PIERCY, Marge; WOOD, Ira
politics
SHELTER NOW April 1971
London and Edinburgh: National Campaign for the Homeless and Scottish Campaign for the Homeless, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Self wraps. Some minor rubbing and edge-wear. Very slight foxing at lower portion of front wrap. Ex-library, with stamp at front, first page and a cataloging slip stapled to wrap. Interior...
THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
New York: Harper Collins, (2006). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's boards in original dust jacket. Briefly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Albright at half title. Minor wear to edges of dust jacket. Crease at front flap. Boards fresh. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. 339pp. The former Secretary of State's examination...
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[Flyer for a Mass Rally for Disarmament at the United Nations]
New York: Mobilization for Survival, 1978. First Edition. 8.5" x 11" approx. printed photomechanically reporduced recto only on yellow stock. Light edgewear. Very good. Flyer for a Memorial Day rally for disarmament on May 27th, 1978 at the United Nations. Organized by prominent pacifist group Mobilization for Survival, the rally...
RESISTANCE: Bulletin of the Committee of 100 - Vol. 2 No. 11 - November 1964
London: Committee of 100, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled pictorial wraps. Very good. Two old fold lines to whole issue, perhaps for mailing. Lightly handed but else very clean and sharp. 24pp. Official mimeographed newsletter of the Committee of 100, a prominent British anti-war group whose first president was...
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YOU WAS DANCIN NEED TO BE MARCHIN SO YOU CAN DANCE SOME MORE LATER ON [b/w] BETTER RED LET OTHERS BE DEAD
Newark: Peoples War, [1976]. First Edition. 7" record in white paper sleeve. Very good plus. INSCRIBED by Baraka for the founder of Detroit's Alternative Press: "For Ken Mikolowski / All the best / Amiri Baraka / 92." Disco/funk single influenced heavily by Marxism-Leninism & Maoism, with lyrics and production by Baraka.
REFLECTIONS ON THE CUBAN REVOLUTION
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1961. Second edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle stapled printed wraps. A very good copy. Mild touches of soil to wraps, toning at edges. Interior bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. 45pp. Second edition with new preface by Baran. Discussion of the Cuban Revolution by this Marxist economist.
THE ELEMENTS OF THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF ILLINOIS With A Brief Outline of the Political History of the State to the Adoption of the Constitution
New York: Silver, Burdett & Company, 1899. Later printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth. About very good. Light edgewear, mild rubbing to cloth. Owner's name to FFEP. Interior bright and clean overall. Good and sound. 63pp. The 1899 printing of this work, originally published in 1892.
MOTHERS IN PRISON
New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in like jacket. Light edge and shelf wear to book and jacket. Touches of soil here and there. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author to ffep, with brief TLS from author additionally laid in. 147pp. with bibliography and index.
HOW AMERICA VOTES IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original light blue cloth. No jacket. A few small stains to boards. Toning to edges, sunning to spine. Still, very good example of a scarce book. Clean and sound througout. 152pp.
THE DICTIONARY OF ESPIONAGE: Spookspeak into English
New York: Stein and Day, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's quarter cloth over paper boards with original dust jacket. Very good. Jacket worn at edges, suffering several small tears and creases. Interior clean and bright. Tight. 2,000 entries of trade jargon from world intelligence agencies. 203 pp.
NATURAL SELECTION OF POLITICAL FORCES
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket rubbed and heavily edge-worn, including several small tears and resulting creases. Some instances of marginalia in pencil. Interior bright. Good+. 103 pp. A study of political motivations from a member of Franklin...
THE FRENCH STUDENT REVOLT: The Leaders Speak
New York: Hill and Wang, 1968. First American edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Moderate edgewear and scuffing. Faint soil to back cover. Very good. 112pp. Translated from the French by B.R. Brewster. Includes Bourges' interviews with crucial figures in the events of May '68: Jacques Sauvageot, Alain Geismar, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, and...
BOYCOTT DEL MONTE ! / ¡ BOICOTEE DEL MONTE !
