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New York: American Association for International Conciliation, December, 1911. No Edition Stated. Small 8vo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 193 x 130 mm), 21, [3] pages, in stapled wrappers.
Two articles in this edition of "International Conciliation," the house organ of the American Association for International Conciliation. One on the importance of arbitration (rather than war) to settle differences between nations, and the other on the need for more understanding between people and nations. Andrew Carnegie financed the organization publishing this pamphlet. SCARCE.CONDITION: Top of both wrappers torn at the spine but still holding. Some creasing, soiling and general handling wear. A Very Good copy of a scarce publication.

Boston: World Peace Foundation, January 1912. No Edition Stated. Small 8vo (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 201 x 140 mm), 7, [1] pages, in stapled wrappers.
Article decrying sea power. "Sea power is a device for doing injury at a distance," says the author, president of Stanford University. This article originally appeared in the New York Independent in July, 1911, and is republished here by the World Peace Foundation. Textbook publisher Edwin Ginn established the foundation in 1910. It still exists, now part of Tufts University's Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy. SCARCE.CONDITION: Foxing and soiling to wrappers, staples rusted. About Very Good.

Halifax, Nova Scotia: The Dalhousie Review, 1941. Small 4to (10 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 260 x 165 mm), 16 pages, in grayish-white wrappers. Offprint of an article by Czechoslovakia's president condemning Hitler's occupation of Czechoslovakia. Reprinted from the October 1941 issue of The Dalhousie Review of Halifax, Nova Scotia."It is an unconcealed plan of Hitler's Germany to make the subjugated Slavonic nations into a mass of slaves which would be driven from one part of German Europe to another, just as German political and economic interests demanded, and might even be removed from Central Europe entirely and sent to the Urals or Siberia, as has several times been expressly suggested in Nazi publications; they might be simply extirpated, should this be in any way advantageous to the Herrenvolk," President Benes writes.While this offprint is widely held by institutions, it is scarce in commerce. CONDITION: Wrappers soiled, staples rusted. Presentation stamp to the title page: "Compliments of Mr. E.J.… Read More

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. 3rd Printing. 12mo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 187 x 126 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover) War is capitalism's cure for unemployment yet it's the workers who pay for war with their blood, according to this declaration by the Socialist Labor Party. With an introduction by Arnold Petersen as well as several antiwar illustrations. Scarce in commerce. CONDITION: Vertical and horizontal creases throughout, soiling to wrappers. About Very Good.

Washington, D.C.: American Peace Society, 1911. No Edition Stated. 8vo (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 225 x 145 mm), 27, [1] pages in stapled brown wrappers.
Annual report of a long-established pacifist organization (founded in 1828). The directors report membership is growing, the cause of peace is being strengthened around the world, and they welcome the establishment of Andrew Carnegie's Peace Endowment.This pamphlet is rare. OCLC FirstSearch shows no institutional holdings, although a separate search finds a copy in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. RARE. Condition: Light toning to wrapper and page edges, a bit of edge wear to wrappers, staples rusted, top of page corners slightly curled. A Very Good or better copy.

New York: International Publishers, n.d. [1941?].
Pamphlet on Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, issued following Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. The author, a renowned Russian historian, predicts that Hitler will face an even greater defeat.
"On June 22, 1941, the miserable Hitler, dreaming of becoming a Napoleon, hurled his armies across the frontiers of the Soviet Union. But this perfidious and malicious enemy miscalculated his own strength and the strength of the Soviet people," Eugene Tarlé writes. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 64 pages, in stapled, printed wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some soiling and sunning to wrappers, light toning and creasing to pages. Very Good or better.

New York: American Association for International Conciliation, May, 1912. No Edition Stated. Small 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 197 x 133 mm), 30 [2] pages, in stapled wrappers.
Article about a peace conference held in Baltimore. It was published in "International Conciliation," the house organ of the American Association for International Conciliation. Andrew Carnegie financed the organization publishing this pamphlet. SCARCE.CONDITION: A bit of soiling to the wrappers, pages slightly toned, some pages lightly creased, staples a bit rusted, a small nick to top of lower wrapper. A Very Good copy of a scarce publication.

