The Social Significance of the Modern Drama
by [ANARCHISM] GOLDMAN, Emma
Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1914. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); light brown cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; portrait frontispiece; 315,[1],[4]pp ads. This copy originally owned by American radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist George Ephraim Sokolsky (1893-1962), with his pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown, and his holograph signature ("George E. Sokolsky / School of Journalism / Columbia University / New York City") at upper right corner of front endpaper. Beneath his signature is a... Read More
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Anarchism and Other Essays [Signed]
by [ANARCHISM] GOLDMAN, Emma
New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911. Second Revised Edition. Octavo (19cm); light gray cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; [5],6-277,[8]pp ads; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. Signed by Goldman in pencil on the front endpaper, dated 2/13/16. Hint of sunning and some faint finger-soil to spine, subtle darkening to upper board edges, with some offsetting to verso of front endpaper, and some board exposure to lower corner tips; contents clean; Very Good+, lacking the rare... Read More
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Living My Life
by [ANARCHISM] GOLDMAN, Emma
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Two large octavo volumes (24.5cm); pale blue cloth, with titles stamped in navy blue on spines and front covers; charcoal gray topstains; dustjackets; xi,[3],4-503,[1]; [viii],[504]-993,xvipp; illus. Spines and upper board edges gently sunned, light wear to spine ends, upper board corners on Vol.1 gently tapped (though still sharp), with two small stains to lower corner of textblock on same, and a few faint, tiny stains to right edge of... Read More
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Al Caffè: Conversazioni sull'Anarchismo [alt. subtitle: Conversazioni Dal Varo]
by [ANARCHISM] MALATESTA, Errico
Bologna: Edizioni di "Volontà, 1922. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cream card wrappers printed in orange and black; 118pp. Spine rather significantly cocked, some wear to extremities; still, quite a Very Good, fresh copy of a scarce edition. A series of fictional conversations and debates between a student, a "borghese," an anarchist-socialist, a judge, and a merchant. Divided into chapters, the "characters" discuss a socialist constitution, economics, communism, government, laws and communist anarchism. The first ten conversations were written... Read More
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L'Anarchia. Biografia di Luigi Fabbri. Settima edizione
by [ANARCHISM - ITALY] MALATESTA, Errico
Milano: Casa Editrice Sociale, 1921. Seventh edition. 12mo. Original printed wrappers; 59, (4)pp. Unopened copy in original wrappers. Expected age-toning to text; else a very well-preserved copy, Very Good or better. Text entirely in Italian. Seminal work of anarchist theory, first published in 1891; this appears to be the first edition of the work to include Luigi Fabbri's biographical foreword. All early editions are scarce, especially in North America.
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Scritti Politici e Letterarii. Raccolti ed ordinati da Giovanni Di Gregorio; Elogio di Enrico Leone; Introduzione di Arturo Giovannitti
by [ANARCHISM] VENANZI, Flavio
New York: Venanzi Memorial Committee, 1921. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Later cloth, titled in gilt on spine; xxiii,304pp. Very Good, with mild wear to board edges and the rear board mildly pulled. Text is entirely in Italian. Ex-libris Alfredo Verrico, Italian-American film producer and exporter, with his engraved bookplate and blind-embossed stamp. Memorial anthology of writings by Venanzi (1882-1920), an Italian-American anarchist-socialist labor leader and founder of the Italian Labor Alliance. Includes a substantial introduction by Venanzi's... Read More
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Memorie di un Ex-Terrorista
by [ANARCHISM - ITALY] MARIANI, Giuseppe
Torino: by the Author, 1953. First Edition. Octavo. Printed thick paper wrappers; 189pp. Text pages and wrappers slightly toned at margins; spine leaning slightly; Very Good. Memoir by the Milanese anarchist who planned and executed the 1921 bombing of the Diana Theatre, a fact to which he confesses in this volume. An important anarchist memoir, somewhat uncommon in commerce.
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Human Life: Illustrated in My Individual Experience as a Child, a Youth, and a Man
by [ANARCHISM] WRIGHT, Henry Clarke
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1849. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (18.5cm). Brown cloth stamped in blind, titled in gilt; plain endpapers; 414pp; steel mezzotint portrait frontispiece. Rubber stamp of William Floyd to copyright page. A firm, upright copy, but with wear to edges and losses at tail, dampstaining to upper and fore-edges of front board (not affecting interior), lacking the front free endpaper, with tide mark to upper margin of about half the text: Good or better. Part... Read More
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Freedom: Is It A Crime? The Strange Case of the Three Anarchists Jailed at the Old Bailey, April 1945. Two Speeches by Herbert Read. Foreword by E. Silverman
by [ANARCHISM] READ, Herbert
London: Freedom Press Defence Committee, [1945]. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; 14pp. Near Fine. Two lectures in defense of Vernon Richards, John Hewetson and Philip Sansom, three anarchists imprisoned in 1945 for publishing anti-war articles in War Commentary.
