IN THE PRESENCE OF FEAR,; Three essays for a changed world.
Gt. Barrington, MA: The Orion Society, 2002. First Edition. 12mo, x, 42, (6). Illustrated wraps. Near fine copy.
Politics
THE WAY OF IGNORANCE; and other essays with contributions by Daniel Kemmis and Courtney White
[Washington, DC]: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xii, 180. Fine in dj. Signed and dated by the author. 16 essays on politics and morality by the Kentucky author of "Hannah Coulter"
CITIZENS DISSENT; Security, Morality, and Leadership in an Age of Terror.
Gt. Barrington, MA: Orion Society, 2003. First Edition. 12mo, pp. (iv), (iv), 60; (xii). Illustrated wraps. A very good copy. Two essays. Berry's titled "A Citizen's Response to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America" and Duncan's titled "When Compassion Becomes Dissent." Forword by Marion Gilliam and Laurie Lane-Zucker.
CITIZENS DISSENT; Security, Morality, and Leadership in an Age of Terror.
Gt. Barrington, MA: Orion Society, 2003. First Edition. 12mo, pp. (iv), (iv), 60; (xii). Illustrated wraps, little worn. A very good copy. Freedman B82. Two essays. Berry's titled "A Citizen's Response to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America" and Duncan's titled "When Compassion Becomes Dissent." Forword...
CITIZENS DISSENT; Security, Morality, and Leadership in an Age of Terror.
Gt. Barrington, MA: Orion Society, 2003. First Edition. 12mo, pp. (iv), (iv), 60; (xii). Illustrated wraps, little worn. A very good copy. Freedman B82. Two essays. Berry's titled "A Citizen's Response to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America" and Duncan's titled "When Compassion Becomes Dissent." Forword...
COMMUNISM, DEMOCRACY, AND CATHOLIC POWER
boston: Beacon Press, 1951. 8vo, pp. 340. Bookplate on fornt pastedown, some staining on rear flyleaf, o/w a good tight copy. A study of the similarities the author found between Kremlin and Vatican power, and their implications for western democracy.
THE HERBLOCK BOOK
Boston: Beacon Press, (1952). Third printing. 8vo, pp. 244. VG in worn dj. Cartoons and text by Block.
HERBLOCK'S HERE AND NOW
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First printing. 8vo, pp. 280. VG in worn dj. Cartoons and commentary by Block.
HERBLOCK'S SPECIAL FOR TODAY
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1958. First printing. Large 8vo, pp. 255. VG in little worn dj. A collection of Block's political cartoons, with commentary.
HERBLOCK'S SPECIAL FOR TODAY
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First printing. 4to, pp. 255. Ex library, with pocket, labels. VG in worn dj. Cartoons and Block's commentary on the events of his day.
STRAIGHT HERBLOCK
NY: Simon & Schuster, (1964). First printing. Large 8vo, pp. 224. VG in little soiled and worn dj. Some vintage work by the political cartoonist--most of it, unfortunately, still timely.
WORKING WOMEN IN RUSSIA UNDER THE HUNGER TSARS; Political activism and daily life. [General Title: Scholarship in Women's History: Rediscovered and New, edited by Gerda Lerner.]
Brooklyn NY: Carlson, 1994. 8vo, pp. xxii, 326. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Yellow cloth, stamped in blue and ivory. Top edge very fainly spotted, o/w a nice copy.
RULES FOR REVOLUTIONARIES; How big organizing can change everything
Whtie River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, (2016). First Printing. 8vo, pp. xx, 200. Paper wraps. New.
A DICTIONARY OF MARXIST THOUGHT
Cambridge MA: Harvard, 1983. First printing. 8vo, pp. xi, 587. Bibliography, index. Entries include discussion of the ideas, and are followed with suggestions for further reading. Black cloth. Owner's name on flyleaf. A nice copy in chipped dj. A dictionary / encyclopedia; 80 scholars have contributed articles on the topics.
LABOR AND MONOPOLY CAPITAL; The degradation of work in the twentieth century
NY: Monthly Review, (1974). First printing. 8vo, pp. xiii, 465. Index. Green cloth. Owner's bookplate on pastedown. Cover little worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy in remnants of a dj.
EUGENE V. DEBS; Spokesman for labor and socialism
Chicago: Kerr, 1978. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 265. Notes, index. Illustrated. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. A nice copy in little nicked dj.
YOUR VOTE; And how to use it
NY: Harper, (1918). Small 8vo, pp. 263. Green cloth. Ex library with bookplate and stamps. Cover little scuffed and soiled, but a VG tight copy.
A TASTE OF POWER; A Black woman's story
NY: Pantheon, (1992). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xi, 452. Illustrated wtih photographs. Edges very slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy in scuffed and little soiled dj. Brown was leader of the Black Panthers while Huey Newton was in exile in Cuba.
THE BYSTANDER; John F. Kennedy and the struggle for Black equality
NY: Basic Books, (2006). First printing. 8vo, pp. viii, 545. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated wtih photographs. As new in slightly scuffed dj. A tough-minded examination of Kennedy's presidential record on civil rights.
THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH; in three volumes.
London: Macmillan, 1888. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 592, 683, 699. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco by Morrell of London (rubbed along the hinges, recased with new end papers), TEG, a nice clean set. First printing (with the chapter in vol. III on the Tweed Ring which was suppressed in later...
WOMEN AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY, 1901-1914
Somerville, MA: New England Free Press, (1971). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 65-86. Reprint of an article in the February 1970 issue of Radical America magazine. Paper wraps. A nice copy.
REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE; and on the proceedings in certain societies in London relative to that event. In a letter intended to have been sent to a gentleman in Paris by the right Honourable ...
Philadelpha: D. Humphreys for Young, Dobson, Carey and Rice, 1792. Second American edn. (after the one issued in NY the previous year). 8vo, pp. [iv], 5-256. Bound in modern diced calf with morocco label. Little toned and stained but a very good copy. PMM 239 for the London edition; Bristol...
A HANDBOOK OF MARXISM; Being a collection of extracts from the writings of Marx, Engels and the greatest of their followers selected so as to give the reader the most comprehensive account of Marxism possible within the limits of a single volume:...
NY: International, (1935). Small 8vo, pp. 1087. Red cloth. With added bibliographical notes and explanations. Top edges little soiled, small tear at top of spine, o/w a VG tight copy in worn dj.
ROOSEVELT:; The lion and the fox
NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1956). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xvi, 553. Author's presentation on flyleaf: "For Russ | Fellow lover of books | James MacGregor Burns" Illustrated with photographs and with political cartoons. Blue cloth. Edges soiled, cover little scuffed at edges, endpapers spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in chipped...
THE SENATE 1789-1989; Addresses on the history of the United States Senate
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, (1991). Bicentenniel edition. 4to, pp. x, 682. Notes, index. Frontis color photograph. Illustrated througout withs photos and facsimiles. Marbled paper over boards, three-quarter leatherette. Gilt stamping. [100th Congress, 1st session, S. Con. Res. 18, Vol. 2] A nice copy. Heavy.