Circa 1920s. 78 pages; illustrations; tan paper wrapper (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch) soiling and fading to the cover. Contains: 'Russian Communist Part at work among Women' Smidovich; 'Methods of approaching Working Women' O. Sakolova; 'Mass Methods of Work' F. Nurina; 'The Press as a Means of Organizing the Proletarian Women' R. Kovnator; 'Methods of approaching the Working Women through the Unions' O. Chernishova; 'Forms and Methods of Work among the Women of the Soviet East' V. Kasparova; 'Protection of Mothers and Infants' V. Lebedeva; 'Women Worker and the Communal Dining Rooms' Artem Khalatoff. ... View More...
circa.1930s. Sheet folded into halves (5 x 9 inch) printed on all four sides. Argues that the Wagner Act is un-American and undemocratic. Is strongly anti C.I.O. View More...
Original bulletin on one leaf of light blue paper. Text printed in black ink. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." One page, complete. Bulletin is very clean and intact except for two horizontal fold lines (previously folded into thirds) and slight age toning along the edges. May have residual library marks in pencil. A Very Good copy. The issue for April 30, 1911. This bulletin gives a concise summary of events relating to California's economics, infrastructure, agriculture, and the like. The following is a sampling of topics addressed in this issue: special report from U.S. Weather Bureau noting a dec... View More...
Original bulletin on one leaf of light blue paper. Text printed in black ink. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." One page, complete. Bulletin is very clean and intact except for two horizontal fold lines (previously folded into thirds) and slight age toning along the edges. May have residual library marks in pencil. A Very Good copy. The issue for February 28, 1911. This bulletin gives a concise summary of events relating to California's economics, infrastructure, agriculture, and the like. The following is a sampling of topics addressed in this issue: moderate snowfall in February and projected stead... View More...
Original bulletin on one leaf of light blue paper. Text printed in black ink. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." One page, complete. Bulletin is very clean and intact except for two horizontal fold lines (previously folded into thirds) and slight age toning along the edges. May have residual library marks in pencil. A Very Good copy. The issue for June 30, 1911. This bulletin gives a concise summary of events relating to California's economics, infrastructure, agriculture, and the like. The following is a sampling of topics addressed in this issue: exceptionally colder weather for the month of June li... View More...
Original bulletin on one leaf of light blue paper. Text printed in black ink. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." One page, complete. Bulletin is very clean and intact except for two horizontal fold lines (previously folded into thirds) and slight age toning along the edges. May have residual library marks in pencil. A Very Good copy. The issue for March 31, 1911. This bulletin gives a concise summary of events relating to California's economics, infrastructure, agriculture, and the like. The following is a sampling of topics addressed in this issue: special report from Professor Alexander G. McAdie of... View More...
Original bulletin on one leaf of light blue paper. Text printed in black ink. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." One page, complete. Bulletin is very clean and intact except for two horizontal fold lines (previously folded into thirds), slight age toning along the edges, and "Please Publish" stamp in upper margin barely affecting part of the title. May have residual library marks in pencil. A Very Good copy. The issue for May 31, 1911. This bulletin gives a concise summary of events relating to California's economics, infrastructure, agriculture, and the like. The following is a sampling of topics add... View More...
Original bulletin on one leaf of light blue paper. Text printed in black ink. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." One page, complete. Bulletin is very clean and intact except for two horizontal fold lines (previously folded into thirds) and slight age toning along the edges. May have residual library marks in pencil. A Very Good copy. The issue for January 31, 1911. This bulletin gives a concise summary of events relating to California's economics, infrastructure, agriculture, and the like. The following is a sampling of topics addressed in this issue: California moving from 21st in the United States t... View More...
Original publisher's maroon wrapper with staple binding. 4" x 6 1/2." Seventy-seven pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are slightly worn. A bit of dampstaining along the top edge of front cover. Schedule, rules, rates, regulations, and terms of employment for firemen and hostlers working for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (also known as "Milwaukee Road"). View More...
Privately printed. Original publisher's brown boards. 6 3/8" x 9 1/4." Forty-eight pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Laid-in card of George N. Voorhees of the "Advertiser Publishing Company, Ltd. Honolulu, Hawaii." Foreword: "During this year of the most damaging strike ever to hit Hawaii or, perhaps, any American community, it is particularly appropriate that the substantial humor of Irvin S. Cobb should be called upon to release tense nerves over the Holiday Season. ... Three years a... View More...
