Search Results: Communism / Socialism from Zetetic Books

London: No Publisher, 1872. Single sided autograph letter signed, approximately 135mm x 205mm in size. Very slightly browned, a couple of small light spots of foxing, minor chipping to corners, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Letter, in French, from Blanc to Demangeat, from Blanc's address of 9 Dorset Square, London, dated 27th August 1872, thanking him for a note, regretting that he has not received the letter referred to, and promising that once he knows what is wanted, he will deal with the matter promptly. Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc (29 October 1811 - 6 December 1882) was a French politician and historian. A socialist who favoured reforms, his political and social ideas greatly contributed to the development of socialism in France. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 8vo. Letter.

London: No Publisher, 1865. Single sided autograph letter signed, approximately 135mm x 210mm in size. Lightly creased, otherwise fairly bright. Letter, in French, to an unnamed lady, dated 24th June 1865, and written in London, explaining that their last letters crossed, and regretfully declining her offer. Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc (29 October 1811 - 6 December 1882) was a French politician and historian. A socialist who favoured reforms, his political and social ideas greatly contributed to the development of socialism in France. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 8vo. Letter.

No Place: No Publisher Autograph note signed, approximately 210mm x 130mm in size. Slightly creased, with small hole to head of left hand margin, otherwise quite bright and clean. A note in French, in Blanc's hand, possibly part of a lecture, it roughly translates as: "There are men who imagine that it is possible to be clever in evil, and that iniquity changes its nature, for that reason only it is called reason of state. Nothing more wrong thank god! The blow that reaches an innocent person shakes the security of all; it is therefore about the whole of humanity. Yes, to examine things from above, to study them in their entirety, thousands of drunk men, as a result of a truth that is unknown, are a calamity less than a single man who suffers as a result of an injustice we admit". Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc (29 October 1811 - 6 December 1882) was a French politician and historian. A socialist who favoured reforms, his political and social ideas greatly contributed to the development… Read More

Brighton: No Publisher, 1866. Single sided autograph note signed with conjugate blank, approximately 130mm x 210mm in size. Lightly browned, lightly creased from old folds, short tear to central fold with minor chipping to corners. Note from Blanc, in French, to a Mr. Merivale, (probably Herman Merivale), sent from 20 Grand Parade, Brighton, dated 10 ?October 1866, thanking him for the piece he had sent which will be used in a new edition. Herman Merivale was a professor of political economy at Oxford and later Permanent Under-Secretary for India. Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc (29 October 1811 - 6 December 1882) was a French politician and historian. A socialist who favoured reforms, his political and social ideas greatly contributed to the development of socialism in France. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 8vo. Note.

London: Morning Star A collection of nine single sided printed advertising 'eye catchers' for the 'Morning Star' newspaper, approximately 295mm x 415mm in size, n.d. late 1990's? Slightly creased, most have a tear to head, but without loss, mainly typographic, but two with a cartoon, including one of Thatcher and Pinochet. Quite cheaply produced on thin paper. The 'Morning Star' is the daily newspaper of the communists in Britain. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Elephant Folio. Poster.

Liverpool: Big Flame Single-sided poster, approximately 380mm x 500mm, n.d. circa 1979? Slightly browned, chipped to bottom edge with small amounts of loss to border and bottom corners, with light creasing from old folds, but generally in good order, with attractive bold graphics. Big Flame was a socialist group (1970-1984) largely based on Merseyside, but with other regional groups. The name was taken from a television play written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach. Though quite a small group it produced a newspaper and a wide range of pamphlets and other ephemera. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Elephant Folio. Poster.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1919. [10], 341pp, [1], original cloth in DJ. DJ browned, lightly foxed, chipping to spine ends with small amount of loss, large closed tear at head to joint between front panel and spine, tape 'repairs' to reverse, book with fading to spine where DJ was chipped, a few spots of foxing to edges of text block, otherwise fairly clean. Seidman notes that "Chapter 12 (pp. 296-326), devoted to the rise and progress of American Bolshevism, lists socialists, pacifists, labor sympathizers, liberal intellectuals, anarchists, and the IWW as potential Bolsheviks here. To combat Bolshevism, Russell proposes fairer distribution of the product of industry and fairer recognition of labor in government". Seidman R239. First Edition. Hardback. Good/Fair. 8vo.

Birmingham: Midlands District of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1977. 16pp, original paper covers. Very lightly browned to edges, a few spots of foxing to upper cover, otherwise quite bright and clean. One location in COPAC. Cope 2181. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good+. 4to. Pamphlet.

