Chicago: 1917. Typed letter signed with postally-used envelope from a David J. Evans to "Aunt Ann" dated May 31, 1917. Mail folds to letter, else Very Good. The letter details the death of a Wallis in the immediate aftermath of the declaration of a strike at the United Verde Mine in..... More
New York: Third Press / Joseph Okpaku Publishing Company, [1974]. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth in price-clipped dust jacket; 121pp. Moderate wear and heavy foxing to jacket margins, a few small chips and closed tears; overall About Very Good. Study of civil rights in..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. First Edition, stated. Octavo (22.2cm); [viii],334pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; boards in tan buckram with dark brown lettering. Jacket edgeworn with closed tears at folds and a small chip at head of spine, along with an old pencil price on rear..... More
Chicago, IL: Chicago Branch of the General Recruiting Union of the Industrial Workers of the World, ca. 1965. First Edition. Quarto (28cm); publisher's staple bound wrappers; 36pp.; illus. throughout, text printed mimeograph from typescript. Wrappers unevenly toned, else Very Good and sound. Articles include Craig T. Beagle's "How..... More
London: Labour Publishing Company Limited, 1926. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's decorative tan staple bound wrappers; vii,[1],18pp. A hint of shelf wear, else Fine. The author's first book, a short play inspired by the ongoing miners' strikes in the country. As the introduction warns, "This is admittedly a...... More
[Boulder City, NV]: [1940]. Collection of thirty glass slides (slides measure 8x10cm.; images measure 4.5x6cm.); housed in original wooden lidded and clasped box (34.5x12.5x10.5cm.). Five of the plates show hairline cracks, one plate with crack crudely repaired with old tape, else an excellent collection, all images bright and easily discernible..... More
[Boston]: International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers, n.d. but 1968. Collection of three silkscreen strike placards (55.5x35.5cm.) printed on rectos only. The three examples show various levels of use, the most heavily worn example quite toned and soiled with shallow losses along corners, else a Very Good collection overall... More
![Item #30725 [Doctoral Thesis Draft] The Negro Miner in West Virginia: Dissertation. James Tamplin...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30725.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1726840611)
[Columbus]: Ohio State University, 1933. Thick quarto (29cm.) postbound in original black textured cloth boards; [3],520,[4]ll. printed from typescript; five map illus., some with ink-drawn additions, two hand-drawn graphs in pencil or ink, one original snapshot photo mounted in. Cloth worn with large split along rear spine edge, losses at..... More
Moberly, MO: [v.p.], 1901-1911. Group of 11 dance cards with string-tied pencils. Printed, illustrated, or embossed wraps. Light wear and soiling; rear wrap detached from Saengerfest Dance issue; pencil missing from Machinists' Ball. Interiors of most filled, some to completion and a few others sadly blank; Very Good... More
![Item #31718 [Drop title] The Kansas City Strike. Missouri - Labor History, J D. Havens](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31718.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736796202)
Kansas City, MO: s.i., 1900. First Edition. Octavo bifolium (23cm.). Previous folds, else Near Fine. Angry open letter dated March 23, 1900, signed in print at the end of the text by five members of the city's Typothetae regarding the ongoing strike organized by the Feeders' Union, the Pressmen's..... More
![Item #29717 Christ in Concrete: A Novel [Signed]. Pietro Di Donato](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29717.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716319651)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939. Later Printing. Octavo; publisher's navy blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; 311pp. Very light shelf wear to cloth margins, shallow bumping to corners and spine ends, cloth dust-soiled, spine gilt rather dulled, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Signed by the author on..... More
[London]: The National Society of Operative Printers & Assistants, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 150 pages. Black and white plates. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards are worn at extremities with exposure. Front boards show significant paper remnants from previously removed label (?). Remnants heavy on front..... More
![Item #8404 Bill's Mistake: A Story of the California Redwoods [Inscribed and Signed]. Robert Gale...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8404.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1610648785)
San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Co., 1921. First Edition. Small octavo (18cm.); publisher's green decorative cloth stamped in black; 268pp. Light shelf wear, faint offsetting to front free endpaper from previously removed news clipping, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "Very..... More
Washington, DC: Southern Railway Employees Immediate Relief Association, 1911. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in white; 154pp.; illus. throughout, chiefly photographic portraits printed within blue decorative border. Boards rubbed and front cover quite soiled, textblock heavily foxed, especially preliminaries. A rather unlovely, Good only copy of an..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1934. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in cream printed dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00), grey topstain; xviii,472pp. Two shallow chips to front jacket panel along top margin and flap fold, the latter slightly affecting flap blurb without compromising meaning, spine panel toned, corners tapped, contemporary..... More
![Item #45127 Women in Struggle No. 1: Wages for Housework [wrapper title]. Wages for Housework...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/45127.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758219792)
Toronto: Wages for Housework Collective, 1975. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green staple bound wrappers; 29pp. Light rubbing to edges; price in pen to front, "Wages for Housework Collective" stamp to rear with Toronto address; additional stamp below. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good or better. Includes a series of short..... More
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1855. First Edition. Octavo. 146; 10 pp. advertisements. Embossed brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine; yellow endpapers. Mild rubbing to edges; corners bumped; a few stains; spine sunned. Binding sound and interior unmarked; a Very Good copy. Lectures from the Alton, Illinois Pastor on..... More
Coventry, UK: Working Women's Charter Group, 1975. First Edition. Octavo; pictorial staple bound wrappers; 22pp. Mild toning and light wear to edges of wraps; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good or better. Rather uncommon history of women's work in Coventry beginning in the Middle Ages through the present..... More