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THE SECOND TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE. September 1909 to September 1929. With a Record of a Growing World Consciousness

THE SECOND TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE. September 1909 to September 1929. With a Record of a Growing World Consciousness

by ADDAMS, Jane

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight offsetting to endpapers from dustwrapper. Bright, close to Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good dustwrapper with some edgewear. Illustrated with drawings by Norah Hamilton and Morris Topchevsky. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "'Compliments of the author'/Jane Addams/Hull-House/Chicago." Uncommon in dustwrapper. Jane Addams (1860-1935), American settlement house founder and social reformer, was born to a well-off family... Read more about this item
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$1,062.50
War

War

by Tolstoy, Leo; V. Tchertkoff (editor); Emile Holarek (illustrator)

Christchurch, Hants: The Free Age Press, 1907. First Edition. A collection of realistic and allegorical illustrations by Emile Holarek representing the horrors of war and its antagonism to Christianity, with text from the writings of Leo Tolstoy and others. One of many Tolstoy publications issued by The Free Age Press, the publishing imprint established by Vladimir Chertkov in England in 1900 following his exile from Russia. With a small catalog laid in featuring a printed letter from Tolstoy to the... Read more about this item
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$200.00
Nixon-Mills Welfare Plan: Slave Jobs

Nixon-Mills Welfare Plan: Slave Jobs

National Welfare Rights Organization, 1972. A provocative poster from the National Welfare Rights Organization featuring the silhouette of a black woman scrubbing floors, a "slave job" that the NWRO accuses Richard Nixon and Wilbur Mills of promoting with their bipartisan welfare reform legislation. Printed landscape in blue and orange on a 17" x 11" sheet of thin white stock. Print slightly askew, tiny nick to the center of the top edge, but about Fine. Not found by us separately catalogued in OCLC,... Read more about this item
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$125.00
Little Sisters and the Law

Little Sisters and the Law

Washington, D. C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1977. A publication of criminal justice reform for young female offenders that was originally published by the Female Offender Resource Center. Includes data and statistics concerning juvenile female offenders, the paucity of resources offered to them, the differential treatment of male and female offenders, and a community-based strategy for addressing the needs of this population. Includes many case studies and photographs.... Read more about this item
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$50.00
The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman and National Creditor. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, at the Republican State Convention, in Worcester, September 14, 1865

The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman and National Creditor. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, at the Republican State Convention, in Worcester, September 14, 1865

by Charles Sumner

Boston: Rand & Avery, 1865. 14pp. 8vo, self-wrappers, as-issued; very good. First edition? (A 21-page ed. was issued the same year in Boston by Wright & Potter). Less than six months after the Civil War had ended, Sumner's speech to the Republican State Convention warned that "Neither the Rebellion nor Slavery is yet ended. The Rebellion has been disarmed; but that is all. Slavery has been abolished in name; but that is all." He adds: "Emancipation not complete, so long as the black' code exists...... Read more about this item
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$250.00
Gonna Rise Again!: Economic Organizing For Hard Times

Gonna Rise Again!: Economic Organizing For Hard Times

by Resources for Community Change

Washington, D. C.: Resources for Community Change, 1976. A resource guide for community activists involved in anti-capitalist, anti-racist, pro-labor, and pro-women's rights organizing. The guide is divided into three sections: articles, which provide analysis, strategies, and an overview of the problem; groups, which provide examples of how people are working for change; and resources, which offer more extensive information and analysis than could be covered in the booklet. Stapled, illustrated... Read more about this item
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$65.00
La Choza de Tom ó Sea Vida de los Negros en el sur de Los Estados Unidos, Novela Escrita en Ingles por Enriqueta Beecher Stowe..

La Choza de Tom ó Sea Vida de los Negros en el sur de Los Estados Unidos, Novela Escrita en Ingles por Enriqueta Beecher Stowe..

