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A strike like no other strike, law & resistance during the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989 - 1990

A strike like no other strike, law & resistance during the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989 - 1990

by Brisbin, Richard A., Jr.

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2002
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9780801869013
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Hardcover. 350p., first printing, very good condition in like dust jacket.
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Blue Ridge Schooling; true tales of a depression year in the mountains of West Virginia

Blue Ridge Schooling; true tales of a depression year in the mountains of West Virginia

by Lawson Sr., Eric W.

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1999
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Canastoga, NY: Privately Published, 1999. Paperback. 98p., wraps a bit handled, else very good.
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From humble beginnings; West Virginia State Federation of Labor, 1903-1957

From humble beginnings; West Virginia State Federation of Labor, 1903-1957

by Harris, Evelyn L.K. and Frank J. Krebs

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1960
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Charleston: West Virginia Labor History Publishing Fund, 1960. Hardcover. 553p., illus., first edition, lacks jacket else very good condition.
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Civil war in West Virginia. A story of the industrial conflict in the coal mines, with an introduction by John R. Commons

Civil war in West Virginia. A story of the industrial conflict in the coal mines, with an introduction by John R. Commons

by Lane, Winthrop D.

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1969
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New York: Arno & The New York Time, 1969. Hardcover. 128p., very good condition. Reprint of the 1921 edition. American labor from conspiracy to collective bargaining.
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The way of peace [two issues, vol. 1 nos. 3 and 4]

The way of peace [two issues, vol. 1 nos. 3 and 4]

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1946
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Newsletter
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Drennen, WV: E.C. Backus, 1946. Newsletter. Two issues of the four-panel monthly newsletter, 5.5x8.5 inches, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. The editor and publisher, a self-described lapsed Methodist, advocated a utopian Christian brotherhood of shared work and wealth, based on the social organization of bees (see his "Broomsage Philosophy" story in no. 3). In issue 4 he describes… Read more about this item
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Pence Springs Resort

Pence Springs Resort

by Roloff, Stefan; text by Ellen F. Salpeter

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1995
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Pamphlet
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9780964134737
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New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1995. Pamphlet. 20p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. Installation art based on the story of Robin C. Martin, who committed suicide in 1981 while in solitary confinement at the West Virginia State Prison for Women. The prison was first built as a luxury resort, then used as a prison… Read more about this item
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Act of Darkness

Act of Darkness

by Bishop. John Peale

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1935
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New York: Scribner's, 1935. Hardcover. 368p., very good first edition, first printing with Scribner A and shield present, dulling to black cloth else very good in cloth boards and red titles & decorations. Bishop, a friend of Edmund Wilson and F. Scott Fitzgerald (he was the inspiration for Thomas Parke D'Invilliers in "This Side of Paradise") based this novel… Read more about this item
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Conspiracy in coal

Conspiracy in coal

by Bethel, Thomas N.

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1969
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[Washington DC]: [The Washington Monthly Company], 1969. Pamphlet. pp18-72., staplebound pamphlet, wraps lightly worn, old price penned on front wrap else very good condition. This article originally appeared in Washington Monthly.
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Conspiracy in coal

Conspiracy in coal

by Bethel, Thomas N.

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1967
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Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1967. Pamphlet. 36p., staplebound pamphlet, wraps lightly worn, previous owner's name penned on first page else very good condition. This article originally appeared in Washington Monthly.
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Conspiracy in coal

Conspiracy in coal

by Bethel, Thomas N.

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1967
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Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1967. Pamphlet. 36p., staplebound pamphlet, wraps lightly worn, staples rusted, old price sticker on front wrap else very good condition. This article originally appeared in Washington Monthly.
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Conspiracy in coal

Conspiracy in coal

by Bethel, Thomas N.

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1967
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Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1967. Pamphlet. 36p., staplebound pamphlet, wraps lightly worn, staples rusted, small stain on front wrap else very good condition. This article originally appeared in Washington Monthly.
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Life, work, and rebellion in the coal fields; the Southern West Virginia miners, 1880-1922

Life, work, and rebellion in the coal fields; the Southern West Virginia miners, 1880-1922

by Corbin, David Alan

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1981
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9780252008955
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Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981. Paperback. xix, 294p., wraps, very good condition. The working class in American history.
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Cub

Cub

by Mann, Jeff

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2014
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Paperback
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9781590213391
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Maple Shade, NJ: Bear Bones Books/Lethe Press, 2014. Paperback. vii, 213p., marked FREE in red marker on bottom edge otherwise a very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Tale of a West Virginia 'Cub' a gay teenager of stocky build and country ways who will grow to be a 'Bear'.
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O mountaineers! A collection of poems

O mountaineers! A collection of poems

by West, Don

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1974
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Huntington, West Virginia: Appalachian Press, 1974. Hardcover. 242p., original green cloth binding, first edition, illus., very good condition; dust jacket unevenly browned. Radical poet.
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Written in blood, courage and corruption in the Appalachian war of extraction

Written in blood, courage and corruption in the Appalachian war of extraction

by Harris, Wess, ed

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2017
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Paperback
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9781629634456
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Oakland: PM Press, 2017. Paperback. 252p., wraps, illus. Like new.
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10 x 3 plus: a poetry journal #5

10 x 3 plus: a poetry journal #5

by Simar, Sue Ann, editor, Tom Clark, Veronica Patterson, Ilene Marshall, Adam Reynolds, et al.

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2010
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Morgantown, WV: Beginners Mind Pub, 2010. 56p., 5.5x8.25 inches, poetry, very good chapbook journal in stapled pictorial wraps.
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Assorted Life Savers & Poems from the Mountains

Assorted Life Savers & Poems from the Mountains

by Baber, Robert Henry

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1976
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Beckley WV: Self-published by the author, 1976. Paperback. 63p., scattered sketches and photos, staplebound softback in 8.5x5.5 inch wraps. Covers are silverfished and toned, unmarked within, a fair to good copy. Author may have just returned from Vietnam, here is inching his way toward political savvy, insensitive about race but not diabolical.
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Black pit

Black pit

by Maltz, Albert

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1935
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. ix, 108p., first edition, original red cloth shelf worn with minor dings and stains, previous owner's bookplate on blank end paper else good condition lacking the jacket. Proletarian play about Polish American coal miners in West Virginia.
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Conspiracy in coal

Conspiracy in coal

by Bethel, Thomas N.

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1967
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Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1967. Pamphlet. 36p., staplebound pamphlet, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. This article originally appeared in Washington Monthly.
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Radical Christian thought: Easy essays by Peter Maurin
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Radical Christian thought: Easy essays by Peter Maurin

by Maurin, Peter; preface by Dorothy Day

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1971
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Catholic Worker Farm, West Hamlin, WV: The Green Revolution, 1971. Pamphlet. 48p. staplebound pamphlet, very good.
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