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This is a special 50th copy of my catalogue – all the books are signed by author, illustrator, editor or
somebody of interest often with a dedication. In some cases I refer to another item where there is more
information on the author, dedicator or dedicatee.
If your interest is just, for example, in the Spanish Civil War, you will obviously find books under
“Spain”, but there are books signed by members of the International Brigades in different categories; if
you want books by early British Trotskyists, have a look in Religion and USA; if you want books signed
by Harry Pollitt search under Fiction, China and so on.
Some of these books came from the collection of Monty Johnstone (1928-2007). In compiling the catalogue
it became apparent how widely respected he was, even by those who disagreed with him (with the
exception of Palme Dutt and a few Trotskyists!), so I would like to dedicate this catalogue to his memory.
My Bibliography of the Communist Party of Great Britain is at last accessible via my web site, thanks to the
Barry Amiel/Norman Melburn Trust.
It’s worth having a look at my web site if you haven’t already done so – there are pages with material on the
history of Radical Bookshops, Bibliography of the Paris Commune, Political Pseudonyms, images of some of
my ephemera stock as well as special offers. The web site is updated every 2 months.
Dave Cope
Africa
[035799] Luckhardt, Ken & Wall, Brenda. ORGANIZE ... OR STARVE! L&W 1980. Paperback.
Very Good 520pp History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions. Presentation copy to
Bill Sirs of the ISTC; signed by John Gaetsewe, General Secretary of SACTU.
£17.00
[035800] Maitland, Frank. THE NORTH AFRICA TANGLE. Portobello: Tait Memorial Publications, 1943.
Pamphlet. Good 88pp Author's dedication on front cover. Cover bit worn.
£15.00
[035801] Padmore, George. AFRICA: BRITAIN'S THIRD EMPIRE. London: Dennis Dobson, 1949.
Soft cloth. Good 266pp Cover sunned. With dedication by Dorothy Padmore.
£15.00
[035802] Sachs, E S (Solly). THE CHOICE BEFORE SOUTH AFRICA. London: Turnstile Press, 1952. Hb
Good 220pp Author was General Secretary of the Garment Workers' Union. Rusted staples and cover a bit
marked. Two warm dedications, including by the author, to Ralph Millner, British Communist lawyer who
defended many African trade unionists and liberation leaders against the colonial authorities,
£30.00
[035804] Kadalie, Clements. MY LIFE AND THE ICU: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BLACK TRADE
UNIONIST IN SOUTH AFRICA. Frank Cass, 1970. Hb Good / Good. 230pp Posthumously published, with
dedication from author's wife. Edited and intro. by Stanley Trapido. Clements was founder of the first African
trade union in South Africa - the Industrial & Commercial Workers' Union which he transformed into a mass
movement. He represented his union at the ILO; interesting comments on the ambivalence of some British trade
union leaders towards the African movement. Nice copy of an uncommon book.
£40.00
[035805] Kantor, James. A HEALTHY GRAVE. Hamish Hamilton, 1967. Hb Good / Fair. 227pp Dw worn,
torn with slight loss. Progressive Johannesburg lawyer charged at the Rivonia trial. Dedication by author. £15.00
[035806] Allen, V L (Vic). THE HISTORY OF BLACK MINEWORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA Volume
1: THE TECHNIQUES OF RESISTANCE 1871-1948. Keighley: Moor Press, 1992. Hard Cover. Very
Good / Good. 491pp Personal dedication by author. Small withdrawn stamp of the Marx Memorial Library - no
other library traces. Author wrote much about mineworkers in Britain, in conjunction with the NUM.
£20.00
[035807] Tutu, Desmond. THE RAINBOW PEOPLE OF GOD: SOUTH AFRICA'S VICTORY OVER
APARTHEID. Doubleday, 1994. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 287pp Personal dedication by author. £35.00
[035808] Walker, Ivan L & Weinbren, Ben. 2000 (TWO THOUSAND) CASUALTIES: A HISTORY OF
THE SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR MOVEMENT. Johannesburg: South African Trade Union
Council, 1961. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 387pp Signed by author.
£25.00
[035809] Dunkley, Godfrey. THAT ALL MAY LIVE: GUIDELINES TOWARDS A BETTER SOCIETY.
A Whyte Publishers, 1990. Pb Good 236pp Some pencil underlinings and one in ink. Personal
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dedication by author. Argues that land should form the only basis of state revenue.
£10.00
[035811] Clack, Garfield. INDUSTRIAL PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA. Offprint from "British Journal of
Industrial Relations", Vol.1. Pamphlet. Good 13pp Signed by author on cover.
£7.00
[035812] Mitchison, Naomi. RETURN TO THE FAIRY HILL. London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition.
Hb Good / Good. 260pp With fold-out map. Author's dedication to George Thomson.
£25.00
[037372] Marais, Genoveva. KWAME NKRUMAH AS I KNEW HIM. Janay Publishing , 1972. Hard Cover.
Good+ / Fair. 138pp Head of Ghanian TV, she was close to Nkrumah and was expelled on his
overthrow. Signed by author.
£16.00
Asia
[035823] Torre, Edicio de la. TOUCHING GROUND, TAKING ROOT: THEOLOGICAL AND
POLITICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE PHILIPPINE STRUGGLE. Quezon City: Socio-Pastoral
Institute, 1986. Pb. Good 216pp Author was a Christian revolutionary, imprisoned for 5 years in the 1970s
and another 4 years in the 1980s. Signed inside back cover. With photocopied article by author.
£7.00
[035824] Kruger, Horst. ZUR REZEPTION SOZIALISTISCHER IDEEN DURCH DIE INDISCHE
NATIONALE BEFREIUNGSBEWGUNG VOR 1917. Akadamie-Verlag, Berlin, 1974. Pamphlet.
Signed by Author. Good 65pp From Asienwissenschaftler der DDR. In German.
£6.00
[035825] Pomeroy, William. THE FOREST: A PERSONAL RECORD OF THE HUK GUERRILLA
STRUGGLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. New York: International Publishers, 1963. Hb Good / Fair.
224pp Dedicated by author & wife, a Philippino revolutionary, to Margaret Mynatt - a British communist
of Austrian origin, friend of Brecht and his circle who later became Managing Director of Central Books.
Dustwrapper a bit torn with slight loss, and has traces of a faint stain.
£20.00
[035826] Araneta, Gemma Cruz. HANOI DIARY. Manila: 1968. Hard Cover. G/G 148pp Very unusual book
by Philippine journalist (she had worked for the "Sunday Times") and winner of Miss International
Beauty Queen, Long Beach, California in 1964. This account is very sympathetic to the North
Vietnamese. Warmly dedicated by author to Bill and Celia (Pomeroy).
£30.00
[035827] Cole, John. AS IT SEEMED TO ME: POLITICAL MEMOIRS. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995.
First Edition. Hb Signed by Author. Fine / Very Good. 454pp By the former Political Editor of the BBC. £9.00
Biography/Autobiography
[013183] Fiori, Giusepe. ANTONIO GRAMSCI - LIFE OF A REVOLUTIONARY. NLB, 1970. Hard
Cover. Good / Good. 304pp Maurice Cornforth's copy, with typescript of a review he wrote. Some ink lines in
margin. Cornforth was a Marxist philosopher and Managing Director of Lawrence & Wishart.
£15.00
[035828] Bedarida, Francois. WILL THORNE: LA VOIE ANGLAISE DU SOCIALISME. Fayard, 1987. Pb
Good 299pp Dedicated by author to Joyce Bellamy. In French. Cover slightly creased.
£12.00
[035829] Crosland, Susan. TONY CROSLAND. Jonathan Cape, 1982. Hard Cover. VG/VG 422pp
Biography by his wife, who has signed this copy. Spine slightly sunned.
£20.00
[035830] Torr, Dona. TOM MANN AND HIS TIMES Vol.1. Lawrence and Wishart, 1956. Hard Cover.
Good 368pp Only Volume 1 was ever published. Andrew Rothstein's copy (see 035961).
£20.00
[035831] Braddock, Jack and Bessie. THE BRADDOCKS. Macdonald, 1963. Hard Cover. Good / Fair.
244pp Leading figures in the Labour Party in Liverpool, after a period in the early Communist Party.
Some small tears in dustwrapper with slight loss. Dedication by Bessie.
£20.00
[035832] Brown, George. IN MY WAY. Gollancz, 1971. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good / Good.
299pp Deputy Prime Minister under Harold Wilson.
