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Survey Graphic: Magazine of Social Interpretation – Vol.XXVII, No.12 (December, 1938)
KELLOGG, Paul (editor); EVANS, Walker (photographs) Contents include contributions by R.O. Berg, Victor Weybright, Richard Neuberger, William Haber, Richard Griffith, Loula D. Lasker, Webb Waldron, Louise Burton Laidlaw, William Hard, John Palmer Gavit, Leon Whipple, and others. With photographs by Walker Evans. Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.[577]-640; illus. Wrappers lightly shelfworn and dusty, with a few corner creases, stray ink marks to upper right corner of front wrapper, and an embossed stamp from a seminary at lower right corner of same; closed tears to lower margin of rear wrapper and terminal leaf; contents clean, complete; Very Good.-
- $44
Survey Graphic – Vol.XXXII, No.5 (May, 1943)
KELLOGG, Paul (editor); Special issue, "From War To Work," the eight installment in magazine's "Calling America" series. Contents include contributions by Stuart Chase, A.F. Hinrichs, Samuel Fels, Elmo Roper, Beardsley Ruml, Sidney Hillman, Frieda Miller, Marriner S. Eccles, Maxwell Stewart, and others. Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.145-240; illus. Light wear to extremities, faint vertical bend at center; about Near Fine.-
- $55
Survey Graphic: Magazine of Social Interpretation – Vol.XXIX, No.7 (July, 1940)
KELLOGG, Paul (editor); GENDREAU, Philip (cover) Contents include contributions by Victor Weybright, Vera Micheles Dean, Wilbert Snow, Beulah Amidon, Francis Hackett, Avis Carlson, Francis Biddle, and others. Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.[369]-416; illus. Toning and shelfwear, a few tiny nicks, with some splitting along spine-fold; penciled phone number to rear wrapper, with a few small stains throughout text; Very Good.-
- $44
Survey Graphic: Magazine of Social Interpretation – Vol.XXXI, No.7 (July, 1942)
KELLOGG, Paul (editor); WENGENROTH, Stow (cover) Contents include contributions by Vera Micheles Dean, Heinz Soffner, Therle Hughes, Ben Henderson, Lester Granger, W.H. Cowley, and others. Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.[305]-336; illus. Light wear to extremities, with a faint vertical crease at center; about Near Fine.-
- $55
Survey Graphic – Vol.XXXII, No.10 (October, 1943)
KELLOGG, Paul (editor); LANGE, Dorothea (cover) Contents include contributions by Heinz Soffner, Maxwell Stewart, S. B. Zisman, Mark McCloskey, Anne Roller Issler, James Kilpatrick, Katherine Glover, Frank Loomis, and Leon Whipple. Cover photograph by Dorothea Lange. Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.[369]-416; illus. Heavily toned and a bit worn along spine-fold, stray ink mark and a seminary's embossed stamp to front wrapper, with a faint vertical bend at center; contents clean, but just Very Good.-
- $39
Survey Graphic: Magazine of Social Interpretation – Vol.XXXII, No.6 (June, 1943)
KELLOGG, Paul (editor); LANGE, Dorothea (cover) Contents include contributions by John M. Clark, Max Lerner, Mary Bartlett Dahl, Paul H. Landis, Grace Naismith, Arthur Katona, and Eduard Lindeman. Cover photograph by Dorothea Lange, taken while working for the FSA. Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.[241]-272; illus. Light wear and dustiness, some oxidation to staples, with faint vertical bend at center; Very Good+.-
- $55
Survey Graphic: Magazine of Social Interpretation – Vol.XXX, No.12 (December, 1941)
KELLOGG, Paul (editor); Contents include contributions by Kathryn Close, Beulah Amidon, A. Maude Royden, Dexter Masters, Russell Lord, Heinz Soffner, Leon Whipple, and others. Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.[669]-716; illus. Shelfworn, evenly toned and a bit dusty, with wear and a short split at spine-fold, small loss to upper right corner of front wrapper, with a seminary's embossed stamp to same, and a few scattered stains; contents clean; Very Good.-
