Broadside: At Your Service
by [NATIONAL MARITIME UNION]
New York: NMU, n.d., ca. 1943. First Edition. Broadside (27.5x20.75cm.); two woodcut illustrations. Previous mail fold, very minor chipping along top edge, tiny dampstain at left-hand edge, else Very Good or better. Beautifully illustrated promotional broadside issued by the National Maritime Union: "Do You Need / A ration card for shoes, food, etc.? / A passport or duplicates of... Read More
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30 Years Later from Around the World People Will Gather to Demand: No More Hiroshima's! No More Nagasaki's!
by PEOPLES ACTION UNION
[Los Angeles: Peoples Action Union, n.d. but 1975?]. First Edition. Narrow octavo; single sheet folded into eight-panelled pamphlet; illus. and text printed in brown. Light wear from handling, extremities a bit toned, else Very Good. Brochure promoting the upcoming 21st World Conference Against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of March,... Read More
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The ICFTU and the Workers of Morocco
by INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS
Brussels: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 1956. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's staplebound card wrappers; 48pp. Wrapper extremities toned, else Near Fine.
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The Railwaymen's Union of the U.S.S.R. and Railway Transport to the 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution
by [SOVIET UNION]]
Moscow: Central Committeeof the U.S.S.R. Railwaymen's Union, 1928. First American Edition. 12mo. Printed card wrappers; 96pp; illus. Text rather darkened, with a bit of brittleness at margins; still a tight, complete copy, Good or better.
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Military Superiority -- A Dangerous Obsession
by [SOVIET UNION]
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1983. First English Language Edition. 12mo (ca. 17cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 39pp.; graphs in text. Some brief ink underlining, else Fine. OCLC locates one copy in United States as of March, 2020, at Kent State.
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Original Poster: "Fight Homelessness - Support Huntley Street Squatters
by [SQUATTERS' MOVEMENT - GREAT BRITAIN] LONDON SQUATTERS' UNION
[London: S.i., 1978]. Original photo-lithographed poster, with image printed black on white stock and text silkscreened in red ink at lower edge; measures 45cm x 57cm (17.75" x 22.25"). Light wear and shallow creasing to upper right margin (roughly 4"), with a dash of red ink on verso; Very Good+ to Near Fine. Poster produced by the Huntley... Read More
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World Trade Union Movement: Review of the World Federation of Trade Unions, 1982: No. 1
by WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
Prague: World Trade Union Movement, 1982. First Edition. Quarto (29cm.); publisher's blue pictorial staplebound wrappers; 32pp.; illus. Light wear from handling, else Very Good to Near Fine. Includes coverage of the Xth World Trade Union Congress, held in Cuba; and an article on the life and works of Scottish trade unionist and communist William Gallacher (1881-1965).
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![[CIRCULAR] Pennsylvania Rumsellers Must Pay Damage - So says our highest tribunal in the case of Mrs. May Bulger vs. Louis W. Prenica, Nebraska City, Neb](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/575/249/658249575.0.m.jpg)
[CIRCULAR] Pennsylvania Rumsellers Must Pay Damage - So says our highest tribunal in the case of Mrs. May Bulger vs. Louis W. Prenica, Nebraska City, Neb
by Women's Christian Temperance Union
Beaver Falls, PA: WCTU, 1914. First Edition. Broadside circular, 11" x 8" (ca 28cm x 20cm). Text in one column below headline, printed recto-only. Old folds; minor toning and edgewear; two brief pencil marks in left margin; Very Good. Cites recent Supreme Court ruling "finding no constitutional objection to a law making saloonkeepers liable for damages resulting from their... Read More
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Charter on Vocational Training Adopted by the World Trade Union Conference on Vocational Training (Turin, Italy, 2 - 4 February 1968)
by WORLD TRADE UNION
[Prag]: World Federation of Trade Unions, 1968. First Edition. 16mo; publisher's blue staplebound card wrappers printed in darker blue; 15pp. A hint of wear, faint ownership rubberstamp of the I.L.W.U. Library, else Fine. OCLC locates one copy in North America as of March, 2020, at Cornell.
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Red Pilot; Memoirs of A Soviet Airman
by UNISHEVSKY, Vladimir
London: The Right Book Club, 1940. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 260pp. Light scuffing to corners of the cloth, with some mild bumping to spine ends, a little wear to the cheap spine gilt; internally clean, uniformly toned throughout due to wartime economy standard paper quality; in a bright,... Read More
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Life and Character of the Rev. Sylvester Judd
by [UNITARIANISM] [HALL, Arethusa]
Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company, 1854. First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's embossed brown cloth; gilt spine titles; xii,531pp. A quite fresh and straight copy, with minimal rubbing to cloth at spine ends; Very Good or better. Contemporary ownership signature ("A.B. Lincoln"), undated; later ownership signature of Charles W. Stone (sp?), dated 1922. An appreciation of the career of... Read More
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UAW Washington Report, Vol. 16, no. 38, October 11, 1976
by UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, UAW
Washington DC: United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW, 1976. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); disbound (as issued) pictorial self-wrappers; 7pp.; illus., text in double columns. Previous mail folds, rear cover postally used, wrappers rather unevenly toned, else Very Good overall. Chiefly devoted to the 1976 presidential election between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford.
