Defend the Bill of Rights Rally; . .
(Civil Liberties) Broadside leaflet, 8-1/2 x 11 in. Bulletin board announcement of a rally against the McCarran Act, the 1950 law targeting "subversives" and implemented against immigrants that passed over President Truman's veto. At the time of this rally, the act was before the Supreme Court, which struck down some of its anti-Communist provisions in a 1964 decision. Folded three times, discreet pencil notations; very good- $30
- $30
Patrick Henry Ford Will Speak on the Home Front; What Does It Mean to You
(Second World War) Mimeographed broadside leaflet, 8-1/2 x 11 in. Announcement of a lecture held to aid in organizing civilian defense weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Small chip to lower corner; pencil notation to iupper corner; folded, as for mailing with a partial address in ink on verso with a tiny rubberstamp and remnants of a label- $40
- $40
Boycott Dole; . .
(Labor Movement; Farm Workers) Handbill, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in., printed in black and red. UFW leaflet urging a boycott of Dole pineapples and bananas in support of striking farm workers. The leaflet features the Dole logo with pictures of bananas and pineapples socred through in red and a silhouhette of a line of picketing farmer workers. Neat pencil notation in one corner; very good- $75
- $75
Printed invitation card; to a birthday party of Peter Hyun
(Korean American) Folding card, approx. 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. Card is illustrated on front with the image of a Chinese papercut entitled "Carting a Bumper Crop." Inside is the invitation information, promising "Korean Food, hors d'oeuvre, and drink along with entertainment. Peter Hyun was a director in the Federal Theater Project but faced resistance on Broadway owing to anti-Asian prejudice. He worked in Army intelligence and later became a lecturer in Asian Studies at UCLA.- $25
- $25
Democracy is Not Enough
Nearing, Scott 2-sided handbill, 4-3/4 x 7 in. Publication announcement and order form for Nearing's 1945 book, with a note over the facsimile of his signature on the back side: "Island Press is our enterprise - a one-member-one-vote co-operative of authors and of those who want the American public to have good literature. Read our ads. Buy our books. Ask your friends to help us in this effort toward a co-operative world." A bit rumpled and with a short closed tear- $25
- $25
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Le Corbusier; Sein Werk und seine Bedeutung für unsere Zeit
Giedion, S[iegfried] 4to, [7]pp illustrated pamphlet in self-wrappers, stapled. Offprint of a radio talk delivered by Giedion on the occasion of Le Cornusier's seventieth birthday. This copy has been inscribed on the front by Giedion to American architect Walter Bogner: "Mr. Walter Bogner, greetings from an old sinner! Giedion, March, 1958" A prominent historian of architecture and design, Giedion was co-founder, with Le Corbusier, of the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in 1928.- $175
- $175
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The Moscow U-2 Trial
Handbill leaflet, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in. Announcement of a lecture by Vincent Hallinan, lawyer and 1952 presidential candidate on the Progressive Party ticket. Hallinan had visited Francis Gary Powers, the American pilot captured when his U-2 spy plane was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission of the Soviet Union in 1960. Pencil notation in upper corner; folded twice; very good Art in Southern California; File of Ephemera
22 pieces, various sizes and formats. A diverse gathering a gallery flyers, booklets, announcements and a small poster, including several pieces from the Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts (1944-1959), an annual event highlighted by its "Pagean of the Masters" a tableau vivant in which live performers recreate famous works of art. India Day; Tuesday Jan. 26 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Victory House, Pershing Square . .
Handbill announcement, approx. 6 x 10 in., printed in two colors. Colorful handbill listing many entertainers and special guest, with the M.C. R. Lal Singh, editor of India News and member of Indian National Congress. January 26 was the day in 1930 when the Indian National Congress led by Mahatma Gandhi declared "purna swaraj," or complete independence, commencing a long struggle that ended with Indian independence in 1947. The date is still observed as Republic Day, one of India's major national holidays. Neat pencil notation in upper corner; very good World Peace Appeal; Resolution of the Permanent Committee World Peace Congress Stockholm Sweden, March 1950
Bifolium, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in., printed in blue and black. Includes three bullet points of the resolution urging nuclear disarmament with statements from Linus Pauling, Philip Morrison, Thomas Mann, and others. Memorial Meeting; All Friends are requested to honor The Memory of J.B. McNamara at the Embassy Auditorium
Mimeographed broadside leaflet, 8-1/2 x 11 in. Bulletin board announcement of the memorial for James B. McNamara, high ranking figure in the Iron Workers Union convicted of blowing up the Los Angeles Times building in 1911. The event featured speakers Ed Robbin, Leoo Gallagher, and George Shibley with the Freiheit Gezangs Ferein Chorus. Small pencil notation (ILD) to upper corner; toning toward edges, small chip at top corner; folded Palestine’s Health in Figures; [cover title]
Oblong 8vo, 16ppp pamphlet in printed wrappers, stapled. Very delicate publication depicting data on public health in isotype charts, with a folding map at rear showing anti-malaria efforts. A rare survival. Wrappers toned and brittle with some chipping and both covers detached; small ink inscription in Hebrew on front Problems of The Negro People; Special Course. Pettis Perry – Instructor
Mimeographed handbill leaflet, approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in. Announcement of a twelve-week course taught by Pettis Perry, a prominent Black leader in the Communist Party. "An introduction to the history and current problems of the Negro people, the essential role of the Negro in the fight against Hitlerism. Marxist-Leninist theory and practice of the liberation movement of oppressed nations." Neat pencil notation in upper corner; folded once horizontally; very good The Auto Union Convention and Labor’s Unity in the Fight to Smash Hitlerism; (reprint from Daily Worker, July 14, 1941)
4 mimeographed pages on two leaves, with printing on both sides, stapled. Statement by Hudson, dock worker and high-ranking official in the American Communist Party, declaring unity to win the war with statements on many Communist party positions. July 1941 marked an abrupt about-face in the CPUSA stance on the war, once the Soviet Union joined the allies against Hitler. Folded horizontally, lightly used, with pencil mark at corner; very good Mass Meeting!; 4 Killed, 200 Injured, 650 Arrests in San Francisco . .
Small handbill leaflet, 3-1/2 x 6 in. Announcement of a rally held in the wake of the Bay Area longshoremen's strike in 1934 featuring speakers Sam Darcy, Communist Party candidtatr for Governor in California; Leo Gallagher, labor lawyer and candidate for a seat on California's Supreme Court; and poet and women's right activist Sara Bard Field. Zero Hour for America; “It’s Five Minutes to Midnight . . .” Write, Wire to President Roosevelt– “We are ready to attack– Let’s open a second front now!”
Bifolium leaflet, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in. After Hitler's invasion of Soviet Russia, the Communist party embraced the American and allied war effort. This leaflet was a part of the party's effort to get its members in line and to project a unified. Light toning at edges; very good