£15.00
[035833] Dash, Jack. GOOD MORNING, BROTHERS! London: Mayflower, 1970. Pb. Very Good 175pp
A nice clean and tight copy of this well-known autobiography by leading Communist dockworker and
community activist in London. Dedicated to David Bloom, a Communist Party activist in Hackney. £10.00
[035834] Mann, Tom. TOM MANN'S MEMOIRS. London: Labour Publishing Company, 1923. Hard Cover.
Good 334pp Very slight foxing on prelims and edge. Signed by author on frontispiece photograph. £60.00
[035835] Trory, Ernie. CRADLED INTO POETRY: THE LIFE & TIMES OF PERCY BYSSHE
SHELLEY. Hove: Crabtree Press, 1991. Paperback. Good 263pp With author's dedication. £12.00
[035836] Ball, F C (Fred). A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. Futura, 1961. Pb Good 256pp Memories of a
country childhood before WW1 by the future biographer of Robert Tressell. With author's dedication. £10.00
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[035837] Hobbs, May. BORN TO STRUGGLE. Quartet Books, 1974. Pb Good. 164pp Led the cleaners' strike
at the Ministry of Defence in 1972. Dedicated "thanks for making this book possible in the USA". £15.00
[035838] Warren, Des. THE KEY TO MY CELL. New Park, 1982. Pb Signed by Author. Good 319pp By the
imprisoned Shrewsbury picket after the infamous conspiracy charges. Quite hard to find this title now. £40.00
[035839] Blatchford, Robert. THE BOUNDER: THE STORY OF A MAN BY HIS FRIEND. Walter Scott,
1900. First Edition. Hb Signed by Author. Good 223pp Frontispiece photo with tissue guard. Gilt top edge
and attractive gilt stamped cover. Author is not credited. This is the biography of E F Fay, one of the key
figures behind "The Clarion" that Blatchford founded; he was particularly known for his comic verse. £75.00
[035840] Exell, Arthur. THE POLITICS OF THE PRODUCTION LINE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN
OXFORD CAR WORKER. Oxford: History Workshop Journal Pamphlet, 1981. Pamphlet. VG 76pp
Communist shop steward reminisces about the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Author's dedication.
£12.00
[035841] Stalker, John. STALKER. London: Harrap, 1988. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. VG/G 286pp
Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester led investigation into charges of Royal Ulster Constabulary
secret shoot to kill policy, but was relieved of his duties as he got closer to embarrassing material. £10.00
[035842] Brockway, Fenner. TOWARDS TOMORROW. Hart-Davis, McGibbon, 1977. First Edition. Hb.
Good / Good. 280pp Pacifist in WW1, leading ILP figure, MP and anti-colonialist. Author's dedication. £20.00
[035843] Burchett, Wilfred. AT THE BARRICADES: THE MEMOIRS OF A REBEL JOURNALIST .
Quartet Books, 1980. Hb Good+ / Good. 341pp Two very small tears in dustwrapper, no loss. Much on China,
Korea, Indochina from the famous radical journalist. Dedicated by Burchett to Stanley Forman.
£25.00
[035844] Jones, Jack. UNION MAN - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Collins, 1986. Hb VG/G 351pp A Liverpool
docker, Jones was badly wounded in Spain fighting with the International Brigades; a Labour councillor
and later General Secretary of the TGWU. Dedicated by Jones to Harold Smith, labour movement
historian, librarian and bibliophile. With some correspondence between them and 9 loose reviews. £25.00
[035845] Ash, William. A RED SQUARE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL
REVOLUTIONARY. Howard Baker, 1978. Hb Fair / Good. 237pp Rear board badly bumped in one
corner,
which has left an impression through the book. Texas born, RAF pilot in WW2, escaped from Gestapo when
shot down. Worked for BBC in India. He was a "steward" at difficult meetings and often had to engage in fist
fights with fascists. An engaging, self-deprecating autobiography. With author's dedication.
£14.00
[035846] Newton, Ray. ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK? THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF A
LEFT-WING ACTIVIST. Minerva Press, 1968. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good. 212pp
A Communist Party and peace movement activist.
£10.00
[035848] Hughes, Emrys. KEIR HARDIE - A PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY. London: Lincolns-Prager, 1950.
Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 80pp Includes 16 pages of photos.
£15.00
[035849] Ehrenburg, Ilya. PEOPLE AND LIFE: MEMOIRS OF 1891-1917. MacGibbon & Kee, 1961. Hb
Good / Good. 240pp Volume 1 of autobiography "Men - Years- Life".
Yvonne Kapp's copy (see 036258).
£10.00
[035850] Eastwood, G G. GEORGE ISAACS. Odhams, 1952. Hb Good / Good. 223pp A nice clean copy.
Dedicated by author. Isaacs was General Secretary of printers' union NSOPA at 26 and later became
Mayor of Southwark and Minister of Labour in 1945 government.
£20.00
[035851] Mayer, Gustav. FRIEDRICH ENGELS - A BIOGRAPHY. London: Chapman & Hall, 1936.
Hard Cover. Good / Good. 323pp Will Lawther's copy (see 036482).
£20.00
[035852] Maisky, Ivan. BEFORE THE STORM: RECOLLECTIONS. Hutchinson, 1943. Hb. Good / Fair.
176pp Dedicated by author, Soviet Ambassador in London, to D N Pritt. Pritt, a left-wing Labour MP,
had been expelled from the party in 1940 for writing a pamphlet on Finland against the Labour Party line
(though it was not against a Conference decision, just a statement of the NEC, which had never been used
before as a justification for expulsion). Small withdrawn stamp of the Marx Memorial Library.
£50.00
[035853] Blackburn, Fred. GEORGE TOMLINSON: A BIOGRAPHY. Heinemann, 1954. Hb G/G 210pp
Small closed tear in dw. From half-timer in cotton factory to Education Minister in post-war Governments.
Dedicated by author to Harry (Livermore) - active figure in Liverpool Labour politics and Lord Mayor. £15.00
[035854] Jones, Jack. ME AND MINE - FURTHER CHAPTERS IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London:
Hamish Hamilton, 1946. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good 428pp Follows on from "Unfinished
Journey". Has newspaper photo pasted in, plus some other owners' inscriptions.
£10.00
[035855] Jones, Jack (MP). MY LIVELY LIFE. John Long, 1928. Hb. Signed by Author. Good 222pp Rare.
Author was a docker in Liverpool and active in the SDF, before becoming Labour MP for Silvertown.
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£70.00
[035856] Saville, John. ERNEST JONES: CHARTIST. L&W, 1952. Hb Dedicated to Harold (Smith). £40.00
[035857] Ditto Hb Good / Fair. 284pp Signed by Author. Dustwrapper torn with slight loss.
£30.00
[035858] Goldman, Emma. LIVING MY LIFE . New York: Garden City Publishing, 1934. Hb Good 993pp,
xvi. Slight looseness in rear board. Exterior a bit worn and dulled. Personal dedication by Goldman
takes up whole page: "To my good friend James Harrison. I hope this will inspire you to become a real
force in our struggle for freedom...Affectionately...". Dated August 1937, London.
£200.00
[035859] Lansbury, George. MY LIFE. London: Constable, 1928. Hb Good 293pp The great labour movement
figure from East London. Exterior slightly dulled. Signed with motto "We live in deeds not words". £80.00
[035860] Low, David. LOW'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London: Michael Joseph, 1956. Hard Cover. Signed by
Author. Good 387pp Many reproductions of his political cartoons.
£40.00
[035886] Barbusse, Henri. STALIN. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935. Hb Good 324pp Exterior very
slightly soiled. Owner's name inside front cover. With greetings card from Barbusse dedicated, in
French, to the League Against Imperialism.
£15.00
[035887] Mitchell, Austin. WESTMINSTER MAN. Thames Methuen, 1982. 1st Edition. Hb G/G 288pp
Dedicated by author, Labour MP for Grimsby "To Lobby Lud from Lobby Luddite", i.e. to Ian Aitken. £15.00
[035888] Driberg, Tom; Foot, Michael (Postscript). RULING PASSIONS. London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First
Edition. Hb Good / Good. 271pp Dedicated to Tony (Benn) by Driberg.
£25.00
[035889] Clynes, J R. MEMOIRS 1869-1924. London: Hutchinson, 1937. Hard Cover. Good 351pp Slight
looseness in front board. Warm dedication by author to Gertrude Lawes. An uncommon book. £40.00
[035890] Hyndman, Henry Mayers. THE RECORD OF AN ADVENTUROUS LIFE. Macmillan, 1911. Hb
Good 460pp Frontispiece with tissue guard. Presentation to George H Young "as Souvenir of his work
for Socialism in Croydon, October 1911" Signed by 33 comrades. Uncommon autobiography by one
of the founders of British Marxism (if of an idiosyncratic and sectarian nature).
