Politics & Government from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

The Council, Beverly Hills. Fine. Black cloth. 1947. 1st edition. 1st ed., limited to 250 numbered copies. 8vo, black cloth/gilt ti tles. 432pp. . SP-PCA—Progressive Citizens of America—sponsored a massive pu blic meeting protesting HUAC and the increasing use of loyalty oa ths. They provided important public and financial support to the Hollywood Ten, a subset of the… Read more about this item

Daily Worker. Near Fine. 1935. 1st edition. 1st ed., 8vo, illustrated boards. 184 pp. 160 full-page single-pa nel cartoons satirizing the capitalist upper class from a sociali st perspective, reprinted from the Daily Worker where they ran as a feature from 1933-1935. Illustrated end papers satirizing K-Q cards in red and blue and title-page in red & black. Afterword, "… Read more about this item

Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club,. Fine. Decorative Cloth. 1959. First Thus. The texts of a "Memoir" (1877-1878) and an interview (1883) betwe en Low and H.H. Bancroft, in which the ninth governor of Californ ia (1863-1867) reflected on his business and political life, with particular emphasis on the Gold Rush, the railroads, and the que stion of Chinese immigration.… Read more about this item

Free World Magazine. 1944. 1st. Free World Magazine, 1944. 1st ed., 8vo, brown cloth. 28 pp. Sev eral of Welles' political writings first published in FREE WORLD magazine between April-December 1994. Welles was an avid support er of President Roosevelt and his views were often well in advanc e of political thinking of the time. Very… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John Ormrod. 1800. 1st edition. Eulogium, on the Character of General Washington, Late President of the United States; Pronounced at the Request of the Pennsylvan ia Society of the Cincinnati, Before the President of the United States, and the Members of Both Houses of Congress . Pa. John Ormrod, 1800. . page continues: "on… Read more about this item

NY: AMERICAN CITY MAGAZINE . Good. Black cloth. 1913. 1st edition. 1st ed.,8vo, black cloth. 684 pp. Articles, photographs, diagrams , and advertisements for city planners and municipal managers and buyers. Hundreds of b/w photos depiciting architecture, roads, a nd vehicles. . with its paper seal affixed inside front panel; also ex libris Al fred F. Rosenheim, with his… Read more about this item

Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co, Steam Printers and Stationers. 1869. 1st ed.. 8vo, cardboard covers with advtg, 275 pp. Lists of Post Offices on the Pacific Coast, Money Order Offices, General Directory, City Business Directory, State Offices, Sacramento City Government, County Directory, local history and statistics, hundreds of advts. Ex Libris William Neely Johnson, with his signature on p… Read more about this item

Paris: Imprimerie Charaire at Sceaux.. 1890. 1st edition. 5 original issues of the serial format -- published in fifteen pa rts. . original issues of this serial publication, depicting the events and destruction of the Paris Commune -- photographs of barricade s, destroyed buildings, battle scenes. Each issue has eight or ni ne photographs. Accurate bibliographic information… Read more about this item

NY: AMERICAN CITY MAGAZINE CORP. Good. Black cloth. 1930. 1st edition. Six issues of approx. 200 pages each. . h. Approx. 1200 pp. Articles, photographs, diagrams, and advertis ements for city planners and municipal managers and buyers. Hundr eds of b/w photos depiciting architecture, roads, and vehicles. . Condition: Good; text block is very good, clean and tight. Covers… Read more about this item

Augusta, GA: Pritchard, Abbott, & Loomis. Fair. 1860. 1st edition. Subtitled: "Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this Important S ubject, by E. N. Elliott, L.L.D., President of Planters' College Mississippi.With an Essay on Slavery in the Light of Internationa l Law". . s. Publisher’s brown calf, black/red spine… Read more about this item

Pasadena: Published by the Author. Hardcover. 1919. 1st ed.. 1st hardcover edition. 8vo, tan cloth. 445, [3 advts.] pp. . clair makes "a systematic and incriminating critique of the sever e limitations of the 'free press' in the United States. Sinclair called The Brass Check 'the most important and most dangerous boo k I have ever written.'… Read more about this item