Socialist Party from Lorne Bair Rare Books

London: MacMillan Company, 1912. Third printing of the revised (second) edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards; no jacket; 257pp. Clean, tight and unmarked in the original publisher's binding. 4-pp Macmillan trade circular ("Best Recent Novels") laid-in.

London: Macmillan, 1901. First U.K. Edition. First printing. 16mo (20cm). In original red cloth, titled in gilt on spine, with elephant badge on front, top edge gilt; plain endpapers; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear; [vi], 413, [3]pp; 10 illustrations by J. L. Kipling. With 1901 ownership inscription of George D. Herron and later bookplate of Dartmouth College Library… Read more about this item

New York: American Labor World, (1919). First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 48pp. Mild cover wear; Very Good or better. Distribution stamp of the Social Democratic League of America on title page. Virulently anti-Bolshevik pamphlet, written in response to Albert Rhys Williams' 76 Questions on the Bolsheviks and the Soviets (1919). Slobodin, a Debsian Socialist and a… Read more about this item

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, N.d. [c.1910]. Reissue (first published 1903). 16mo. Staple-bound self-wrappers; 32pp. Pencil catalog number to front wrapper, else unmarked and Near Fine. Issued in uniform format with the publisher's "Pocket Library of Socialism" series, but without series title and without the red glassine wrappers, which were phased out c. 1907. Richardson (1858-1931) was a California socialist… Read more about this item

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1906. Second edition, "Revised & Enlarged." 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 64pp. Text toned (but not brittle); general light cover soil; Very Good. Simons (1870-1950) was the long-time editor of The International Socialist Review.

New York: National Mooney-Billings Committee, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers (a bit dust soiled); 22pp. Some wear from handling, but overall a clean, fresh copy, easily Very Good. A relatively early fundraising appeal for the defense of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings, two labor leaders framed for the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing of 1916.… Read more about this item

New York: Workers Party of America, [1923]. First Edition. Slim octavo (18.25cm); original printed card wrappers, stapled; [4],5-48pp. Modest wear and toning to wrappers, with the faint trace of an old ink name and price to upper margin of front cover; contents clean, complete; Very Good+. "An attack upon the Socialist Party for opportunism and treachery, combined with an… Read more about this item

[Milwaukee: Socialist Party, 1933?]. Single sheet, 9" x 24", folded to 9"x6", 10pp. Mild toning to margins; Very Good. Transcript of an extemporaneous speech delivered by Milwaukee's Socialist Mayor Daniel Hoan, answering attacks against his administration's decision to issue city-backed bonds (here called "scrip") rather than borrowing cash to address its outstanding budget deficit. The bonds were… Read more about this item

[New York: Associated Press, 1954). Original silver-gelatin print, 6-1/2" x 9", on glossy photo paper. Captioned in the printed area beneath image. Identified in pencil on verso, stamped date (Nov 24 1954). Unevenly trimmed, else Very Good. A charming image of the Socialist Party leader enjoying a birthday cake in the company of two of his granddaughters,… Read more about this item

New York: John Lane, 1914. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; 488pp. Bit of rubbing to spine ends; small bumps to board edges; rear free endpaper creased. Still a tight, VG or better copy. Laidler's uncommon first book, written as his PhD thesis at Columbia University.

Pullman, WA: By the Author, 1907. Second (Revised) Edition. Small octavo (19cm). Printed paper wrappers; 192pp. Front wrapper stained; pencil scrawl to rear wrapper and somewhat less boldly to front wrapper. Contents tanned but not brittle; a solid, complete, Good copy. The first volume of a two-part work (published separately) that included also The Trumpet Voice From the Throne… Read more about this item

New York: Rand School Press, 1933. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 16pp. Mild external toning and wear, else Very Good or better. By the prominent New York socialist and long-time instructor at the Rand School of Social Science.

Chicago: National Office of the Socialist Party, N.d. [ca 1913]. Edition and printing not stated. 4-pp leaflet (single folded sheet); text on all four pages. Mild age-toning to paper, small chips; still Very Good. Organizational guide for local branches; includes a catalog of "Socialist Party Supplies" including celluloid buttons, lapel pins, dues cards, and, compellingly, the "moving picture film… Read more about this item

Everett, WA: Socialist Party of Washington, [1915]. Edition and printing not stated. 4-pp leaflet; text on all four pages. Slight age-toning to paper, still Very Good. Report of a Commission headed by Frank P. Walsh, surveying industrial and rural labor conditions across the United States, identifying four main causes of social unrest: Unequal and unjust distribution of wealth; uemployment;… Read more about this item

Chicago: National Office of the Socialist Party, N.d. [ca 1913]. Edition and printing not stated. 4-pp leaflet (single folded sheet); text on all four pages. Mild age-toning to paper, still Very Good. Ephemeral recruiting brochure, with invitation and instructions for joining the Socialist Party, likely distributed at Russell's speaking engagements during his U.S. Senate campaign of 1913-14. A popular… Read more about this item

Everett, WA: Socialist Party of Washington, [1915]. Octavo. Bifolium (single folded sheet); 4pp. On newsprint. Paper slightly age-toned, but still Very Good, with minimal evidence of handling. A Socialist parable on the evils of Landlordism, much along the lines of Bellamy's "The Parable of the Water Tank." OCLC notes but a single holding (Hamilton College), but that example issued… Read more about this item

New York: National Executive Committee, Socialist Labor Party, 1921. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's red staplebound card wrappers; [4],55pp.; text in double column. Small chips and tiny losses to wrapper extremities, none approaching text, textblock uniformly toned and a bit brittle, else Very Good and sound. Cancel to title page providing updated convention dates.

Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1945. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 51pp. Covers spotted and mildly creased; text clean, tight and unmarked. Very Good.

Pasadena: Upton Sinclair, 1920. Two octavo volumes (18.75cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [ii],99,[11]pp. The first copy is inscribed by Eugene Debs to American film actress, screenwriter, and editor Helen Louise Gardner on the front endpaper: "To Helen L. Gardner / With love and greetings, and with deep appreciation for her beautiful… Read more about this item

Saint Louis: The National Rip-Saw Publishing Company, 1911. Fortieth thousand." 12mo; staple-bound, printed self-wrappers; 35pp. Mild toning to wrapper extremities, else Near Fine. Uncommon early pamphlet by the socialist/feminist agitator, accusing the Church of abandoning the needs of the working class, leading to alcoholism and prostitution.