Search Results: Titles starting with M from D. Anthem, Bookseller

Madison: M, 1982. Seven of the first nine issues of this pro-feminist, gay-affirming magazine for men published in Madison, Wisconsin from 1979-1994 (the magazine changed titles to Changing Men in 1985). The magazine was part of the burgeoning Men's Movement, which sought to eliminate sexism and traditional gender roles while supporting gay and women's liberation. As stated in the premiere issue: "We believe that all our efforts to create a gender-just society free of sexism and sex-role stereotyping will be encouraged by exchanging information and nourishing a larger men's community." Each issue featured articles, poetry, reviews, an evolving resource directory, and letters. Included in this run are the premiere issue (Winter 1979/80), issue #2 (Spring 1980), Issue #4 (Fall-Winter 1980), Issue #5 (Spring 1981), Issue #7 (Winter 1981-82), Issue #8 (Spring 1982), and Issue #9 (Summer-Fall 1982). Stapled, magazine format, various pagination, illus. A near fine run.

New York: Red Ozier Press, 1981. Limited ed. Grey letterpressed envelope housing two folded, letterpressed sheets. Limited to 200 copies made by hand in New York City. Includes a single Wakoski poem, "Looking for Beethoven in Las Vegas." SIGNED by her. The slightest crease to bottom, but Fine.

New Dehli: Har-Anand Publications, 1995. First edition. 8vo; burgundy cloth, 233 pp, dust jacket. In English. "This memorial volume brings together a number of essays written by scholars as well as individuals connected with Maharaja Hari Singh on various aspects of his life and rule." Hari Singh was the last Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and his accession to India in 1947 triggered the first Indo-Pakistan War. A couple of faint spots to cloth; the dust jacket is rubbed with soiling to spine. An uncommon volume. We currently find no other copies in commerce (April, 2018).

New York: Friends of Democracy, Inc, 1943. First edition. The author argues that Germany, under Bismarck, William II and Hitler, has maintained a pattern of systematic aggression, which led inevitably to WWII. Includes a preface by National Director, Friends of Democracy, L. M. Birkhead. 8vo. Burgundy, gilt-stamped cloth, ii, 87 pp. A Near Fine copy, owner's bookplate to front pastedown, light marginal smudge to p. 23. Lacking the dust jacket if issued with one.

[New York]: [Communist Party USA], 1956. An important internal document issued by the Harlem Regional Committee in response to the controversial Draft Resolution for the 16th National Convention of the Communist Party, U.S.A.. This report from the Harlem Committee states that "the Draft Resolution must state unequivocally that only a party based upon Marxism-Leninism can lead the working class to Socialism in our country, and our Party must be built to do so" (p. 4). The Committee denounces the reformist and gradualist approach of a "peaceful and constitutional struggle" and points to the Negro struggle against segregation and white terrorism by the Klan and White Citizens Councils as evidence that "revolutionary struggle" is already underway. The document continues with further objections to the Draft Resolution and recommends the "practice of Democratic Centralism," the implementation of a "constructive cadre policy," and the development of a class approach. It concludes with a critical… Read More

New Canaan, Conn.: The Long House, Inc, 1958. First edition. A book by the Republican Senator on what he terms the Global Pincers Movement, which threatens the protectionist economic policies of the United States. Perfect-bound green linen wrappers (6" x 9"), 126 p. INSCRIBED by the author to future death penalty scholar, Hugo A. Bedlau, when he was still on the Right. Light edge wear, Near Fine.

[Pittsburgh, Pa.]: [KNOW, Inc.], 1972. Paper read at the 80th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Assocation, Division 9 Symposium: Who Discriminates Against Women, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 4, 1972." Corner-stapled 11" x 8 ½" sheets, mimeograph from typescript, 7, [1] p. A fine copy.

New York: Modernismo Publications, 1979. Four issues of this gay men's cultural magazine featuring interviews with celebrities, fashion, film & theatre reviews, gay nightlife and nude men. Included are Vol. 1, Nos. 4 (July 1975), 11 (February 1976), 12 (April 1976); Vol. 5, No. 51 (July 1979). Magazine format (8 ½" x 11"), 62-78 p., photographs. Spine rolled on one issue, discoloration from dampstaining to the cover of the July 1979 issue; small subscription form clipped from the July 1975 issue; some rubbing and foxing to covers.

Belmont, Massachusetts: American Opinion, 1969. A reprint by the John Birch Society of James Forman's controversial Black Manifesto first presented at the National Black Economic Development Conference held in Detroit in April, 1969. A month later Forman barged into Riverside Church in NYC, took over the microphone and read the manifesto, which demanded $500 million (later raised to $3 billion) from Christian churches and Jewish synagogues in reparations for slavery and the continued oppression of the Black community. This horrified organizations such as the John Birch Society, which eagerly reprinted the manifesto verbatim to demonstrate how militant the civil rights movement had become. Stapled wrappers (9" x 6"), 7 p. Wilcox Collection stamp to the front wrapper, Liberty Library, Clayton, Mo. to the rear wrapper, else Near Fine.