- $39
Survey Graphic – Vol.XXVIII, No.10 (October, 1939)
KELLOGG, Paul (editor) Special issue on schools, the second in the magazine's "Calling America" series. Contents include contributions by Beulah Amidon, Eduard Lindemaan, John Chamberlain, Helen Post, Alvin Johnson, Farnsworth Crowder, and others. Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.[561]-656; illus. Shelfworn, oxidation to staples, with some dustiness, small triangular chip to left edge of front wrapper, with a few rubber-stamps and pencil markings to same; Very Good only.-
- $39
The Flaming Sword – Vol.XIX, Nos.30-52 (January 2, 1906 – June 5, 1906)
UTOPIAN COMMUNES] [FLORIDA] "CYRUS / KORESH" (pseud. of Cyrus Reed Teed) Early run of this periodical edited and written by Dr. Cyrus R. Teed, a Utica, NY native and founder of the Koreshan Unity. "Koreshanity," as it was also known, was born in the wake of two related movements: the millenial fervor that swept early-to-mid-19th century central and western New York State, and the utopian communalism that began attracting increasing numbers of adherents during the same period and into the later 19th century." A graduate of Eclectic Medical College of the City of New York, Teed's interests went beyond medicine to encompass alchemy, botany, physics and metaphysics, and he would regularly conduct experiments in these areas inside his medical laboratory. It was in this laboratory in 1869 that "Teed conceived what would become known as Koreshanity after experiencing a late-night religious vision. During what he called his "illumination," he saw a beautiful woman who revealed to him a series of universal truths which formed the fundamental principles of Koreshan belief." Among Teed's most interesting beliefs was cellular cosmogony, or the hollow earth - the notion that the earth was not a convex sphere but instead a hollow, concave cell containing the entire universe with the sun at its center. After failed attempts at founding communal settlements in Moravia, Syracuse, and New York City, Teed moved to Chicago, IL, where his persuasive oratory enabled him to assemble a firm core of followers in the late 1880's and form the commune called Beth-Ophra. Teed incorporated his organization there as the College of Life in 1886, and established a printing house that began producing three major publications: The Guiding Star, The Flaming Sword, and The Plowshare and Pruning Hook. "These publciations began a long legacy of Koreshan publishing aimed at the public as well as their own members, intended to explain and promote their beliefs, relate and preserve their story, and discuss political, social, scientific, and religious ideas and issues." Believing himself to be a messiah who would lead his people in establishing a New Jerusalem, Teed assumed the name Koresh in 1891 (after Cyrus the Great, King of Persia). As with his previous locations, Teed's beliefs did not endear him or his followers to the general public, forcing him to relocate from Chicago to the quiet beach town of Estero, FL in 1894, the final home of the Koreshan Unity where Teed would establish his New Jerusalem. It was here that the Koreshan Unity established a growing, self-sustaining community, though at the height of the movement their membership numbered no more than 250. Though Teed died in December 1908, The Flaming Sword continued to be published from Estero through the 1960's, with the Koreshan publishing tradition continuing well into the 1980's. 22 quarto issues (31cm); original illustrated wrappers, disbound; 16pp per issue. Holes (with corresponding oxidation) from saddle staples, some offsetting to spine-folds from fabric tape binding, with some light wear and dust-soil to wrappers; No.52 with several tears and toning to rear wrapper; a handful of issues with some light, scattered underlining, else quite clean; Very Good or better.-
- $1,815
Capitalism Means War!
