Recent Arrivals from May Day Books

New York: Modern Age Books, [1940]. Paperback. Better than Good in worn and lightly-stained wrappers; lots of edgewear; top right corner badly bumped; edges of text block dirty; text unmarked. 7.25 x 5.5 x .8 inches. The exciting story of the dynamic West-Coast CIO leader, whose trial laid bare the conflict of powerful forces; signed by the author… Read more about this item

New York: Pathfinder, 2000. Paperback. Better than Very Good in rubbed and edgeworn wrappers; some spotting on front edge of text block . 5.25 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches. Fourth Printing How a class-struggle union leadership in the 1930s fought for independent working-class political action; includes an appendix on how the Teamsters organized independent truckers in the 1930s… Read more about this item

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 1993. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 8.5 x 5.5 x .3 inches. The autobiography of the well-known socialist, Wobbly, organizer, prisoner, editor, publisher etc.; 92 pages

Champaign IL: Libertarian Labor Review, 1990. Paperback. Very Good in stapled wraps; stain (coffee?) on rear wrap; bottom right corner bent. 8.5 x 5.5 x .2 inches. Second Revised Edtion An anarchist look at the terrible state of the American labor movement in 1990 and a plea for a new beginning;

New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1946. Hardcover. Very Good in gray cloth boards; previous owner name stamped on top of edge block and on first and last free endpapers; page 100 dog-eared. 8.5 x 6 x .9 inches. Eighth Printing Interesting portraits from a left view of the lords of the press, their servants, and their battles; including… Read more about this item

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 8.5 x 5.5 x .2 inches. New and completely revised edition A do-it-yourself book on labor law and worker rights with a chapter on being your own lawyer by the famous labor lawyer and social justice warrior

Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers; some edgewear. 5.5 x 0.68 x 8.3 inches. First Edition, First Printing Think it’s only today that elections are manipulated? Read this muckraking memoir by Sinclair about his 1934 run for governor In California and his campaign to End Poverty In California (EPIC); introduction by James… Read more about this item

New York: Creative Age Press, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good in Better than Good unclipped, chipped and edgeworn dust jacket; foxed throughout; corners and bottom and top of spine bumped. 8.5 x 5.75 x 1.5 inches. First Edition, First Printing Retells the Greek myth of the adventures of Jason, Hercules, Orpheus, and the other Argonauts on their quest… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good in unclipped wrinkled dust jacket; top edge a bit dirty. 9.5 X 6.5 x 1.8 inches. First Edition Stated In this historical fiction Vidal takes us on a journey through the 5th century BC as seen through the eyes of the Persian Cyrus Spitama, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster and… Read more about this item

Old Greenwich CT: Devin-Adair Pub, [1978]. Hardcover. Very Good in chipped and sunned dust jacket. Small octavo. William Hemp, perhaps better known for his New York Enclaves has put together a wonderful collection of sketches in and around Dublin, each with a page of text; I found it a great asset in my walking tour of the city.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1975]. Hardcover. Very Good in sunned dust jacket; small closed tear at bottom of title page. 10 x 7.25 x 0.6 inches. A charmingly illustrated journey along Manhattan Island from the South Street Seaport to Dykman House Park

New York: Cardoza Publishing, 1998. Paperback. About Very Good in wrappers; big crease on front cover and title page; somewhat dirty edges but the text is clean and unmarked. 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches. First Edition Stated Schiller focuses on the Goring Gambit but provides alternatives when the variation is avoided; include suggestions for further reading; 192… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket; some edgewear. 9.25 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches. First Edition, First Printing A novel from the author of the Barrytown trilogy; signed by the author on the title page

Las Vegas NV: Will Jonson, [2014]. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers; small red spot on rear cover. 9 x 6 x .35 inches. A collection of essays and speeches by dear old Debs; he received more than a million votes for president while imprisoned for opposing WWI; 126 pages

Las Vegas NV: The Leftist Public Domain Project, 2020. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 9 x 6 x 0.25 inches. Worth reading, but Engels’ conclusion that the State will wither away calls into question just which philosophy is scientific and which utopian

Alkmaar, Netherlands: New In Chess, [2019]. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 6.6 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches. An examination by the Russian grandmaster of when and how to play the attacking move g2-g4 in closed, semi-closed and flank openings; includes indices of names and variations and a bibliography in 288 pages

Alkmaar, Netherlands: New In Chess, [2017]. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 6.6 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches. New and Updated Edition Fairly complete review of white responses to the various Sicilian variations; includes indices of names and variations and a bibliography in 367 pages

London: Gambit Publications, 2001. Paperback. About Very Good in wrappers; binding beginning to break. 7 x 1 x 10 inches. First Edition, First Printing Deepen your understanding of chess by studying 50 sensational games; includes indices of players and games in its 320 pages

New York: The Viking Press, [1982]. Hardcover. Very Good in unclipped and slightly worn dust jacket. 8.75 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches. A compilation of reminiscences from the New Yorker by the once-celebrated English writer; published posthumously; 177 pages

Glasgow: Quality Chess, 2018. Hardcover. Fine in illustrated boards, no dust jacket as issued. 9.75 x 7 x .8 inches. First Edition, First Printing Sam’s first book, published in the year he became US chess champion; signed and dated by the author on the front pastedown; includes a game index and a name index in its 331… Read more about this item