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New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 187 x 127 mm), 76, [2] pages, in illustrated, stapled wrappers (soft cover). Socialist Labor Party pamphlet celebrating the life and achievements of Daniel De Leon, an important figure in the party and a Marxist theoretician. CONDITION: Soiling to wrappers, edge wear, corners bumped, but otherwise clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy.

[New York]: Self-published, ca. 1950. No Edition Stated. Oblong 48mo (3 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 100 x 140 mm), 31, [1] pages in stapled wrappers.
American journalist and professional curmudgeon John T. Flynn (1882-1964) responds to critics of his 1949 book, "The Road Ahead: America's Creeping Revolution," in which he alleged America was being led down the road to socialism.
In this pamphlet, he attacks Protestant church organizations, saying they promote socialism. He also levels attacks at various people he considers socialists, communists, and fellow travelers. OCLC FirstSearch shows only six institutional holdings. SCARCE. CONDITION: Toning to wrappers, rubber stamp of free-market economist Percy L. Greaves, Jr., to upper wrapper. Internally clean, bright, and unmarked. Very Good.

London: The Fabian Society, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 inches / 21 1/2 cm ), 23, [1] pages in stapled red wrappers. Photographic portrait of Shaw by Marie Leon.
Pamphlet criticizing the conservative anti-socialist writer and economist W.H. Mallock. According to Shaw, Mallock believes that inventors and other people of exceptional ability have no reason to share their earnings with others. Mallock, in letters to newspapers reprinted here, says he doesn't make any such contention in his writings, giving Shaw the opportunity to attack him further. Fabian Tract No. 146. Although this pamphlet has been reprinted several times and in different formats, copies of this first edition are uncommon to the market. SCARCE.
CONDITION: Wrappers are rather brittle and age-toned, front cover detached. Small split at the head of the spine, and several nicks and tears to the covers, especially the rear cover. Vertical crease throughout. A Fair copy only.

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1944. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 129 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers. Eric Hass decries the spread of anti-Semitism in the United States and argues that socialism is the answer to defeating it. Hass was a Socialist Labor Party stalwart who went on to be the SLP's candidate for president in four elections. This 1944 edition is scarce in commerce. CONDITION: Light vertical crease throughout, some soiling to wrappers, tears to two leaves, not affecting any text. Otherwise, Very Good.

London: Liberty and Property Defence League, [ca. 1901-05]. First Edition. Unbound pamphlet, 8 x 5 1/4 inches (205 x 132 mm), [4] pages.A wonderfully lurid warning against socialism by a British organization devoted to laissez-faire economics. The anonymous author suggests that socialism would lead to the breakup of families."There would be no such place as home under socialism," the author writes. "Everyone would live in the State barracks. There would be no breakfasts, dinners, or teas with one's family at one's own table, as, in the first place, meals in private would not be permitted, as it would be against the socialist idea of equality...In other words, everybody, when hungry, would be reduced to the necessity of repairing to the common swine-trough and eating the hogwash the State had placed therein. No roast beef, turkey, and plum pudding, no smiling faces of children and friends around the table on Christmas Day. Indeed, there would not be any Christmas Day under socialism." This pamphlet… Read More

New York: New York Labor News Company, 1942. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 128 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Questions and answers about socialism from the standpoint of the Socialist Labor Party. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout, soiling, creasing, sunning, and rubbing to wrappers, corners bumped, some page corners creased. About Good.