DE LEON, Daniel "The selected editorials on war which comprise this pamphlet attack various phases of the subject, but all converge to prove one major premis: Capitalism Means War! Capitalism makes war inevitable and enduring peace impossible" (from introduction). Second Printing. Slim octavo (18.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 32pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine.-
- $17
The Black Panther: Black Community News Service – Vol.V, No.12 (September 19, 1970)
NEWTON, Huey P., Bobby Seale, Afeni Shakur, et al. (contributors); DOUGLAS, Emory (artwork) Contents include contributions by Raymond Jones, Robert S. Starobin, Bobby Seale, Afeni Shakur, Leonard Donald, William L. Patterson, and Huey Newton, et al. Includes an interview with Jean Genet, and centerfold articles by Zayd Shakur and Michael "Cetawayo" Tabor. Rear wrapper features full-page artwork by Emory Douglas. Tabloid (45cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 24pp; illus. Touch of dustiness to wrapper extremities, else Fine, unfolded and without postal markings.-
- $165
South Africa, Apartheid and Britain
SOUTH AFRICA] A pamphlet, jointly published by the Labor Research Department and African National Congress (South Africa), addressing the following questions: "What in fact does apartheid mean in human terms? How does it affect the different race groups in South Africa? And which are the British firms involved?" (p.3). Slim octavo (18.25cm); stapled wrappers; 20pp. Light wear to extremities, else Fine.-
- $17
The Black Panther: Black Community News Service – Vol.IV, No.20 (April 18, 1970)
HOWARD, Elbert, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Randy Williams, et al. (contributors); DOUGLAS, Emory (cover art) Contributions to this issue include works by Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Randy Williams, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Stephania Tyson, Joan Kelly, Doug Miranda, Brenda Hyson, John Thomas, and Dharuba Moore, et al. Large centerfold spread dedicated to the burning of the Panther 21 Defense Office. Rear wrapper features full-page artwork by Emory Douglas. Tabloid (44cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 20pp; illus. Light dustiness to wrappers, else Fine, unfolded and without postal markings.-
- $165
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Impeach Johnson [with] Impeach Nixon & 1967 [Signed and Dated]
NEW LEFT / COUNTERCULTURE] WEEGE, William William Weege was an integral figure in the golden age of printmaking in Madison, Wisconsin, where he first began learning the techniques of both commercial and artistic printmaking as an undergraduate. While working part-time as a film stripper for the local Litho Publications, Weege was also producing protest posters which he put up around campus, though "Students and others in the community found the posters so appealing that they were removed as fast as they were put up" (Colescott, p. 114), leading Weege to discover that he could make money from his artistic output. Both images here would be issued in Weege's "Peace Is Patriotic" portfolio (also 1967), though these impressions appear to have been made independently as they are on different paper and have slightly different dimensions. These are likely proofs, pulled while the portfolio was in production (but not so identified). Each signed and dated "67" in pencil at bottom of image. (See Warrington Colescott, "Progressive Printmakers" (1999), pp. 113-115.). Diptych comprised of two original silkscreen posters, each approximately 60x44cm, printed in red or black on card stock. Faint finger soil and marginal wear else Near Fine. Each signed and dated in pencil, lower right.-
- $825
Emancipation in the West Indies
CARIBBEAN] SANBORN, F[ranklin] B[enjamin] Originally delivered as a lecture before being published in the abolitionist newspaper "The Pine and Palm" (also known as the "Weekly Anglo-African"). Sanborn, a member of the "Secret Six" who provided funding to John Brown in the 1850s, describes the effects of the emancipation of slaves in the West Indies, noting that no violence broke out nor did it lead to an economic depression as had been predicted by Confederate propaganda. See "A Guide to the Study of British Caribbean History, 1763-1834" (1932), p. 548; LCP AFRO-AMERICANA 9085; SABIN 76248. Octavo (24cm.); side-stitched self-wrappers; 15pp.; text printed in double columns. Wrappers separated and rather ragged along extremities, the whole dust-soiled; Good only.-
- $220
Fifteen Questions About Socialism, Answered by Daniel De Leon
DE LEON, Daniel "A Roman Catholic newspaper posed 15 questions intended to knock the props from under Socialism. De Leon's replies prove that Socialism is built, not upon props, but upon the bedrock of science. Each answer by De Leon is a brilliant exposition of Socialism's operation. And, by contrast, each answer analyzes the anti-social operations of capitalism" (from introduction). Slim octavo (18.5cm); stapled wrappers; 121,[7]pp. Trivial dust-soil to wrappers, else Fine.-
- $17
Capitalism vs. Socialism