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Madrid: Imprenta de Ayguals de Izco Hermanos, 1852. Small quarto. 476, [4], [2, (blank)] pages. Quarter leather spine, patterned boards. Binding with general rubbing; small expert tissue mend near title-page gutter; very good. The rare first Spanish edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), published in the same year as the first American edition. This Madrid edition was published and translated by Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco, the social critic, progressive reformer, and... Read more about this item
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$3,500.00
Childrens [sic] March for Survival

Childrens [sic] March for Survival

Washington, D. C.: Children's March for Survival, 1972. The program for a 1972 march to "focus national attention on the plight of children in America" who "are exploited - by the government for its war, by employers for 'cheap' labor and by the death pushers of heroin." The march was held on Saturday, March 25, 1972, in Washington, D. C., and although it attracted activists and residents from other cities, a New York Times article suggests that as many as two-thirds of... Read more about this item
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$45.00
1849 Autograph Letter Signed by Theodore Dwight seeking recommendations for his Dwight's American Magazine

1849 Autograph Letter Signed by Theodore Dwight seeking recommendations for his Dwight's American Magazine

by Theodore Dwight (1796-1866)

N. York [New York City]. February 6, 1849. [1]p. Single ruled leaf. Folds; very good. Autograph letter signed by author, abolitionist, and newspaper editor Theodore Dwight (1796-1866) seeking the recommendation of a clergyman for his Dwight's American Magazine and Family Newspaper. Dwight hopes that with the help of New York State legislators his magazine will obtain recommendations "...to the School District Libraries of this state." "In 1833 Dwight joined his father in New York City and collaborated... Read more about this item
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$250.00
Remedy For Duelling. A Sermon, Delivered before the Presbytery of Long-Island, at the Opening of their Session, at Aquebogue, April 16, 1806. By Lyman Beecher

Remedy For Duelling. A Sermon, Delivered before the Presbytery of Long-Island, at the Opening of their Session, at Aquebogue, April 16, 1806. By Lyman Beecher

by Lyman Beecher

Sag Harbor: Printed by Alden Spooner, 1807. Small octavo, iv, [1], 6-44pp. Pamphlet removed from bound volume, without wrappers. Title-leaf and spine with expert tissue mend; toned and foxed. Jenkins: "The chief emphasis of [Beecher's] sermon is the defamation of duellists as individuals unworthy of a good Christian's vote." Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher were the children of eminent clergyman Lyman Beecher (1775-1865), at this time, the pastor of the Church in East-Hampton, Long Island.... Read more about this item
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$125.00
Fight Against Hunger

Fight Against Hunger

by Foster, William Z

New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1930. An official statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party and delivered by William Z. Foster to the Fish Committee - organized by Congress to investigate Communist activities - on the injustices of capitalism, the persecution of Blacks, the growth of Communism, and the preparation of workers for the "dictatorship of the proletariat and the establishment of a Soviet government." Small, stapled & illustrated wrappers (5 ¾" x 4 ¼"), 32 p. Wrappers... Read more about this item
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$75.00
The Drift of our Time (Unity Library No. 83)

The Drift of our Time (Unity Library No. 83)

by PARSONS, Prof. Frank

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, Publishers, 1898. First edition. Stapled, grey wrappers letterpressed in black, 16 pp. An uncommon Kerr title authored by the professor and social reformer, Frank Parsons, who argues that humankind's development in the eighteenth century was material, in the nineteenth intellectual, and that in the twentieth it will be spiritual. The success of this development will be in discovering "how to make everybody comfortable, well off, intelligent and... Read more about this item
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$75.00
Community Organizing and Yonkers CORE

Community Organizing and Yonkers CORE

by AUERBACH, Robert

n.p., 1964. The first in a series of discussion papers on community organizing, organization and political action." Discusses the attempt by Yonkers CORE to organize tenant councils in the Negro section of Yonkers. Proposes a continuance of community organizing in this area with the recommendation that it be organized on an interracial basis in order to bring political pressure on the power structure. An essential document providing insight into CORE's local organizing tactics. Four, corner-stapled... Read more about this item
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$200.00
The Community Church of Boston [1963 program] [Sacco & Vanzetti interest]

