. 1) Walled in This Tomb; Questions Left Unanswered by the Lowell Committee in the Sacco-Vanzetti Case and their Pertinence in Understanding the Conflicts Sweeping the World at This Hour. Boston: Excelsior Press, 1936. 29 pages. (Authors include Malcolm Cowley, John Dos Passos, and others); (2) William Floyd, there is..... More
Washingon, DC (January): US Goverment Printing Office, 1973. 12mo. From the library of Barry M. Goldwater with his name stamped in gilt on front cover. 202pp. A pictorial directory for the Ninety-third Congress with photographs beginning with President Nixon, officers of the Senate, House, chaplains and officials of the capital..... More
Phoenix: Communist Party of Arizona, 1946. 1 page typed mimeographed page with crudely drawn image of Hooded Klan member with arm on Policeman's shoulder while poor African-America. Text asks people to prosecute the lynchers of Mr. and Mrs. George Dorsey and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Balcolm. It says U.S. Attorney-General..... More
London: Printed for G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1788. Octavo. [2], ii [4], xxiv, 184, 159, [1], 299, [1] pages. The rare early printing of the U.S. Constitution in Great Britain in its original paper wraps. It is now known that William Godlin wrote not only the History of Henry VIII..... More
Richmond, Virginia: William F. Richie, 1863. Octavo. 6 pages. bound with: Minority Report relative to The Contested Election (1863) 4 pages. Measuring approximately 5 1/4" x 8 7/8" OCLC records copies at University of Alabama and Wake Forest. Another source shows the Virginia State Library has a copy. When David..... More
8" x10" inscribed photograph. "To Julius, Sincerely, Tommy Dorsey." Because of his early death at age 51 signed photographs are relatively uncommon. More
Boldly signed by Tommy Dorsey on a folded cloth napkin of the Adam Springs Hotel in California where the big bands played, booze flowed even under prohibition and gambling was wide open until 1949. Besides Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Xavier Cugat, Freedy Martin, and others played at their large outdoor..... More
Boulder, CO: First Forum Press, 2010. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 229p. index. Although people claim that paid attacks ads do not influence them, the research here shows it is usually a decisive factor in cases where otherwise the parties would be equally attractive. This is a...... More
New Delhi, (1984): AFfiliated east-West Press. Octavo. Signed and inscribed by the author dated 1996 to an ASU professor. 203 pp. The present work examines the links between developments in economic thinking and the actual establishment of monetary institutions. Based on extensive research spread over many years, this book will..... More
Peking: Verlag Fur Fremdsprachige Literatur, 1963. Small Octavo. 132 pp. Wonderful sample of the state of relations between the USSR and People's Republic of China in the early '60s. This is a reply of the Central committee of the communist party of China to the letter of the Central Committee..... More
Jena: Urania-Freidenker-Verlag G.M.B.H. 1931. First American. Original Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 111 pp. Excerpts from Marx & Engels, modern typeface.Slightly warped, pencil notes in margin p. 44. Sgamp "Arbeiter-Bibliothek Basel No. 310" on inner cover. More
London: For Benjamin Tooke, 1684. First Edition. Small Folio. The three tryals (trials) are bound together in a single volume since their lives were intertangled. Each with their own title page; 34pp, 78pp. and 56pp. In the development of English law, the Crown successfuly accused Sir Samuel Bardardiston of writing..... More
Cincinnati: Broaders and Co., 1860. First Edition. Octavo. 357 pages. A remarkable story of Lincoln as a candidate for President in 1860 when the same author who had written a work Presidential Candidates in 1859 listing nearly 20 names who might be President (Douglas, Salmon Chase, Seward, Fremont as well..... More
Palermo: Casa Editrice Trimarchi, 1938. First Edition. Original Wraps. A Very Good Copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A bimilennial celebration of Augustus in the days of glory of Italian fascism. A collection of articles by Italian intellectuals in sup port of fascist system. One article is by..... More
Berlin: Der Freidenker, 1929. Octavo. 24 pp. A catholic priest writes to the editors of this publication to tell them they have ruined his good name from an article they had written titled "The Parliamentary activity of the German Reichstag and the State Parliaments and the Social Demacracy" In it..... More
Berlin: Verlag Fur Sozialiwissenschaft, 1917. Small Octavo. 106, (6) pp. German text, fraktur. Published in August 1917, referring to the fall of the Tsar and Kerensky's government, with photo of Kerensky, Pavel Milyukov and other ministers. Second signature in volume loose in text. An important look at the Provisional Government..... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1943. First Edition. Ocatvo. Vol. XII. Index volume. with prospectus laid in 364pp.,edited with historical and geographical additions, introductions and analytical index. bound in maroon cloth, mostly unopened, spine lettering and top edge gilt. Only minor light rubbing to upper joints, spine just..... More
Boulder, CO; (1988): Roberts Rinehart. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 174 pages. Limited signed edition (No. 49 of 250 copies).Carl Bode who wrote an important biography of H.L. Mencken knew of the eight thick bound volumes in the Enoch Pratt Free Library all labelled "The Hatrack Case". Included here are..... More
Cambridge; (2009): Cambridge University Press. First Edition. Octavo. Review copy. 272p. index. bibliography. This book helps solve the puzzle of why governmental agencies invest in research but often fail to use it. A fine bright copy bound in black cloth, spine lettering gilt, in fine pictorial dust jacket. More
Boulder, CO: Rienner, 2008. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 267p. index. bibliography. More
Chicago: Independence Company, 1899. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 762 pages, illustrated with portraits of leading political and intellectuals with their facsimile autographs. "In order to place before the public the best arguments thus far produced against the adoption of a colonial policy, the publishers have collected and herewith present..... More
Moscow - Leningrad: Verlagsgenossenschaft Auslandischer Arbeiter in Der UdSSR, 1934. Buckram. A 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 132 pp. German text. Modern typeface. 12 b&w photos, including rare unretouched photo Stalin and Bukharin in same shot (pre-purge), Stalin and Molotov as Zetkin's pallbearers, Clara Zetkin with Engels,;..... More
London: J. Owen, 1797. Octavo. 94 pp. Since the war between Britain and France in January 1793 confirmed Burke's reputation for his prescience but irritated his friends especially as he sought to bring them over to a more moderate viewpoint (he distinguished pure politics from party loyalty). This work was..... More
New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Ocatvo. 266pp., table, charts and graphs. Very Good. More
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. 329pp. A thorough treatment on the reform of justice in 19th century Egypt, the center of political and financial changes in the Middle East. Bound in gold pictorial paper covered boards lettered in red and black, spine lettering..... More