£55.00
[035891] Wheen, Francis. KARL MARX. London: Fourth Estate, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. 431pp Acclaimed biography.
£20.00
[035892] Lord Wigg. GEORGE WIGG. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. Hb VG/VG 384pp With 10 loose
obituaries plus other cuttings. With dedication to Harold Smith. Wigg's readable memoirs cover Labour Party,
WEA, Army Education, the Profumo affair and his time as Postmaster General under Harold Wilson. £15.00
[035893] Grey, Lloyd Eric. WILLIAM MORRIS: PROPHET OF ENGLAND'S NEW ORDER. London:
Cassell, 1949 1st Edition. Hb Good 386pp Small stain on bottom edge.
Robin Page Arnot's copy (see 036388).
£12.00
[035894] Weston, Agnes. MY LIFE AMONG THE BLUE-JACKETS. London: James Nisbet, 1912. Hb
Good 333pp The life of the Royal Naval Temperance Society. Author's dedication.
£10.00
[035902] Wilson, Stanley. THE MAYOR AND THE MATRON. High Wycombe: Precision Press, 1971. Pb
Signed by Author. Good 157pp Author joined Labour Party in 1920, was at Ruskin during the General
Strike, Labour Party agent for Saffron Walden, and a J.P. Important source of local information. £12.00
[035903] Mills, J E (MP). FROM THE BACK BENCHES. Labour Publishing Company, 1924. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. Good 75pp Exterior slightly soiled. Author was MP for Dartford. Rare. £50.00
[035904] Short, Edward (MP) WHIP TO WILSON. London: Macdonald, 1989. Hb Good+ / Good. 291pp
Personal dedication to Neil "with the hope that his governments will not make the mistakes this one
made". Also with the signature of Tom Sawyer (NUPE, Labour Peer).
£50.00
[035905] McTell, Ralph. ANGEL LAUGHTER: AUTOBIOGRAPHY Volume 1. Maidstone: Amber Waves,
2000. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good/Good+ 288pp
£30.00
[035906] Ilukol, Margaret. CHILD OF THE KARIMOJONG. Macmillan Australia, 1990. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. VG/G 144pp Autobiography of Ugandan woman, mutilated by a hyena as an eight-year old.
This describes her treatment in Kampala & then Australia, and eventual rehabilitation and training as a nurse.
£12.00
[035907] Gerard, David. SHRIEKING SILENCE: A LIBRARY LANDSCAPE. New Jersey: Scarecrow
Press, 1988. Hb VG 287pp Dedicated to Harold (Smith) - a fellow socialist librarian. Material on
Liverpool and Nottingham libraries, where he was City Librarian. Uncommon.
£50.00
[035908] Rensburg, Hans Van. THEIR PATHS CROSSED MINE: MEMOIRS OF THE COMMANDANTGENERAL OF THE OSSEWA-BRANDWAG. South Africa: Central News Agency, 1956. Hb
Good / Fair. 279pp Dustwrapper slightly torn. Personal dedication to Princess Alice of Athlone.
Couple of MSC stamps. Admirer of Hitler, former Administrator of the Orange Free State who
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resigned to lead the rebel organisation that sabotaged South Africa's war effort.
£60.00
[035909] Paton, John. PROLETARIAN PILGRIMAGE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Routledge, 1935.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good 319pp ILP activist and councillor in Aberdeen who became
editor of the "New Leader". This first part of his autobiography goes up to about 1920.
£30.00
[035910] Galloway, George (MP). I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. London: Allen Lane, 2004. Paperback. Good
185pp Personal dedication by founder of Respect.
£8.00
[035911] Sanders, W Stephen. EARLY SOCIALIST DAYS. London: Hogarth Press, 1927. Paperback. Good
101pp Trace of paper clip on cover and endpaper. Dedicated by author to "My friend George Lansbury in
memory of the times when we were trying to "usher in the Dawn" now slowly but surely emerging". £50.00
[035912] Curtis, George. THE BIRTHRIGHT OF OUR SIRES. Self-published. No date (1990s). Paperback.
Signed by Author. Good+ 127pp Farmworker in Lincolnshire, became full-time officer of
Agricultural Workers' Trade Union and member of Humberside County Council.
£10.00
[035913] Twynam, Ella. PETER ANNET 1693-1769. London: Pioneer Press. No date. Pamphlet. Good+ 16pp
Rusty staples; faint stain on cover; minute closed tears on two pages where slightly creased. Dedicated
to "Dona Torr with love from Ella, May 1953". Annet was a Liverpool born freethinker, imprisoned
for his attacks on the authenticity of Biblical history when he was 70.
£20.00
[035914] Nicholas, Islwyn Ap. DIC PENDERYN: WELSH REBEL AND MARTYR. London: Foyle's Welsh
Press, 1944. Pamphlet. Good 61pp Personal dedication by author.
£30.00
[035915] Nicholas, Islwyn Ap. A WELSH HERETIC: DR. WILLIAM PRICE, LLANTRISANT. Ffynnon
Press, 1973.Pamphlet. Good 48pp Dedicated to Bert Pearce, for many years a leading Welsh Communist. £25.00
[035935] Baxter, Archibald. WE WILL NOT CEASE:THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CONSCIENTIOUS
OBJECTOR. New Zealand: Cape Catley, 1980. Pb Good 189pp Dedicated by publisher to John
Platts Mills. Uncommon; classic account of brutality inflicted on a New Zealand pacifist in WW1.
£15.00
[037226] Clark, David. VICTOR GRAYSON - LABOUR'S LOST LEADER. Quartet Books, 1985. Hb.
Signed by Author. VG/VG 175pp Grayson was a charismatic socialist, elected to Parliament in
1907, who later completely disappeared.
£20.00
[037369] Cooper, Thomas. THE LIFE OF THOMAS COOPER. Leicester University Press, 1971.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 400pp Reprint of 1872 autobiography of the prominent Chartist
and poet. Introduction by John Saville who has also signed this copy.
£20.00
China
[035916] Alley, Rewi. THE PEOPLE HAVE STRENGTH. Peking: Self-published, 1954. Hb Good / Good.
281pp Sequel to "Yo Banfa!". Dedicated to Ivor and Hell Montagu (see 036095) .
£15.00
[035917] Mao Tse-Tung. SELECTED MILITARY WRITINGS. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1963.
1st edition. Hb Good+ 408pp Tipped in frontispiece photograph with tissue guard. One page has 3
ink lines in margin. George Thomson's copy. Thomson was a British Communist who became one of
the more significant supporters of China following the Sino-Soviet split.
£20.00
[035918] Strong, Anna Louise. THE RISE OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S COMMUNES. Peking: New
World Press, 1959. Paperback. Good 133pp Alan Winnington's copy.
£12.00
[035919] Worsley, Peter. INSIDE CHINA. London: Allen Lane, 1975. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good.
270pp Personal dedication.
£15.00
[035920] SOCIALIST UPSURGE IN CHINA'S COUNTRYSIDE. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1957
Hard Cover. Good 505pp Robin Page Arnot's copy.
£12.00
[035921] Alley, Rewi. TAIWAN: A BACKGROUND STUDY. Auckland: New Zealand - China Society /
Progressive Book Society, 1972. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good+ 46pp Uncommon. £20.00
[035922] Alley, Rewi. GREETINGS FOR 1978. Signed by Author. Good+ 16pp Self-published pamphlet
with introduction and photos of Chinese children taken by Alley.
£10.00
[035923] Ditto GREETINGS FOR 1975. Signed by Author. Good+ 16pp Alley was a New Zealander who
lived in China for many years.
£10.00
[035924] COLLECTION OF PAMPHLETS. Peking: General Office of the Central Committee of the
Communist of China, 1956. Pamphlet. Good 5 pamphlets - 4 have Harry Pollitt's signature. Probably
background material for delegates to the 8th National Congress of the CP of China, which Pollitt
attended. "Summary of Main Experiences of the Party & Its Work Among National Minorities"; "On the
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Transformation of Capitalist Industry & Commerce"; "Directive of the CC on the Question of
Intellectuals"; "Directive of the CC...United Front Work"; "Mobilize All Our Forces". LOT
£60.00
[035925] Liu Shao-Chi. THE POLITICAL REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CP OF
CHINA TO THE 8th NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE PARTY 2 Parts. Peking. Pamphlet.
Good 76pp Harry Pollitt's signature. Very slight spine damage - repaired with archival tape. £30.00
[035926] Morse, Hosea Ballou. THE GILDS OF CHINA WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GILD
MERCHANT OR CO-HONG OF CANTON. Longmans, Green, 1909. Good 92pp Dedicated to
W Cartwright by author.