(Los Angeles): (Boycott Del Monte Coalition), [late 1970s?]. Wraps. 8vo. Side-stapled wraps. Printed tete-beche with Spanish text on one side and English on other. Near fine with mild touches of handling wear. Errata slip laid in. [8] pp., including covers. Bilingual pamphlet presenting the case for boycotting Del Monte canned...
A WOMAN'S PLACE
(Detroit): (Friends of Facing Reality Publications), (1970). First edition thus. Wraps. 24mo. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. A bit bleached and toned; else fine. Bright, crisp, and clean throughout. 32pp. Feminist text first published in 1953, examining the role of women in industrial society. Written by two socialists: Filomena Daddario and Selma...
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CAGE THIS MAD BEAST! [Original Hand-Drawn Poster]
np: np, 1959. Light-brown paper hand-drawn in felt-tip marker; 24" by 18" approx. Evidence of having been hung up at corners: small pieces of tape at upper edge; two chips at bottom; plus 2" tear at center of bottom edge. Shallow creases (folded into eighths). Else clean, if mildly toned...
THE TIME OF OUR LIVES: A Coversation About America
New York: Random House, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very fine in like jacket. Unread. As new. SIGNED by author Brokaw to title page. "Who We Are, Where We've Been, and Where We Need to Go Now, to Recapture the American Dream." From the famed newscaster, journalist and bestselling writer...
GROUP DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES AND VOTES: A Study of the 1954 Congressional Election
[Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan, (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with titles printed at front board. Spine sunned. Light toning to text block. Very good. Results of a study from the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan.
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH
New York: Roger N. Baldwin Civil Liberties Foundation, 1952. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Very good. Light toning to wraps' edges. Clean throughout if mildly tanned. 40pp. Prints a lecture by the Harvard Law School professor delivered at Columbia University on March 12, 1952, discussing freedom of speech in...
REFLECTIONS ON LANGUAGE
New York: Pantheon, (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Very good in about very good. Jacket suffers some toning and a spot of soil at front panel. Red sticker at spine. Tear and resulting crease at bottom edge of rear panel. Remainder stamp at bottom...
ARMIES AND THE ART OF REVOLUTION
Boston: Beacon Press, (1973). First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed boards in original dust jacket. Jacket lightly worn at edges. Spine sunned. Rear panel suffers some light soil. Sticker residue at front flap. Remainder mark at top edge. Edges suffer some foxing. Interior clean and bright. Spine slightly cocked...
...WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
n.p. n.p., [ca. 1968]. Original print, 5.5'' x 8'' approx. Purple ink on heavy textured paper. Toning to edges; minor edgewear. Very good plus or better. Infamous image of a personified Justice and Statue of Liberty being graphically assaulted by a gang of laughing police officers, under the eye of.....
OPPOSITION PLANNING IN WALES AND APPALACHIA
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's blue boards in original dust jacket. Jacket sunned at extremities, particularly so at spine. Minor edgewear to jacket. Interior bright and clean. Very good. 246pp. Academic text, a study of territorial planning and conflict in rural Wales and Appalachia.
URBAN RIOTS: Violence and Social Change. Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science Volume XXIX Number 1
New York: The Academy of Political Science, Columbia University, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Near fine. Very minor edgewear and a touch of foxing to fore edge. Else clean and bright. Tight. 190 pp. Essays from a diverse group of academics on the role of violence in...
THE CRISIS OF THE GROSS NATIONAL SPECTACLE
(Berkeley): (Robert Cooperstein), (1976). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled yellow leatherette wraps. Very good plus. Light bleaching to edges. Clean, unmarked throughout. 13pp. Situationist essay on modern political economy, discussing the failures of Keynesianism during the "stagflation" period of the '70s, and the inevitability of further crisis under capitalism. "In...
A POLITICAL FABLE
New York: Viking Press, 1980. First edition thus. Hardcover. 16mo. Black cloth spine over blue boards, in grey dust jacket. Minor edgewear to jacket. Boards sunned along edges. Minor toning to pages. SIGNED on title page. Very good plus in like jacket. Novella originally published in 1968 in New American...