
American Labor & Radicalism
This section includes books (both nonfiction and fiction) as well as ephemera related to labor unions and activism, grassroots political organization in fields such as environmentalism and free speech, and the underground press. Our holdings range from academic historical works and labor-themed novels to original leaflets and pamphlets.
The American anti-socialist. A monthly magazine published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher [Nos. 1-6, complete run]
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1912-14. All six issues of the slender journal, no. 2 with a stain at upper left, some with rust at staples, otherwise very good. Later subtitle is "An organ of Jeffersonian democracy." The individualist anarchist editor adopts a more classically conservative perspective on such issues..... More
Cat.No: 15565
The American anti-socialist. A monthly magazine published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher [Nos. 1-6, complete run]
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1912-14. All six issues of the slender journal, formerly bound in a larger volume, now disbound but the six issues still sewn and glued together at spine. Later subtitle is "An organ of Jeffersonian democracy." The individualist anarchist editor adopts a more classically conservative perspective..... More
Cat.No: 257206
The American anti-socialist. A monthly magazine published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher. No. 1
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1912. First issue of the slender journal, 16p., blank margins of front and back pages have silverfish holes, but text complete; a reading copy. This issue contains essays reprinted from other authors including A.J. Balfour, former British Prime Minister, alleging fallacies and self-defeating weaknesses of..... More
Cat.No: 257440
The American anti-socialist. An organ of Jeffersonian democracy published at Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, editor and publisher. No. 6
Washington, D.C. John Basil Barnhill, 1914. Last issue of the slender journal, 16p., crinkled with a piece torn out of the margin on the front cover (no text loss), staple rusted, a reading copy. The individualist anarchist editor adopts a more classically conservative perspective on such issues as inheritance taxes..... More
Cat.No: 257207
American appeal, volumes 1-2, 1920 - 1921 to volumes 7-8, 1926-1927. Introduction to the Greenwood reprint by James Gilbert
New York: Greenwood Reprint Corporation, 1968. Four volumes, in uniform blue cloth. three volumes are 8.5x11 inches, the fourth is 18.5x23 inches. Very good hardcover reprint set of the complete run. Original title of the magazine was The Socialist World. Radical periodicals in the United States, 1890-1960. First series. Socialist..... More
Cat.No: 119553
American dissidents say: Protest repression in Russia [handbill]
San Francisco: Institute for the Study of Nonviolence; International Socialists, Socialist Party of San Francisco, Socialists for Independent Politics, War Resisters' League West, Democratic Socialists Organizing Committee, [1979]. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed one side, edgeworn with small closed tears. Also included is a two-paragraph leflet from 1973 also calling..... More
Cat.No: 167712
An American Inroads special event: John Adams' opera Nixon in China, program, concert preview performances Thursday & Friday May 21 & 22 8pm at Herbst Theatre
San Francisco: American Inroads, 1987. [8p] includes covers, 7x8.5 inches, special thanks card laid-in, light wear and tioning, program for the special event, booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225036
American labor history: Race and ethnicity in the working class
Somerville: New England Free Press, [1973]. Pamphlet. 48p., wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Short book reviews and bibliography. More
Cat.No: 59935
The American labor legislation review. Vol. 10, no. 1, March,1920 to vol. 10, no. 4, December, 1920
New York: American Association for Labor Legislation, 1920. Various pagination, complete run for the year of the quarterly, hinges starting, index, issues bound in without the original wraps, ex library with the usual markings. More
Cat.No: 85243
The American labor year book, 1923-1924 by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School Press, 1924. 548p. [+ ads], original red cloth binding slightly soiled and with minor staining. Vol. 5. More
Cat.No: 84439
The American labor year book, 1923-1924 by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School Press, 1924. 548p. [+ ads], original red cloth binding partly stained, hinges weak, ownership signature of Richard Revere. Vol. 5. More
Cat.No: 143280
The American labor year book, 1927, by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand Book Store, 1927. [vi], 252, [24p. ads], ex library, original red cloth binding slightly edge worn. Vol. 8. More
Cat.No: 3747
The American labor year book, 1928; political issues facing American labor, by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School of Social Science, 1928. Hardcover. [viii], 265p., original red cloth binding with a faded spine and faded edges of front and rear panel, internally very good condition. Vol. 9. More
Cat.No: 3748
The American labor year book, 1929. By the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School of Social Science, 1929. 302p., original red cloth slightly rubbed, edge worn dj. Vol. 10. More
Cat.No: 83474
The American labor year book, 1930, by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science.
