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

Fullerton, CA: Associated Councils of Social Engineers, 1964. Newsletter. Thirteen issues of the 8.5x11 inch mimeographed newsletter, generally moderate toning with the occasional penciled notation, many with postal markings and mailing address; last issue has final page loose but present. Undated, but the earliest issue here refers to the 1960 presidential election (lamenting Kennedy's Catholicism), and the last issue urges the reader to buy "They Dare Not Call it Treason" (an error for the 1964 bestseller None Dare Call It Treason). Issues present are vol. 3 nos. 3-7 of The Analyst, and vol. 4 nos. 1-7 and vol. 5 no. 2 of The Equalitarian-Analyst. The format and style of writing suggests a connection to the earlier Equalitarian Bulletin, a utopian journal issued by the Provisional Equalitarian Club that drew much from Technocracy, the IWW, and Christian economics. However, by this point the political perspective, while still syncretic and difficult to categorize, borrows a bit more from the… Read More

Nottingham: The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, 1970. Hardcover. 15p., very good condition in a worn and chipped dj. Spokesman pamphlet no. 6.

Denver, CO: Alan Swallow, 1947. Pamphlet. 48p., illustrations, wraps. 8.75 x 6 in. Very Good. Leaves evenly toned.

Seattle: Self-published by the author, 1937. Pamphlet. 14p., stapled wraps, 5.5x7.5 inches, staples rusted, label affixed to verso of front wrap noting it was the January 1938 choice of the Pamphlet of the Month Club of New York City, sticker scar on rear wrap, else very good condition. Technocratic argument for a planned economy and increased production.

Oakland; North Hollywood; Los Angeles: Provisional Equalitarian Club; Equalitarian Register, 1956. Newsletter. 55 issues of the 8.5x11 inch mimeographed newsletter, generally moderate toning with the occasional penciled notation about the date of receipt or the source of the bulletin; a few issues with heavier wear or more uneven toning, many with postal markings and mailing address. Includes the following issues: "Don't Read, Throw Away" no. 11, modifying the title to "Don't Read, Throw Away / Equalitarian Club Bulletin" nos. 12, 13; thence simply the Equalitarian Bulletin, nos. 14-26, 28-39, 43, 44, 46-57, 59-64, and the later issues 91 and 105 (both with cover sheets loose but present). Some issues from the late 1940s have multiple sections, sometimes loose, sometimes stapled together. Also present is a pamphlet on unions from the same organization, in similar format, cover quite foxed, from the late 1940s. Utopian journal geared toward the formation of a world association of Equalitarians,… Read More

Los Angeles: Frederic Dudley Palmer, 1945. Pamphlet. [4], 26, [2]p., wraps. 7.5 x 5.5 in. With a typed form later tipped on and folded on first leaf. Paper toned, commensurate with age. Very Good. The author promotes a technocratic "wageless economy" where machines and automation enable 12-hour work weeks; rails against an elite class that hoards wealth. With references to the recent conclusion of World War II and the atomic bomb. Also makes disparaging remarks about Mexican-Americans and Mexican immigrants who, he claims, have made American streets unsafe. The text appears to have been expanded and published at the end of the decade by J.W. Luce.

Seattle: a managing board, 1981. Newsletter. [24]p., quarto self-wraps, 10x8 inches, a few photo-illustrations, a crimped creased copy with faint damp-smudge but not that badly uglified and easy to handle. A good (good-only) copy with a mailing label, else clean and unmarked.

Oakland: Self-published by the author, 1956. Paperback. 170p., staplebound paperback; light dampstain on front cover, otherwise very good.

London: Freedom Press, 1991. Paperback. 69p., wraps, 5.75x8.25 inches, very good condition. Anarchist Discussion Series. On questioning and discrediting experts and challenging assumptions.

Seattle, WA: Technocracy, 1960. Newsletter. 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides in red and black, handled, corner slightly creased, back side has two small stains, else in very good condition.

Vancouver: the digest, 1982. Pamphlet. 24p., stapled softbound in pamphlet form, Rubricated cover titling, nicely laid out but the sketch cartooning is rather poor, a sound, clean, unmarked copy.

Seattle, WA: Technocracy, 1970. Group of 7 separate one-sheet briefs, each an 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides in red and black, some light wear else generally very good condition. Numbers included are 26, 28, 29, 30, 40, 50, & 64. Each brief is a single-issue article, some reprinted from Technocracy publications, some specially composed.

Paris: Utopie, 1969. Pamphlet. 48 pages, wraps. 9 x 5.5 in. Edges of covers and text block slightly toned, but otherwise an exceptionally clean, crisp copy. First edition. Anonymous tract on urbanism and class struggle. Utopie was a Paris-based collective of architects, sociologists, and urbanists active from 1967-1978 that engaged in "revolutionary critique of urbanism" primarily through its eponymous journal. Inspired by the Situationists, Henri Lefebvre, and May 1968, their salvos critiquing technocracy, modernization, and urban planning were authored collectively, but contributors include Jean Aubert, Isabelle Auricoste, Jean Baudrillard, Catherine Cot, Charles Goldblum, Jean-Paul Jungmann, Henri Lefebvre, René Lourau, Antoine Stinco, and Hubert Tonka. Table of contents printed on a separate sheet, inserted.