Yonkers, New York: Self-published, 1946. First Edition. An appeal by former Communist Party USA General Secretary Earl Browder to the party membership, dated just days after his expulsion from the party. Printed at his own expense (there's even a coupon for sending in a donation), Browder argues that he has..... More
New York: Vanguard Press, 1936. First Edition. SIGNED by Earl Browder on the front free end paper. Browder was, of course, the longtime leader of the Communist Party USA. Octavo, 254 pages. Cloth boards are quite grubby. Offsetting to end papers. Dust jacket rubbed, with a few small chips to..... More
Providence, Rhode Island: The Booke Shop, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the front free end paper and dated Christmas 1938: "To Ruth -- / With best wishes / from her sometimes / director, who knows / she is an actress still -- even tho he..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 218 x 145 mm), 416 pages, in publisher's original red cloth with title in black and gold to the spine. Red top stain. Bookplate to front free end paper, light rubbing to boards..... More
Baltimore: Liberation House, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 210 x 135 mm), 32 pages, in stapled illustrated orange wrappers. The first book of poems by Melvin E. Brown, an African-American writer born 1950 in Baltimore. Brown has been the poetry editor of Chicory..... More
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts: The Babson Statistical Organization, 1921. No Edition Stated. 24mo (5 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches; 130 x 88 mm), 8 pages, in stapled green wrappers. Pamphlet promoting Babson's business-forecasting newsletters for sales people, manufacturers and wholesalers. "The year 1922 promises to be a good one for salesmen--more..... More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Joseph Buttinger on the half title. An early, classic study of Vietnam, published after the division of Vietnam into two separate countries. 8vo., 533 pages. Very Good, with some pencil lines in the margins of numerous pages, in..... More
Random House, 1990. SIGNED by A.S. Byatt on the title page. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, with a couple of very small tears at the bottom of both flaps where they join the covers. Some evidence of slight damp staining along upper edge of rear jacket and flap..... More
New York: Sayonara, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED on the colophon by poets Reed Bye and Anne Waldman and cover illustrator George Schneeman. One of only 25 special copies signed by the authors and artist, from a total edition of 150. 4to (11 inches / 28 cm tall), 5..... More
[Los Angeles]: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade [?], 1939 [?]. Single sheet folded to create [4] panels measuring 8 x 5 1/2 inches (204 x 140 mm), striking color illustration in red to the upper panel. Rare playbill for two plays on the Spanish Civil War at the Musart Theatre..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1917. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 214 x 140 mm), 15, [1] pages, in stapled green wrappers. Text of an address by the Belgian poet and playwright Émile Cammaerts about the awfulness of the German occupation of Belgium during World..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. for the Royal Economic Society, 1931. First Edition. Octavo, pp. viii, [2], 394 with two plates; original cloth, faded, front board showing some bublling, corners bumped, canceled library bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of the first complete translation of Cantillon (1680-1734) into English (with..... More
New York: Random House, [1973]. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 1/2 x 6 inches; 210 x 150 mm), xix, 419 pages, in red cloth, titles to spine, light blue top stain. With a dust jacket. SIGNED by Truman Capote on the front end paper. A collection of Capote's essays, travel..... More
The Macmillan Company, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Three Capote stories (Miriam; Among the Paths to Eden; and A Christmas Memory) that became three television specials and then a single film. Octavo, 276 pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Front board lightly bumped and head of spine..... More
New York: Herder and Herder, 1971. No Edition Stated. 8vo (8 x 6 inches; 213 x 151 mm), 76 pages in pictorial wrappers. A collection of poems by the Nicaraguan poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal (born 1925). Translated into English by Emile G. McAnany from Salmos (Ediciones Carlos Lohle, Buenos Aires..... More
New York: American Association for International Conciliation, December 1911. No Edition Stated. Small 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 196 x 131 mm), 13, [3] pages, in stapled wrappers. Text of a speech by Andrew Carnegie, president of the New York Peace Society, on how Democratic politicians responded favorably..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1982. First Edition. A history of Moscow's relations with foreign Communist parties in the 1930s, written by the left-wing historian and journalist E.H. Carr. Octavo, pp. xi, 461. Near Fine with a tasteful bookplate on the front paste down in a Very Good dust jacket that..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 1987. First Edition Thus. Small 8vo (5 x 7 3/4 inches / 128 x 196 mm), [8],210,[6] pages in stiff pictorial wrappers. Small sticker to rear wrapper, some slight edge wear. Interior clean, page edges lightly toned. A Very Good copy. SIGNED by Jim Carroll on..... More
London: Brentano's Ltd., 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 348 pages. An exhaustive look at the first 12 years of Soviet theatre by an art and theatre critic who made numerous trips to Moscow. Very Good (pages lightly age-toned, with a couple of damp stains on preliminary pages) in a...... More
No place of publication stated: [Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services], 1974. No edition stated. Small 4to (10 1/2 inches / 267 mm), [12 pages] in stapled wrappers. Governmental department stamp and log-in number on front wrapper, two horizontal folds for mailing. A Very Good copy. Transcript of a speech..... More
Paris: Editions Présence africaine, 1957. 12mo (7 1/16 x 4 1/2 inches; 180 x 113 mm), 15, [1] pages in stapled green-gray wrappers, with errata slip pasted to recto of lower wrapper. A letter from the Martinique poet and politician Aimé Césaire to Maurice Thorez, secretary general of the French..... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. An important Kerouac biography. Octavo, 419 pages. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Ivory-colored front board a bit smudged. Dust jacket shows slight edge wear. Overall, a nice copy. More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. Quarto, 312 pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with some light shelf wear and smudges. An attractive copy. Note: This is an oversized copy and may require additional postage. Important reference work by one of the world's leading dealers in Russian..... More
Beijing: New Star Publishers, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (10 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 260 x 185 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers. Chinese government booklet justifying the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June, 1989. "Beijing experienced a horrifying counter-revolutionary rebellion on June 3 and 4, 1989,"..... More
London: H.M. Stationery Office Press, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to pamphlet (9 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 250 x 162 mm), 8 pages, in stapled self-wrappers. Staples rusted, some toning and creasing to the fragile wartime paper, a bit of soiling to both the upper and lower wrappers..... More