Radical History Reference from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; [2],xvi,348,[2]pp, with photographic frontispiece and 12 plates of illustrations. Spine ends gently nudged, private library sticker on title page, else a fresh, Fine copy. In the original dustjacket, with a wraparound photograph of… Read more about this item

Huntington Beach, CA: American Studies Publishing Company, 1983. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 65pp. Mild soil and wear; Very Good.

Washington DC: Department of Labor, 1952. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 17pp. Very Good. Timeline of significant milestones in the US labor movement, from 1778 to 1952. First edition of a pamphlet that was reissued occasionally, in updated versions, through the 1980s.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. First Edition. Large, thick octavo. Cloth boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 876pp. Tight, Near Fine copy with a few faint stains to text block edges. In unworn dustwrapper. Text clean, tight and unmarked.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth; dustjacket; 298pp. Includes bibliography. A bit of mild foxing to prelims, else a tight, unmarked Near Fine copy in lightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper with some mild soil and spotting to lighter portions; Very Good.

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 1993. First Edition. Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 482pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in barely edge-rubbed dustwrapper. Essential reference; includes visual examples for many, and capsule biographies for more than 2,200 Russian & Soviet artists.

New York: National Executive Committee Socialist Labor Party, [n.d., ca. 1910]. First Edition. Smaller format state. 12mo (18.m); staplebound printed self-wrappers; 32pp. Trifle dusty along the edges, else Near Fine. Pamphlet discussing the fundamental differences between May Day and American Labor Day - the former being a holiday created by workingmen themselves, and the latter being "a gift" to… Read more about this item

Valencia: S.i., 1937. Six tabloid issues (58cm); newsprint wrappers; 4pp per issue; occasional illus; text entirely in Spanish. Publication sequence as follows: Año XLIV, Nos.15.394, 15.409, 15.411, 15.413, 15.424, 15.435 (October 8,27,29,31; November 13,26 1937). All six issues horizontally folded at center, occasional creasing to extremities, with a few scattered passages underlined in red and blue colored pencil; one… Read more about this item

New York: Van Nostrand, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 237pp. Fine, unmarked copy in jacket - a new-appearing copy, except that the front jacket flap has been price-clipped. The development of labor in New Jersey from colonial times through the nineteen-sixties.

Boulder: Westview Press, [1991]. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 234pp. Fine.

[Seattle]: LSM Information Center, 1970. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); original white pictorial staplebound card wrappers; [2],34pp.; illus. About Fine. Lengthy interview with Spartacus Monimambu, Commander of the MPLA's guerrila forces, touching on various aspects of the military struggle in Angola. Taped in 1968 by LSM member Don Barnett, excerpts were published in several issues of the Guardian that… Read more about this item

New York: Committee for May Day, 1948. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); beige photo-illustrated wrappers printed in green, stapled; 14pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, with a 1cm split at upper spine fold; Very Good+. Pamphlet promoting the 1948 May Day Peace Parade in New York, a march which began at 54th St. and 8th Ave and on to… Read more about this item

New York: International Publishers, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); glossy, illustrated wrappers; 184pp; illus. Some trivial edgewear, else very Near Fine. Details the origins of the holiday in 1890 and the highlights of May Day celebrations over the last century.

Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1972. First Edition. Quarto (26cm). Staple-bound wrappers; 99pp. Clean, tight and unmarked - a VG copy. Finding aid to the NAACP papers at LOC.

Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1976. First Edition. Quarto (26cm). Staple-bound wrappers; 99pp. Clean, tight and unmarked - a VG copy. Finding aid to the National Urban League papers at LOC.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1916. Third edition (revised). Octavo (20cm). Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; [xii], 524pp. Fine, straight copy, free of markings or wear. Third revised edition, in same year as first: "...as when the second edition of this work was issued last October, the passage of eight brief months has brought such progress… Read more about this item

Richmond, BC: LSM Press, 1973. Slim octavo (21.75cm); light brown photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 34pp; illus. Fine and unread. First published by the Press in slightly different format in 1970. Lengthy interview with Spartacus Monimambu, Commander of the MPLA's guerrila forces, touching on various aspects of the military struggle in Angola.

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 382pp. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Fine and unread in unworn jacket; near-new.

New York: Film Culture, 1970. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; 84pp; illus. Mild overall dusting and wear; a few page-corners rolled; Very Good. Special double issue, guest-edited by Gordon Hitchens, devoted entirely to an examination of the 1950s Hollywood Red Scare. Contributors include Gordon Hitchens, John Howard Lawson, Dalton Trumbo, Lew Irwin, Joseph Losey, many others.

Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1983. First Edition. Octavo. Printed card wrappers; 403pp. Minor external rubbing and soil; internally clean, tight and unmarked; VG to Near Fine overall. Study of American ethnic, social and proletarian literature. Text entirely in German.