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![[Invitation to] Entertainment and Dance Given by the Millinery Strikers at Union Hall, 131 W. 28th St, Sat. Jan 9th 7.30 P.M.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/391/254/895254391.0.m.jpg)
[Invitation to] Entertainment and Dance Given by the Millinery Strikers at Union Hall, 131 W. 28th St, Sat. Jan 9th 7.30 P.M.
by [UNITED CLOTH HAT, CAP MAKERS AND MILLINERY WORKERS' UNION OF AMERICA]
[New York: United Cloth Hat, Cap Makers and Millinery Workers' Union of America, n.d., ca. 1930s]. First Edition. Oblong decorative mimeographed palm card (7.5x12.5cm.); printed on pink card stock; a hint darkened, else Near Fine. Invitation to a fundraiser ("Admission 25cents [sic]"). January 9th fell on a Saturday in 1932 and 1937, though we have been unable to find... Read More
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Unionizing in Community Service Agencies: Proposals for Discussion
by [COMMUNITY SERVICES UNITED]
N.p. [San Francisco?: Community Services United, n.d. but ca. 1978]. Mimeographed corner-stapled sheets, 11" x 8-1/2", with illustrated cover-sheet; [16]pp; illus. Print quality low, but a well-preserved copy. Internal discussion document for a small San Francisco-based coalition of community service workers: "...agency workers are realizing more and more that like any worker under capitalism they are exploited - they... Read More
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Economic Survey of Africa Since 1950
by UNITED NATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1959. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); original blue pictorial wrappers; xi,[1],248pp. Light wear, holes to upper cover edge from previously removed staple, occasional ink underlining throughout. Very Good overall.
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African Population Newsletter, Vol. 1, no. 1. May, 1970
by [UNITED NATIONS] POPULATION PROGRAMME CENTRE, ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia]: Population Programme Centre, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); decorative staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue and black; mixed pagination; illus., text printed from typescript. Some wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Initially published as a quarterly newsletter aimed at disseminating information on population problems in Africa between governments and voluntary agencies. This first issue includes... Read More
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Final Title IX Regulation Implementing Education Amendments of 1972: Prohibiting Sex Discrimination in Education
by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE / OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
[Washington, DC]: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare / Office for Civil Rights, 1975. First Edition. Quarto (26.75cm.); publisher's staplebound self-wrappers; [2],11,[1],6,[1],24128-24145pp. About Fine. Final portion reprints "Nondiscrimination on Basis of Sex" from the Federal Register Part II.
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Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order of Clintonville Council, No. 478, Junior Order of United American Mechanics of the State of Pennsylvania Located at Clintonville
by UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, JUNIOR ORDER, CLINTONVILLE COUNCIL NO. 478
Philadelphia: Worrell & McKenzie, 1890. Revised Edition Containing all the Latest Amendments. 32mo (12cm.); original unadorned limp black cloth; 43pp. Top half of spine perished slightly affecting small portion of spine-edge corner of upper cover, additional small holes to cloth of upper cover, rear cover a bit soiled, contents fine. Good or better overall. Illustrated certificate printed on pink... Read More
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![International Runaway Shop: Why U.S. Companies Are Moving Their Plants Abroad [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/752/707/914707752.0.m.jpg)
International Runaway Shop: Why U.S. Companies Are Moving Their Plants Abroad [cover title]
by [UNITED FRONT PRESS] ZIMMERMAN, Mitch
[San Francisco: United Front Press, 1972]. First Edition. Small quarto (21.5cm.); original yellow photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 48pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear from handling, very minor soil, else Very Good and sound. Order form/comment card laid in.
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Illicit Traffic in Weapons and Drugs Across the United States-Mexican Border
by UNITED STATES SENATE - COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); original printed staplebound self-wrappers; iv,107pp.; illus. Slight creasing to text, still Near Fine. Report of investigations held in the states of California and Texas, complete with photographic evidence involving marijuana, cocaine, and automatic weapons used against Cuban drug lord Alberto Sicilia-Falcon.
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Labour Force Survey of Tanzania
by [UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA] RAY, Robert S.
[N.p., Dar-es-Salaam?]: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development Planning, 1966. First Edition. Quarto (25cm.); original blue printed wrappers backed in red cloth tape, spine label in ink manuscript; x,156 leaves printed from typescript. Some wear from handling, ownership signature inside upper wrapper, else Very Good and sound. Survey published five years after the end of British rule with contents... Read More
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Alcohol Abuse Among Women: Special Problems and Unmet Needs, 1976
by [UNITED STATES SENATE] [COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND NARCOTICS]
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); original green printed wrappers; iv,421pp.; illus. Fine. Hearing before the ninety-fourth congress, second session, on the examination of special problems and unmet needs of women who abuse alcohol, September 29, 1976.
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![[Broadside] Members of the Class That Graduated at Harvard University in the Year 1820](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/041/546/1239546041.0.m.jpg)
[Broadside] Members of the Class That Graduated at Harvard University in the Year 1820
by [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]
[Cambridge, 1820]. Broadside, 40.5cm x 50cm (ca 16" x 20"). On blue paper; text in 4 columns beneath headline, within decorative border. Archival repairs to verso, addressing fragility at the vertical center-fold and tears in right margin; slight toning and soil, faint creases at corners; Very Good. Properly hinged to gallery mat. Attractive if somewhat generic class broadside, listing... Read More
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Catalogus Senatus Academici, eorum qui munera et officia gesserunt, quique alicujus gradus laurea donati sunt in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiæ, in Republica Massachusettensi
by [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]
Cantabrigiæ [Cambridge]: Ex Universitatis Typographeo: Hilliard et Metcalf Typographis, 1807. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 70pp. Stock a bit toned and slightly foxed, top margin trimmed partly affecting contemporary ownership signature of a Professor Abbot, else Very Good and sound.
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University in Cambridge. Order of Performances for Exhibition, Tuesday, April 30, 1822
by [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]
Cambridge: Univ. Press / Hilliard and Metcalf, 1822. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); bifolium; 4pp. Light wear to extremities, faint vertical fold line, else Very Good and sound. Lists thirteen performances, including recitations, dialogues, translations, and music performed by Pierian Sodality. Not in Shoemaker.
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