-punched in the upper left corner. Very Good. Christian socialist argument against industrialism as having enriched the few while impoverishing the many to wages and factories. More
Cat.No: 316867
London: The South African Congress of Trade Unions, 1977. 22p., 6x8.25 inches, old price on cover in ink otherwise very good pamphlet in stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 156617
Wallace, Idaho: printed by Press-Times, [1911]. 6x9 inch sheet printed one side, several creases and edge tears (not affecting text). Undated, but the name of the newspaper printing the notice and the date/day of week combination pin it down to 1911. The Press-Times changed its name to Wallace Press Times..... More
Cat.No: 182489
Cleveland, OH: Trade Union Educational League, 1946. Pamphlet. 9x12 inch handbill, paper toned, otherwise very good. Issued by the Oehlerite incarnation of the TUEL. "Go to it, coal diggers! We're on your side! Defeat and bury the Fascist-like actions of the Truman administration and its appointed political hacks in attempting..... More
Cat.No: 305943
Nottingham: Notts Communist Party, [c1936]. Pamphlet. 14p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.5 inches, wraps worn, staples rusted, "Printed in England" stamped on front wrap, else very good condition. On the conflict between the Nottinghamshire Miners Association and the Nottinghamshire and District Miners' Industrial Union, a breakaway group founded by George Spencer. The..... More
Cat.No: 304330
Durham: Duke University Press, 1975. 176p., plain printed journal wraps, faintest signs of handling. Susan Socolow "Economic activities of the porteno merchants : the viceregal period" about 23p.; John Fisher "Silver production in the viceroyalty of Peru, 1776-1824" about 17p.; William Dudley "Institutional sources of officer discontent in the Brazilian..... More
Cat.No: 95429
Moscow: Jean Dietrich, 1936. Pamphlet. 25p., mimeographed pages stapled at left, ex-library with stamp on front cover, strip of paper inscribed "Stakhanov movement" pasted to lower left corner. Edgeworn, paper toned. Paeans to Stakhanovite workers and the glorious metal industry. More
Cat.No: 226039
Berkeley: Industrial Workers of the World, [1963?]. 8.5x11 inch handbill with two half-sheet handbills printed onto one, minor curl on one corner, else in very good condition. Handbill design by SciFi fanzine artist Dave Rike with his customary initials printed along the lower margin. "The Public Welfare Commission does not..... More
Cat.No: 348110
Columbus, OH: Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, [between 1900 and 1910?]. Pamphlet. 32p., illustrations, wraps. 6 x 3.25 in. Very Good. Illustrated catalog of machinery for mining, canning, conveying, drilling, extracting, dumping, milling, tanning, etc. Date of publication inferred from publication date of other catalogs referenced in the text. More
Cat.No: 317209
Tucson, AZ: International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, 1959. 11x17 inch broadside, fold-creased, rather worn with long closed tears and a couple of small chips missing. Argues that despite media coverage depicting workers as tiring of the union's strike, "These copper companies are beginning to hurt - the..... More
Cat.No: 337932
Denver: Western Federation of Miners, 1906. Magazine. Three issues of the 16-page magazine, 11.75x16 inches; issues present are vol. 8 nos. 158-160. The first has the cover separated but present, with several tears; the second issue has some edge chips to the cover, otherwise very good. The WFM had been..... More
Cat.No: 319172
Nottinghamshire, UK: National Union of Mineworkers, 1984. Miniature brass lantern, 1.75 inches tall, with glass capsule. There are some cobwebs and a strand of hair visible inside the capsule, having entered through the row of small holes around the top; otherwise very good. Small metal ring at top for suspending..... More
Cat.No: 330633
London: The Plebs League, 1926-1927. Boards. 1-408p., plus 425-462p., all thirteen issues bound together in 9.5x5.5 inch generic (unmarked) green cloth boards. Cloth casing is terrifically worn with tail-piece of spine lifting away, other splittings and some staining, gaps at first and last hinges, while the individual issues are edgeworn..... More
Cat.No: 314291
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887. Hardcover. lxxxvii, 371p., no illustrations, hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch royal-blue boards gilt and blind, covers bear a badly rubbed area along the upper joint, we find unopened leaves within and a crack in the text block at pp.208/09. A few dealer penciling..... More
Cat.No: 296519
Chicago: [Proletarian Party Opposition], 1932. [10p.], staplebound, 6x10.5 inches, includes two staplebound mimeographed pages of an exerpted essay by John Keracher; touch of rust to staples, else in very good condition. This newsletter, written from the perspective of the left wing within the Proletarian Party, who were generally fed up..... More
Cat.No: 280499
La Paz, Bolivia: Ediciones "Lucha Obrera" 1958. 53p., wraps, 5.25x7.25 inches, paper browned with slight edge chipping else good condition. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 140627