£50.00
Communism
[035945] Gallacher, William. RISE LIKE LIONS. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1951. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. Good / Fair. 253pp
£25.00
[035946] Morgan, Marguerite. PART OF THE MAIN. London: People's Publications, 1990. Paperback.
Very Good 120pp Dedicated by author. With separate Postscript of 1992 (17pp). Author was
active in CP in Shropshire, then Coventry; lived in GDR from 1964.
£10.00
[035947] Piratin, Phil. OUR FLAG STAYS RED. London: Thames Publications, 1948. First Edition.
Pb Good+ 91pp Autobiography by British Communist MP, with dedication. Especially interesting
on tenants' struggles in London Nice copy.
£25.00
[035953] Ditto Lawrence and Wishart, 1978. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good+ 91pp
£20.00
[035948] DECISIONS OF THE THIRD CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL.
CPGB, 1921. Hb Good 134pp Rusty staples; cover dulled. T A Jackson's copy (see 036024). £140.00
[035949] REPORT ON ORGANISATION PRESENTED BY THE PARTY COMMISSION TO THE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CPGB, October 7, 1922. Communist Party of Great Britain.
Pamphlet. Fair 79pp Lacks covers which are here photocopied. Otherwise a good, solid copy of a very
rare document. Belonged to R Palme Dutt - his initials and ownership stamp.
£50.00
[035950] Bell, Tom. PIONEERING DAYS. Lawrence and Wishart, 1941. Hard Cover. Good 316pp
With author's dedication. Exterior slightly soiled. Ex-CPGB library - small round stamps.
£20.00
[035951] Stewart, Bob. BREAKING THE FETTERS. Lawrence and Wishart, 1967. Hb Very Good / Good.
200pp Dedicated by author. Memoirs of founder member of CPGB - he was temporarily General
Secretary when other leaders were imprisoned in 1926. For many years the CP's representative on the
Comintern. In 1912, John Maclean had called him "the finest propagandist in Scotland".
£22.00
[035952] Darlington, Ralph. THE POLITICAL TRAJECTORY OF J T MURPHY. Liverpool University
Press, 1998. Pb Good 316pp Dedicated by author to Monty Johnstone, thanking him for help in researching
this book. Murphy was a leader of the Shop Stewards' & Workers' Committee Movement during WW1 and of
the British Communist Party in the 1920s and 1930s, serving on the Executive of the Comintern.
£16.00
[035954] Gallacher, William. LAST MEMOIRS. Lawrence and Wishart, 1966. Hb Good / Fair. 320pp Dw
ragged with some loss. Autobiography of Scottish Communist and M.P. from 1935 to 1950.
Presentation copy to Frank Ayres on 70th birthday from Executive Committee of International Brigade
Association 1966 - signed by N Green, L Elliott, O Green, A Digges.
£25.00
[035955] Gallacher, William. REVOLT ON THE CLYDE. L&W, 1949. Hb Signed by Author. Good / Fair.
301pp Dustwrapper torn with slight loss. Dedicated by author to fellow traveller, in the literal sense,
on the "Oceania" from Australia to Italy. With hand written unpublished poem "Farewell" on back of
the ship's daily programme.
£35.00
[035956] Squires, Mike. SAKLATVALA - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY. Lawrence and Wishart, 1990.
Hb VG/VG 226pp Dedicated by author to Harold Smith, with thanks for help.
£25.00
[035957] Hardy, George. THOSE STORMY YEARS. L&W, 1956. 1st Edition. Hb. Signed by Author. Good /
Fair. 256pp Dustwrapper has small tear at head of spine. Seaman, moved from IWW to CP. £25.00
[035958] Pollitt, Harry. SERVING MY TIME. Lawrence and Wishart, 1940. First Edition. Hb Signed by
Author. Good 292pp Readable autobiography by the CPGB's long standing General Secretary. £30.00
[035959] Arnison, Jim. DECADES. Self-published, 1991. Pb Signed by Author. Good 134pp Communist
building worker, who served as the Morning Star's Northern Correspondent for over 25 years. £10.00
[035960] Hill, May. RED ROSES FOR ISABEL. Self-published, 1982. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good
110pp Based on tape recordings, this is the life of Isabel Brown, leading member of CPGB famous for her
oratory. She was secretary of the British Anti-Fascist Committee which organised support for Dimitrov when
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charged over the Reichstag fire: the book's title is from a rose Dimitrov sent Brown on his release.
£12.00
[035961] Ditto Good Dedicated to Andrew (Rothstein) by Hill and Brown; with a letter from Hill to Rothstein
and a long review of the book. Has some ink corrections by Rothstein and a useful identification of
subjects in one of the photographs. Rothstein was a founder member of the CPGB and CPB.
£20.00
[036021] Watters, Frank; Scargill, Arthur (Foreword). BEING FRANK. Self-published, 1992. Pb VG 194pp
CP industrial organiser & Morning Star reporter in Birmingham & Yorkshire. With author's dedication. £10.00
[036022] Selkirk, Bob. THE LIFE OF A WORKER. Self-published, 1967. Pamphlet. Good 47pp Active
Communist miner in Fife, delegate to 6th Congress of Comintern, active in NUWM, Cowdenbeath
councillor. Dedicated to Olive and Robin Page Arnot. Cover very slightly marked.
£15.00
[036023] Paynter, Will. MY GENERATION. George Allen & Unwin, 1972. Hb Signed by Author. VG/G
172pp Welsh Communist miner who became Secretary of the NUM & fought in the Spanish Civil War. £25.00
[036024] Morton, Vivien & Macintyre, Stuart. T A JACKSON - A CENTENARY APPRECIATION.
Our History/CPGB, 1979. Pamphlet. VG 27pp Signed by C Desmond Greaves at Connolly
Association Celebration, 1979. Jackson, a self-taught intellectual, was one of British Communism's
most colourful characters.
£6.00
[036025] Saklatvala, Sehri. THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT - BIOGRAPHY SHAPURJI SAKLATVALA.
Salford: Miranda Press, 1991. Pb Signed by Author. Good 487pp Saklatvala was born in Bombay and
became a British Communist MP in 1922. A key figure campaigning for Indian independence. This book, by
his daughter, includes comprehensive extracts from his parliamentary speeches.
£15.00
[036026] Mann, Tom. TOM MANN'S MEMOIRS. London: Labour Publishing Company, 1923. Hard Cover.
Good / Good. 334pp The rare dustwrapper is a bit worn with very slight loss. Signed by author on
frontispiece photograph. This copy belonged to Duncan Hallas - his signature on front free endpaper. £80.00
[036027] Trory, Ernie. IMPERIALIST WAR - FURTHER RECOLLECTIONS OF A COMMUNIST
ORGANISER. Brighton: Crabtree Press, 1977. Pb Signed by Author. Very Good 242pp
£15.00
[036028] Hannington, Wal; Mann, Tom (Introduction). UNEMPLOYED STRUGGLES, 1919-1936. L&W,
1936. Hard Cover. Good 328pp 42 photographs. Hannington's own copy - "Return to W Hannington" with his
address. With a couple of small round stamps of the CPGB Library. A few pencil lines in margin.
£60.00
[036029] Ditto Hb. Good. Dedicated by author to Julius Jacobs. Endpapers a bit marked.
£65.00
[036030] Trory, Ernie. WAR OF LIBERATION: RECOLLECTIONS OF A COMMUNIST ACTIVIST.
London: People's Publications, 1988. First Edition. Pb Signed by Author. Good 395pp
£15.00
[036031] Goldman, Leonard. BRIGHTON BEACH TO BENGAL BAY: THE ADVENTURES OF A
YOUNG MAN IN THIRTIES LONDON AND WARTIME INDIA. Brighton: Self-published, 1999.
£15.00
1st Edition. Pb Good 116pp Autobiography by Brighton Communist. Dedication by author.
[036033] Williamson, Howard. TOOLMAKING AND POLITICS: THE LIFE OF TED SMALLBONE:
AN ORAL HISTORY. Birmingham: Linden Books, 1987. Paperback. Good 118pp + xxx. Cover a bit worn;
stain on back cover and fore-edge, internally clean. With dedications from Smallbone and Williamson to "Ted,
who joined the many other comrades in Spain". Ted Smallbone worked in Cadbury's in Bourneville for 12
years, joined the CP and went to Moscow to work in a car factory in 1935. An uncommon book.