Original publisher's beige wrapper. August 10, 1950. 5 7/8" x 9 1/8." Five pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. The pages are slightly bent with minuscule wrinkles. A Fine copy. Court proceedings against James J. Matles (1909-1975), who was interrogated after being subpoenaed by the Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). HUAC was a committee under the House of Representatives formed in 1938 to investigate citizens and organizations thought to have Communist or Fascist ties. These proceedings took place in 1950 at the height of the Red Scare during the Cold War when M... View More...
vi, 72 pages; brown paper wrapper (5 x 7 1/4 inch) with title on the cover. an overview of applying and obtaining a good position in work - they are: sources of openings, help wanted advertisements, value of a Newspaper, employment agencies, canvassing, situations wanted advertisements, interviewing, your daily program, and personal exploitation. Some discoloration along the top edges not effecting the text, a number in ink written on the cover. View More...
Original publisher's blue wrapper. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2." Twenty-two pages, complete. Pamphlet pages and covers are neat and clean overall. Slight foxing on a front cover and a few pages and minimal wear on back cover. "Vine Hill Dist." is written in pencil on the front cover. On the back cover are a list of ten names (first names only) written in pencil. The first four names are listed numerically. The rest have numbers next to them ranging from 80-100. Also printed on back in a Typographical Union Label for Richmond. "Standard Print" and "Martinez" appear on either side of the label. T... View More...
Original publisher's green cloth binding. 5" x 7." 319 pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Referenced from the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL), no. 7761: with "The End" on Page 319 (No Priority). A book by John Hay (1838-1905), an American politician who served as private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln and later as Secretary of State under the under the administrations of Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. This novel takes an anti-labor stance and was very controversial in its time. View More...
Staple bound booklet, some chipping. 12 pages. Document No. 265 of the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session. A reprint of a speech given by John Randolph Haynes (1853-1937), prominent California socialist, about unsafe working conditions in the mining industry. View More...
Original gray paper wrappers with staple binding. 9" x 11 1/2." Pages pristine and intact except for some fading to the text. Text is still clean and readable. Covers are very clean and intact but have some age toning and minuscule wear to extremities. A Near Fine copy. A paper by Reverend James W. Montgomery delivered to the Spokane Westerners on February 18, 1971. The paper is about the Great Timber Strike of 1917 in which lumberjacks and mill workers of the Pacific Northwest went on strike in order to get better pay, shorter work hours, and fair treatment from their employers. The w... View More...
Two volumes, complete. Original publisher's red-brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. 6" x 9." All pages of each volume, complete. Vol. I: 344 pages. Vol. II: 342 pages, one additional page in back advertising other books by the author. Former owner's bookplate tipped in on front pastedown: "Henry Edward Allison." Another former owner's signature in black ink on half-title of Vol. I, not affecting text and dated 1882. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Corners slightly bumped, slight edge wear, some rubbing, and spines slightly darkened.... View More...
Original publisher's brown cloth binding. Gilt decoration showing a coal miner on front cover. Embossed black decorative text and decorations on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 378 pages, complete. Former ownership inscription on front free endpaper handwritten in black ink: "To Christie from his Mama. March 25th/80." Slight foxing on edges. Light occasional foxing on pages. Slight chipping at the head and tail of spine. Pages and covers of book are otherwise very clean and intact. Joints strong. Binding is tight. Mary Abigail Roe (1839-1920) was an America... View More...
Original bulletin on one leaf of light blue paper. Text printed in black ink. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." One page, complete. Bulletin is very clean and intact except for a few minuscule wrinkles and slight age toning along the edges. May have residual library marks in pencil. A Near Fine copy. The issue for August 31, 1910. This bulletin gives a concise summary of events relating to California's economics, infrastructure, agriculture, and the like. The following is a sampling of topics addressed in this issue: good industry and crop yield and prices; increase in deciduous fruit and grape shipme... View More...
Illustrated front cover, slight chipping to decorations. Gilt lettering front cover and spine. Gilt page tops. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Ink notation front end paper. The author appeals to the workingman for organization, harmony, and unity in their work toward trade unions. View More...