DE LEON, Daniel "The text of a debate between Daniel De Leon and William H. Berry, ex-State Treasurer of Pennsylvania and a capitalist. De Leon discusses the trust and anti-trust laws, the trust as an efficient tool of production and its transformation to social use in Socialist society" (from introduction). Seventh Printing. Slim octavo (18.5cm); stapled card wrappers; 62,[2]pp. A Fine copy.-
- $17
The Menace of Apartheid
DUBULA, Sol Exposé of the apartheid system, with contents dealing with the politics of cheap labour, apartheid in practice, the confidence trick of apartheid, international action and the collaborators, and the people's struggle. Slim octavo (22cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 38,[2]pp. Light wear to wrappers, touch of dustiness to rear wrapper, else Near Fine.-
- $50
Labor Conscription: Involuntary Servitude of Labor
PETERSEN, Arnold "Arouses the workers to the deadly danger that confronts them if a majority of Congress and the President of the United States commit a treasonable act by trampling underfoot the Constitution which they took a solemn oath to uphold and defend" (from introduction). Fourth Printing. Slim octavo (18.25cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 31,[1]pp; illus. A Fine copy.-
- $17
War. Why
PETERSEN, Arnold "An examination of war, its history and social significance, its effect on social progress, and the part played by capitalist needs for markets, incitations of the armament industries, the "merchants of death," such as Zaharoff, the du Ponts, etc" (from introduction). Seventh Printing. Slim octavo (18.5cm); stapled wrappers; 61,[3]pp; illus. Mild dust-soil to wrapper extremities, else Near Fine.-
- $17
Capitalism Is Doomed: Socialism Is the Hope Of Humanity
PETERSEN, Arnold "The pamphlet, which comprises the conclusion of Arnold Petersen's report to the 1952 S.L.P. national convention, includes "Debauching the Working Class," an earlier address by the author" (from introduction). Fourth Printing. Slim octavo (18.25cm); stapled wrappers; 30,[2]pp. A Fine copy.-
- $17
The Religion of Capital: A Satirical Exposure of Capital’s Claims to Sanctity
LAFARGUE, Paul "One of the most devastating attacks on capitalism ever written. All the more devastating because it ridicules the moral pretenses of the capitalists, exposes their system as a conscienceless order without any kind of justification for its existence" (from introduction). Slim octavo (18.75cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 32pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine.-
- $22
Socialism: The World of Tomorrow
PETERSEN, Arnold "In the present pamphlet, the author, a foremost Marxist, has proved with cogent argument how machines can become a boon to man instead of the curse they are today. His is no "dream picture" of the world of tomorrow, but an accurate and realistic forecase based squarely on facts and Marxian science" (from introduction). Sixth Printing. Slim octavo (18.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 48pp; illus. Trivial wear along spine-fold, else Fine.-
- $28
The Freeman’s Vote
PETERSEN, Arnold "In this essay by the National Secretary of the Socialist Labor Party the political vote is contraposed to the industrial vote of Socialism whereby the worker will attain a degree of democracy hitherto unknown to civilization. It is an earnest plea, supported by cogent argument, for the conditions uder which the workers may emerge as freemen and enjoy for the first time the complete ballot, the freeman's vote" (from introduction). Slim octavo (18.75cm); stapled wrappers; 15,[1]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine.-
- $17
W.Z. Foster–Renegade or Spy
PETERSEN, Arnold "A personal and political attack on Foster, by a Socialist Labor Party leader, who reviews Foster's early apprenticeship in social-democratic reform, his change to anarcho-syndicalism, his support of World War I, and his subsequent career in the communist movement, where he has successfully negotiated all the switch-backs in the Party line" (SEIDMAN P115). Third Printing. Slim octavo (18.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 39,[9]pp. Light wear to extremities, publisher's rubber-stamps to verso of front wrapper and on rear wrapper, else Near Fine.-
- $17
An Oration Spoken Before “The Connecticut Society, for the Promotion of Freedom and the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage.” Convened in Hartford, on the 8th Day of May, A.D. 1794
AFRICAN-AMERICANA] DWIGHT, Theodore Early such piece arguing against slavery, delivered by the Federalist lawyer and cousin of Aaron Burr. The Society was founded just four years previously, in 1790, and Dwight would work assiduously as an attorney representing free black New Yorkers who had been kidnapped to be placed on the slave market. "Although he wrote too much and too rapidly for lasting fame, his political articles were bright and spicy" ("Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1888), Vol. II, p. 282). EVANS 26922; SABIN 21530. Octavo (19.5cm.); disbound; 24pp.; [A]-C4. Title page and last leaf of text (serving as upper and rear wrappers) separated but present, upper wrapper rather soiled, extremities chipped and a bit brittle. A Good, serviceable copy only.-
- $550