Washington, DC: Federal Board for Vocational Education, 1919-1920. Bulletins 35 through 54 inclusive, issued October 1919 through June 1920, 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 pages. Fine condition. Each..... More
Cat.No: 123516
Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1973. Pamphlet. 41p., staplebound pamphlet, old price label on cover, otherwise very good condition, 5.5x8 inches. A defense of "bootleggers," who worked abandoned mines, against efforts of major mining firms to stop the practice. Reprints aricles by Paul Mattick and Louis Adamic. More
Cat.No: 227774
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1978. Pamphlet. 96p., wraps, illus., very good condition, 5x8 inches. A Workers Vanguard pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 51583
Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1972. [28p.], staplebound pamphlet, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Includes three articles from Labor Age, published by the Conference for Progressive Labor Action. Reprints articles by J. Louis Engdahl, Eugene Gordon, Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passos, Molly Jackson and others. More
Cat.No: 81119
[Northern California]: n.pub. [198-]. 2.25 inch diameter pin supporting the UMWA in its struggle with Pittston in southern Virginia. Union bug on edge gives Nor. Calif. location of manufacture. More
Cat.No: 242908
Clintwood, VA: Council of the Southern Mountains Inc., 1977. Magazine. 47p., wraps, illus., newsprint lightly browned and worn, wraps beginning to detach else good condition, 8x10.75 inches. More
Cat.No: 240190
Clintwood, VA: Council of the Southern Mountains Inc., 1971. Magazine. 23p., wraps, 8.5 x11 inches, wraps worn, pen notation and some soiling on front wrap, else very good condition. Wraps are not stapled, secured only by folding. More
Cat.No: 240197
Clintwood, VA: Council of the Southern Mountains Inc., 1977. Magazine. 47p., wraps, illus., newsprint lightly browned and worn else very good condition, 8x10.75 inches. More
Cat.No: 240189
Clintwood, VA: Council of the Southern Mountains Inc., 1976. Magazine. 47p., wraps, newsprint lightly browned , small closed tear on rear wrap and last few pages else very good condition, 8x10.75 inches. More
Cat.No: 240188
Clintwood, VA: Council of the Southern Mountains Inc., 1973. Magazine. 22p., wraps, newsprint lightly browned else very good condition, 8x10.75 inches. Special issue: Miners on strike. In UMWA we trust. More
Cat.No: 240114
Clintwood, VA: Council of the Southern Mountains Inc., 1973. Magazine. 23p., wraps, newsprint lightly browned, wraps worn, pen notation on front wrap else very good condition, 8x10.75 inches. Cover story on the Harlan County mine strike. More
Cat.No: 240194
Clintwood, VA: Council of the Southern Mountains Inc., 1976. Magazine. 47p., wraps, newsprint lightly browned else very good condition, 8x10.75 inches. More
Cat.No: 240116
Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee. [24p.], staplebound booklet, 9x12 inches, lower corners worn, otherwise very good. Black and white photos. Introduction to the planned cooperative homestead community that was established in 1937 to provide stability to families that could no longer rely on the dwindling local coal industry. More
Cat.No: 218144
N.pl. n.pub. 1904. Pamphlet. 32p., wraps slightly browned with minor chipping on the edges, 5.75x8.5 inches. Anonymous attack on the United Mine Workers of America, done as part of the wage negotiations in Hopkins County, Kentucky coal mines over wages. Compilation of various articles, all with an antiunion slant... More
Cat.No: 196463
Atlanta: Georgia Power Project, 1974. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, some uneven toning. Single issue of the publication critical of the Georgia Power Company, with articles on rank-and-file labor organizing, opposition to the importation of South African coal, and more. More
Cat.No: 240247
Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, [197-]. [16p.], lightly worn wraps, 8.5x11 inches, unobtrusive interior ex-library rubberstamp. Lyrics and music to eight songs, with historical context provided. More
Cat.No: 163119
Southampton, UK: T. E. Lewis, 1926. Single sheet, 8.25x10.5 inches, printed both sides, creased from folding and with two minor spots of soil but good overall. The General Strike, led by the Trades Union Congress, was an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to prevent wage reductions and other damages to the livelihoods..... More
Cat.No: 134791
Chicago: Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Miners, [1978]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, horizontal fold crease, otherwise very good. On the strike by miners working for the Blue Diamond Coal Company in Stearns, Kentucky. Stearns is spelled "Sterns" throughout the text. More
Cat.No: 213907
New York: The Associated Press, 1946. 7X9 inch B&W photo, together with browned paper paper note bearing original AP wire service caption. The expressive women reading a sign in the New York subway announcing reduced service due to coal shortages caused by a tugboat strike. Dated Feb. 12, 1946. More
Cat.No: 130461
Cleveland, OH: Toiler Publishing Association, 1920. 16p., single issue of the newspaper, in magazine format, 8.75x10.75 inches. Minor edgewear and soil, generally very good. Includes coverage of the Great Minneapolis Demonstration, Emil Lyons on Danzig workers marching, the Brooklyn carmen's strike, and more. Cover cartoon shows a coal miner being..... More
Cat.No: 221166
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. xi, 387p., cover slightly edge worn, corners bumped, internally very good condition. More
Cat.No: 44351
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. xi, 387p., frontis portrait, previous owner's bookplate on verso of half-title page and on dedication page, his stamp is on verso of title page. More
Cat.No: 214637
Austin: The University of Texas, 1941. 258p., wraps worn, some internal creasing and handling wear. The University of Texas publication, no. 4143. November 15, 1941. Chapter titles include: A cowboy strike, 1883; United Mine Workers in Texas, 1884-1927; The Negro in the State Federation of Labor; The Oil Workers' Union..... More
Cat.No: 314
New York: Crown Publishers, 1994. Hardcover. 307p., first edition, remainder mark on top edge else very good condition in like dj. "[S]tory of the complex relationship between miners and the Earth, between the union and the company, and between men and women, written by one of the first women to..... More
Cat.No: 52970
New York: Atheneum, 1976. Hardcover. 239p., first edition, edgeworn dj. Includes a description of the reactions of coal miners to the hiring of women. More
Cat.No: 3755
