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THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
NY Amer Assn Intl Conciliation 1921., 1921. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Foxing on covers, else in good condition. 7.75" x 5" 42pp Contains an English version of Pres. Millerand's speech and four relevant articles on French literature and politics. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, AS ADOPTED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION HELD AT HELENA...JULY 4, A.D. 1889
Helena: Independent Publishing, 1889. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 76pp. The constitutional convention ran until August 17th. This book also contains "An Address to the People of the Territory." 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)
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JOIN THE NATIONAL PEOPLES PLEDGE CAMPAIGN
Brooklyn, NY: N.I.P.D.C., 1980. First Edition. not bound. Fine. Broadsdheet (2)pp; cartoon. "A national campaign has been launched to gather the names of One Million People.sick and tired of politics-as-usual." The cartoon shows an elephant talking with a donkey, the capitol dome in the background: "I feel like shopping today. What do you want to buy? I think I'll buy an election.". 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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STOP THE ATTACKS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS & ALL WORKING PEOPLE! MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
Philadelphia: Coordinadora '96, 1996. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadside, one page. "At a time when corporations are getting record profits, the standard of living is rapidly deteriorating for the majority." 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE: DR. STANLEY S. NEWMAN WILL COORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL JEWISH ACADEMICIANS
Philadelphia, 1973. not bound. Good. Corner torn from top of first sheet, no text loss. 2pp. The academicians sought "to adopt Jewish scientists who have been denied permission to leave the Soviet Union.". On Temple News Bureau letterhead. 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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FREE THE PEOPLE OF EAST TIMOR AND BREAKFAST FOR PEACE & JUSTICE! How can you Help Stop U.S. support of Genocide
Philadelphia: Peace Action Delaware Valley, 1990. First Edition. not bound. Fine. Broadsheet (2)pp. Jose Ramos Horta, a founder of the pro-independence movement in East Timor, was to speak at The White Dog Cafe on Sansom Street. 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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PRESIDENTIAL HANDBOOK
NY: Newsweek, 1962. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 23pp; color portraits in text. American flag and eagle shown on cover. Brief history of US presidents, their powers, sidelights, political vocabulary, &c. 7.25" x 5.25". (more information)
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Group of three broadsides: offprints of articles from various newspapers, opposing Al Smith's plan to alter the 18th Amendment
1928. not bound. Very Good. 3 leaves. This pro-Hoover, anti-Smith material centers on the futility of Smith's plan to make Prohibition a state option. Articles are from: Chicago Daily News, Boston Transcript, Winston-Salem Journal, Clarksburg (WV) Gazette, Providence Journal, Springfield Republican, Worcester Telegram, Kansas City Star, Philadelphia Inquirer, Buffalo Evening News, and Rocky Mountain News. 17" x 11.75". (more information)
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Two items: list of Republican officials (county by county) in western PA; 1920 census map of PA showing Republicans in west
Pittsburgh, PA, 1928. Self-wraps. Very Good. 7 leaves, printed on rectos only; folding map. The map shows that 28 counties in western Pennsylvania had Republican congressmen, with women serving as vice-chairmen in all but Somerset. 8.5" x 13.5". (more information)
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THE TREASURY AND THE TAXES: Speech of Hon. Ellis H. Roberts, of New York, in the House of Representatives, March 2, 1874
Washington Government Printing Office 1874., 1874. 1st Edition. Soft cover. NJ Grange embossed stamp on cover, else in very good condition. 8" x 5" 24pp Roberts opposes the bill to repeal the stamp duty or tax on matches: "it is not wise to recast our system of taxation.". First Edition. Binding is self-wraps. (more information)
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JAHRES=BERICHT DES STAATS=SCHATZMEISTERS VON PENNSYLVANIEN, UBER DIE FINANZEN DES STAATES, FUR DAS FISCALJAHR.1859
Harrisburg, PA: A. Boyd Hamilton, Printer, 1860. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Archival repair to backstrip. 16pp. Text in German. This annual report of the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania was intended for German-American citizens. Not found in catalogs of the Library of Congress nor the Library Company of Philadelphia. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: "THE EXPONENT OF DEMOCRACY
Harrisburg, PA: Mollus, 1918. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 12pp. Smith delivered this paper at the February 13, 1918 Memorial Meeting of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania. 9" x 6". (more information)
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THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS: An Oration delivered before the Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1845
Philadelphia Henry Longstreth 1847., 1847. Soft cover. Corner torn from final leaf (one letter lost), else good. 9.25" x 5.75" 31pp DAB calls this speech "a turning point in his career"--a major anti-war effort that showed he could thrill and sway audiences. Stereotype Edn. Binding is self-wraps. (more information)
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NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION: A Presidential Address ... at the Annual Meeting of the British Science Guild, April 30th, 1917
London British Science Guild 1917., 1917. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Old vertical crease, else near very good condition. 9.75" x 6" 8pp Lord Sydenham calls for England to unite in a national reconstruction effort once the World War ends. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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TACHING: RED BANNER ON CHINA'S INDUSTRIAL FRONT
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1972. First thus. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: (xii), 46; 12pp illus from photographs. "Taching Oilfield has been commended by our great leader Chairman Mao," says the introduction to this book which describes Taching's role as an example of "Marxian-Leninism Mao Tsetung Thought." Printed in the People's Republic of China. 7.25" x 5". (more information)