£30.00
[036036] Frow, Ruth & Edmund. THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN MANCHESTER, 1920-26. CPGB, NW
History Group. No date (1979?) Paperback. Good 80pp Dedication by authors.
£15.00
[036037] COMMUNISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. London: Modern Books, 1929. Pb
Fair 46pp Thesis on the International Situation and the Tasks of the C.I., Adopted at 6th World Congress 1928.
Front cover loose - has been strengthened with tape. With the bookplate of the collection of Albert Inkpin, leader
of the British Socialist Party and first secretary of the CPGB; he was replaced by Pollitt in 1929.
£20.00
[036040] Dewar, Hugo. COMMUNIST POLITICS IN BRITAIN: THE CPGB FROM ITS ORIGIN TO
THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Pluto Press, 1976. Pb Very Good 159pp Dedication by author.
£20.00
[036041] Morgan, Kevin. AGAINST FASCISM AND WAR - RUPTURES AND CONTINUITIES IN
BRITISH COMMUNIST POLITICS, 1935-41. Manchester University Press, 1989. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Very Good. 328pp With author's dedication.
£45.00
[036042] Sen, Mohit. GREAT DIVIDE IN COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY. New Delhi: Offprint from "India
Quarterly" Oct/Dec 1964; Indian Council of World Affairs. Pamphlet. Good 20pp
Dedicated to R Palme Dutt. On the Sino-Soviet split.
£15.00
[036043] Hodgkinson, Ian. LENIN AND THE THEORIES OF SOCIALISM IN ONE COUNTRY AND
PERMANENT REVOLUTION. Artifact Productions, 1987. Pamphlet. Good 36pp Monty
Johnstone's copy with his pencil notes, and correspondence from author about getting official
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endorsement from the CP. Written by member of CPGB.
£7.00
[036044] Challinor, Raymond. THE ORIGINS OF BRITISH BOLSHEVISM. London: Croom Helm, 1977.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Good+. 291pp Personal dedication by author.
£40.00
[036045] Gallacher, William. THE TYRANTS' MIGHT IS PASSING. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1954.
Paperback. Signed by Author. Good+ 104pp A bright, tight copy.
£15.00
[036046] Woodhouse, Michael & Pearce, Brian. ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM IN
BRITAIN. New Park, 1975. Pb Good 248pp John Saville's copy. Minor creases in cover. £10.00
[036047] King, F and Matthews, G (ed.); Johnstone, Monty (Introduction). ABOUT TURN - THE
COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Lawrence and
Wishart, 1990. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 318pp Verbatim Record of Central Committee minutes. Closed tear
in
dustwrapper. Monty Johnstone's copy, with a few pencil notes. Also with handwritten list of corrections to the
text (some significant). Also with 15 reviews, including in Russian, German and Hungarian.
£80.00
[036048] Branson, Noreen. HISTORY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF GREAT BRITAIN Vol. 4,
1941-51. L&W, 1997. Pb. Good 262pp Dedicated by author to Monty Johnstone with thanks for help. £35.00
[036049] Thompson, Willie. THE GOOD OLD CAUSE - BRITISH COMMUNISM, 1920-91. Pluto Press,
1992. Pb Signed by Author. Good. 258pp Very readable and balanced history of the CPGB. £20.00
[036050] Paul, Eden & Cedar. CREATIVE REVOLUTION - A STUDY OF COMMUNIST
ERGATOCRACY. London: Plebs League, 1921. Paperback. Good 224pp First published in 1920. "An
elaborate apologia for Bolshevism" said the TLS review. Andrew Rothstein's copy, dated April 1921. £25.00
[036051] Saklatvala, Shapurji. SIGNED TYPED LETTER. Good. Dated 19 November 1926 by the
Communist MP to Sir James Agg-Gardner, who appears to be chair of a Parliamentary
Committee. On the hardship incurred by House of Commons staff recalled for Special Sittings who
would be working in other jobs during the recess. On House of Commons paper.
£20.00
[036055] COMMUNIST POLICY IN GREAT BRITAIN: REPORT OF THE BRITISH COMMISSION
OF THE 9th PLENUM OF THE COMINTERN. CPGB, 1928. Pb . Fair 195pp Worn; cover a bit
fragile, very slight flaking. But a solid and clean copy. Belonged to Charley Hall, CP activist and first
manager of Central Books, and his father before him - a founder member of the CP.
£30.00
[036056] COMMUNIST PARTY PAMPHLETS 1952. Communist Party of Great Britain. Hard Cover.
Good. 24 pamphlets in bound volume - the CP produced a limited number of annual bound volumes
of pamphlets. James Klugmann's copy. Klugmann was a leading member of the CP in Cambridge
in the 1930s, and worked for the CP for many years, including as editor of Marxism Today.
£40.00
[036057] Ditto 1950. Good. 14 pamphlets in bound volume. James Klugmann's copy.
£30.00
[036058] DAILY WORKER No.1, January 1, 1930. Fair 12pp Creased where folded; this has caused some
small closed tears and wear. A presentation copy to Harry Pollitt from Don Brown dated June 24th 1939. £20.00
[036081] McDermott, Kevin & Agnew, Jeremy. THE COMINTERN: A HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNISM FROM LENIN TO STALIN. Macmillan, 1996. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 304pp
Monty Johnstone's copy. Small amount of pencil marginalia. With loose letter signed by authors thanking
Monty for his help in its preparation - he is also fulsomely thanked in the Acknowledgements.
£45.00
[036082] MARXISM TODAY June 1959. Good 32pp John Gollan's copy - he was the Editor from 1957 to
1962. Includes W Gallacher on "The Jewish Problem", Rothstein on "State & Revolution",
W Lauchlan on "The CP and the Daily Worker" etc.
£7.00
[037219] Trory, Ernie. BETWEEN THE WARS. Brighton: Crabtree Press, 1974. Pb Signed by Author.
Good. 159pp Well known Communist activist and full-timer in Brighton
£15.00
[037220] Attfield, John & Williams, Stephen. 1939 - THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE WAR. L&W
1984. Hb Good / Fair. 190pp Proceedings of Conference (April 1979) organised by CP Historians’
Group. Monty Johnstone's copy, with his pencil notes – he gave the major contribution. Also with 5
loose reviews, and some correspondence/cuttings on the book. Uncommon in hardback.
£35.00
[037381] Selkirk, Bob; Docherty, Mary (ed.) AULD BOB SELKIRK: A MAN IN A MILLION.
Cowdenbeath: Self-published, 1996. Paperback. Fine 194pp Includes Docherty's recollections of
Selkirk, his own short autobiography "Life of a Worker" and other writings by him.
Selkirk was a miner & Communist councillor for 32 years in Cowdenbeath. Signed by Docherty.
£20.00
Culture
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[036093] Watkinson, Ray (Intro.); Francis, Dai (Foreword). THE GENERALS' STRIKE - 20 DRAWINGS
BY ANDREW TURNER. Journeyman Press, 1977. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good 54pp
Large format. Impressive revolutionary drawings.
£20.00
[036094] Lindsay, Jack. COLLECTED POEMS. Chiron Press, 1981. Hard Cover. Very Good 605pp Limited
numbered edition signed by Jack and Helen Lindsay (his daughter, who did the illustrations). Lindsay was an
editor, novelist, poet, historian and long-standing member of the CPGB. Not issued with dustwrapper. £50.00
[036095] Montagu, Ivor. WITH EISENSTEIN IN HOLLYWOOD. Berlin, GDR: Seven Seas, 1968. Pb Good
356pp Author, a well-known British Communist, worked with Hitchcock and Eisenstein, and worked in every
field of film - as editor, distributor, script writer, director, producer, and critic. Dedicated by author.
£20.00
[036096] Ball, F C (Fred). ONE OF THE DAMNED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT TRESSELL.
Lawrence and Wishart, 1979. Pb Good. 266pp The summary of Ball's researches into the story of "The
Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" and its author. "Dear Jack, I hope you will be pleased with this account
of the life of a real Working Class Hero. For myself, I'm proud of the fact that my Union was instrumental
in honouring the memory of this man. Fraternally, Fred.". (Ball – see 035836).
£30.00
[036097] Hogenkamp, Bert. FILM, TELEVISION AND THE LEFT, 1950-1970. L&W, 2000. Pb Signed by
Author. VG 178pp
£20.00
[036098] Hogenkamp, Bert. DEADLY PARALLELS: FILM AND THE LEFT IN BRITAIN, 1929-39.
Lawrence and Wishart, 2000. Pb. Good 240pp Documentaries, Workers' Film Societies, Kino, Workers' Film &
Photo League, Labour Party, CPGB etc. The standard work. Signed by author and Stanley Forman
£25.00
[036099] Ditto. Paperback Good Signed by Stanley Forman, a key figure in British left wing film
production and distribution..
