Politics & History from May Day Books

New York: Modern Age Books, [1940]. Paperback. Better than Good in worn and lightly-stained wrappers; lots of edgewear; top right corner badly bumped; edges of text block dirty; text unmarked. 7.25 x 5.5 x .8 inches. The exciting story of the dynamic West-Coast CIO leader, whose trial laid bare the conflict of powerful forces; signed by the author… Read more about this item

New York: Pathfinder, 2000. Paperback. Better than Very Good in rubbed and edgeworn wrappers; some spotting on front edge of text block . 5.25 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches. Fourth Printing How a class-struggle union leadership in the 1930s fought for independent working-class political action; includes an appendix on how the Teamsters organized independent truckers in the 1930s… Read more about this item

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 1993. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 8.5 x 5.5 x .3 inches. The autobiography of the well-known socialist, Wobbly, organizer, prisoner, editor, publisher etc.; 92 pages

Champaign IL: Libertarian Labor Review, 1990. Paperback. Very Good in stapled wraps; stain (coffee?) on rear wrap; bottom right corner bent. 8.5 x 5.5 x .2 inches. Second Revised Edtion An anarchist look at the terrible state of the American labor movement in 1990 and a plea for a new beginning;

New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1946. Hardcover. Very Good in gray cloth boards; previous owner name stamped on top of edge block and on first and last free endpapers; page 100 dog-eared. 8.5 x 6 x .9 inches. Eighth Printing Interesting portraits from a left view of the lords of the press, their servants, and their battles; including… Read more about this item

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 8.5 x 5.5 x .2 inches. New and completely revised edition A do-it-yourself book on labor law and worker rights with a chapter on being your own lawyer by the famous labor lawyer and social justice warrior

Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers; some edgewear. 5.5 x 0.68 x 8.3 inches. First Edition, First Printing Think it’s only today that elections are manipulated? Read this muckraking memoir by Sinclair about his 1934 run for governor In California and his campaign to End Poverty In California (EPIC); introduction by James… Read more about this item

Las Vegas NV: Will Jonson, [2014]. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers; small red spot on rear cover. 9 x 6 x .35 inches. A collection of essays and speeches by dear old Debs; he received more than a million votes for president while imprisoned for opposing WWI; 126 pages

Las Vegas NV: The Leftist Public Domain Project, 2020. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 9 x 6 x 0.25 inches. Worth reading, but Engels’ conclusion that the State will wither away calls into question just which philosophy is scientific and which utopian

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [2009]. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers; a bit shelfworn. 0.9 x 5.9 x 8.9 inches. First Printing Berinsky: To fully understand opinion during times of war, we need to integrate the study of domestic politics and the study of international matters; 336 pages with appendices, notes, bibliography, and index

New York: Crown Publishing Group, [2017]. Hardcover. Very Good in dust jacket; edgeworn; deckle edges. 6.2 x 9.3 x 1.7 inches. Eighth Printing Eye opening look inside the Hillary campaign; includes post-election description of campaign chiefs deciding, over pizza, to blame Russia

New York: Seven Stories Press, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine in slightly wrinkled dust jacket. 6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches. First Edition, First Printing The writings of the enigmatic subcommandante are divided into three sections: 1) political; 2) philisophical and personal; and 3) myths and folktales; there is an afterword by Ana Carrigan titled Chiapas, The First Postmodern… Read more about this item

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [2007]. Hardcover. Better then Very Good in unclipped dust jacket; some edge and shelf-wear; text clean and unmarked. 6.21 x 1.64 x 9.26 inches. Fifth Printing Klein’s explosive expose of how capitalism takes advantage of every disaster to further its political agenda; includes endnotes and an index in its 662 pages

New York: All Points Books, 2019. Hardcover. Better then Very Good in unclipped dust jacket; some edge and shelf-wear; some sporadic pencil underlining througout; includes an appendix (A Left Media Diet), endnotes, and an index in its 326 pages . 10.51 x 1.19 x 5.89 inches. First Edition, First Printing An in-depth examination of 21st Century Socialism, a… Read more about this item

Delaware: Hot Books, [2018]. Paperback. Very Good in wrappers; text is clean and unmarked.. 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.25 inches. First Printing The story of the 2016 election and how the Democratic nomination was stolen from Bernie Sanders; includes three appendices (1: Transcript of motion hearing 4/25/17; 2: Transcript of motion hearing 8/23/16; 3:Charter and bylaws of the… Read more about this item

New York: Twelve, 2022. Paperback. Fine in wrappers. 6 x 1.75 x 9 inches. First Edition Stated Findings from the Select Committee to Investigate the Attack on the US Capital with reporting, analysis and visuals by the New York Times

Washington DC: Goldwater for President Committee, 1964. Paperback. About Very Good in wrappers; rear wrap stained and dirty; contents clean. 8.5 x 5.5 x .1 inches. Includes Goldwater for President bumper sticker

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1962. Very Good in a somewhat worn, unclipped dust jacket. 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.75 inches. First Edition Stated Signed on the first free endpaper, ‘To Baxter Ward with best wishes from Dick Nixon’; Baxter Ward was an influential television news anchor in Los Angeles who went on to serve two terms on… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books, 2019. Hardcover. 6.4 x 1.8 x 9.55 inches. First US Edition An interesting look at Chinese philosophy as practiced by the old masters; ‘The shape of the cleaver mattered little as long as it could cut.’ 481 pages including notes, further reading, and an index.

New York: New York University Press, [2010]. Paperback. Very Good in wrappers; curl to front wrap; used price sticker on rear wrap and spine; bookstore stamp on bottom edge; text clean and unmarked. 6.0 x 1.1 x 9.0 Inches. Second Printing A classic of urban studies; includes bibliography and index; 439 pages