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The WMA Bulletin, 1955 - 1959, 49 Issues, Plus 14 Pieces of Related WMA and Topic Records Ephemera by Workers' Music Association - 1955

by Workers' Music Association

The WMA Bulletin, 1955 - 1959, 49 Issues, Plus 14 Pieces of Related WMA and Topic Records Ephemera by Workers' Music Association - 1955

The WMA Bulletin, 1955 - 1959, 49 Issues, Plus 14 Pieces of Related WMA and Topic Records Ephemera

by Workers' Music Association

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London: Workers' Music Association, Ltd., 1955. Founded in 1936 by composer and radical Alan Bush, and still in operation, the Workers' Music Association has long been a beacon for the rights and music of workers. This collection consists of 49 issues of the WMA Bulletin from the years 1955 -1959; May-Dec, 1955 + Annual Report (9 issues); 1956, 11 issues including Annual Report; 1957, 12 issues; 1958, 8 issues; and 1959, 9 issues. Additionally, 14 related separate pieces of ephemera, from both the WMA and Topic Records, assorted brochures, flyers, and price lists. RARE collection, individual copies of the Bulletin unfound in online market searches. Overall Very Good or better, mailing stampings, small corner creases. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Publisher Workers' Music Association, Ltd.
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1955
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Reginald Archer. A Novel

Reginald Archer. A Novel

by Seemuller, Anne M. Crane

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Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1871. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Wright II 2185. This is the 386 p. version. (Wright also mentions a (presumably later) 147 p. version printed in double columns). Rust-colored embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. Moderate shelfwear, with frayed spine ends. The spine is slanted. There is a short tear on the rear hinge. Previous owner's name is penciled on the second free endpaper. Some leaves have small dampstains on their fore margins. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.
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AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.

by Shaw, George Bernard

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London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.. Good+. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, mixed state. Bound in original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and covers, brown endpapers. 256pp. Publishers name spelled correctly on spine (Sonnenschein) , previous work shown correctly, no six page appendix. Text tight, clean & intact. Spine slightly darkened, spine ends & corners lightly rubbed and faded area on rear cover. Interior 1/2" of front free endpaper has been glued to the fixed endpaper. Literature. ; Thin 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 256 pages .
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¡Guerra a muerte!

¡Guerra a muerte!

by Socorro Rojo Internacional (International Red Aid).

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ca. 1935. Very Good. Printed bill, 35 x 50 cm. Blue ink on paper. Restored and laid down. The propaganda war against Franco’s forces in Spain was fought largely with posters. These were pasted up on walls in the night at great risk not only to those putting them up, but to the printers, artists, and organizers, too. The Socorro Rojo Internacional (S.R.I.), a creation of the Communist International Congress of 1922, was intended to function as a support and aid organization (providing soup kitchens, medical care, etc.) but also propagandized energetically. This poster declares “War unto Death! To the provocateur, the spy, to anyone who sows discontent and fear. Let’s end the Fifth Column.” The little figure is composed of multiple eyes and antennae, keeping watch and listening. Such posters were willfully destroyed, and surviving examples are rare.
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TEDDY BEAR PAPER DOLL. With five outfits
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TEDDY BEAR PAPER DOLL. With five outfits

by TEDDY BEAR

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J. Ottmann Litho. Co. New York. No date. Circa 1907. Die-cut Chromolithographic Bear and clothing in original printed envelope. (Bear is 10.5 inches tall, envelope is 11.5 x 8.5 inches). The Bear has a (recently replaced) plain card back stand to keep him upright and the 5 outfits have tabs so can be laid onto the body. The hats have small slits and sit on the head, in between the ears. Each outfit comes with a hat but the Driver's cap is missing. The outfits are; a Dress Suit with vests, tie, pocket square and top hat; a Nautical Suit of blue blazer with gold buttons, stripes, anchors, and white trousers with a cap featuring an eagle; a Baseball Uniform for the NL, National League, with a striped cap; a yellow Bathrobe trimmed in red, striped socks, and a red sleeping cap; and a Driver's Coat with brass buttons, belt, and grey gloves (the cap is missing from this outfit). The Bear has just a few light scratches and a couple of the outfits have small creases but overall they are all in very good… Read More
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A Memoir of Thomas Hamitah Patoo, a Native of the Marquesas Islands; Who died June 19, 1823,...
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A Memoir of Thomas Hamitah Patoo, a Native of the Marquesas Islands; Who died June 19, 1823, while a member of the Foreign Mission School, in Cornwall, Conn. (1825)(1st printing)(American Tract Society #19)

by Anon; Harlan Page (engraver)