£20.00
[036100] Jackson, T A. OLD FRIENDS TO KEEP - STUDIES OF ENGLISH NOVELS AND
NOVELISTS. Lawrence and Wishart, 1950. Paperback. Fair 119pp Cover bit dulled. Traces of
stain on cover and first 20 pages. With a dedication by Harry Pollitt.
£15.00
[036101] Mackail, J W. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM MORRIS. Oxford University Press, 1950. Hard Cover.
Good / Fair. 767pp 2 volumes in one. Dustwrapper torn with slight loss. Robin Page Arnot's copy. £20.00
[036102] Dutt, R P. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DAILY HERALD. Labour Monthly, 1964. Pamphlet.
Good 17pp Some reproductions of cartoons from the Daily Herald of 1913. Robin Page Arnot's copy. £6.00
[036103] Clark, Edward (Foreword). TRIBUTE TO ALAN BUSH ON HIS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY.
London: Workers' Music Association, 1950. Paperback. Good 58pp + illustrations. Cover slightly marked.
Spine strengthened with clear tape. Uncommon book about the Marxist composer. Contributors include
J Ireland, R Boughton, H Eisler, W Sahnow, T Russell etc. Signed by Bush on portrait plate.
£50.00
[036104] Edgar, David. THE SECOND TIME AS FARCE. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1988. Hard
Cover. Signed by author, the well known playwright. Very Good / Good. 265pp
£30.00
[036134] Barrell, John. POETRY, LANGUAGE AND POLITICS. Manchester University Press, 1988
Paperback. Very Good 174pp >From the library of Christopher Hill - has his pencil signature.
£25.00
[036135] Heinemann, Margot. PURITANISM AND THEATRE: THOMAS MIDDLETON AND
OPPOSITION DRAMA UNDER THE EARLY STUARTS. Cambridge UP, 1980. Hb Good / Good. 300pp
With Christopher Hill’s pencil signature. Pencil notes on endpapers. With typescript of review by Hill. £30.00
[036136] Sheikh, Ahmed. DAVID M DIOP: THE AESTHETICS OF LIBERATION. London: The African
Dawn, 1986. Pamphlet. Good+ 40pp Uncommon. One small round stamp of the Marx Memorial
Library (no other library traces). With personal, militant dedication by author.
£15.00
[036137] Iles, Norman. THE NURSERY RHYMES RESTORED TO THEIR ADULT ORIGINALS. Leeds
Alternative Publications, 1980. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 110pp
£10.00
[036138] Kiernan, V G. POETS, POLITICS AND THE PEOPLE. Verso, 1989. Paperback. Good 239pp
With Christopher Hill's pencil signature. Collection of Marxist essays - Shakespeare, Tennyson, Wordsworth,
relation between writers and people in protest, Christianity, Socialism, Cambridge spies, etc.
£20.00
[036140] Castagna, Edward. THREE WHO MET THE CHALLENGE: JOSEPH L WHEELER,
LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL, FRANCES CLARKE SAYERS. Berkeley: Peacock Press, 1965.
Pamphlet. VG 25pp On three prominent American librarians. Dedicated by author to Harold Smith £10.00
[036141] Kocmanova, Jessie. THE AESTHETIC PURPOSE OF WILLIAM MORRIS IN THE CONTEXT
OF HIS LATE PROSE ROMANCES. Offprint from "Brno Studies in English" Vol.6, 1966.
Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 72pp With 2 page summary in Czech.
£10.00
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[036142] Smith, David. THE EARLY GWYN THOMAS. Offprint from "Transactions of the Honourable
Society of Cymmrodorion, 1985. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 19pp
£8.00
[036143] Grayling, A C. THE MYSTERY OF THINGS. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Very Good. 229pp First edition. Personal dedication by author.
£30.00
[036144] Ogden, C K; Richards, I A; Woods, James. THE FOUNDATIONS OF AESTHETICS. Allen &
Unwin, 1922. First Edition. Hb Fair 95pp With 17 plates. The only fault is some discolouring/stain on boards.
Internally very clean. With the unusual bookplate of A L Morton, the Communist historian and writer. £20.00
[036145] Moon, Eric. A DESIRE TO LEARN: SELECTED WRITINGS. Scarecrow Press, 1993. Hb VG
442pp With author's dedication to Harold Smith. Moon was editor of the American Library Journal,
and a publisher. This book contains essays on libraries, books, censorship and politics.
£30.00
[036156] Baker, Paul; Jara, Joan (Foreword). SONG IN HIGH SUMMER. California: Source Books, 1989.
Paperback. Good 183pp Musician and peace activist. Much on El Salvador. Dedicated to Stanley
(Forman) with handwritten letter.
£10.00
[036158] Piggott, H E. SONGS THAT MADE HISTORY. J M Dent, 1937.1st Edition. Hb Good / Fair.
77pp Dedication by author to Alf Mattison "In gratitude for much kind help". Includes La
Marseillaise, The Internationale, The Red Flag.
£30.00
[036159] Postcard. FIDDLE AND I SPEAK FOR SOCIALISM - "CASEY". 1913. Good. Publicity photo of
"Casey" (Walter Hampson), the ILP activist who was sacked from an orchestra for his politics, who
became a regular feature at socialist events. This card was sent by Casey to M R Atkins near Wakefield
announcing time of arrival in Huddersfield, presumably for a performance. Casey adds that "I've a little
girl. Good player" - she accompanied him on piano.
£35.00
[036256] Beloussov, V & Smirnova, O V. V N SEMENOV. Moscow: 1980. Hard Cover. Good 144pp In
Russian. About the architect and town planner Semenov, with illustrations. Beloussov, grandson of
Semenov and himself a professor of architecture and planning has dedicated this book to an English
town planner; with a letter in Russian and a French translation.
£30.00
[036257] Reavey, George. SOVIET LITERATURE TODAY. London: Lindsay Drummond, 1946. Hard
Cover. Good 190pp Author's dedication.
£15.00
[036258] Cloud, Yvonne (ed.) & Kapp, Edmond X (illustrator). PASTICHE: A MUSIC-ROOM BOOK.
Faber & Gwyer, 1926. Hb Good 101pp Numbered limited edition, signed by author & illustrator. Yvonne
Cloud (Kapp) went on to play a significant part in the CP Historians Group, and wrote a major biography of
Eleanor Marx; in her earlier years she was linked to the Bloomsbury group. Cover slightly faded.
£25.00
[036259] Peng-Chun Chang et al. MEI LAN-FENG AND CHINESE DRAMA. Paperback. Good No publisher
or year (early 1930s?). 23pp of text and 10 black & white and 17 colour plates. Large format. Attractive gilt
stamped design on cover. Slight damage to spine, but still very solid and a clean copy. Chapters on Biographical
Sketch, and Chinese Theatre - conventions, costumes, music etc. WITH 4 page handwritten letter by Sergei
Eisenstein to "My dear Ivor" (Ivor Montagu) in which he writes about Mei: "I am completely crazy about the art
of this man: night after night for eight days I sit at his performances and have enjoyed nothing of the kind for
years!" WITH two photographs (not postcards): one of Mei, Piscator, Tretiakof and Eisenstein (all identified in
his writing on back) Moscow and unclear date (1935?); Eisenstein is delicately holding Mei's hand! The other of
Eisenstein, in a suit, acting a part with Mei and another actor - "I am enacting the part of the ghost of treacherous
husband to please you!" and signed and dated. Montagu and his wife were close friends of Eisenstein and he
collaborated with him on several films and wrote the book "With Eisenstein in Hollywood".
£300.00
[037221] Pearce, Georgia (ed.); Blatchford, Robert (Foreword). THE CLARION SONG BOOK. London:
Clarion Press, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good 98pp "To Mr William Booker with greetings from
Georgia Pearce, thanks for contribution". A very nice copy.
£120.00
[037222] Bush, Alan. IN MY EIGHTH DECADE AND OTHER ESSAYS. Kahn & Averill, 1980. Pb Good
92pp Contains an autobiographical chapter, articles on Marxism & Music, Beethoven, Opera etc. Plus a
Complete List of Works by this lifelong Communist composer. Presentation copy to John Miller
"From his friends on the Executive Committee of the WMA..." Miller was the WMA Archivist.
