AFL / CIO from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Cape Town: Juta & Co, [n.d.; ca 1936]. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth titled in black on front and spine; [viii],[vi],223pp; black and white illustrations. Remnants of bookplate to front board. Sound but rubbed and spine-sunned; endleaves and adjacent text leaves foxed, else internally clean; Very Good.

Washington DC: United Steelworkers of America Political Action Department, N.d. [1984]. Edition and printing not stated. Octavo; comb-bound pictorial card wrappers; 88pp. Mild rubbing to covers, else Fine. A primer on political organizing for rank-and-file union members, issued in advance of the 1984 national elections.

Washington DC: American Federation of Labor (AFL), 1940. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's grey wrappers printed within double rule; xxxvi,[1]-705pp. Snag at crown of spine; front free endpaper torn at gutter; text complete and Good. An especially large and lively conference proceedings, with much content on American labor and the international war effort.

Washington DC: Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, (1959). First Edition. Staple bound pamphlet. Slim octavo (9" x 4"); printed glossy paper wrappers; 16pp. Clean and free of significant wear; Near Fine. Transcript of Whitehouse's speech to Harvard MBA candidates, a surprisingly strident attack (given the audience) against big business, conformity, and the society's loss of cohesion in the… Read more about this item

[New York]: Moving Picture Operators Union Local 306 / A.F.L., n.d., ca. 1932. Original steel bottle opener/milk cap pick (6.5cm. in length). Minor rustiness, else Near Fine. Presumably issued during the 1932 union wars between the New York-based Moving Picture Operators Union Local 306 and the Empire State Motion Picture Union. The dispute came to a head on a… Read more about this item

N.p.: AFL-CIO, 1958. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); side-stapled self-wrappers; 2ll. printed on rectos only & 2,2,2,2pp.; printed from typescript. Minor wear from handling, else Very Good or better. AFL-CIO Fact Sheet - Wage and Hour No. 7. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2020.

[Milwaukee]: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO / Essanel Press, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 99pp. Minor wear from handling, brief ink check marks to a few leaves, else Very Good or better.

San Francisco: California State CIO, 1942. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); staplebound self-wrappers printed in double rule; 29pp.; text in double columns. Wrapper extremities toned and rather dust-soiled, old horizontal mail fold, ownership rubberstamp of the Marxist newspaper "People's World," San Francisco, to upper cover, else Good to Very Good overall. Harvard only in OCLC as of June, 2020. … Read more about this item

Washington DC: Bureau of National Affairs, [1953 or 1954]. Offprint. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 931-951pp. Light wear and a hint of toning, else Very Good and sound. "Reprinted from Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Contracts" (upper cover).

Chicago: Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America / Commerce Clearing House, 1959. Third Printing. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's blue printed staplebound card wrappers; 96pp. Old extensive glue residue to rear wrapper else a Very Good or better copy.

[Milwaukee]: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO / Essanel Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 110pp. Minor wear from handling, brief ink notes to a few leaves, else Very Good or better.

[Milwaukee]: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO / Essanel Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 108pp. Minor wear from handling, rather extensive ink marginalia throughout, else Very Good and sound.

Los Angeles: International Association of Machinists / AFL-CIO, 1957. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); blue side-stapled wrappers; 5pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Some wear from handling, old horizontal fold, light toning to extremities, else Very Good and sound. "A project of the Western states Lodges of the International Association of Machinists, AFL-CIO, for the Benefit of Israel Histadrut" (upper cover). Not… Read more about this item

[Washington, D.C.]: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1971. 12mo. Staple-bound wrappers; 116pp. Light external ageing and soil; Very Good. One in an annual series of AFL-CIO Legislative Reports, with sections on "Jobs and the Economy," "Housing and the Environment," "Health, Education and Welfare," etc.

N.p.: AFL-CIO, [1957]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled self-wrappers; 3ll.; printed from typescript on rectos only. Fine condition. AFL-CIO Fact Sheet - Fair Labor Standards No. 5. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2020.

[Washington, DC]: Congress of Industrial Organizations, Department of Education and Research, 1947. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); pictorial self-wrappers; [8]pp.; two-toned (red and black) illus. throughout. Previous mail folds, some wear and cockling, contemporary rubberstamp to upper cover, else Very Good. Issue chiefly dedicated to the recently defunct Office of Price Administration and the after-affects of its cancellation, adorned with… Read more about this item

N.p.: AFL-CIO, [1958]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled self-wrappers; 2,[2]ll.; printed from typescript on rectos only. Fine condition. AFL-CIO Fact Sheet / Wage and Hour No. 4. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2020.

N.p.: AFL-CIO, [1958]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm); side-stapled self-wrappers; 3,[3]ll.; printed from typescript on rectos only. Fine condition. AFL-CIO Fact Sheet - Wage and Hour No. 3. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2020.

N.p.: AFL-CIO, [1958]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled self-wrappers; 3,[1]ll.; printed from typescript on pink stock, rectos only. A hint of toning, else Fine. AFL-CIO Fact Sheet - Wage and Hour No. 6. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2020.

[San Francisco]: California Labor Federation, 1960. First Edition. Quarto bifolium (28cm.); text in triple columns. Stock quite toned due to inferior paper quality, else Very Good and sound. Contents chiefly covering the upcoming election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, and the threat of a recession.