Hard travellin': the hobo and his history
New York: New American Library, 1970. Paperback. 448p. + [16]p. of plates, wraps, illus., wraps lightly yellowed, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 44947
Hoboes
Rough and rowdy ways: the life and hard times of Edward Anderson
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1988. Hardcover. xv, 191p., illus., very good condition in like dj. Anderson wrote two proletarian novels. More
Cat.No: 38045
Rhymes of Rex Ricardo. Perpetrated without apology
Norway, Maine: Advertiser Print, [pre-1934]. Paperback. 69p., wraps, 4.25x6.5 inches, previous owner's inscription dated 1933. Tramp poetry. "[P]ublished under the auspices of the William Henry Stone Post No. 82 of the American Legion at Norway, Maine." Signed and inscribed by the author. More
Cat.No: 77798
The Mother Goose Bazaar and Other Poems
n.p. the author, 1949. 4p. plus cover sheet, 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left, cover toned, otherwise very good. Laid in is a single sheet, carbon-copied from typescript, of an additional poem, "The Courtroom Canary," mocking a former Communist who "posts his lesbian buttocks / upon the witness seat"..... More
Cat.No: 346715
Jewish Philanthropy; An Exposition of Principles and Methods of Jewish Social Service in the United States
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. xvii, 391p., plus an appended publisher's section listing of kindred books available. Hardbound first edition in 8.5x5.5 inch green cloth boards, a sound copy with aesthetic faults; General edgewear with minute spots of fray; spine-panel titling is dim with handling grime and is nearly..... More
Cat.No: 332566
"Broke;" the man without the dime
Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1920. Hardcover. xviii, 369p., front., photographic illus. as called for, original brown cloth case binding is gilt-titled and bears a vignette photo portrait of the author. Boards somewhat edge worn, hinges a little soft, spine lettering eroded, previous owner's name on front blank endpaper, sticker..... More
Cat.No: 139465
The Symposium: a critical review; vol. 4 #3, July 1933: Notes on Hollywood Directors part 2
Concord: Rumsford Press, 1933. Paperback. pp259-400, essays, critiques, fiction, book reviews, poetry, good paperback journal in gray edgeworn original wraps. Goodman's contribution is "The Wandering Boys" an early publication for him, a story about a group of boys on the road, in love, hoboing etc. Also Notes on Hollywood Directors..... More
Cat.No: 122718
No regrets: Dr. Ben Reitman and the women who loved him, a biographical memoir
Lexington: SouthSide Press, 1999. Paperback. xv, 212p., wraps, illus., very good condition. By his daughter. More
Cat.No: 235495
The Homeless Transient in the Great Depression: New York State, 1929-1941
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986. Hardcover. xii, 319p. in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 47770
Social Security No. 438-10-1408
New York: Comet Press Books, 1958. Hardcover. [6], 73, [1]p., boards. In dust jacket (torn, portions missing at head and foot). Autobiography. The author was born and raised in rural Louisiana and adopted the "haphazard, free life of a tramp" after spending some time in a Naval psychiatric ward. More
Cat.No: 320807
Bobby Gregory and his Ramblin' Hobo's album of hobo songs, no. 12
New York: American Music Pub. Co., 1947. 27p., wraps, music and lyrics, 9x12.5 inches. Sheet music. More
Cat.No: 122628
Impulses; stories touching the life of Sandy, in the city of Saint Francis
Boston: The Cornhill Company, 1920. Hardcover. 259p., original dark blue cloth covers with gilt titling; gilt somewhat faded, board corners slightly bumped, couple specks of foxing on top edge of text block, otherwise in very good condition. On San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 317112
Jumping the line; the adventures and misadventures of an American radical. With an introduction by Paul Berman
Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2001. Paperback. xxiii, 279p., wraps. New. Memoirs of the former hobo, Communist & member of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and later novelist. More
Cat.No: 96053
Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003. Paperback. 255, [4]p., wraps, 6x9 inches, illus., front wrap unevenly sunned else very good condition. The Working Class in American History. More
Cat.No: 294223
Casuals and their Casual Treatment
London: P.S. King & Son, Ltd., 1928. Pamphlet. 30, [2]p., index, wraps. 7.25 x 5 in. Very Good. Advocates reform of casual wards and poor laws to decriminalize vagrancy and provide national solutions to the problem of severe impoverishment in England. Rare. WorldCat reports no locations outside of the UK..... More
Cat.No: 314138
There's Something About a Train #6
Santa Cruz: Hobos From Hell / Feral Press, [2001?]. 125p., light wear and rubbing, otherwise very good condition. Giant train hopping zine by Hobo Lee, featured in the 2003 movie "Catching Out" More
Cat.No: 343415
New Homeless and Old; Community and the Skid Row Hotel.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989. Hardcover. ix, 299p., illus., very good condition in like dj. Conflicts in Urban and Regional Development. Examines how urban development and the purging of SRO hotels played a role in exacerbating the homeless crisis in California's Skid Row. More
Cat.No: 21345
The Palimpsest, May 1926, vol. 7, no. 5. A Jack London diary
Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1926. Magazine. pp. 129-164, complete issue, wraps with cleric edges slightly creased else very good condition. Contents: Tramping with Kelly through Iowa, Jack London and Comment, the editor (John Ely Briggs). More
Cat.No: 245370
Vagabondlite; or, confessions of a poser crusty, issue #1 California.
npl: Self-published by the author, nd. Pamphlet. 30p., autobiographical zine in b&w photocopied wraps; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 306746
Coxey's army; a study of the industrial army movement of 1894
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. Hardcover. viii, 331p., illus., first edition, cover slightly shelf worn with minor discoloration on the front panel, fore edges a bit soiled else good condition. More
Cat.No: 322108
Walking to work; tramps in America, 1790-1935.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984. Hardcover. 253p., tables, very good condition in like dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 8497
Done & Been; Steel Rail Chronicles of American Hobos
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. Paperback. xi, 197p., wraps, illus., very good condition. Includes hobo recipes. More
Cat.No: 39712
Break their haughty power; Joe Murphy in the heyday of the Wobblies, a biographical novel
San Francisco: ism press, 1993. Paperback. 367p., illus., wraps a tad shelfworn, spine slightly toned, ownership rubberstamp of the author on the title page, else in very good condition. Several page letter 8.5x11 inches inlaid, addressed to union activist and teacher, Ross Rieder from the author, signed in hand. Letter..... More
Cat.No: 47275
Break their haughty power; Joe Murphy in the heyday of the Wobblies, a biographical novel
San Francisco: ism press, 1993. Spiral_bound. 332p., wraps, uncorrected page proofs, 8.5x11 inches, plastic comb binding. Relates Murphy's adventures in the wheat fields, lumber camps, and on the high seas. Historical events include the 1919 Centralia massacre in Washington state; the Colorado coal miners' strike of 1927; and the 1931..... More
Cat.No: 161019
Echoes from the hobnails of a vagabond by "Ace"
Carson City, NV: Self-published by the author as Los Tres Vagamundos, 1923. [21p]4.25x6.5 inches, mild dampstain to for-edge margin of text block, two-hole punch in spine not affecting text otherwise a very good first edition poetry chapbook in stapled brown printed wraps. Ace Newing, Certon and Schellbach were friends in..... More
Cat.No: 184202