Search Results: Politics/ Government from Mare Booksellers

No Place: No Publisher, 1814. First American Edition. Original Wraps. Good. No publisher or printer given. Page numbers begin at page 243 and end at page 429, with a title page preceding and a 3 page table of contents following the text. Bound in paper wrappers. Acts include an act for the relief of Daniel Boone (granting rights to land received by him from the Spanish government), an act supplemental to the one ascertaining the titles and claims in the state of Louisiana, an act establishing the mode of laying off districts in Indiana, acts pertaining to the territories of Mississippi and Missouri, etc. In GOOD condition. Heavy chipping to the fore edge of the paper wraps, with some loss. Minor scuffing, chipping and wear to the extremities. Minor soiling and general darkening. The top three and bottom two inches of the spine binding is missing but the binding is still solid and intact. The text is clean and solid, with many pages unopened. Heavy foxing and darkening to many pages throughout,… Read More

Philadelphia: Press of Burk and M'Fetridge, 1880. Original Wraps. Good. 8pp. A short speech, given in the Wigwam in Philadelphia, addressing Republican party supporters, recalling the Republican party as that of Abraham Lincoln, with strong anti-slavery and pro morality roots, at the same time calling the Democratic party the party of those for the rebellion against Lincoln and the Union. Tomlinson castigates the "so-called Democratic party," and its presidential candidate while endorsing James A. Garfield. Also addressed are tariff and currency related issues. In GOOD condition with a faint vertical fold crease present. Heavy darkening/offsetting along the lower extremities, with two small areas of staining on the rear wrap. Minor toning to the piece.

No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher, place or date. 1880 (based on OCLC records). Pamphlet, 8 pp. With 'No. 23' at the upper left corner. All text in German. A German language work issued in support of James Garfield for president of the United States. With short sections on Chester A. Arthur and the Republican platform. GOOD+ condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Crease at lower right corner. Minor toning and soiling.

Boston: The Arena Company, Publisher, 1898. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 144 pp., plus ads. A single issue of this magazines. Includes: an article by B.O Flower on the poet James G. Clark, 'James G. Clark, the American Laureate of Labor,' examining his treatment of labor and poverty issues in his poetry; 'Is American Domesticity Decreasing, and if so, Why?' by Helen Campbell in which she studies domestic life and the rise of women in the workforce, citing labor trends and effects on home life; 'Plutocracy and War,' by John Clark Ridpath; and 'The Higher Civilization Versus Vivisection,' by Rosa G. Abbott, examining torture and mistreatment of animals in society. With other articles and features as well. Arena was a progressive magazine published in the late 1800's, noted for examining various social causes of the time. GOOD condition. Moderate soiling and darkening to the wraps. Minor staining along the extremities. One title underlined in blue pencil on the front cover. Alphanumeric sequence at the… Read More

Buenos Aires: Asociacion Judeo Argentina De Estudios Historicos, 1987. Original Wraps. Good. 63 pages. All text in SPANISH. A look at Antisemitism and the Jewish people in Argentina, as written in 1964 by the Socialist Zionist Party in Argentina. In GOOD condition. In card stock covers with staples along the binding. Minor to moderate soiling, uneven fading and darkening. Minor curling and creasing along the extremities. Small horizontal tear at the rear lower binding. Text clean and solid with some creasing in the fore edge margins.

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. No publisher or place. Presumed 1968. AFL-CIO union slug on the curl. Approximately 1 ¾ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Photo of Boutelle circled with campaign motto. Campaign pinback for Boutelle's 1968 run as candidate for Vice-President for the Socialist Workers Party. GOOD condition. Minor soiling and foxing to the face. Pink ink apparently ran a bit in the production process. Rear rusted, with an old price in ink.

No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. Fair. No publisher, place or date. (Cleveland, 1896). Grayish green wraps. 32 pp., including covers. A club program written to promote William McKinley as president and his platform of tariff and gold/silver standard reform. This is primarily done through songs skewering other politicians and their platforms, as well as lauding McKinley and others. The Business Men's Honest Money Club, according to the front cover, met noon every day. Front cover bears portraits of McKinley, Hobart and Theodore Burton. (Miles: Songs, Glees and Ballads #338). FAIR condition. Wrappers heavily chipped and torn along the spine, almost detached from the text block. Moderate soiling, darkening and some staining to the covers, with minor foxing. Old price erased from the upper front covers. Some chipping, tearing and associated creasing along the extremities.

Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers or binding originally issued. 232 pp. A detailed report and account of the 1860 presidential campaign, recalling the events leading to the eventual nomination of Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, as well some speculation at the time that Seward would be nominated over Lincoln. Some mention of slavery, slave states and their political demands, is found throughout. This includes reports from the Charleston Convention, the Baltimore National Constitutional Union Convention, the Chicago Convention, the Constitutional Democratic Convention at Richmond, The National Democratic Convention at Baltimore, Institute Hall "Seceders" Convention, and the Second Richmond Convention. Written by Murat Halstead a 19th century newspaper editor and writer. FAIR/GOOD condition. Lacking any binding or covers. Moderate scattered foxing throughout. Some curling and creasing at the corners. Minor scattered soiling. Sabin 29924.

Lee, MA: Office of the Valley Gleaner, 1884. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps, side stapled. 31 pp. Perhaps written by John Osborne Sargent, this work contains writings musing on politics at the state and federal level, citing corruption at all level, including referring the Star Route scandal and speaking against party loyalty due to the name of the party. The author endorses Grover Cleveland for president, and castigates many Massachusetts politicians. Sargent was a Whig politician and lawyer, as well as an author and journalist (see Massachusetts Historical Society website). GOOD condition. Vertical fold crease present. General browning. Minor foxing and soiling. Author's name and town written in pencil on the front cover. Diagonal crease to the lower rear cover.

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. No publishers, places or dates. All presumed circa 1972. Pieces range in size from 8 1/2 by 11 inches to legal sized paper. Either single sheets or stapled packets. 21 items, plus duplicates, relating to the 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern. This includes statements that relay McGovern's thoughts on the economy, education, foreign aid, arms control, unemployment, senior citizens, voting record on labor, flyers for events, etc. Also included are printings of speeches given by McGovern, one from New Hampshire, and one from Massachusetts. Several items gather press material either for the media or what the media has said about McGovern. George McGovern was a long time US politician, who ran for president in 1968 and 1972. He gained the democratic nomination in 1972 but lost to Nixon. Items range from good to very good condition. Varying amounts of general toning, minor soiling, creasing and otherwhere to the pieces. A few with ink annotations.

New York: No Publisher. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. ). Apparent excerpt from his larger work: The Class Struggle. No publisher given. (New York). No date but believed early 1900's. Cloth binding with marbled boards. 79pp. A cyrillic/Russian language printing of a chapter from Karl Kautsky's work, "The Class Struggle," apparently chapter four titled "The Commonwealth of the Future." Kautsky was a noted Czech-German philosopher and a leading propent of Marxism, contributing to the formation and refining of its philosophical and political ideals. This copy from the Socialist Party of Chelsea (Massachusetts), perhaps from their library, bearing two circular party stamps on the title page depicting a handshake. Slightly ex-library, with the aforementioned stamps present, as well as a small paper label with a shelf number, at the head of the spine. Another label present at the upper front cover, bearing handwriting in Cyrillic. GOOD condition with minor to moderate scuffing to the boards and extremities.… Read More

New York: Charles W. Baker, 1851. Pamphlet. Poor. Printed wraps (lacking rear wrap). 36 pp. Primarily a lengthy speech by the former governor of New York, John Young, a member of the Whig party. Young addresses the politics and beliefs of the Whig party in America, discussing his endorsement of Zachary Taylor for president over Henry Clay, as well as other political controversies within the party. This includes a somewhat unclear stance on slavery, apparently against it, but seemingly also for the right of the South to adhere to slavery. POOR/FAIR condition. Front wrap DETACHED, with the rear wrap MISSING. Last leaf DETACHED. Vertical fold crease present to the pamphlet. General soiling, minor staining and some wrinkling/creasing to the pamphlet. Offsetting to one page in the interior. Rear page rather soiled and stained.

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Boston, circa 1970. A flier for John A. Lynch and his campaign for Boston City Council, focusing on the woes of the MBTA in Boston, some of which still appear to afflict the transit system today. It appears Lynch failed in his campaign. GOOD condition. Moderate toning and soiling, with some staining. Horizontal fold crease present, with some other small creases and wrinkles.

