African Labour Survey.
Geneva: Abbeville, 1958. International Labour Office. 712pp. 4to., d.w. Geneva, 1958. More
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Two typed letters signed to a Royal family assistant
London: 1927. Two letters addressed to Henry Klein at the time he handled special events for the Royal family. The first: 1 page, 7 x 5.25 inches, 5 Cadogan Gardens, London, October 21, 1927, in part: "...Lady Askwith says that she will be pleased to distribute the prizes at the Annual Festival on November the 26th, and I will accompany her to take the Chair although I am not at all an expert on musical matters..." The second: 2 pages..... More
The Early English Trade Unions; Documents from the Home Office Papers in the Public Record Office.
410pp. 8vo, cloth, chipped d.w. London: Batchworth, (1949). More
White Servitude in the Colony of Virignia; A Study of the System of Indentured Labor in the American Colonies
New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. 99pp. 8vo, green cloth. New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). Fine. More
Faces We See
Gastonia: Southern Combed Yarn Spinners, 1939. More than 70 black & white photographs. 112pp., thin 4to, green cloth; spine lightly faded; minor spotting to the half title. Gastonia: The Southern Combed Yarn Spinners Association, 1939. A near fine copy. Presentation copy signed by Barnwell on the title page. More
The Role of Labor in African Nation- Building.
New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1968. Proceedings of the Institute of World Affairs, Vol. XLI. New York, (1968). Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development. More
Union Power and New York; Victor Gotbaum and District Council 37
New York: Praeger, 1984. Illus. 473pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w., front endpaper worn, otherwise very good. New York: Praeger, (1984). Inscribed by Victor (Gotbaum). More
The Deindustrialization of America: Plant Closings, Community Abandonment, and the Dismantling of Basic Industry
New York: Basic Books, 1982. Illustrated with charts in black and white. x, 323 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (1982). First Edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
American Couples: Money, Work, Sex.
New York: Morrow, 1983. 656pp. Thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; bookplate, dust wrapper worn, price clipped. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1983. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Man in a World at Work.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. xvii + 606pp., 8vo, cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1964). A very good copy. More
1877: Year of Violence
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1959. 8vo, boards, d.w. chipped, d.w. and boards lightly soiled, one board corner worn. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1959). History of railroad strikes in the United States in 1877. More
Fighting for Social Justice; The Life Story of David Burgess.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Wayne State UP, (2000). vg. More
A Pictorial History of American Labor.
Profusely illus. 341pp. 4to, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. torn on back). N.Y., 1972. More
A Decade Of Industrial Relations Research, 1946-1956.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Harper, (1958). vg. More
The Centralia Case; Three Views of the Armistice Day Tragedy at Centralia, Washington, November 11, 1919
New York: Da Capo Press, 1971. Illus. 3 vols. in one. 8vo, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971. Reprint of 3 pamphlets: The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin; Centralia: Tragedy and Trial by Ben Hur Lampman; The Centralia Case, A Joint Report. More
The Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle, 1834-1934; The Story of the Dorsetshire Labourers Who
London: Trades Union Congress General Council, 1934. were convicted and sentenced to Seven Years' Transportation for forming a Trade Union. Color Plates, many b/w Illus. 4to, green cloth, cloth soiled, corners bumped. London: Trades Union Congress General Council, (1934). More
Uprooted Children: The Early Life of Migrant Farm Workers
Pittsburgh: University Press, 1970. Illustrated sparsely in color. xxiii, 142 pages. 12mo, red boards, d.w. (rubbed). Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1970). About 10 pages dog-earred and some neat pencil marginalia, else very good in a very good dust wrapper. Horace Mann Lecture 1969. Foreword by Senator Walter F. Mondale. More
Social Astonishments.
New York: Macmillan, 1963. viii +280pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, worn. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. A collection of essays on various aspects of American society. More
Lech Walesa and His Poland
New York: Continuum, 1987. Illustrated. 326 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Continuum Publishing, (1987). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Visualizing Labor in American Sculpture: Monuments, Manliness, and the Work Ethic, 1880-1935
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 296 pages. Small, narrow 4to, tan cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1999). A very good(+) copy with slight dog-earing to a handful of pages; in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Let Our Cities Burn.
8vo, boards, d.w. New Rochelle, (1975). Study of the effects of unionization among government employees. More
Soviet Professional Manpower: Its Education, Training and Supply.
400pp. Tall 8vo, wrs.; wrs. soiled & small closed tear. Washington, 1955. More
Manufacturing Inequality: Gender Division in the French and British Metalworking Industries, 1914-1939
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995. Illustrated in black and white. xiv, 329 pages. Tall 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1995). Review copy slip inserted. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
David Dubinsky: A Life with Labor.
Photos. 351pp. Short 8vo, cloth-backed bds., d.w. N.Y., (1977). More
Typed Letter Signed
1921. Rare and historically important carbon T.L.S. with initials "T.A.E.", May 2nd 1921, to an unnamed correspondent in which Edison bluntly states that, from his personal observation, the number of clerks at the Record Office could be cut without affecting function, in part: "...In the Record Room on the 2nd floor in 21 building are 14 girl clerks besides Lucy Nicolai. I went over there and stood in the doorway this afternoon and gave them quite a shock. Luck Nicolai..... More