[Chicago?]: [Solidarity Bookshop?], 1973. A two-sided poster celebrating the life of the famed anarchist militant Buenaventura Durruti. Durruti was a CNT-FAI leader who was killed in Madrid under disputed circumstances on Nov. 20, 1936. A reported half a million people attended his funeral. The recto features a black & white image of Durruti with the Manifesto of the Durruti Column. The manifesto was issued following his death and avowed: "Comrades of the Durruti Column! Let us avenge his broken life. We must carry his name through fascist Spain and it shall mean death to our enemies!" Hours after Durruti's death, CNT-FAI militants killed 52 policemen held captive in a monastery. The verso features two essays memorializing Durruti's life and leadership: "Durruti-Anarchist" written by his comrade H. Rudiger and issued on Nov. 20, 1936; and "The Durruti Column," a radio broadcast by Carl Einstein, "militiaman of the Durruti Column." Although there is no publication information on the poster, we… Read More

Chicago: Essanjay Films, 1950. Sex ed addressed to the sexually ignorant male of 1950. Requisite chapters on male and female sex organs, hygiene, marriage, what to expect on one's wedding night, pregnancy, abortion, birth control, impotency, venereal disease, menopause, etc. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (8 ½" x 5 ½"), 63 p. Light rubbing, near fine.

Detroit: International UAW-CIO Fair Practices Committee, 1943. This reprint from the UAW-CIO Policy Manual is being distributed for the handy reference and use of local stewards, committeemen and officers, and for International Representatives. It presents in simplified form all of the pertinent information about the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice (FEPC) and our Union's Fair Practices Committee, which you need to have readily available. It also outlines what UAW-CIO policy on discrimination actually means; and it sets forth the procedure which the UAW-CIO Fair Practices Committee expects each local union officer to follow in handling of cases of alleged discrimination." - from the Foreword.Stapled, illustrated wrappers, 24 p. Some wear along the spine with tiny splits at the ends; darkening to wrappers. Only eight copies found in OCLC.

[Minneapolis?]: Published by the author, 1918. Privately printed. A scarce tactical manual prepared by 1st Lieutenant L. H. Brittin for use by the Minnesota National Guard during the street car strike of 1917-1918. Hand-numbered 218 out of 300 copies privately printed by thge author. The title page reads, "This manual is to be used pending the issue of a definitive manual by order of the State Adjutant General or other competent authority. Stapled wrappers printed in green, 25 p. A fine copy. Not found by us in OCLC.

St. Louis: H. E. Gross, [n.d.]. Original printed brown wrappers housing 34.75" x 27.25" map, with index to streets, schools and bus lines. Map Near Fine. Wrappers have some edgewear and chipping with triangular piece from front bottom cover missing. Scarce. We find one copy at Syrcause Univ. of this particular edition.

New York: United Labor and People's Committee for May Day, 1952. A pamphlet preceding May Day activities for 1952, which highlights the history of the holiday and the struggle for Negro rights, labor organizing, and peace. The United Labor and People's Committee for May Day was a Communist front organization that adopted a variety of names for organizing May Day events from 1935-1953. It was forced to dissolve in 1953 when the Attorney General required that it register as a Communist Front group. Stapled wrappers (8 " x 5 ½") with Hugo Gellert illustration to front wrapper, 14 p., six photographs. An about Fine copy. Five copies in OCLC, although we note a handful of copies in other university special collections.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First edition. 12mo. (18.5 cm); 272 pp.; engraved frontispiece. Publisher's gilt-blocked green cloth; chocolate endpapers; owner's name to flyleaf recto. Some mottling to cloth with slight chipping to spine tail. Collection of stories from this poet, novelist and editor.

New York: The Feminists, 1969. A position paper by the Feminists on the institution of marriage, which they liken to the institution of slavery. Four 11" x 8 ½" sheets mimeographed from typescript, 6 p of text. Scarce, like all other Feminists' documents. Three copies held in institutional collections via WorldCat.

Chicago: Cooperative Research Network, 1986. A 10-part study guide on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his development as a civil rights leader. The guide begins with an introduction followed by a chronological biographical sketch. Each of the ten sections include an introductory paragraph, required reading citation, four discussion questions, and a list of supplemental readings. Sections include: I. Black Protest and Black History II. The Black Church and Liberation III. The Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. IV. Theological Aspects of MLK V. King in Struggle: #1 Montgomery VI. King In Struggle: #2 Birmingham VII. King In Struggle: #3 Northern Battles VIII. Social and Political Theory IX. King and Black Liberation Theology X. King and his heirs. The Cooperative Research Network was a cooperative organization of Black studies professionals, committed intellectuals, and community activists founded in the mid-1980s. They published the "Afro-Scholar Newsletter." Stapled, photo-illustrated… Read More

New York: Weybright and Talley, 1968. First edition. Octavo. Black cloth; ix, 319 pp.; black and white photographs; dust jacket. An early biography of King by William R. Miller, an editor of Reconciliation, who published King's first article. Miller, who was a white Christian pacifist, was drawn to King's brand of protest and helped inspire him to write a seminal work on the topic, Nonviolence (1964). Some dust-soiling and foxing to top edge with gift inscription to front free endpaper; the dust jacket is rubbed and slightly edgeworn with a few short closed tears along the top edge. VG/VG.

Philadelphia: China Inland Mission, 1912. Two harrowing testimonies from China Inland Mission missionaries Mr. and Mrs. Fiddler on escaping death during the Boxer Rebellion and in the Chinese Revolution of 1911. Stapled yellow wrappers (5" x 6 "), 31, [1] p., three poorly reproduced photographs. Staple bleed, some rubbing to wrappers, VG. Five copies in OCLC. Uncommon.