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
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1978. Pamphlet. 96p., wraps, illus., very good condition, 5x8 inches. A Workers Vanguard pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 51583
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., 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., 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, illus. with black and white photos, lower corners worn otherwise very good. 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
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 and two small rust stains but good overall. The General Strike, led by the Trades Union Congress, was an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to prevent wage reductions and..... More
Cat.No: 134791
New York: Young Socialist Alliance, [1977-78]. Six-panel brochure unfolding to make a 11x17 inch poster, some toning, otherwise generally very good. Overview of the strike, which began in December 1977 and continued into the next spring; introduces the YSA. More
Cat.No: 255513
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 and chipped paper paper note bearing original AP wire service caption; photo is in good condition. The expressive women reading a sign in the New York subway announcing reduced service due to coal shortages caused by a...... 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
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
Hungtington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1973. Pamphlet. [10p.], wraps, second printing, 7x8.5 inches. First published in 1971. Old price label on front cover else good condition. 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
New York: International Publishers, 1932. Hardcover. 144p., frontis-portraits of the executed leaders, preface, reference notes, index, illustrations, very good condition, edge worn and chipped dj a bit faded. More
Cat.No: 214230