London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1939. 32pp, original paper covers. Minor spotting to covers, internally fairly bright and clean. Cope 438 noting that the pamphlet was 'published May 6, withdrawn May 24'. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1942. A collection of six posters, one dated 1942 and the rest 1943, approximately 220mm x 350mm in size. The posters are: 'Increase Agricultural Production for Victory in 1943'; 'This is the Tale of the Munich Men, Who Cheated the People Again and Again'; 'How Easy-Going Alf was Taught The Way That People's Wars are Fought'; 'Let's Sock the Fascist on the Jaw And Finish Him for Evermore'; 'It's More Important Now Than Ever For Workers All to Stand Together'; and 'This is a Tale That's Perfectly True It Shows What Getting Together Can Do'. With a few small closed tears, small nick to head of 'Munich Men', stamp of CPGB to reverse of one poster, but with no bleed through, paper flaw to bottom corner of 'Increase Agricultural Production', otherwise fairly bright. Six panel posters, with rhyming couplets, five illustrated by Elizabeth Shaw, one, 'It's More Important Now Than… Read More

Manchester: A. Heywood, 1838. [2], 3-12pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Text lightly browned and very slightly soiled. Stammhammer I:164:18; Bibliography of Robert Owen 52; Goldsmiths 30753. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

Manchester: A. Heywood, 1838. [2], 3-24pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Text lightly browned and very slightly soiled. Stammhammer I:164:20; Bibliography of Robert Owen 53; Goldsmiths 30754. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: Counter Attack, 1933. 16pp, original paper wrappers. Lightly browned and creased, staples rusted, otherwise fairly clean. Published as a supplement to 'Counter Attack'. First Edition. Paper Wrappers. Good. 4to. Pamphlet.

London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1941. [3], 4-48pp, original card covers. Spine slightly dulled, otherwise quite bright and clean. Grierson notes that this gives "the official Bolshevik account of events as accepted in the later thirties", Grierson, page 11. First Edition. Card Covers. Good+. 12mo. Pamphlet.

New York: Arno Press, 1979. [4], 133pp, [1]; [8], 95pp, [1]; [2], 71pp, [1]; 167pp, [5]. Four works in one volume - Marx, 'Der Achtzehnte Brumaire Des Louis Bonaparte' (in German); Frantz, 'Masse Oder Volk' (in German); Bagehot, 'Letters on the French Coup D'Etat of 1851' and Hane, 'Die Staatsideen des Konstantin Frantz' (in German). Original rexine, title to spine and upper cover in silver, fairly bright and clean. First Thus. Hardback. Good. 8vo.

Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. xi, [1], 243pp, [1], original cloth in DJ. DJ spine faded, boards slightly splayed, otherwise quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good+. 8vo.

Bruxelles and Paris: Ve Parent et Fils and Librairie Des Sciences Sociales, 1870. [2], 36pp, original paper covers. Covers lightly soiled, chipped to corners and detached with back strip largely absent and pages largely loose, pages lightly browned with occasional light patches of foxing, but generally clean. Roueir's proposal for a community in response to the aim of 'relieving and curing misery', he proposes a joint venture company, composed of up to one thousand eight hundred people, for a duration of twenty years, paid for by subscription, with work to be free and voluntary. Three locations in JISC (Ox, LSE and St. Andrews); Stammhammer II:285. French text. First Edition. Paper Covers. Fair. 12mo. Pamphlet.

Beaulieu-Sur-Mer: Imprimerie Nicoise, 1886. 20pp, original paper wrappers. Cropped a little unevenly (does not affect text). Backstrip slightly chipped, front cover a little grubby, internally fairly bright. Uncommon, COPAC showing only three locations (BL, NLW and TCD). French provincial printing, French text. Stammhammer II:134. First Edition. Paper Covers. Fair. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: D. Gray, 1940. [2], 3-44pp, [4], original paper wrappers, drop head title. Staples rusted with small amounts of associated tearing around staples, covers foxed, text browned throughout, some pages poorly printed with only a light impression, but still visible. A new manifesto adopted at the Emergency Conference of the Fourth International. Glasgow, NLS and Oxford have copies but all have the title as 'Imperialist War and the World Proletarian Revolution'. First Edition?. Paper Covers. Fair. 12mo. Pamphlet.

Westport: Greenwood Reprint Corporation, 1970. Unpaginated, reprint of the Marxist Review, in original cloth, title, volumes and publisher blocked in silver to spine. Boards very slightly splayed, internally quite bright and clean. First Thus. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket (as Issued?). 8vo.