Do we have a stake in this war? An address to organized labor by Lewis, Alfred Baker - 1940

The New Leader Association, Inc, 1946. Paperback. Good. 32 pp, staple bound in brown wraps. Light edgewear on wraps; the number 5 written in top right corner. Pages clean; sound binding. . Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in Tall. Year: 1946.

New York: League for Industrial Democracy, Publisher, 1938. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. A short examination of the struggle between labor and capital, studying the effects of reduced wages, reduced employment in manufacturing, labor shrinkage, capitalism and unemployment, and solutions such as relief for the unemployed, strengthened unions, and public ownership. The League for Industrial Democracy was founded by Jack London, Upton Sinclair and other socialists, becoming active on college campuses and eventually changing into the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). GOOD condition. General browning to the piece. A few minor creases. Scattered pencil underlining in the text and margins.

Boston: Socialist Party of Massachusetts, [193-]. Four-panel brochure, 6x9 inches, small stain on front wrap else very good, two cartoons. Proposes "A heavy tax on the gains made from gambling on the stock exchange." Cover cartoon shows two effete Suits looking out the window at a gardener working, with the caption "Doesn't it make you sore to see these mere workers getting ten dollars a day when you think how hard poor great grandfather had to work for 'our' money?" Back cover cartoon compares a laborer gambling with dice ("We fine him") to a businessman looking at his stock market returns on the ticker tape ("We should tax him more").

New York: Social Democratic Federation, 1943. Four panel brochure, uneven toning, 5.5x8.5 inches.

The New Leader Association, Inc.. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. (Politics, Soviets, Russia, Liberals, Communists) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

NY: The New Leader Association. Good; Covers toned, tattered, and splitting at spine, pages toned.. 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Brown printed stapled wraps. With embossed owner stamp on title page of Percy L. Greaves, Jr, economist and 1980 American presidential candidate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages .

[Boston: Socialist Party of Massachusetts, ca 1932]. Octavo (22.75cm.); single sheet folded into 4-panelled pamphlet; upper panel illustrated with a cartoon depicting a pair of one-percenters sneering at a common laborer. Light wear; Very Good or better. Campaign leaflet. Undated, but probably issued for the 1932 Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Alfred Baker Lewis ran for Massachusetts Governor in 1930, 1932, 1934 and 1936. No mention is made here of national candidates, so we would presume the leaflet to be from an off-year election.

Boston: Socialist Party of Mass, N.D.. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. no date (1930s?).Very Good Condition; 8vo; 4 pages; Proposes a heavy tax on "gains made from gambling on the stock exchange" to be used for old age pensions which would begin at 60 (not 70) , Out-of-work pay, more and better schools, reduce taxes on workers' homes, "better libraries, better roads, better street lighting, better sanitation, ect. [sic]" (P-5-40).

New YorkNew York: Negro Labor News Service, 1936 Original Wrappers. Excellent. Small 8vo. First Edition of this appeal to African-Americans to join the Labor Party, an important arm of the Communist Party of the United States..

New York City, Ny: B. W. Huebsch, 1919. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 509 Pp. Green Cloth. First Collected Printing Of These Essays Originally Published In Various Journals And Other Periodicals. Ownership Signature And Address Of Alfred G. Baker Lewis In Philadelphia, Later Head Of The Socialist Party Of Massachusetts. He Has Put Check Marks In The Table Of Contents, And Made Note Of P. 372 And Pp. 383-5 On The Front Free Endpaper, With Emphasis Marks In Those Pages. Light Wear, Pinpoint Frays At Two Front Tips.