£25.00
[037223] Journès, Hugues. UNE LITTERATURE REVOLUTIONNAIRE EN GRANDE-BRETAGNE: LA
POESIE CHARTISTE. Paris: Publisud, 1991. Pb Good+ 430pp Dedicated to John Saville by
author. The book is in French
£40.00
[037364] Chanan, Michael. THE DREAM THAT KICKS - THE PREHISTORY AND EARLY YEARS OF
CINEMA IN BRITAIN. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good.
353pp Signed by author. Marxist analysis.
£20.00
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[037376] Bourne, Stephen. BLACK IN THE BRITISH FRAME: THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN
BRITISH FILM & TELEVISION. London: Continuum, 2001. Paperback. Very Good 256pp
Personal dedication by author.
£15.00
Economics
[036260] Jones, Henry Arthur. WHAT IS CAPITAL? London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1925. Hard Cover.
Good 72pp Personal dedication by author. Uncommon.
£25.00
[036261] Gromyko, Andrei. THE OVERSEAS EXPANSION OF CAPITAL - PAST AND PRESENT.
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 423pp Includes indexes and
bibliography. Signed by Campbell Creighton, the translator. With an interesting typed letter by Creighton on the
background to the book "I suppose one can consider the book the swansong of the old background of Soviet
foreign policy". Creighton was a Canadian, who settled in England, joined the Communist Party and gave up an
academic career to work on Challenge; he later worked for the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR. He
moved to Moscow to translate for Progress Publishers and got a reputation for being a bit "awkward".
£20.00
[036262] Hyder, Joseph. THE CASE FOR LAND NATIONALISATION. Simpkin, Marshall, 1914. Hb
Good 435pp, x (publications of the Land Nationalisation Society). 2nd edition. Author's dedication.
£10.00
[036263] Rooth, Tim. BRITISH PROTECTIONISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY:
OVERSEAS COMMERCIAL POLICY IN THE 1930s. Cambridge University Press, 1993. Hb
Very Good / Good+. 357pp Dedicated by author to John Saville.
£25.00
[036268] Boettke, Peter J (ed.) THE COLLAPSE OF DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. New York University
Press, 1994. Paperback. Good+ 334pp Dedicated to Professor Bauer "with great admiration and
respect for all you have done for economic science and liberal political economy".
£20.00
[036269] Noyes, Richard (ed.) NOW THE SYNTHESIS: CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM AND THE NEW
SOCIAL CONTRACT. Shepheard-Walwyn, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 241pp Signed by five
of the contributors - R Noyes, F Harrison, D Richards, N Tideman, C Lowell Harriss.
£15.00
[036270] Meulen, Henry. INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE THROUGH BANKING REFORM. Richard J James,
1917. Hb Good 324pp Foxing on edges. Some pencil underlinings in 2 chapters. Dedication by author.
£40.00
[036271] Wilson, Charles. THE HISTORY OF UNILEVER 2 volumes. Cassell, 1954. First Edition. Hb
Good / Good. 335pp/480pp Dustwrappers slightly soiled. First volume dedicated to Herbert
Morrison by Geoffrey Hayworth "recalling discussions from time to time about large scale
organisation"; second volume has Morrison's ownership signature.
£25.00
[036272] Monbiot, George. CAPTIVE STATE: THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF BRITAIN.
Macmillan, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good+. 430pp £15.00
[036273] Crouch, David & Ward, Colin. THE ALLOTMENT: ITS LANDSCAPE AND CULTURE. Faber
1988. First Edition. Hb Very Good / Good+. 322pp Signed by both authors. With loose reviews. £25.00
[036274] Kuczynski, Jurgen. STUDIEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DER WELTWIRTSCHAFT. Berlin: Dietz
Verlag, 1952. Hard Cover. Good 200pp Paper tanned. With personal dedication. In German. £20.00
[036275] Magdoff, Harry. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF U.S. IMPERIALISM. Monthly Review Press, 1966.
Pamphlet. Good 32pp Personal dedication on cover.
£6.00
Europe
[036276] Montagu, Ivor. WHAT HAPPENED AT WROCLAW? London: British Cultural Committee for
Peace, 1948. Pamphlet. Good 27pp Report of the World Conference of Intellectuals for Peace, Poland, August
1948. With photos and drawings by Topolski, Picasso et al. "With best wishes I.M." on cover (faint).
£12.00
[036277] Vanezis, P N; Cameron, James (Introduction). MAKARIOS: FAITH AND POWER. London:
Abelard-Schuman, 1972. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good / Fair. 197pp
£20.00
[036278] Beals, Carleton. ROME OR DEATH: THE STORY OF FASCISM. New York: The Century Co.,
1923. Hb Good 347pp "To Mr. Ben Smith with kindest regards, Mexico City, Oct. 27, 1925" £40.00
[036279] McLoughlin, Barry; Schafranek, Hans; Szevera, Walter. AUFBRUCH HOFFNUNG
ENDSTATION: OSTERREICHERINNEN UND OSTERREICHER IN DER SOWJETUNION
1925-1945. Vienna: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. In German.
Dedicated to Monty Johnstone by Barry McLoughlin.
£40.00
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[036280] Hama, Noriko. DISINTEGRATING EUROPE: THE TWILIGHT OF THE EUROPEAN
CONSTRUCTION. Adamantine Press, 1996. Pb Good+ 126pp Personal dedication by author. £15.00
[036281] Chomsky, Noam. THE NEW MILITARY HUMANISM: LESSONS FROM KOSOVO. London:
Pluto Press, 1999. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 199pp
£20.00
[036282] YOUTH RAILWAY SAMAC-SARAJEVO. 1947. Pamphlet. VG. 4pp Small item about the famous
railway built by volunteer labour. This is simply signed "To Martin from Sasha" - to Martin Eve,
founder of Merlin Press. Attractive pictorial cover.
£10.00
[037217] Pelikan, Jiri. SOCIALIST OPPOSITION IN EASTERN EUROPE: THE CZECHOSLOVAK
EXAMPLE. Allison & Busby, 1976. 1st edition. Hb Very Good / Good. 221pp Dedicated by author to Monty
Johnstone "as a modest contribution for our common fight for genuine socialism, with friendship".
£25.00
Fiction/Drama
[027235] Peters, Paul & Sklar, George. STEVEDORE: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. New York: Covici
Friede, 1934. First Edition. Hb Good / Poor. 123pp Signed by authors and 20 members of the original cast,
including Georgette Harvey, Rex Ingram, Neill O'Malley. Dustwrapper is torn with some loss, especially on
spine. Proletarian drama about unity of black and white dockers in New Orleans.
£80.00
[036285] Hoyles, Martin & Hemmings, Susan (ed.) MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD: A COLLECTION
OF WRITINGS ON THE MINERS' STRIKE OF 1984-1985 BY STRIKING MINERS' CHILDREN.
London: Self-published, 1985. Pb Very Good 64pp Includes drawings. Andrew Rothstein's copy. £7.50
[036286] Wallis, Dave. TRAM-STOP BY THE NILE. Heinemann, 1958. Hb Good+ / Good+. 241pp Very
nice copy of a rare novel by British Communist set in war-time Egypt about the different motives of
combatants. Lengthy dedication "To my plain speaking friend Harold (Smith), this volume representing the
more futile illusions of our youth..." Author goes on to list the passages "worth a second glance...Really it's
not a novel at all. I didn't know how to build one then - it is a collection of short stories".
£50.00
[036287] Wallis, Dave. ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE. London: Pan, 1964. Paperback. Good+ 190pp
Personal dedication to Harold Smith. With 2 loose reviews. Novel about a world when adults have
committed suicide and the teenagers have taken over.
£10.00
[036288] Rattenbury, Owen. FLAME OF FREEDOM - THE ROMANTIC STORY OF THE
TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS. London: Epworth, 1933. Paperback. Signed by author. Fair 196pp Cover
dulled and worn, small piece of spine band missing, but still a solid copy and clean. Readable, scarcely
fictionalised account of events. 2nd edition.
£15.00
[036289] Gladkov, Feodor. CEMENT. Martin Lawrence, 1929. Hard Cover. Fair 311pp Novel by revolutionary
Russian writer. Includes brief Autobiographical Note. Fine pictorial cover by E Verney. Cover is a bit worn,
and spine band missing but still very solid. Paper tanned. This book was badly produced and is rarely in
intact condition. With personal dedication by Charles Ashleigh, one of the translators.
£20.00
[036290] Ash, William. INCORPORATED. Harvester Press, 1980. Hb Good+ / Good. 180pp Thriller about
corporate corruption by former Maoist and BBC Radio script editor. With personal dedication by author. £10.00
[036291] Williams, Raymond. BORDER COUNTRY. Penguin, 1964. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good+
334pp Paper slightly tanned, but a tight, clean copy.