New York: Rand School Press, 1930. Hardcover. 283p. [+ ads], original red cloth binding slightly edge worn, spine faded. Vol. 11. More
Cat.No: 102330
American Peace Mobilization
New York: American Peace Mobilization, [1940-?]. Six-panel brochure, folded to 3.75x8.5 inches, very good. Introduction to the APM and its program, which coincided with the Soviet shift from anti-fascism to maintenance of "peace" after the Molotov-Ribbentropp pact. Program calls for the US to avoid involvement in the European war. The..... More
Cat.No: 181795
An American People's Program to End Poverty and Unemployment in the US: Economic Program of the Communist Party, USA
New York: Communist Party, USA, 1964. 8p., 8.5x11 inch pamphlet, minor foxing else very good condition. A response to Johnson's "War on poverty." More
Cat.No: 233466
American Pilots [handbill]
[San Francisco Bay Area]: n.pub. [1971]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, date penned in corner, fold-creased. Leaflet arguing that US pilots bombing Southeast Asia are war criminals, "no different from the men who ran fascist Germany's gas chambers." More
Cat.No: 251506
American report: Review of religion and American power. [12 issues]
Huntington, IN: Clergy and Laymen Concerned, 1970-1971. Twelve issues of the weekly tabloid format newspaper by religious opponents of the Vietnam War; evenly toned, address labels, otherwise very good. Issues present are Vol. 1, No. 3 (Oct. 16, 1970), 7-11, 14, 25, 44, 46, 47; Vol. 2, no. 5 (Oct..... More
Cat.No: 174718
American report: Review of religion and American power. [78 issues]
Huntington, IN: Clergy and Laymen Concerned, 1970-1972. Seventy-eight issues of the weekly tabloid format newspaper by radical religious opponents of the Vietnam War; evenly toned, address labels, otherwise generally very good. Issues present are Vol. 1, No. 1 (Oct. 2, 1970), 3-9, 11-36, 38-42, 44, 46, 47; Vol. 2, nos..... More
Cat.No: 174717
American report: Review of religion and American power. [five issues]
Huntington, IN: Clergy and Laymen Concerned, 1970-1971. Five issues of the weekly tabloid format newspaper by religious opponents of the Vietnam War; evenly toned, address labels, otherwise very good. Issues present are Vol. 1, No. 3 (Oct. 16, 1970), 7, 9, 11, 14, and 25 (April 2, 1971). More
Cat.No: 174721
American Report: Review of religion and American power. [two issues]
Huntington, IN: Clergy and Laymen Concerned, 1970-1971. Two issues of the weekly tabloid format newspaper by religious opponents of the Vietnam War; evenly toned, address labels, otherwise very good. Issues present are Vol. 1, no. 9 and 14. Articles include the punishment of a Kansas City black preacher for his..... More
Cat.No: 174722
The American Socialist Monthly. Vol. 6, No. 1 (May 1937)
New York: the Monthly, 1937. Magazine. One issue, 33pp., 6.75x10 inches, In original wraps, red cover wrap is very edgeworn and lightly soiled interior wraps clean and very readable. Continuation of the American Socialist Quarterly, the organ of the Socialist Party of America. Authors in this issue include Gus Tyler..... More
Cat.No: 259111
The American Spectator: a literary newspaper, vol. 3, no 31, July, 1935
New York: The American Spectator, Corp. 1935. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper 9.5x12.5 inches, illustrations, stapled wraps, fold crease, small rust stain on front wrap, lightly worn else good condition. The original editors and contributors had left the paper by this time and it only had another year left in it..... More
Cat.No: 177578
The American Spectator: a literary newspaper, vol. 3, no 35, July, 1935
New York: The American Spectator, Corp. 1935. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper 9.5x12.5 inches, illustrations, stapled wraps, fold crease else very good condition. The original editors and contributors had left the paper by this time and it only had another year left in it. It had become a more mainstream literary..... More
Cat.No: 177580