NY: Holt, 1923. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 359. Illustrated with photographs. Hinges tender, o/w VG. The author was an American diplomat and Democratic party official. From 1913-1916 the author was the sole woman member of the Federal Industrial Relations commission, and in 1924 she began a 32-year term as Democratic... More about FROM PINAFORES TO POLITICS
NY: Macmillan, (1968). First printing. 8vo, pp. 314. A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. Harrington called for a turn to the left to solve problems of economic inequity and global violence , and pointed out that U.S. policies of the time tended to make all these problems worse. More about TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC LEFT; A radical program for a new majority
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1935). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 361. Index. Illustrated with photographs and cartoons. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Cover little spotted, and slightly worn at corners and ends of spine, but a VG tight copy. More about STORMY YEARS; The autobiography of ... five times mayor of Chicago
1923. Periodical. Large 8vo, pp. 531-1074. Illustrated. Paper over flexible boards, taped spine. Ex library with labels. VG. Also has "Saving America's Children" by Grace Abbott, etc. More about "Woman's Demand for Man's Full Civil Rights" in CURRENT HISTORY; Vol. XVII, January...
NY: Norton, (1990). First American edn. 8vo, pp. xiv, 606. Index. Illustrated. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Top edges spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in dj. Healey was British Defense Secretary under Harold Wilson in the 1960s. More about THE TIME OF MY LIFE
London: Macmillan, 1926. First Edition. 8vo, pp. ix, 300. Illustrated wtih portraits of the eight ministers discussed. Red cloth. Ex library. Cover worn at edges and sides of spine, some pencil marking on endpapers, o/w VG. Transcripts of lectures given by a variety of speakers: H. W. V. Temperley on... More about THE POLITICAL PRINCIPLES OF SOME NOTABLE PRIME MINISTERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; A series of...
NY: Dialog, 1964. Periodical. 4to, pp. 38. Includes a few reproductions of works by David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jacob Lawrence, Antonio Frasconi, and Philip Evergood. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat soiled, o/w VG. Hannemann C-424. Includes short articles by Bertrand Russell, Upton Sinclair, Paul Robeson, Philip Evergood, Lucille Banta. More about "The Last Commander," and "The Unpublished Letters"; In: American Dialog,...
(Paris): Flammarion, (1938). Small 8vo, pp. 47. In French. Author's presentation on title. Paper wraps. Cover browned in places, slightly creased, but a VG tight copy. More about PROGRAMME; "La mission essentielle du pouvoir, est de rendre les hommes heureau."
Cincinnati OH: American Jewish Archives, (1980). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 109. Notes, appendix, index. With several illustrations. Tan cloth. A nice copy in little chipped dj. More about ON JEWS, AMERICA AND IMMIGRATION; A Socialist perspective
Chicago: Ziff Davis, (1945). 8vo, pp. 268. Signed by the author's son on title page. VG. An argument for cooperation and business between Russia and the U.S. It must have been buried in the ensuing politics of the Cold War. More about WE CAN DO BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA
NY: Viking, (2003). First printing. 8vo, pp. xix, 280. Conections, index. Paper over boards. Ends of spine very slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. More about THIEVES IN HIGH PLACES; They've stolen our country--and it's time to take it back
London: J. Mathews [et. al], 1781. First edn. 8vo, 171 pp, plus errata, removed. Dedicated to all good wives in the kingdom, this is an attack on polygamy as proposed by the author's friend, the Rev. Mr. Madan. Hill states that the doctrine it advances is totally repugnant to scripture... More about THE BLESSINGS OF POLYGAMY DISPLAYED,; in an affectionate address to the Rev. Mr. Madan,...
Bloomington IN: Indiana University, (1962). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 334. Foreword by David Donald. Green cloth. Dj flap pasted on blank Ex library with stamps, spine label, bookplate, and date slip. Some marking in text, o/w a VG tight copy. More about FAREWELL TO THE BLOODY SHIRT; Northern Republicans & the Southern Negro, 1877-1893
London: Bookswellers of London, 1709. 8vo, pp. 16. Removed from a nonce collection. Remnant of earlier leather binding on spine; small wormhole in upper-right corner; early/contemporary inked numeral at bottom of title-page; edges a bit bumped, leaves mildly toned; otherwise sound. This edition, in inferior type, the text starting on... More about SOME CONSIDERATIONS HUMBLY OFFERED TO THE RIGHT REVEREND LORD BISHP OF EXETER.; Occasioned by his...
NY: New Amerian Library, (1962). Second printing. Small 8vo, pp. xvi, 17-416. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated. Paper wraps. Cover and edges soiled, occasional spotting or browning on leaves, o/w a VG tight copy. More about THE AGE OF REVOLUTION; 1789-1848
NY: Pantheon, (2008). First printing. 12mo, pp. xx, 97. As new. Four essays. More about ON EMPIRE; America, war, and global supremacy
Princeton: Princeton University, (2004). First printing. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 379. Notes, bibliography, index.[Politics and society in Twentieth-Century America.] Gray paper over boards with cloth spine. About as new in dj. How free-market capitalism has resulted in a class-stratified America. More about MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS; America from Nixon to the new century
NY: Macmillan, 1931. Third edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo, pp. xxii, 703. Appendices, index. Red cloth. Edges little soiled, cover scuffed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy. A critical anaylsis the principles of state government in the US. More about STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
NY: Appleton, 1919. First edn, 2nd printing. 8vo, pp. 308. Bound in cloth backed boards, a very good copy. Hollister was a professor at the Univ. of Illinois and here echoes the letter of President Woodrow Wilson, printed at the begiining of the book, as he unequivocally calls for full... More about THE WOMAN CITIZEN,; A Problem in Education
Seattle WA: University of Washington, (1967). Originally published in 1905. 8vo, pp. xxviii, 319. Index. Introduction by Otis A. Pease. Red cloth. Owner's bookplate on pastedown. Cover slightly scuffed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy in chipped and scuffed dj. More about THE CITY; The hope of democracy
Boston: New England Free Press, (1965). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 9. Paper wraps. VG. An article that first appeared in the September 1965 issue of Monthly Review. More about REVOLUTION AND COUNTERREVOLUTION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; Why the U.S. invaded
NY: Holt, (2009). First printing. 8vo, pp. xii, 430. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated. Paper over boards. Fine in dj. More about MARX'S GENERAL; The revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition. Volume III The lowering clouds 1939-1941. 8vo. pp. 695. VG in little worn dj. Spine slightly worn at top edge. OP? A record of the two years during which the US turned form a position of neutrality bordering on isolationism to one of... More about THE SECRET DIARY OF HAROLD L
NY: Random Hosue, (2007). First printing. 8vo, pp. 214. Notes, index. Paper over boards. Remainder mark on bottom edges, o/w a nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. More about BILL OF WRONGS; The Executive Branch's assault on America's fundamental rights
NY: Random House, (2004). First printing. 8vo, pp. xix, 356. Paper over boards. A nice copy in scuffed dj. More about WHO LET THE DOGS IN?; Incredible political animals I have known
