[Manchester? n. p., ca. 1838-1846]. Broadside on card stock, approx. 4.5 x 6 inches. Engraved vignette, "Stephenson & Royston Del. & Sc." An attractive ephemeral relic of the political fight against trade restrictions on grains in England, an important early free trade movement, here decorated with an engraved vignette of... More about Engraved membership card for the National Anti-Corn-Law League, completed in autograph ink for...

(Brookyn: Peter V. Cacchione), [ca. 1944?]. First edition. Small 8vo, original printed self wrappers, 23 pages. Illus. The Communist Party New York City Councilman from Brooklyn here makes the exptected arguments against the proposed subway fare hike and ties the proposals of the subway commission to large property owners looking... More about 5 or 10 cents -- Which is Fair? [caption title]. [Wrapper title:] 5 [cent] Fare or 10 [cent]...

New York: New York Labor News Co., 1903. First separate edition. 8vo, original printed blue-green wrappers, 89, [7] pages. In part on the labor faker, from the Socialist Labor Party leading light De Leon. Apparently first collected in De Leon's Speeches and Editorials (1900), these two addresses here gathered and... More about Two Pages from Roman History. I. Plebs Leaders and Labor Leaders. II. The Warning of the Gracchi

Chicago: General Administration [I.W.W.], ca. 1916. 16mo, original printed wrappers, An early version of the I.W.W. constitution, as adopted in 1905 and amended through 1916 (the year of the Everett Massacre) and by all appearances here contemporary to 1916. A few pencil notes to the rear wrapper. More about Preamble and Constitution of the Industrial Workers of the World

(New York: League for Industrial Rights), [1921?]. First edition, an ex-library copy with ink stamps to the front wrapper, title and inside rear wrapper. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 45, [2] pages. The anti-union, pro-management attorney here contributes a detailed argument against workers' rights to organize and to strike. More about Social Control of Industrial Warfare

Boston: n. p., [ca. 1875-1878]. First edition. Single sheet printed recto and verso, approx. 11 x 8.25 inches. A life insurance and relief scheme for this short-lived cooperative order that was something of an urban counterpart to the Grange movement; each member of the Association would pay into the fund... More about Three Cents a Day to secure $1,000 to your Wife and Children. The Sovereigns of Industry Mutual...

Buffalo, N.Y. Graphic Arts Co., 1903. Broadside color lithograph on card stock, approx. 4.75 x 6.5 inches. An attractive advertising card touting the Buffalo garment company's clothing ($12--presumably for a suite) and its union labor. The card includes an oblique tie-in to the 1901 Buffalo Pan-American Exposition ("Pan American Guaranteed... More about Window display card for the Buffalo, N. Y. clothier Wile Bros. & Weill, "Our Guarantee...