State University of New York Press, 2001. Softcover. Based on research into the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), an industrial union with a progressive posture, Labor in Retreat details workplace politics in a larger context and presents a fresh view on the origins of business unionism, with significant implications..... More
Grinnell, Iowa: Grinnell College, 1960. Softcover. Octavo, 61 pp. In wraps. Two lectures by Chester Bowles, then foreign policy adviser to Senator John F. Kennedy. With introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. More
Boston: W.J. Schofield, 1893. Hardcover. Collection of essays delivered at MIT on 19th century, with each lecture focusing on a regional power of powers (e.g., the Russian Empire). Octavo, 142 pp. Brown cloth. From private collection. Clean, unmarked copy. More
The University of New Mexico Press, 1940. Hardcover. Book describes the "efforts of people [in Rocky Mountain] states to surmount the artificial difficulties with which inconsiderate politicians in Washington have forced them to contend." Octavo, 304 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. Minor smudge to..... More
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, 1980. Softcover. Quarto, 64 single-sided pages. In comb binding. From private collection. More
Belmont, Mass: American Opinion, 1970. Paperback. Offset copy of pamphlet originally printed in 1935 by the Workers Library Publishers. American Opinion, a branch of the John Birch Society, distributed this Depression-era tract in an effort to frame the Civil Rights movement as Soviet-inspired agitation. 12mo, 48 pp. Stapled wraps. From..... More
self published, 1910. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. viii, 198. Original blue cloth binding. Minor ding to fore-edge of book block. Observations of two trade unionists on the deplorable condition of assistants in England's shopkeeping trade. More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1977. Hardcover. Octavo, 290 pp. Brown cloth. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. Donald's embossed stamp on half-title page. Lacks dust jacket. More
Providence, Rhode Island: 1000 lbs. Guerilla Media, 2005. Softcover. Informative and entertaining guide to surviving prison. Octavo, [72] pp. Stapled wraps. Address written on upper wrap. Wraps show sticker scuff and light rubbing. Pages are clean and unmarked. More
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1926. Hardcover. Book is based on a series of lectures delivered by former Massachusetts Congressman in 1925. Author argues among other things that a lack of "harmonious cooperation for the public welfare [between the House and Senate] . . . is the most serious defect..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1964. Hardcover. Hill and Wang (1964). Octavo, xii, 369 pp. ; 22 Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 345-357. Brown cloth. From private collection. Clean, unmarked copy. Dust jacket shows light wear and foxing along edges. More
London: The Macmillan Company, 1918. Hardcover. Third Printing. Small octavo, 135 pp. Dark blue cloth binding. From historian Frederick A. Hagar's sizeable collection of books on the British Raj and the history of South Asia. Original owner's name and date (1920, Bombay) on front pastedown; Dr. Hagar's name on ffep..... More
