Rural Labor from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First Edition. First printing, with the J. J. Little device on copyright page. Octavo (20cm). Red cloth, stamped in gilt; plain endpapers; [viii],652pp; map facing first page of text. Straight and tight, with a hint of fading to cloth on spine and a few tiny specks of soil; Very Good+. The… Read more about this item

Glendo, WY: High Plains Press, 1998. First, Limited Edition. First printing. No. 201 of 424 copies, signed by the publisher on title page. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 254pp; illus. Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper. Farlow(born 1861) first settled in the Wind River region of Wyoming in 1876 and established his first ranching operation in the early 1880s.… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Texas Press, (1973). Third Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper by the author's son, Watt Matthews: "To Loyd and Norma / with appreciation and best wishes," signed, dated 4-20-1974. First University of Texas printing. Octavo (24cm). Tan cloth stamped in gilt, in cream jacket; map endpapers; [xviii],226,[4]pp; black and white illustrations. Straight and bright, about Fine; in… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Gray cloth, titles stamped in maroon on spine and front cover; 460pp. Spine mildly sunned, else a tight, straight, Very Good or better copy, lacking the dustwrapper. Contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown of F. Cudworth Flint, Dartmouth College. Warren's first novel, set in the Kentucky Black Patch… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1932]. First Edition. Limited issue. Number 66 of 250 copies, signed by the author on limitation page. Octavo (20.5cm.). Pebbled red cloth in original acetate dustjacket; 348pp. Fine copy in clean acetate with a small chip at base of spine. No slipcase present, nor have we ever seen a slipcase for this book. The Pulitzer… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Farmworkers Emergency Relief, N.d. [ca 1991]. Single sheet, 11" x 8-1/2"; photostatically printed on both sides of a sheet of yellow copier bond. Slight wrinkles to margins; Very Good. Fundraising broadside to assist California farmworkers following the disastrous December freeze of 1990, which wiped out 70 percent of that year's citrus crop and left tens… Read more about this item

New York: American Labor Education Service, 1957. First Edition. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). Side-stapled sheets; 21pp. Near Fine. Proceedings of a seminar conducted under the sponsorship of the American Labor Education Service (ALES) and the Northwest Education Conference of Farmers and Workers. Introduction signed in type by Chester A. Graham, "Field Associate." Graham (1892-1980) a long-time labor… Read more about this item

[Gloucester, NJ], 1850-1855. Four volumes as follows: 1. [Title in Manuscript] Cash Expense Book 1850. Octavo (19cm.); yellow pictorial wrappers printed within decorative borders; [24]pp. of text. Brief evidence of biopredation to top fore-edge corner, light soil, else Very Good. Reeves used children's copybooks for his expense accounts, this depicting a Native American attempting to axe a white… Read more about this item

Worcester: Manning and Trumbull, 1819. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 30pp. Some shallow chipping and curling along extremities, title page (serving as upper cover) rather foxed and a bit soiled, coin-sized loss to pp. 29/30 and final leaf (blank) not approaching text; still, overall Very Good and sound. Contents include the list of exhibitors and winners at the… Read more about this item

[New York]: Public Affairs Committee, 1938. Revised Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's green staplebound wrappers; 32pp. Some wear to wrapper extremities, pencil underlining to first few leaves, else Very Good and sound. Summary of a group of recent studies on tenancy and land tenure conditions. Public Affairs Pamphlet no. 12.

Albany: Joel Munsell, 1846. Offprint. Slim octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's yellow wrappers printed within double rule; 63pp.; engraved frontispiece with key and errata slip bound after title page. Wrappers a bit worn and soiled, tidemark affecting entire textblock; still, overall Very Good. Inscribed at head of upper cover: "Dr. E. Holmes / with the respects of the author." Paper on… Read more about this item

[New York: Public Affairs Committee, 1945]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's green pictorial staplebound wrappers; 31pp. Spine edge heavily worn with some chipping and splitting at ends; Good only, though internally sound. Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 100.

Berkeley: University of California Printing Office, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 46pp. Brief pencil notation to front wrapper; old ink pressure stamp to rear wrapper ("Library of the San Francisco College For Women"); marginal soil and toning; Very Good and sound. A publication of the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station.

Washington DC: National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor, 1959. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 8pp.; illus., text printed from typescript. Light wear from handling else Near Fine. Articles include "Emergency Is a Normal Condition for Migratory Farm Workers" and "What Should Be the Language of an Agricultural Child Labor Amendment?

Washington DC: National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor, 1962. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 16pp.; maps and illus., text printed from typescript. Light wear from handling, a hint of uneven toning, else Near Fine. Contents cover the Williams-Zelenko Migratory Labor Bills, the Mexican Farm Labor Program; and the passing of the Migratory Farm Labor Health bill. … Read more about this item

[Cleveland]: National Consumers Committee for Research and Education, [1958]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); single leaf folded into six-panelled brochure; printed from typescript. Horizontal fold, light wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2020.

Washington DC: National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor, 1963. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 7pp. Previous mail folds, rear wrapper postally used, light cockling and toning, else Very Good. Covers new development programs stimulated by rural poverty, the Area Redevelopment Act, and the Manpower Development and Training Act.

Washington DC: National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor, 1958. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 8pp.; illus., text printed from typescript. Light wear from handling, else Near Fine. Issue chiefly dedicated to a midsession report of congressional activity affecting low income farm operators and farm labor.

Washington DC: National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor, 1957. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 8pp.; illus., text printed from typescript. Light wear from handling, faint uneven toning, else Very Good or better. Lead article on the regulation of the transportation of migratory workers, citing an accident which occured in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in June, 1957, which killed… Read more about this item

Washington DC: NCALL, 1964. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 10pp. Previous mail folds, rear wrapper postally used, light toning, else Very Good. Leading article on the Anti-Poverty Bill.