Mines / Miners / UMWA from Lorne Bair Rare Books

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 220pp; illus. Tight, sound copy, Very Good or better. Previous owner's signature in ink to front endpaper. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly dusted and worn with a few short, closed tears into margins, with old stain at base of rear panel; just Very Good.… Read more about this item

Maryville, IL: Dave Reed and John Battuello, N.d. (c. 1940). First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial card wrappers; 22pp. Faint soil and toning; Very Good. An interesting episode in Illinois labor history. Reed and Battuello, President and board member respectively of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, were deposed from their offices in January, 1940 for having… Read more about this item

London: Grey Walls Press, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's grey card wraps titled and decorated in black and red to the front wrap. 40pp. Clean, bright and strong. A very good copy indeed, with a small "Made in Great Britain" ink stamp to the rear wrap, and some toning and wear to the spine. Internally clean. A rather… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO: Muriel S. Wolle, [1952]. Fifth printing. Quarto (26cm). Taupe cloth stamped in red-orange; cartographic endpapers; [xii],544pp; black and white illustrations. Signed by author on title page, also with other gift inscription. Textblock sagging slightly, boards very lightly splayed, but clean: Very Good.

Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1904. First Edition. Octavo (19.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in white, green, and gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [iv],[7],8-412,[4]pp, with frontispiece and three plates of illustrations by A.B. Shute. Spine ends nudged, light wear to extremities, with mild dust-soil to cloth, and a faint forward lean; some… Read more about this item

[Warrenton, VA]: Warrenton Printing & Publishing, 1977. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Gold paper wrappers printed in black; [ii],57,[1]pp; black and white illustrations. Rubbed at edges, minor creasing at spine, generally Very Good or better. #61759.

Bruxelles: L. Cuypers, 1956. Second Edition. Quarto (29cm). Full green leather titled in gilt; green and orange pictorial endpapers by Mwenze Kibwanga; 281,[3]pp; black and white illustrations. Printed in two colors throughout. Lightly rubbed, 3-inch split to lower front joint, internally slightly toned but clean: Very Good. Published for the 50th anniversary of the Belgian mining union… Read more about this item

Boise, ID: The Statesman Shop, [1907]. First edition. Octavo. Printed wrappers; 130pp. Light wear and soil, with bumps at crown and heel of spine; still a clean, sound copy, Very Good. Full transcription of Borah's closing statement as prosecuting attorney in the case of Idaho vs. William D. Haywood et. al., for the 1905 murder of former Idaho Governor… Read more about this item

Deadwood, SD: Peterson & Carwile, [ca 1903]. First Edition. Oblong octavo (18cm x 27cm). Publisher's pebbled cloth, titled in gilt on front cover; title page, [2]pp text + 63 photographic illustrations (halftones) on 31 unnumbered leaves. Mild external soil; marginal thumb-soil to a few leaves and child's pencil scrawl faintly visible on the margins of two plates. Still a… Read more about this item

[Oracle, AZ]: Pipedream Press, 1979. Reprint. Signed by the author on title page. Second (?) printing. Octavo; staple-bound pictorial wrappers with matching card dustwrapper; 15,(4)pp. Fine, in slightly soiled dustwrapper. Reprint of the 1977 Confluence Press edition. Fifteen narrative poems on southwestern mining and prospecting themes.

Charleston, WV: Black Lung Association, 1971. Scarce original issue. 4pp bifolium, 11" x 8-1/2". Minor edgewear, still Very Good or better. Monthly newsletter of the Black Lung Association, a worker-led advocacy group that coalesced around the passage of coal mining legislation requiring mine operators to admit liability for pneumoconiosis, a chronic lung disease affecting soft-coal miners. The… Read more about this item

London: Communist Party of Great Britain, [1945]. First Edition. 12mo pamphlet. Staple-bound, pictorial self-wrappers; 8pp. Complete, clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Transcript of a speech made to delegates at the 18th National Party Congress, November 1945.

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1950. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Red cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 232pp. Straight, unmarked, Near Fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped ($2.50 price on front flap), lightly rubbed at spine ends, Very Good or better. A novel of the West Virginia coalfields, with a… Read more about this item

New York: Carlton & Phillips, 1854. 16mo (15cm). In original green cloth, blindstamped on boards, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; 207pp; wood-engraved frontispiece depicting "Gold Miners at Work." Ink inscription to f.f.e.p., dated 1855. A straight, sound copy, much rubbed, foxed throughout: Good. With a chapter on "The Gold Fields of Australia--The Discovery, the Excitement, and the… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Edition. First state, bulking 13/16". 12mo (18.5cm). Original terra cotta publisher's cloth, blind frame to boards, titled in gilt on spine; chocolate brown coated endpapers; [iv], 283pp. Sturdy and fresh, albeit with minor wear and dirt to cloth, hinges cracked, internally clean: Good or better. A pleasing copy of this collection… Read more about this item

New York: Orcutt Co, [1898]. Lithograph in colors, 49cm x 32.5cm (19" x 12-3/4"). Printed on thin coated stock, text in three lines below large central image of a bearded laborer. Small marginal loss at left (away from printed area); a few small marginal tears, small area of ink (?) specks at left of image. Overall Very Good. The… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1924. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); orange/gold cloth titled in black on the cover and spine; dustjacket by D. C. Hutchinson; 327pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; faint forward lean, small stamp inside rear cover (August 1972); Near Fine. The dustjacket has nicks and short tears; chipping to the crown of spine; spine… Read more about this item

New York, Sept. 22, 1932. Original typed letter, signed, on recto only of embossed United Mine Workers of America letterhead (25x20cm.) with address in Indianapolis, though this letter dated from the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. Mail folds, very faint soil spot, else Fine. Approx. 150 words addressed to Gomer T. Davies, long-time editor of the newspaper the Concordia… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); beige linen, with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; patterned endpapers; dustjacket; [vi],298pp. Medium-sized booksellers label to front pastedown, else Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, shelfworn and spine-sunned, with several tears and attendant creases, a few shallow losses along lower edge, with shallow loss… Read more about this item

[Washington: Bituminous Coal Institute, 1947]. Revised edition. 12mo; staple-bound card wrappers; 26pp. Tight, clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Dictionary of terms for non-technical users. The Bituminous Coal Institute was the public-relations arm of the bituminous industry in the United States.