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JAPANESE IMPERIALISM EXPOSED: The Secret Tanaka Document
NY: International, 1942. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 47pp. This is the text of "the notorious Tanaka Memorial, the `Mein Kampf' of the Japanese fascist aggressors, written in 1927. 7.5" x 5". (more information)
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THE TIME OF THE TOAD: A Study of Inquisition in America. By One of the Hollywood Ten
Hollywood, CA: Hollywood Ten, 1949. 3rd printing. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 38pp The best known of the Hollywood Ten, Trumbo describes the HUAC hearings, Federal "anti-Semitism and Negrophobia," etc. 8" x 5.25". (more information)
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EXPENDITURES OF MONEY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, 31st Congress, August 8, 1850
Washington: US House of Representatives, 1850. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Neatly removed. 13pp. Reports annual expenditures (1790-1850) for buildings, canals, roads, books, maps, statues, &c. in the District of Columbia. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)
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GASOLINE RATION COUPONS: Five coupons still attached to original owner's registration form
Washington: O.P.A., 1942. not bound. Very Good. One page. The coupons have backgrounds of spread eagle designs printed in red to prevent forgery. Issued to a Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania driver of a 1928 Desoto sedan, the year in which Chrysler introduced that car. 2.75" x 5". (more information)
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THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM: Structure and Basis
Hanoi, Viet Nam: Foreign Languages Publ House, 1976. First Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good. First edition in English. 74pp; portraits, color plate. Comprises documents of the First Session of the National Assembly of Reunified Viet Nam, held June-July 1976. The Assembly convened in Ba Dinh Hall, "opposite the mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, the man who, thirty years ago, from this very place proclaimed to the world the birth of the Decmocratic Republic of Viet Nam, and who subsequently made it possible for Viet Nam to earn the `signal honour of defeating two big imperialisms--the French and the American'." 7.25" x 4.75". (more information)
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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM (ESPIONAGE): Excerpts of Consultation with Counterspy Boris Morros (August 16, 1957)
Washington: HUAC, 1957. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: 21, (1). The author reports that Morros, an immigrant, led a double life for the FBI as spy and counterspy against Soviet agents in the U.S. 9" x 5.75". (more information)
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PROGRAMS FOR THE NATION-WIDE CELEBRATION IN 1932 OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Washington Government Printing Office 1931., 1931. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.75" x 5.75" 32pp. Fourth Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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ON THE LINE. The John Birch Society Bulletin for March, 1975: Special Issue
Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1975. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. 32pp. Virulently anti-Communist & anti-USSR. 8" x 5.25". (more information)
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THERE'S H-C-L TO PAY
Republican Party, 1920. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (16)pp; cartoons. This Republican propoganda in verse, for the 1920 campaign of Harding vs. Cox, focuses on the high cost of living (H-C-L). 5" x 3". (more information)
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER UNSIGNED RE SCHEDULING A WHIG PARTY CAUCUS, DEMOCRATS, ETC, datelined Tremont, August 11, 1856
Tremont, PA: Not published, 1856. Original. not bound. Very Good. 2pp; integral leaf has pencilled notes on various matters, including the "extension of slavery." In part: "Dear Jones, I had made arrangements to have our Whig caucus come off at (?) 23d August provided John Andrew could speak to us on that day. Just now I received a letter from V.J. Thomas saying that the Democrats would have their caucus at Somerville on the 23 inst. Now it will not do to have both caucuses on one day.I can't make any calculation what the Democrats will do in this District." Says he could arrange the Whig caucus anyway if it seems okay, etc. "The Whigs have put off their time in order to get up a large caucus and have a speaker." 10" x 8". (more information)
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HENRY KISSINGER--MYSTERY MAN OF POWER
Tulsa, Oklahoma Christian Crusade Publ 1972., 1972. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 7.75" x 5.25" 32pp Calling the Nixon administration "Leftist," this evangelist goes on to warn of the Communist conspiracy in high places. Illustrated by one full-page photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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A WOMAN'S REASON IN POLITICS
1928. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadside. The author was the former President of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Supporting her opinions on why Herbert Hoover would make a good President of the United States, she cites his record of public service, his humanitarian efforts in Europe after World War I, his tenure as Secretary of Commerce, his success in getting big and little towns in America "all lined up for building better, gardening better, getting children to understand home life," &c., &c. 9" x 6". (more information)
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NO NUKES IS GOOD NUKES
Philadelphia: W.I.L.P.F, 1979. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Flyer, (2)pp; drawing. Supports SALT II, and strongly opposes nuclear power, following the incident at Three Mile Island. Links radioactivity to cancer and cites increased incidence in areas near weapons facilities and reactors; calls for people to write to Pres. Carter and demand shut-down of all nuclear plants; demands testing for radioactivity in foods; etc. 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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WHY ARE MILLIONS OUT OF WORK?...BECAUSE MILITARY SPENDING COSTS JOBS
Philadelphia: Women's Int'l League, 1979. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadside, one page; small silhouettes. This chart depicts the number of jobs created per $1 billion spent on: education, health care, construction, mass transit, and military. 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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