Search Results: Law from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

Los Angeles: Family Council on Drug Awareness, 1990. 6-panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches, photocopied on blue paper stock, very good condition. The FCDA was "founded in 1989 to develop and present reliable, factual information about drugs and drug policy." Sample question: "Q. Is Marijuana Addictive? A. No, it is not. ... On a relative scale, marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate but more so than anchovies." Part of a broader effort to re-legalize cannabis.

New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. Paperback. 95p., slightly worn wraps else very good condition, 5.5x7.75 inches. *Seidman F160.

Pasadena, TX: Self-published by the author at Col-Medi, 2000. Hardcover. xiii, 276p., front free endpaper excised, endpapers have text, preface, introduction, epilogue, photos, facsimiles of documents, good first edition stated of 2000 copies bound in leatherette or vinyl with color photo plate tipped-on to cover and gilt titles. Book by the wife of a Colombian American surgeon who performed liposuction treatments and delivered babies in Texas.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1955. Paperback. 252p., shelf worn wraps faded on spine, spine creased and sun faded, else good condition. "The first half of the book describes Blawnox Workhouse, the prison in Pennsylvania where he served his sentence. The second half tells the story of his trial before Judge Montgomery in Pittsburgh for violation of the Smith Act, with Nelson acting as his own lawyer. The final chapter is an abridged version of his closing address to the jury." *Seidman N70.

Leipzig: Paul List Verlag, 1956. Paperback. 315p., wraps shelf worn and toned else good condition. East German edition in English. Panther books, Paul List edition.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1955. Paperback. 252p., shelf worn wraps faded on spine, spine creased and sun faded, else good condition. "The first half of the book describes Blawnox Workhouse, the prison in Pennsylvania where he served his sentence. The second half tells the story of his trial before Judge Montgomery in Pittsburgh for violation of the Smith Act, with Nelson acting as his own lawyer. The final chapter is an abridged version of his closing address to the jury." *Seidman N70.

Nairobi: Stellascope Publishing Co. Ltd, 1983. Pamphlet. 54p., first edition staplebound 8x5.5 inch photo-decorated wraps are a bit faded and edgeworn, a good copy.

Nairobi: Stellascope Publishing Co. Ltd, 1983. Pamphlet. 64p., first edition staplebound 8x5.5 inch photo-decorated wraps are a bit faded and edgeworn, a good copy.

Nairobi: Stellascope Publishing Co. Ltd, 1983. Pamphlet. 39p., first edition staplebound 8x5.5 inch photo-decorated wraps are a bit faded and edgeworn, a good copy.

Colorado Springs: International Typographical Union, 1981. 122p., staplebound booklet, minor handling wear, rear wrap toned along top edge else very good condition. Cover title: "Book of Laws

Washington DC: GPO, 1982. Paperback. vii, 290p., softbound in 9x6 inch plain-ish printed wraps, a very good copy: sound, clean, unmarked, except for a previous ownership signature of Clark Kissinger, a sometime Revolutionary Communist, signing (he prints) just last name.

New York: American Civil Liberties Union, 1997. Newsletter. 49p., 8.5x11 inches, introduction, spotlight on 1997, docket, list of supporters, photos, lightly-worn booklet in stapled wraps with Pennsylvania ACLU label on cover.

n.p., 1969. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, together with a two-page "Background sheet on mutiny charge against 27 soldiers at San Francisco Presidio Stockade" and a single page reprint of the "Official recommendation from Hearing Officer at Pretrial Investigation to Lt. General Stanley Larsen." These other items are in similar format, and all three were folded together for mailing, with a staple hole at one edge, and postal markings on the back of the rear sheet. The Presidio 27 were a group of prisoners at the Presidio Stockade who were charged with mutiny for their participation in a sit down protest following the murder of another prisoner by a guard.

Washington DC: Labor Party, 1997. Folder, 11.5x9.2 inches, with seven sheets of organizing tips, reprinted article and related material on the Labor Party and its campaign for an Amendment to the Constitution that guarantees everyone a right to a job, two pads of blank petitions are also included along with the packet is 2x2 inch pin back button promoting the amendment. The folder is slightly faded with minor abrasions else very good condition.

Montreal: 4strugglemag, 2006. Pamphlet. 73p., single issue of the zine-style periodical, not bound; photos., illus., in very good condition.

New York: the Federation, 1942. Pamphlet. 32p., 5.25x7.25 inches, very good in staplebound wraps. First fifteen pages are text, on the Bridges case and broader ramifications; the remainder is a list of signatories with their affiliations or other identification. The list includes Alice Stone Blackwell, Marc Blitzstein, Franz Boas, Herb Caen, Carrie Chapman Catt, Aaron Copland, Ralph Ellison, Guy Endore, Waldo Frank, Hugo Gellert, E. Haldeman Julius, Elia Kazan, Rockwell Kent, Carey McWilliams, Benjamin E. Mays, Budd Schulberg, Christina Stead, Donald Ogden Stewart, Paul Tillich, Lynd Ward, William Carlos Williams, Art Young and many others.

Los Angeles: National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1965. Pamphlet. 32p., wraps, very good condition, 8.5x11 inches. Williams was the founder of the National Committee.

Los Angeles: the presenting organizations, 1979. 223 sheets, printed recto only, 8.5x11 inches, hole punched and inserted into a binder, application form included.

[Los Angeles], 1942. 9p, 8.5 x 14 inches, typescript of possible article, stapled at top left, folded in half, mildly yellowed at fold on outer page and small chipping along left edge of last page else very good condition. Charles J. Katz(1905-1983) was a founder of the National Lawyers' Guild, was counsel for the Hollywood Ten along with law partner Ben Margolis, and was brought before HUAC in September 1952 during an investigation titled "Communist Activities among Professional Groups In The Los Angeles Area." This was probably written as an article for a popular periodical.

Berkeley: AAPA, 1970. Newspaper. 8p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, some notes in pencil and pen on front cover. Slogan in Chinese at top means "Return power to the people." Includes an early piece on the International Hotel, a brief item on a pilgrimage to Manzanar, a page on Asian legal defense with tips if stopped by the police, and more.