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Pamphlet, 1825, Andover, Mass. Early edition. Condition is Fair: wraps show significant general wear, top outer corner of blank and last wrap missing causing loss of part a letter. Interior has ownership inscription on front blank with date of 1827, old prior seller's price on blank. No other writing or markings. Spine reinforced with paper in distant past. Paginates: wraps, blanks, 48. Illustrations included in pagination. Complete as issued. This edition is uncommon. WorldCat locates ~15 copies. See OCLC: 34635134 & 22449258; Rosenbach 681. Harlan Page is the engraver, author is unknown. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: identification of edition priority is a challenge. The undated New-York Religious Tract Society is generally considered the true first. The sources on this make conclusory statements and there is reason to doubt them. I put together a summary of my research for those who are interested.[Indigenous, South Pacific, theology]
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Tragedies Topiares [Dogear Wryde Postcards]
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Tragedies Topiares [Dogear Wryde Postcards]

by Gorey, Edward

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Np: Np, 1989. First edition. Original Wraps. Illustrated envelope slightly dusty. Fine. Gorey, Edward. Twelve illustrated cards in black and white, 6 x 4 inches, 152 x 100 mm. Limited edition one of 250 copies; "This is set o/s" and signed by Edward Gorey, in original pictorial envelope -- cards are crisp and clean.
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Liberation
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Liberation

by Eastern News Distributors

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November, 1968, the whole package is included with 5 magazines
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RARE PIECE OF PUBLISHING HISTORY! Five new copies in original shipping envelope with invoice No. 11568 dated November 15, 1968 from Eastern News Distributors, Inc. Located at 155 West 15th Street, New York, New York 10011. Shipped to Old Town Bookstore in Saginaw, Michigan, owner's father's store that closed in 1972. Editorial board: A.J. Muste, Chairman, Dave Dellinger, Editor, Barbara Deming, Paul Goodman, Sidney Lens, Staughton Lynd. Managing Editor: Lamar Hoover. http://everything.explained.today/Independent_News/ I recommend looking at all of my photos.
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Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection Volume 4
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Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection Volume 4

by Krahl, Regina

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780955335723 / 0955335728
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Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2010 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 700 copies, 2 volumes, 480 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6 kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..
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Catalogue or Guide to the Liverpool Museum of Anatomy. 29, Paradise Street. This superb...
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Liverpool: Matthews Brothers, Printers, [c. 1870s]. 64 page pamphlet. Original light blue wrappers printed in black. Engraving depicting the museum on the lower wrapper, 1 engraving within the text. Wrappers rubbed, dulled, and spotted, minor crease to the upper corner slightly affecting the contents. Very good condition. The rare catalogue of the Liverpool Museum of Anatomy, describing in detail the Museum's contents and policies, and illustrating its interior by an engraving on the lower cover. The Liverpool Museum of Anatomy was one of a number of such museums in the UK and US that specialised in wax anatomical models and, unlike many of the museums of professional medical organisations, were open to the public. Though the stated goal was always education, particularly regarding reproduction and the dangers of sexual vice, these museums also traded on the shock or titillation value of their exhibits and some were targeted by the medical establishment as purveyors of vice and quackery. The… Read More
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Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950 (3 volumes in slipcase)
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Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950 (3 volumes in slipcase)

by Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield

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1st Edition
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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780394554631 / 0394554639
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Random House, Inc., New York and Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1987 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text with captions in Chinese.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket as issued, gilt top edges of the external text block). 3 volumes in slipcase..; 29 x 39.5 x 14 cm; 11 kg.; Used books with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Tiny wear marks on the hardcover cloth front cover of volume 2 and 3. Overall in very good condition.; Comprise 3 volumes: Volume I: Text (281 pages), Volume 2: Painting (369 pages) and Volume III: Calligraphy (399 pages).; Research and translation by Keith Itoh and Lawrence Wu with Jean Schmitt and Caron Smith. Introductory commentary by James C. Y. Watt.; "The publication of this book is the culmination of decades of collecting and study by the author. Over the years, I have had the privilege of watching the collection grow and have enjoyed many evenings of viewing and discussion. I will remember the occasions when a new… Read More
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Topic Songbook

Topic Songbook

by W.M.A. (Workers' Music Association)

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London: W.M.A. (Workers' Music Association), nd (post WWII). Softcover. Very good +. 55 p. 17 cm. Staplebound booklet. Paper browning. Includes numerous socialist and anti-war tunes such as "Go home, Yankee", "Are you going off to war?", "The Internationale", etc. Contains words and music.
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Selected Poems
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Selected Poems

by Masefield, John

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New York: Macmillan, 1938. Includes selections from Masefield's books: Salt-Water Ballads; Poems and Ballads; Pompey the Great; The Everlasting Mercy; The Widow in the Bye Street; Dauber; The Daffodil Fields; Philp the King; Good Friday; Lollingdon Downs; Gallipoli; Reynard the Fox; Enslaved; Right Royal; Ester; King Cole and Other Poems; Odtaa; Midsummer Night and Other Tales in Verse; The Wanderer; Minnie Maylow's Story and Other Tales and Scenes; A Letter from Pontus. 271 toned, clean pages. Navy blue cloth with gilt facsimle signature on front cover and dull gilt titles on spine; a dozen or so pages are bumped at top corner; tanned inside covers. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Forgotten  Song by Eugene Cowles  Oliver Ditson Company Boston

Forgotten Song by Eugene Cowles Oliver Ditson Company Boston

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Forgotten Song by Eugene Cowles Oliver Ditson Company Boston
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Reno, Land of Charm [Nevada]

Reno, Land of Charm [Nevada]

by Reno Chamber of Commerce

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Reno, Nevada: Reno Chamber of Commerce, 1927. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Includes original sleeve. Light general wear. 1927 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Reno, Nevada. Early travel brochure. Briefly discusses the area surrounding Reno, and touches on each of Nevada's major cities. Numerous black-and-white photo reproductions of Reno and surrounding area, including countryside and Sparks.--Calvello Books
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EDGAR ALLAN POE IN 20 OBJECTS FROM THE SUSAN JAFFE TANE COLLECTION
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EDGAR ALLAN POE IN 20 OBJECTS FROM THE SUSAN JAFFE TANE COLLECTION

by Gabrielle Dean and Richard Kopley [eds.]

