London; Berkeley: Kate Sharpley Library, 2003. Pamphlet. 25p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. More
Cat.No: 245452
Boston: The Association to Abolish War, [circa 1917?]. Pamphlet. Small four panel promotional brochure, 3.25x5.75 inches, very good condition. Oppose to preparedness. The Association was chaired by Charles F. Dole. at the time a well known Unitarian minister. More
Cat.No: 286096
Camden, N.J. Joseph Campbell Company, 1920. Pamphlet. 24p. + [1p.], staplebound pictorial wraps, 4x6 inches; wraps toned and edgeworn where they extend past text block, else in very good condition. Catalogue by the Campbell Soup company letting its readers know about the "Tomato Situation," a shortage of tomatoes across the..... More
Cat.No: 279022
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1916. Pamphlet. 81p., staplebound signatures pasted into plain printed wraps; spine repaired a little roughly, otherwise mild edgewear, handling. More
Cat.No: 67020
Berlin: E. S. Mittler & Sohn, 1929. Hardcover. vii, 319p., plates, second issue cloth boards; a little edgeworn and hand-soiled. More
Cat.No: 60767
New York: League to Enforce Peace, 1916. Hardcover. vi, 204p., photos of speakers, previous owner's name penned on free front endpaper, ex-library with rubberstamp on front pastedown endpaper, else good first edition in brown cloth. Samuel Gompers was one of the speakers. More
Cat.No: 156553
Paris: Paris Chamber of Commerce, 1915-1917. Newsletter. Eighteen issues of the 5.5x8.5 inch bulletin, four pages per issue. Neatly ex-library, with donor's rubberstamp on front page of most issues; otherwise generally minor wear, with some issues neatly folded, or with short edge tears or a bit of foxing; no. 13..... More
Cat.No: 290272
Paris: Paris Chamber of Commerce, 1914-1918. Newsletter. Seventy issues of the 5.5x8.5 inch bulletin, ranging from 4 to 10 pages per issue. Neatly ex-library, with donor's rubberstamp on front page of most issues; otherwise generally minor wear, with some issues neatly folded, or with short edge tears or a bit..... More
Cat.No: 289975
London: Hammersmith Books, 1970. Paperback. 242p., softbound in trade-size wraps a bit worn at the foot of the spine ele very good condition. Back cover bears the label of Pathfinder Books. Hammersmith reprints of scarce documents. Japanese militarism much discussed. The reprinting publisher quotes J. H. Brimmell to the effect..... More
Cat.No: 260402
New York: George H. Doran Co. for Hodder & Stoughton, 1917. 57p., 5x7.25 inches, frontis-photo of German document, illustrated with 2 more plates, very good first US edition in plain gray wraps. Reproduces official instructions to German infantrymen to "throw dung into wells" when withdrawing, et cetera. More
Cat.No: 149381
Budapest: Hungarian Territorial Integrity League, 1919. Pamphlet. Five staplebound pamphlets from the organization issued in the context of the aftermath of WWI and the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. All were discarded by the California Academy of Sciences; each has a library stamp in blind and a rubberstamp on the..... More
Cat.No: 290058
Yakima WA: F.C. Whitney & Sons / Yakima Independent, circa 1920. Hardcover. 249p., hardbound elaborately decorated in pressed and tinted fabrikoid, 11x8 inches. Contents resemble a school yearbook, with small clear b&w photoportraits laid out some twenty to a page, each picture numbered to correspond with brief prose entries sitting..... More
Cat.No: 290247
Paris: Etablissements A. Claverie, [circa 1920]. Pamphlet. 28p., matte paperstock, alkaline, illustrated with four fullpage color plates each tissue-guarded, each of a type of prosthetic leg, plus diagrams and stats, plus idealized sketches of maimed persons happily at work, plus numerous sepia vignettes in altered photography showing interiors of the..... More
Cat.No: 250601
San Francisco: The Hansen Company, 1916. Sheet_music. [12]p., printed exclusively in German on alkaline stock staplebound in 14x11 inch plain printed glossy wraps. Illustrated within by a fine color-litho title page celebrating German soldiery ("Gott mit Uns 1916"), a full page b&w watercolor of soldaten at prayer, and rubricated cartouche..... More
Cat.No: 223405
London : New York : Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. Pamphlet. 47p., 5x7.25 inch wraps; frontis., b&w photos., staples slightly rusted, slight soil on front wrap, small tears on head and tail of spine, small stain on page 39, else in good condition. More
Cat.No: 287198
New York: the Council, [1917?]. Four panel brochure, 6x8.5 inches, lightly toned else very good condition. "The People's Council for Peace and Democracy, which might be described as the American Left's first Popular Front-style mobilization, drew pacifist and radical labor leaders behind a unified anti-war and anti-repression appeal, and gained..... More
Cat.No: 41939
Paris: Groupe de Propagande par la Brochure, 1934. 28, [3]p., stapled wraps, 5x7.25 inches, evenly toned, leaves unopened, front wrap lightly worn with a few small stains else good condition. Text in French. Only five copies found in OCLC as of 2/2021. La Brochure Mensuelle Numéro 137, Mai 1934. Anti-war..... More
Cat.No: 263110
London: Jas. Truscott & Son, Ltd., 1916. Pamphlet. 8p., pamphlet in plain printed 7x5 inch wraps. Staples have a touch of rust, cover margins some dust-soil, a good copy. "The spirit of the men is beyond all praise; some of them had been captured at the beginning of the war."..... More
Cat.No: 221566
n.p. Druckerei des K.u.k. Armeeoberkommandos, [1918]. 14p. staplebound booklet; front cover has some faint pencil notations about Austria-Hungary, with an ownership signature; interior is evenly toned but otherwise very good. K. u. k. Armeeoberkommando. Zu Op. Nr 141.676. "Guidelines for patriotic education and defense against enemy propaganda," a guide published..... More
Cat.No: 268089
Chicago: American Freedom Convention, 1919. Handbill. 8.5x3.6 inch leaflet, printed both sides, very good. One side has a comic strip depicting a government agent arresting an editor for publishing anti-war sentiments (artist's signature obscure); the other side has poetic quotes from John Hay and Longfellow along with contact information for..... More
Cat.No: 275126
New York City: War Camp Community Service, 1920. 32p., stapled wraps, illus., very good but for library rubberstamp on front cover, otherwise unmarked. Thoroughly illustrated booklet looking back on the organized community hospitality provided to bivouacked troops. Includes two pages, with photos, on arrangements for African American troops. More
Cat.No: 157665
New York: "Why?" Publications Committee, 1944. 72p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, pages lightly toned else very good condition. Includes discussion of World War I, World War II, and the Spanish Civil War. More
Cat.No: 258071
New York: "Why?" Publications Committee, 1944. 72p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, pages lightly toned, top corner of half-title clipped with no loss of text else very good condition. Includes discussion of World War I, World War II, and the Spanish Civil War. More
Cat.No: 260944
New York: "Why?" Publications Committee, 1944. 72p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps with a few small stains, pages lightly toned else very good condition. Includes discussion of World War I, World War II, and the Spanish Civil War. More
Cat.No: 260945
New York: "Why?" Publications Committee, 1944. 72p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, front wrap creased, pages evenly toned, top corner of front wrap through p53 dampstained else very good condition. Includes discussion of World War I, World War II, and the Spanish Civil War. More
Cat.No: 261244