The Community Church of Boston [1963 program] [Sacco & Vanzetti interest]

by LOTHROP, Rev. Donald G. (Minister)

[Boston: The Community Church of Boston], 1963. One sheet folded to make 4 pp. A program for the social justice Community Church of Boston, which at the time was presided over by the Rev. Donald G. Lothrop. The address for Sun., Nov. 3, was from white civil rights activist and novelist, Truman Nelson, and was titled, "Man and Cuba Man: Does the Revolutionary Process Transform the Human Condition?" Future addresses included those by Scott Nearing, John Ciardi, Dr. Kirtley F. Mather and Ruth... Read more about this item
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$45.00
Journal of a Tour to Malta, Greece, Asia Minor, Carthage, Algiers, Port Mahon, and Spain, in 1828. To which is appended an Account of the Distribution of the Cargo of Provisions and Clothing to the Suffering Greeks, by the agents of the Greek Committee of the City of New York, sent in the brig Herald, May, 1828

Journal of a Tour to Malta, Greece, Asia Minor, Carthage, Algiers, Port Mahon, and Spain, in 1828. To which is appended an Account of the Distribution of the Cargo of Provisions and Clothing to the Suffering Greeks, by the agents of the Greek Committee of the City of New York, sent in the brig Herald, May, 1828

by Samuel Woodruff, Esq

Hartford: Cooke and Co., 1831. Twelvemo.  Lithographic frontispiece, 283pp. Publisher's quarter muslin cloth spine with printed boards and spine label. Ownership inscription of Newell Greeley. Soil to binding and light exterior wear; internally, one creased leaf; general foxing. First edition, first printing. Woodruff's journal of this travelogue and expedition to distribute food and clothing to the Greeks. Woodruff offers thorough descriptions and observations of his tour destinations, delving into... Read more about this item
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$450.00
Perestroika. New Thinking for Our Country and the World

Perestroika. New Thinking for Our Country and the World

by Gorbachev, Mikhail

London: Collins. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 254 pages. Gorbachev's own account of the revolution he implemented in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$9.81
W. C. T. U. Entertainment on Saturday Ev'g, April 9, '87 to be Held at Massasoit Hall, Strasburg... [opening lines of broadsheet]

W. C. T. U. Entertainment on Saturday Ev'g, April 9, '87 to be Held at Massasoit Hall, Strasburg... [opening lines of broadsheet]

by [Woman's Christian Temperance Union]

[Strasburg, Pennsylvania]: Strasburg Free Press Steam Job Print [1887]. [2]pp. Broadsheet. 9½ x 4½ inches. Ceam colored wove paper. Folds and creases; two short closed tears and minor abrasions; good. Here is a broadsheet program for an evening's entertainment at Massasoit Hall in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania sponsored by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The W. C. T. U. was a women-led mass social reform movement that promoted abstinence from alcohol along with evangelical... Read more about this item
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$75.00
An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors

An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors

by William J. Mullen

Philadelphia: Printed by J. Craig, [1852]. Paginated [17]-40 pages, i.e., [23] pages. 12mo. Pamphlet; removed; without wrappers, else Very Good. Scarce Philadelphia temperance tract railing against the traffickers of alcohol. Mullen connects alcoholism to sufferers of mental illness as well as highlighting an increase of crime, sometimes leading to murder. Mullen suggests that taxpayers are being overburdened through the allowance of alcohol sales; sales that create profits, but also create unwell... Read more about this item
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$150.00
William Wells Brown: Author & Reformer. (Signed by John Hope Franklin)

