San Francisco: npub, nd. 8.5x11 inch double-sided handbill; light middle crease, else in very good condition. Not dated, but mentions the Construction Industry Stabilization Committee which was formed in 1971. Applauds rank and file groups like the "Carpenters for a Strong Union," for traveling to the large construction sites and..... More
Cat.No: 329173
New York: American Radiator Company, 1925. Paperback. 113p., printed on glazed alkaline paperstock and softbound in red fabrikoid wraps with black titling, 8.5x10.5 inches, lightly soiled and curled, a nice copy. Diagrams, sizes, kinds and list prices. More
Cat.No: 159256
Los Angeles: Salisbury, Bradshaw & Taylor, 1925. 39p. + large foldout map, numerous site photos, laid in is a typed letter of transmittal from the Western Concrete Pipe Company signed by company secretary J. M. MacAdams, wraps lightly worn else very good in wraps. LA infrastructure such as abutments and..... More
Cat.No: 121707
San Francisco: Mike Orrfelt, 1994, 1995. Two issues of the staplebound magazine, vol. 1 no. 1 and vol. 2 no. 2. Pro-union publication aimed at construction workers. Orrfelt was active in the Association for Union Democracy. More
Cat.No: 251825
San Francisco: [Hod Carrier Local 36 :: Drywall Strike Committee :: Central Labor Council], [1992]. 8.5x11 inch handbill; in very good condition. On the drywallers strike in California led by Latino immigrants. More
Cat.No: 327878
San Francisco: Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California, 1957. Pamphlet. 18p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps worn and lightly soiled, staples rusted, old price sticker on front wrap, else good condition. For construction workers. More
Cat.No: 319921
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, March 1, 1926. Single promotional leaf printed blue on buff and folded twice to make a six-panel brochure (three on a side) bearing hype and statistics in smallpoint type. The outermost panels are mildly toned with a touch of dust-soil, a good undamaged..... More
Cat.No: 261320
San Francisco: San Francisco City Workers Rank and File Committee, [1976]. Four-panel brochure, 7x8.5 inches, very good. After a 39-day strike of building trades and metal workers was called off, and the dispute put to a fact-finding board, accuses the city's Board of Supervisors and Mayor of "carrying out the..... More
Cat.No: 324077
Washington DC: United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, [c1946]. Paperback. v, 65p., 6x9 inch staplebound wraps; wraps a bit toned, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 301984
San Francisco: San Franciscans for Reasonable Growth, [c1979, 1984]. Two packets pertaining to the highrise control initiative, or Proposition "O" by the San Franciscan organization, a couple propaganda handbills, and an endorsement from Local 280. Packets are quite foxed and somewhat musky, worn, one packet suffers from silverfishing. More
Cat.No: 327724
[San Francisco?]: The Architecture Lobby (TAL), [c2018?]. tabloid style broadsheet folded; photoillus., illus., slight toning, else very good. Includes an article on the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. "The Architecture Lobby is a nonprofit organization of architectural workers advocating for the value of architectural work in the general..... More
Cat.No: 331457
Boston: Fiske & Company, Inc., 1911. 38, [2]p. + 3 leaves of color plates, wraps. 3rd edition. Covers separated from textblock. Good otherwise. Heavily illustrated promotional booklet on brickwork in architecture. More
Cat.No: 321962
np: State Building and Construction Trades Council of California / Building & Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO, 2013. Pamphlet. [28]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 318118
Barcelona: Compania Roca - Radiadores, [circa 1930]. Pamphlet. 23p., printed letterpress in two colors throughout with many interiors shown (cut-away diagrams, elevations, floorplans) each with a radiator or a heating vent indicated. Softbound in stapled 6.5x5 inch decorated wraps; staples are rusted, covers are dust- and handling-soiled with spotty foxing..... More
Cat.No: 227523
Oakland, CA: West Oakland Local Union No. 1578, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1906. Pamphlet. [3]p., 3x4.25 inch event program for West Oakland carpenter's union; decorative ribbon is slightly toned and slightly unraveled, otherwise very good. Program includes music by piano, a burlesque show, and more. More
Cat.No: 310707
San Francisco: Labor Solidarity Committee, [197-]. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill, unevenly toned. Asks the reader to join a demonstration at the Federal Building demanding the opening of the building trade to non-white workers. "As workers we support this demonstration and we urge all working people to join with our black..... More
Cat.No: 235328
np: State Building and Construction Trades Council of California / Building & Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO, 2012. Pamphlet. [28]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 318119
Austin: The University of Texas, 1935. Paperback. 105p., wraps, very good condition. Study of Electricians and Longshore workers in Houston, Texas. Bureau of Research in the Social Sciences, study no. 15. More
Cat.No: 106083
Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1987. 14, [xiv]p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, tables, a few small rust stains on front wrap, damage to rear wrap from staples else very good condition. NBER working paper series. Working paper no. 2254. More
Cat.No: 141987
[San Francisco: Local Union no. 104, 1910]. Hardcover. 121p., illus., letter from John Howell Books dated August 1, 1956 (over Warren Howell's signature) to Archie Green quoting this book to him laid in. *Slobodek, p. 85. More
Cat.No: 3389
Washington: the Department, 1954. Hardcover. 233p., paper slightly browned, else very good condition in cloth-covered boards. More
Cat.No: 66003
Washington: the Department, 1953. Hardcover. 233p., cloth-covered boards, corners bumped, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 66004
Washington DC: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1975. v, 82p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with figures and tables, three-hole punch in spine, staples rusted, a few small stains on front wrap, sticker scar on rear wrap else very good first edition booklet in blue printed stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 191508
Berkeley: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1993. [35p] 7x8.5 inches, photo-illustrated with a doublespread line map very good booklet in stapled decorated wraps. Staples are rusting with migration, otherwise unmarked with mildest signs of handling. More
Cat.No: 186006
New York: AAFEE, 1974. Newspaper. 8p. newspaper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. One page in English, the rest in Chinese. This appears to be the first issue of the Bulletin. Much on "The Struggle for Confucius Plaza," an important organizing effort to force the DeMatteis company to hire..... More
Cat.No: 298672