Concord, NH: Henry H. Metcalf, Publisher, 1924. Original Wraps. Good. Wraps. 48 pages. The first issue of this journal written "In support of the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy as enunciated by the author of the Declaration of Independence and maintained by the illustrious leaders of the party, from Jefferson to Wilson." The editor and publisher (and perhaps author), Metcalf, saw this work as a means to counter Republican policies and philosophies, arguing in his preface that most newspapers and journals of the day were owned by Republicans. This issue examines the Republican strategy for the upcoming presidential election, American foreign policy, Henry Cabot Lodge and his ideas, etc. Perhaps the first and only issue of this journal. No records found in the OCLC. In GOOD+ condition. Uneven fading to the covers, mostly along the extremities. Minor scuffing and soiling. Faint diagonal crease to the front cover. Light scuffing along the extremities, with a small chip missing from the upper rear… Read More

No Place: No Publisher, 1960. Unbound. Good. Ephemera related to Lewis Bertrand and his candidacy for the presidency of the United States of America in 1960. Two pieces. Single sheets, folded once, making four pages each. The first, bearing a photo of Lewis Bertrand, solicits a write in vote for Bertrand as a candidate for president in the 1960 election, running on the platform of settling with Russia. Bertrand provides a brief synopsis of his belief in conciliatory talks with Russia to avoid a conventional war or protracted Cold War. The second piece outlines the concept and platform of a 'Mankinds Assembly,' outlining goals for peace through the establishment of a permanent peace congress, independent, but concomitant with the United Nations. Peace between Russia and the United States figure heavily into the outline. Online searches yielded no information on Bertrand or the Mankinds Assembly. GOOD condition. Red date stamps at the top of each piece. Vertical fold creases present, with other… Read More

Washington: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Publisher, 1961. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 88 pp. Single issue of long running magazine devoted to philosophy and application of correctional ideas. This issue with an essay by Robert F. Kennedy, "Justice is Found in the Hearts and Minds of Free Men;" several articles devoted to juvenile delinquency; early recognizable personality deviations, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate browning to the rear cover, with a mailing label present. Moderate crease/curl along the fore edge of the front cover. Minor soiling.

Washington: Government printing Office, 1945. Original Wraps. Very Good. 152 pages including index and a few fold out charts. Citing Nazi use of propaganda to divide U.S. Citizens, this report documents African-Americans, Mexican-Americans and other minorities working in the labor force during World War II. While seeking to shed a positive light on the minority work force and their treatment in the U.S., this report also documents, primarily through statistics rather than particular cases, discrimination in the various industries. The Fair Employment Practice Committee was first established by Roosevelt in 1941, to address widespread discriminatory practices, and with executive order 9346 in 1943, gained more authority, investigating bias against African-Americans in the defense industry. The Fair Employment Practice Committee program was terminated in 1946. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and creasing to the wraps, with some creasing to the corners. Interior clean and solid. Minor soiling along… Read More

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. No publishers, place or dates. Single sheets, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Presumed Boston, circa either 1968 or 1972, but most likely 1972, based on the collection from which these came. Two fliers, one announcing, "Register Now. McGovern," and listing places for people to register to vote in the Boston area, giving late September to early October dates. The other declares, "Make President McGovern a Reality" in handwritten letters, announcing a meeting on Wednesday, April 19th at the GS Union. Both in GOOD condition, with general toning, minor soiling and a few small stains. Both sheets rather wrinkled and creased.

No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed circa 1913. Pamphlet, perhaps disbound from a larger work. Lacking any wraps or covers that may have been issue. 57 pp. An apparent pro-William Sulzer piece, containing a statement by the Governor, a statement by his counsel, the Governor's last message to the legislature, comment of newspaper correspondents and the Governor's speech at Corning. Sulzer and others address the Frawley committee and its efforts to impeach Sulzer as governor of New York, refuting claims as well as claiming a political conspiracy against him due to powers at Tammany Hall. William Sulzer was the governor of New York, being the only governor to have been impeached (in August of 1913). He was alleged to have misused campaign funds, with other allegations of wrongdoing from prior to his governorship also surfacing. GOOD condition. 2 1/2 inch tear to the title page/front cover, at the upper left corner. Minor soiling and toning, with some roughness… Read More

Engelwood, CO: Kenneth Goff, Publisher, 1952. Original Wraps. Good. Wraps illustrated with a fist against a white hammer and sickle on a red backdrop. 63 pp. An anti-communist tract, declaring Soviet communism to be a religion with the Russian people worshipping Stalin. Goff also outlines the 'secret army' in America, detailing the activities and purported Soviet backing of communist and socialist parties active the U.S. A list of names of those in charge and locations of the groups are included. Goff was a minister who was supposedly a former member of the Communist Party in the United States, actively speaking out against communism and alleging many communist plots to overthrow the U.S. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy browning/offsetting along the extremities with a faint ownership stamp on the lower front cover. Date in ink at the same locale. Moderate to heavy browning to the paper in the interior. Ownership stamp on the lower title page.