William Wells Brown: Author & Reformer. (Signed by John Hope Franklin)

by William Edward Farrison

Chicago and London: University of Chicago, (1969). 482pp. Publisher's cloth. Light spotting to edges of text block. Near fine in a dust jacket in like condition. First edition of this first biography of William Wells Brown, "Kentucky-born slave who became a self-educated writer and advocate of abolition, temperance, and international peace." The author argues for Brown's place alongside that of William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Wendell Phillips. Inscribed by the series editor, John Hope... Read more about this item
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$75.00
The Church and Tobacco

The Church and Tobacco

by M.E. Poland, M.D

Pittsburg, Pa.: The No-Tobacco Army, 1923. First edition. 184pp. One illus. Sm. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Brief binding wear; light creases to front endpaper; some thumbed pages; Good. Uncommon title with the goal of stamping out tobacco use by explaining its deleterious effects on health ("poison of nerve cells" being but one) as well as on spirit ("evidence of spiritual loss"). The reader is instructed by the "The No-Tobacco Army" on how to become and activist and steps to take to oppose tobacco. The... Read more about this item
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$125.00
Vocations for Social Change (10 issues) [with] Workforce (9 issues)

Vocations for Social Change (10 issues) [with] Workforce (9 issues)

Canyon, CA: Vocations for Social Change, 1974. A broken run of 19 issues of two periodicals from Vocations for Social Change, a communal social justice organization that began publishing resources for activists trying to find employment, living situations, and other resources that aligned with their values. Their first magazine, Vocations for Social Change, was published from 1968-1972, when its name was changed to WorkForce. WorkForce was issued through at least 1974. Included here are Vocations for... Read more about this item
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$650.00
Vigilance (Continuing The Philanthropist), Vol. XXIII, No. 11, August, 1910

Vigilance (Continuing The Philanthropist), Vol. XXIII, No. 11, August, 1910

New York: The American Purity Alliance and National Vigilance Committee, 1910. Content for this issue includes short news items on various campaigns to halt immoral activity in cities such as Atlantic City; an article on combating the Chinese white slave trade in San Francisco; editorials on the white slave trade in New York City, the National Vigilance Committee's legislative efforts, the campaign for a safer Fourth of July holiday, a warning to parents on the moral dangers to their high school age... Read more about this item
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$50.00
Beyond the Contract State Ideas for Social and Economic Renewal in South Australia

Beyond the Contract State Ideas for Social and Economic Renewal in South Australia

by Spoehr, John (Editor)

Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. 358 pages. Challenges the foundations and effectiveness of economic rationalism. It argues that privatisation and contracting out are undermining the capacity of government to meet longer term social and economic objectives. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$9.77
[Women's Association for the Poor and the Sick] Siebenter Bericht über die Leistungen des weiblichen Vereins für Armen und Krankenpflege..

[Women's Association for the Poor and the Sick] Siebenter Bericht über die Leistungen des weiblichen Vereins für Armen und Krankenpflege..

by Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking (1794-1859)

Hamburg [Germany]: Langhosssche Buchdruckerei, 1839. [1], 63, [1 (blank)]pp. 8vo. Text in German. Self-titled printed wrappers. Surface soil, and stains to exterior; perimeter chips in un-printed areas to wraps; foxing; good. This pamphlet on nursing and charity work by German philanthropist and social reformer Amalie Sieveking (1794-1859) reports on the activities of the Weiblichen Vereins für Armen und Krankenpflege-the Women's Association for the Poor and the Sick. Sieveking founded this nursing and... Read more about this item
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$75.00
Help Us Keep Them Alive Till the Next Harvest

Help Us Keep Them Alive Till the Next Harvest

by [Zagat, Samuel (artist)]

[New York]: American Committee for the Relief of Russian Children, 1921. A grim poster issued by the American Committee for the Relief of Russian Children, one of the first U.S. organizations to raise support for starving children during Russia's famine of 1921-22. Organized by radicals and progressives in NYC, members included Crystal Eastman, John Haynes Holmes, Dr. Henry Neuman, Walter Lippman, Clare Sheridan, and Paxton Hibben. The poster's illustration appears to have come from the... Read more about this item
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$650.00
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