Labor and the Churches: An Excerpt from the Report of the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO to the Third Convention, 1959
by EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE AFL-CIO
[Washington: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1959]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); bifolium. Light wear and dustiness from handling, else Very Good. Covers minimum wage and the "right to work" laws.
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Dinner Program L.I.F.T.: Labor's Israel Fund for Training. Hotel Statler, Los Angeles, California, October 16, 1957, 6:30 P.M.
by INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS / AFL-CIO
Los Angeles: International Association of Machinists / AFL-CIO, 1957. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); blue side-stapled wrappers; 5pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Some wear from handling, old horizontal fold, light toning to extremities, else Very Good and sound. "A project of the Western states Lodges of the International Association of Machinists, AFL-CIO, for the Benefit of Israel Histadrut" (upper cover). Not... Read More
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[Drop title] Why the Ships Don't Sail
by [ORGANIZED LABOR] NATIONAL MARITIME UNION OF AMERICA / AFL-CIO
New York: National Maritime Union of America / AFL-CIO, n.d. but 1961. First Edition. Broadside flyer (27.5x21.5cm.) printed offset on white stock. Tiny closed tear to left-hand edge not approaching text, extremities a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Informational flyer regarding the 1961 NMU strike after the ship owners refused to negotiate the union's contracts before they... Read More
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Pair of Original Photo Portraits of Samuel Gompers and John L. Lewis, ca 1950s
by [ORGANIZED LABOR - GRAPHICS] AFL-CIO
N.p.. Two round ply-board placards, each 36" diameter with original photographic portraits mounted recto and verso, with printed captions in plate. Grommets at upper extremities for hanging. Images rubbed, with surface scratches and small losses, some surface soiling, still Very Good. An extraordinary survival. A pair of exceptional original photographic portraits of John L. Lewis, first President of the... Read More
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Officers' Report to the Second Biennial Convention, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, 1962
by WISCONSIN STATE AFL-CIO
[Milwaukee]: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO / Essanel Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 108pp. Minor wear from handling, rather extensive ink marginalia throughout, else Very Good and sound.
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Officers' Report to the First Biennial Convention, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, 1960
by WISCONSIN STATE AFL-CIO
[Milwaukee]: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO / Essanel Press, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 99pp. Minor wear from handling, brief ink check marks to a few leaves, else Very Good or better.
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Officers' Report to the Fourth Biennial Convention, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, 1966
by WISCONSIN STATE AFL-CIO
[Milwaukee]: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO / Essanel Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 110pp. Minor wear from handling, brief ink notes to a few leaves, else Very Good or better.
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The African Communist (Quarterly). No. 83 - Fourth Quarter 1980
by [COMMUNISM - AFRICA]
London: Inkululeko Publications, 1973. Small octavo (20cm). Printed card wrappers; 93pp; illus. Minor external wear; internally fresh; Very Good or better. Organ of the South African Communist Party, published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes contributions by Henry Winston, Bonakele Godula, georgi Galperin, Vukani Mawethu, others.
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Myths About Malcolm X: Two Views
by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] [CIVIL RIGHTS] CLEAGE, Albert and George BREITMAN
New York: Merit Publishers, 1968. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial wrappers; 30pp. Near Fine. Text of two speeches delivered at the Detroit Friday Night Socialist Forum in February and March of 1967.
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Poster: Race Matters? Racism Matters
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN PRINTING] KENNEDY, Amos Paul
[Detroit: Kennedy & Sons, Fine Printers, 2013]. First Edition. Poster, letterpress printed on chipboard with black and red oil-based inks using wood type, measuring 32cm x 48cm (12.5" x 19"). A Fine copy. One of four posters in a striking series printed to promote an exhibition of Kennedy's work at the Catich Gallery (St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA), "Racism... Read More
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Prisoners of Apartheid
by BY A SOUTH AFRICAN
[London: Christian Action Publications, n.d., 1965]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original black and white pictorial staplebound wrappers; 40pp. A Fine, partially unopened copy. "A Christian Action pamphlet" - upper wrapper.
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Scottsboro, Alabama: A Story in Linoleum Cuts
by [AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] KHAN, Lin Shi and Tony Perez (illustrations); LEE, Andrew H. (editor); KELLEY, Robin D.G. (foreword)
New York: New York University Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Quarto (27.25cm); original pictorial card wrappers; xviii,147,[3]pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities, with a patch of sticker residue at lower left corner of rear wrapper, just over the ISBN number; Near Fine. Collection of 118 linocuts representing the case of the nine African-American "Scottsboro Boys," who... Read More
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The Scottsboro Boys - Four Freed! Five to Go!
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] [SCOTTSBORO BOYS] HERNDON, Angelo
New York: Workers Library Publishers, Inc, 1937. First Edition. Slim octavo (17.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 15,[1]pp. Toning to extremities, front wrapper detached and partially perished along the spine-fold, with a few tiny nicks to right margin of terminal leaf; Good, complete copy. "A Negro communist congratulates the International Labor Defense, the Party, the Young Communist League, and all... Read More
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Free Angela Davis Now!
