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
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