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Baltimore: The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, 2017. paperback. 9.2 x 5.2 inches. paperback. xiv, 129 pages. This collection of short, illustrated essays by leading and emerging Poe scholars focuses on twenty Poe-related objects from a private collection, which are closely examined as a means of unpacking Poe's family history, literary preoccupations, and legacy. Published in connection with a public exhibition at Johns Hopkins University, October 2016 through February 2017, "The Enigmatic Edgar A. Poe in Baltimore & Beyond.
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Two Anti-Communist Newsletters

Two Anti-Communist Newsletters

by CHURCH LEAGUE OF AMERICA [ANTI-COMMUNISM] [ANTI-LABOR]

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Evanston, IL: Church League of America, 1950. Pamphlet. Fine. This is a lot of 2 pamphlets from the early 1950s published by the right wing Church League of America based out of the Chicago suburbs from 1937-1984. Both pieces are in fine condition. THOMPSON, Dorothy. "What Is Behind the Immigration Furor?"; News and Views, January 1953, No. 230. Evanston: National Laymen's Council of the Church League of America. Broadsheet. 4 pp. A newsletter decrying the New Deal and the threat of Communist immigrants. RADCLIFFE, Cy. "A little business fights Big Government". Evanston: National Laymen's Council of the Church League of America. Broadsheet. 2 pp. A newsletter describing the writer's efforts to prevent his employees from unionizing and the ensuing lawsuit. Includes a photo of Radcliffe captioned "CRUSADER."
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THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA CITRUS STORY
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THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA CITRUS STORY

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Redlands, California: Pure Gold, [1955]. Stapled wraps. Very good. [12p.] Small chips to wrap edges. The Mutual Orange Distributors (MOD) was founded in Redlands, California, in 1906 as a cooperative marketing association representing citrus growers in California. Within a few years, the coop included citrus growers in western Arizona. In 1955, MOD changed its name to Pure Gold, originally the brand name for fruit grown by the approximately 2,500 MOD growers. Sunkist took over the Pure Gold trademark when the co-op closed in 1987 due to housing developments replacing the citrus fields and the shrinking number of packing plants. This booklet explains the history of the citrus-growing culture in California and Arizona and provides information on the variety of oranges, lemons, and grapefruit grown and their cultivation and packaging. A map on the back shows the regions represented by the Pure Gold cooperative. Scarce, none located in OCLC. B&w illustrations and halftone photographs. (11"x8-1/2")
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Leopold Von Ranke A Review of his Life
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Leopold Von Ranke A Review of his Life

by Adams, Henry Brook

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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volumes 22-23 pages 542-558, signed "H. B. A" Leopold Von Ranke a review of his life. by Herbert Baxter Adams;
Adams was born to Nathaniel Dickinson Adams and Harriet (Hastings) Adams in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. On his mother's side, he was a descendant of Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634.[1] Adams received his early training in the Amherst, Massachusetts public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Amherst College in 1872. In 1873 Adams traveled to Europe to study and write. In 1874 he then moved to Heidelberg, Germany to pursue the Ph.D. degree. There he was influenced by Johann Gustav Droysen and Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, the latter also becoming his mentor. Heidelberg did not then require a thesis from its doctoral candidates, instead it required an oral examination, for which he chose political science for his major field (Hauptfach), with two minors… Read More
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Revolt in June: Documents and Reports on the People's Uprising in East Berlin and in the Soviet...

Revolt in June: Documents and Reports on the People's Uprising in East Berlin and in the Soviet Zone of Germany

by [West German Government]

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[Bonn?]: Federal Ministry for All-German Affairs, 1953.Oblong small quarto (9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 64 pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). West German government booklet documenting the June 1953 uprising in East Germany. In English, profusely illustrated.
CONDITION: Lower right corner of front cover clipped, small stain to front cover, closed tear to rear cover, light toning to page extremities. About Very Good.
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Butterflies in gilded frame
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Butterflies in gilded frame

by Handmade in Switzerland Reichlin

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handmade exhibit of butterflies gold frame
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Number 30. Shelter Lullaby, by Helen Thomas sheet music Boston Music, drawing by Edwina Dumm

Number 30. Shelter Lullaby, by Helen Thomas sheet music Boston Music, drawing by Edwina Dumm

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Number 30. Shelter Lullaby, by Helen Thomas sheet music Boston Music, drawing by Edwina Dumm
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