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY] [DAVIS, Angela]
New York: New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, [n.d. but ca.1971]. Original lithographed poster, measuring 42.5cm x 54.5cm (16.75" x 21.5"). White stock, with black and white photographic image at center, and text printed in black at lower margin. Fine. Poster produced by the NY Committee to Free Angela Davis, reproducing a well-known and often-used black &... Read More
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Country Place
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] PETRY, Ann
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); pale gray cloth, with titling and decorative rule stamped in black and green on spine and front cover; burgundy topstain; dust jacket; [vi],266pp. Tiny scuff to lower rear board edge, small patch of sticker pull from upper rear pastedown, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped,... Read More
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Dependency and Underdevelopment: Consequences of Portugal in Africa. A Report
by RESEARCH GROUP FOR THE LIBERATION OF PORTUGUESE AFRICA
Riverside, CA: Research Group for the Liberation of Portuguese Africa, 1971. First Edition. Folio (27.5cm.); original tape-backed pictorial wrappers; [4],45pp.; illus., text in double colum. Upper wrapper edges a bit toned, else Fine. Study of the negative influence of the Portuguese colonial presence in Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.
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Original Photographic Portrait of Emperor Haile Selassie, Inscribed to Bob MacNeal
by [AFRICA] [HAILE SELASSIE] NEWMAN, Arnold
[N.d., ca 1970s]. Original large-format color print in presentation mat with title card affixed to mat below image. View size 49cm x 38cm (ca 19" x 15"); overall dimensions 60cm x 51cm. Title card inscribed in black ink: "For Bob MacNeal, a fellow photographer, with best wishes / Arnold Newman," undated. Mat lightly soiled, with a few small chips... Read More
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From the Dark Tower: Afro-American Writers 1900 to 1960
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] DAVIS, Arthur P.
Washington DC: Howard University Press, 1974. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); two-tone blue cloth, with titles stamped in white on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xvi,306,[6]pp; illus. Base of spine gently nudged, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $10.95), edgeworn, with several tiny tears and attendant creases, and one longer one at lower rear joint that's tape-mended on... Read More
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The Gambia Sharia Law Reports. Volume 1, 2011. Containing some judgements and Rulings of the Cadi Appeals Panel
by [AFRICA - LAW] TAHIR, A.S.; The Gambia Judiciary
Gambia: ArtWords, 2011. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 212pp. Fine and unmarked but for Library of Congress "duplicate" stamp to title page. "...Consists of nineteen cases from 2005 to 2011 including some judgments of Justice A.S. Tahir; the pioneer Chairman of the [Cadi Appeals] Panel.
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Uganda: The Pearl of Africa
by [TRAVEL - AFRICA]
London: H.M. Eastern African Trade and Information Office, 1938. Reissue. Octavo (20.5cm). Yellow pictorial paper wrappers; 112pp; ads throughout; folding map at rear, black and white illustrations throughout. Sound but lightly rubbed with mild external soil and cracking to cover over spine: Very Good. Travel guide to British colonial Uganda for wealthy British tourists and hunters, reissued from the... Read More
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The Way I Feel: A Poetic Look At Politics
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] HARDEN, Aurelia Rodman
New York: Vantage Press, 1976. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red textured paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 18pp. Light spotting to top edge of text, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with light foxing to extremities. The African-American poet's first (and only) collection, which "flooded her mind as she looked at the... Read More
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Africa: A Glance at an Amazing Continent
by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] [CHILDREN] ZAREEF, Ayanna
Oakland: Awareness Productions, [n.d. but ca.1980's]. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm); illustrated wrapers, stapled; [ii],34pp; illus. A few tiny rubbed spots on wrappers, else Fine. Educational coloring book, each page with accompanying text, compiled by 16 year old Ayanna Zareef, a student at the Arts School in Oakland, California. "This project was pursued with the objective of stimulating the young... Read More
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Strategies For Freedom: The Changing Patterns of Black Protest
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [CIVIL RIGHTS] RUSTIN, Bayard
New York: Columbia University Press, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); dark brown cloth, with titles stamped in pale yellow on spine; dustjacket; [xii],[2],3-82pp, with eight inserted pages of photographic illustrations. A few faint spots of discoloration to cloth along upper and lower edges, and some ink underlining and marginalia scattered throughout the first chapter; Very Good. Dustjacket is price-clipped,... Read More
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Distinguished Negroes Abroad
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] FLEMING, Beatrice Jackson and Marion Jackson Pryde
Washington DC: The Associated Publishers, 1946. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); tan cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,[3],4-272pp; illus. Some faint, whitish staining to base of spine, rubber-stamp of an old secondary school at upper front pastedown, else clean throughout; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.65), shelfworn, with loss to base of... Read More
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A Secretary to the Spirits
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] REED, Ishmael (poems); SAAR, Betye (illustrations)
New York: NOK Publishers Ltd, 1978. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Slim octavo (21cm); original pictorial wrappers; [x],42,[4]pp; cover and black & white illustrations throughout the text by Bettye Saar. Some trivial external wear, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Collaborative work between Reed and Saar, described as "a book of poetry and mixed media in... Read More
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