New York: American Association for International Conciliation, December 1911. No Edition Stated. Small Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 196 x 131 mm), 13, [3] pages, in stapled wrappers. Text of a speech by Andrew Carnegie, president of the New York Peace Society, on how Democratic politicians responded favorably to a call for the U.S. to embrace an arbitration treaty to settle international disputes. Carnegie read the replies at a "peace dinner" in New York. The text was published in a Special Bulletin of "International Conciliation," the house organ of the American Association for International Conciliation, one of several peace organizations financed by Carnegie. This pamphlet is rare. OCLC shows no institutional holdings. Nor were there any copies in commerce in November 2021. RARE. CONDITION: A bit of soiling to wrappers, staples rusted, slight creasing to a few pages but otherwise, clean, bright, and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy.

Chicago: Tribune Company, 1952. 8vo (9 x 6 inches; 230 x 154 mm), 15, [1] pages, in stapled wrappers. An offprint featuring controversial "revisionist" historian Harry Elmer Barnes's review of a book on American foreign policy. The review was prepared for the Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine of Books and is published here as an offprint. Barnes (1889-1968), who was an isolationist with pro-German sympathies, criticizes the authors, claiming they're whitewashing Roosevelt's foreign policy. He takes particular aim at one of the authors, William L. Langer, a colleague whom he had previously considered an isolationist. He also claims the authors and other "court historians" are attempting to undermine the work of revisionist scholars such as himself. The review was published by "Colonel" Robert McCormick's Chicago Tribune, which was virulently isolationist and anti-Roosevelt. OCLC shows only five institutional holdings: Saint Lawrence University, Loyola University of Chicago, Northwestern University,… Read More

London: I.N.G. Publications, 1944. First English Language Edition. 12mo (7 1/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 183 x 122 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover).Diary of Erich Weinert, president of the Free Germany National Committee in Moscow. Weinert (1890-1953) was a German Communist poet who spent the war in the Soviet Union and kept a diary during the battle of Stalingrad. The present volume is a translation of an article that first appeared in German in "Internationale Literatur," a magazine published in Moscow. Illustrations on the cover and title page by John Heartfield. Foreword by Major J. Dugdale, M.P. Scarce in commerce. CONDITION: Soiling and mild foxing to wrappers along with a few nicks to the edges. Internally clean and umarked. A Very Good copy.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1917. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 214 x 140 mm), 15, [1] pages, in stapled green wrappers.
Text of an address by the Belgian poet and playwright Émile Cammaerts about the awfulness of the German occupation of Belgium during World War I. He spoke in London on February 18, 1917, at a meeting of the Fight for Right Movement, which supported Britain's role in World War I. "Germany has not succeeded in destroying the soul of Belgium, but she has succeeded, to some extent, in ruining her people," he says. "She has systematically requisitioned their harvests, their cattle, their raw material, and their machinery--in short, she has emptied the country of all that was in it, as a gang of robbers might empty a well-found house." (pages 10-11). CONDITION: Some handling wear and creases, rusting to staples, evidence of dampstaining to corner of upper wrapper but otherwise clean and unmarked. About Very Good.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1936. 12mo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 189 x 125 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers. Arnold Petersen of the Socialist Labor Party writes about the history of war, with special attention paid to capitalist and fascist roles in starting wars. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout, probably from mailing. Light soiling to wrappers, front end paper trimmed, not affecting text or illustration, some scattered creasing and ink smudges. About Very Good.

New York: American Association for International Conciliation, June, 1912. No Edition Stated.
Small 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 197 x 133 mm), 13, [3] pages, in stapled wrappers. A warning against war by the rector of St. John's, Syracuse, two years before the outbreak of World War I. Andrew Carnegie financed the organization publishing this pamphlet. OCLC FirstSearch shows 14 institutional holdings. SCARCE. CONDITION: Staples rusted, general handling wear, slight toning to pages. A Very Good copy of a scarce publication.