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Poster: Jat Bewust. Proletaries winkelen, neem et eet! [Take Freely. Proletarian shopping: take and eat!]
by [ANARCHISM]
[The Netherlands, n.d., but ca. 1983]. Original pictorial poster (43x30.5cm.) printed offset in red and black on white stock; Near Fine. Poster encourages the reader to steal from large chainstores when wages and standards of living are greatly reduced.
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Songs of the Spoiled
by [ANARCHISM] LABADIE, Jo
Bubbling Waters [Wixom, MI]: Labadie Shop, 1922. Edition Not Stated. 16mo (14cm.); publisher's hand-stitched marbled wrappers; 52pp; text printed in dark purple on double leaves. Light wear with slight chipping at spine and corners, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good or better. At head of title page: "The Labadie Booklets." Possibly unrecorded state of this collection of anarchist poetry, all other copies we have encountered, including in OCLC, listed at 64pp. Labadie, noted labor organizer and collector of anarchist... Read More
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What Shall We Do
by [ANARCHISM] LABADIE, Jo
N.p., n.d. [Detroit: Labadie Shop, ca 1902]. 4-pp leaflet, 14cm x 9cm. Printed in black on newsprint. Paper somewhat age-darkened, but still supple and well-preserved; Good to Very Good. Prints the text of Labadie's poem "What Shall We Do?," which originally appeared in the Detroit News for Oct 22, 1902. Concludes with a brief agitational paragraph: "Capitalism has failed all along the line...What's the alternative? Free Socialism, under which the worker is guaranteed the job and all... Read More
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What Shall We Do
by [ANARCHISM] LABADIE, Jo
N.p., n.d. [Detroit: Labadie Shop, ca 1902]. 4-pp leaflet, 14cm x 9cm. Printed in black on greenish-tan wove stock. Trifle worn at fold; slight aging to margins, with tiny chips to extremities, Very Good. Prints the text of Labadie's poem "What Shall We Do?," which originally appeared in the Detroit News for Oct 22, 1902. Concludes with a brief agitational paragraph: "Capitalism has failed all along the line...What's the alternative? Free Socialism, under which the worker is... Read More
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What Shall We Do
by [ANARCHISM] LABADIE, Jo
N.p., n.d. [Detroit: Labadie Shop, ca 1902]. 4-pp leaflet, 14cm x 9cm. Printed in black on cream wove stock. Fragile wrappers well-preserved, with just mild toning at margins; Very Good. Prints the text of Labadie's poem "What Shall We Do?," which originally appeared in the Detroit News for Oct 22, 1902. Concludes with a brief agitational paragraph: "Capitalism has failed all along the line...What's the alternative? Free Socialism, under which the worker is guaranteed the job and... Read More
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Facing the Chair: Story of the Americanization of Two Foreignborn Workmen
by [ANARCHISM] DOS PASSOS, John
Boston: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1927. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); printed wrappers; 127pp. Mild sunning and a few faint creases to extremities, else very Near Fine. One of a number of works by prominent American authors commissioned by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, sold to raise funds for their ongoing defense. A fragile Dos Passos "A" item, seldom found in collector's condition. SANDERS A27.
