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
Albuquerque: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque District Office, 1984. Various paginations,(about 500 pages) 8.5x11 inches, profusely illustrated with graphs, charts, maps, tables and figures, large folded map in rear pocket, very good in original blue illustrated wraps. Exhaustive environmental study of the impact of... More
Cat.No: 156981
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1978. Pamphlet. 96p., wraps, illus., very good condition, 5x8 inches. A Workers Vanguard pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 51583
Omaha: The Colonial Press, [197-?]. Unpaginated preliminaries, 265p., xliii [appendices], sizeable folded chart in the back, illustrated with period photography throughout, vignettes and plates; photo-reprint of 1940 original in cloth boards. Foredge is bumped with slight crumple and dust-soil to a dozen leaves, former owner's presentation inscription, an else sound... More
Cat.No: 153479
London: Ernest Bevin Society, 1985. 20p., wraps, occasional faint pencil marginalia. More
Cat.No: 190884
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
!["The personal freedom of the individual citizen is the most sacred and precious inheritance of Americans"--Archbishop Ireland. [Cover title] Unionism vs. law and order in Kentucky [Caption title from p. 3]](/pictures/thumb/196463.jpg?v=1499458126)
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
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
![Support the Sterns Miners! Come to the rally and fundraiser [handbill]](/pictures/thumb/213907.jpg?v=1491264469)
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
Hanoi: Vietnam, 1972. 25p., 9.75x13.25 inches, illustrated with b&w photos, color covers and interior photos, maps, cartoons, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. This issue has an article on Vietnamese coal miners. More
Cat.No: 113790
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, 1903. 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
Hungtington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1973. [10p.], staplebound pamphlet, second printing, 7x8.5 inches. First published in 1971. Rubberstamp of a movement bookstore on front cover. More
Cat.No: 108852
New York: The Babcock & Wilcox Co., 1914. 63p., high-gloss paperstock throughout with profuse b&w site and machine photography (and several fine diagrammatic images). There were a variety of such engines (these fed coal to boilers on a very large scale), a variety of multiple installations, and a variety of... More
Cat.No: 210660
Baltimore: University of Maryland Baltimore County Library, 1977. 73p., wraps, previous owner's inscription on title page, 11x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 114483
Baltimore: University of Maryland Baltimore County Library, 1977. 73p., wraps, , 11x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 120701
Denver, Colorado, Golden Bell Press, no date, 1950s. Hardcover. xii, 372p., line maps and period illustrations from photography, later edition (first published 1942) hardbound in red cloth boards and dust jacket. Casing and textblock are very sound and clean; dj has tears, splits along foldlines, and a margin that may... More
Cat.No: 385
Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, [1967?]. 36p., staplebound pamphlet. This article originally appeared in Washington Monthly. More
Cat.No: 41301
New York: International Publishers, 1932. Hardcover. 144p., frontis-portraits of the executed leaders, preface, reference notes, index, illustrations, cover slightly edgeworn, previous owner's book plate else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 6799