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Internationale Bibliothek. Bound run of the First Thirteen Issues
by [ANARCHISM] [MOST, Johann, ed]
New York: John Müller, 1887-88. First Edition. Thirteen octavo issues (22.5cm) in 20th-century binding of half-calf over marbled boards; 16pp per issue. Occasional darkening to text paper (most pronounced on first number), still a complete, well-preserved run; Very Good. Texts primarily in German. Includes an unbroken run of the first thirteen issues, all published from 1887-1888 (titles listed below). After these initial thirteen issues, publication became erratic, with only four more issues published over the following three years, beginning... Read More
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Internationale Bibliothek. Erscheint jeden Monat. 16 seiten stark. 10 Issues [of 17]
by [ANARCHISM] [MOST, Johann, ed]
New York: John Müller, 1887. First Edition. Ten octavo issues (22.5cm) in original stapled self-wrappers; 16pp per issue. Mild to moderate external soil and wear; first and/or last leaves neatly detached on three issues (but all present); still a clean and well-preserved grouping, Very Good. Texts primarily in German. Of the full run of seventeen issues, the following ten issues are present: No. 1 (April 1887); 2 (May); 4 (July); 7-13 (October 1887 - March 1888). Representative... Read More
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Printed "Rational Money" Postal Envelope, ca. 1870, Addressed to Josiah Warren from E.D. Linton
by [ANARCHISM] [WARREN, Josiah]
[Massachusetts: ca 1870]. Original postal envelope, 3" x 5-1/4". Postally used, with Charlestown, MA cancellation and cancelled 3¢ stamp affixed to recto. Addressed to Warren, presumably in Linton's hand, in blue ink; Linton's name written, likely in a secretary's hand, below address. Light soil and wear; Very Good. Envelope only; no contents are present. The envelope bears the printed motto "Rational Money," with the following caption text: "The Rational or Equitable Money consists of Notes representing Labor as... Read More
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La Lanterne Noire. Revue de Critique Anarchiste. Troisième annèe, no. 9 (December, 1977)
by [ANARCHISM - FRANCE] DUTEUIL, J.-P. (ed)
Paris: J.-P. Duteuil, 1977. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers; 68pp. Single issue in original wrappers. Mild external wear; Near FIne. Includes article, signed "Agathe," on "Anarchisme et Feminisme," reprinting the Manifesto of the Barcelona anarcho-feminist group Mujeres Libres. Text entirely in French.
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La Lanterne Noire. Revue de Critique Anarchiste. Première annèe, no. 2 (January 1975)
by [ANARCHISM - FRANCE] DUTEUIL, J.-P. (ed)
Paris: J.-P. Duteuil, 1975. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers; 64pp. Single issue in original wrappers. Mild external wear; Near FIne. Principal article is a history and analysis of the Lip watch factory worker uprising of 1973. Text entirely in French.
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La Lanterne Noire. Revue de Critique Anarchiste. Deuxième annèe, no. 8 (April 1977)
by [ANARCHISM - FRANCE] DUTEUIL, J.-P. (ed)
Paris: J.-P. Duteuil, 1977. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers; 52pp. Single issue in original wrappers. Mild external wear; Near FIne. Articles, mostly unsigned, on anarchist movements in Greece, Spain, China, etc. Text entirely in French.
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La Lanterne Noire. Revue de Critique Anarchiste. Deuxième annèe, no. 4 (December, 1975)
by [ANARCHISM - FRANCE] DUTEUIL, J.-P. (ed)
Paris: J.-P. Duteuil, 1975. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers; 60pp. Single issue in original wrappers. Mild external wear; Near FIne. Principal article is a 28-pp dossier documenting work of the International Archive Team, a correspondence bureau founded by British anarchist John Olday in 1975. Text entirely in French.
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Dawn-Thought on the Reconciliation. A Volume of Pantheistic Impressions and Glimpses of Larger Religion
by [ANARCHISM] LLOYD, J. William
Wellesley Hills, MA: The Saugus Press, 1900. First Edition. First printing. Small, square octavo (17cm). Deep gray-green cloth, titled in gilt on front cover; top edge gilt; xii,197,[3]pp. Trace of rubbing to covers; gentle forward lean to text block, with a somewhat crude repair to front hinge (internal); still generally clean and unmarked, Very Good.. Laid in is a 1-pp printed sheet of testimonials, including statements by Luther Burbank, Kahlil Gibran, and R.M. Bucke - clearly printed later, as... Read More
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Dawn-Thought on the Reconciliation. A Volume of Pantheistic Impressions and Glimpses of Larger Religion. Second Edition, Revised, With Appendix [Warmly inscribed, with typescript poem and 2-pp ALS]
by [ANARCHISM] LLOYD, J. William
Westfield, NJ: The Lloyd Group, [1904]. Second edition. Inscribed on front endpaper to: "Mildred Denton, a birthday present from her friend," signed, dated June 4, 1939. Small, square octavo (17cm). Green cloth, titled in black on spine and front cover; xii,197,[5]pp. Trace of rubbing to covers, still tight, clean and unmarked. Laid in are two items: a 1-pp typescript poem, "An Eighty-Second Birthday," dated June 4th, 1939 and initialed in ink by Lloyd; and a substantial (ca. 300 words)... Read More
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Dynamite: the Story of Class Violence in America [Inscribed 1st Printing]
by [ANARCHISM] ADAMIC, Louis
New York: Viking Press, 1931. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Red cloth boards, with applied paper title labels to spine and front cover; dustwrapper; 452pp. Inscribed on half-title: "To Mr. George Schmitter with best wishes," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Another hand has added initials and a date of 1934 beneath the inscription; a later owner has added a commercial bookplate to the dedication leaf (facing copyright page). The book is a solid, Very Good copy,... Read More
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