£25.00
[036292] Morris, William. NEWS FROM NOWHERE. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1919. Hard Cover.
Good 247pp Pocket Library series. Robin Page Arnot's copy.
£10.00
[036293] Morris, William. THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAIN OR THE LAND OF LIVING
MEN. Longmans, Green & Co., 1913. Hb Good 161pp Pocket Edition. Robin Page Arnot's copy.
£15.00
[036294] Harper, Frederick. TILEWRIGHT'S ACRE. Lawrence and Wishart, 1959. 1st Edition. Hb Signed by
Author. Good. 279pp Historical novel about workers in the Potteries by a potter whose father and grandfather
had been potters and died from silicosis and lead poisoning respectively. A very difficult book to find.
£35.00
[036295] Kartun, Derek. MEGIDDO. Century, 1987. First Edition. Hb Good / Good. 348pp Political thriller
by former journalist on the Daily Worker. Dedicated to Yvonne (Kapp) and Betty (Reid).
£15.00
[036296] Kartun, Derek. THE COURIER. London: Century, 1985. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /
Good. 248pp Dedicated to Yvonne (Kapp) and Betty (Reid).
£15.00
[036297] Norrie, Ian. HACKLES RISE AND FALL. London: Dennis Dobson, 1962. First Edition. Hb. Good /
Good. 187pp Personal dedication by author, a well-known figure in the book trade.
£15.00
[036298] Llewellyn, Richard. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY. London: Reprint Society, 1941.
Hard Cover. Good. 448pp Will Lawther's copy.
£15.00
12
[036299] Stead, F Herbert. NO MORE WAR! London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1917. First
Edition. Hb Good. 424pp Only fault is a dulled, slightly soiled & sunned cover, which is rather unattractive.
An unusual, and rare, pacifist novel mixing Christianity and socialism. With a personal dedication by author to
"Jean Longuet, Comrade in the International Labour Week". Longuet was Karl Marx's grandson.
£150.00
[036300] Guareschi, Giovanni. THE LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO. Victor Gollancz, 1953. Hb.
Good / Fair. 238pp What Communist leaders were reading in the 1950s - this is Harry Pollitt's copy. £15.00
[036301] Mirsky, Vera T. THE CUP OF ASTONISHMENT. Cresset Press, 1944. Hb Good 306pp 2 small
stamps of the CP Library, and location number - no other library traces. With author's dedication to Harry Pollitt
"with all my admiration and respect". Author was wife of "Comrade Prince" D S Mirsky. Uncommon.
£40.00
[036302] Hersey, John. THE CALL. ill. Herbert Tauss. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition.
Full-Leather. Signed by Author. Fine 697pp The Signed First Edition Society. Gilt edges; gilt
lettering and design on blue leather.
£20.00
[036303] Vidal, Gore. LINCOLN. ill. Thomas B Allen. Franklin Library, 1984. Full-Leather. Signed by Author.
Fine 657pp The Signed First Edition Society. Gilt on blue leather.
£40.00
[036304] Bleasdale, Alan. SCULLY. London: Arrow, 1977. Paperback. Good 215pp Author's personal
dedication in Scouse.
£20.00
[036305] Craig, David & Gray, Nigel. THE REBELS AND THE HOSTAGE. Lancaster: Fireweed, 1976. 1st
Edition. Pb Good+ 218pp Personal dedication by David Craig. Left-wing novel about left-wing terrorists. £15.00
[036306] O'Farrell, John. THE BEST A MAN CAN GET. London: Doubleday, 2000 Paperback. Good
271pp Signed proof copy.
£10.00
[037224] Fagan, H. ENGLAND FOR ALL. London: Key Books / Fore Publications. No date (1940s).
Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 64pp Rusty staples. One of the rarer Key Books titles. £12.00
[037373] Beckett, Mary. A LITERARY WOMAN. London: Bloomsbury, 1990. Hard Cover. Signed by
Author. Good+ / Fair. 148pp Closed tear in dustwrapper, repaired with archival tape.
£8.50
[037374] Cooper, Dennis. FRISK. London: Serpent's Tail, 1992. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good
128pp First UK edition.
£9.00
[037375] Becker, John. AFTER GENEVA. London: London Magazine Editions, 1975. First Edition.
Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 179pp Personal dedication by author.
£10.00
France
[036283] Girault, Jacques. UNE OPERATION DE DIVERSION: L'INSTRUCTION DU PROCES
LAFARGUE-CULINE EN 1891. Offprint from "Le Mouvement Social" Oct/Dec 1969. Fair 24pp Cover
dulled, and corners a bit bumped. Dedicated by author to Andrew Rothstein. About the trial of Paul Lafargue
and Culine after troops killed 10 workers in Fourmies in the north of France. In French.
£6.00
[036284] Schulkind, Eugene. LE ROLE DES FEMMES DANS LA COMMUNE DE 1871. Offprint from
"1848 - Revue des Revolutions Contemporains" fevrier, 1950. Good. 16pp In French.
Personal dedication by author, the English speaking world’s expert on the Commune.
£8.00
[036313] Marchais, Georges (Intro.) CHANGER DE CAP: PROGRAMME POUR UN GOUVERNEMENT
DEMOCRATIQUE D'UNION POPULAIRE. Editions Sociales, 1971. Pb Good 251pp The French
Communist Party's proposals for a united left government. In French. Signed by F Billoux, P Juquin, J
Ellenstein, G Lazzarini, C Poperon (leading members of the PCF) & dedicated to British Communists. £10.00
[036314] Marchais, Georges. LA POLITIQUE DU PARTI COMMUNISTE FRANCAIS. Paris: Editions
Sociales, 1974. Pb Good 93pp Signed by Marchais, the General Secretary of the PCF. In French. £15.00
[036315] Krasucki, Henri. SYNDICATS ET LUTTE DE CLASSES. Paris: Editions Sociales, 1969.
Paperback . Good 124pp Dedicated by author (Secretary of the CGT) to Jack Woddis (Head of the
International Department of the CPGB). In French.
£15.00
[036316] Bonte, Florimond. DE L'OMBRE A LA LUMIERE (SOUVENIRS). Editions Sociales, 1965. Pb
Signed by Author. Good 190pp Memoirs of French Christian socialist who became founder member
of the PCF, after coming into contact with communist ideas from Russian fellow prisoners of war in
Germany, as well as from German guards. In French.
£20.00
[036317] Combet, Fernand. SCHRUMMSCHRUMM OU L'EXCURSION DOMINICALE AUX SABLES
MOUVANTS. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1966. Paperback. Good 314pp Novel in French.
Author's dedication to John Willet.
£25.00
[036318] Soboul, Albert. PAYSANS, SANS-CULOTTES ET JACOBINS. Paris: Librairie Clavreuil, 1966. Pb
13
Good 387pp Dedicated "A mon vieil ami George avec mon salut affectueux, Marius". To George Rudé, a
fellow Marxist historian, from the author: Soboul, Rudé and Richard Cobb referred to themselves as the
Three Muskateers, and Soboul was Marius. Also with the ownership signature of Rudé. In French. £45.00
[036319] Hobsbawm, Eric. ECHOES OF THE MARSEILLAISE: TWO CENTURIES LOOK BACK ON
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Rutgers UP, 1990. Hb VG/G 144pp "For an old friend and collaborator,
and in honour of his work on the Revolution, Eric, April 1991". From the collection of George Rudé. £50.00
[036320] Willard, C; Chambaz, J; Bruhat, J; Cogniot; Gindin, C. LE FRONT POPULAIRE: LA FRANCE
DE 1934 A 39. Ed. Sociales, 1972. Pb G. 173pp Dedicated to "Marxism Today" by Cogniot. In French. £10.00
[036321] Molinier, Sylvain. BLANQUI. Paris: Presses Unversitaires de France, 1948. Pb Good 70pp
Ownership signatures of James Klugmann and Monty Johnstone. In French.
£10.00
[037225] Leith, James A (ed.) IMAGES OF THE COMMUNE. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press,
1978. Hb Good / Good. 349pp Monty Johnstone's copy - he was one of the contributors. An
excellent collection of essays on the Paris Commune of 1871 in English and French. Contributors
include Soboul, Abramsky, Lefebvre, Schulkind etc. Closed tear in dustwrapper - repaired.
£30.00
Germany
[036322] Kuczynski, Jurgen. FREIE DEUTSCHE DAMALS UND HEUTE. London: Free German League of
Culture in GB, 1944. Paperback. Good 52pp Personal dedication from author - the very first copy to the
organisation's President (if my German's correct!). Dated 14.12.1943. In German. Cover a bit dulled. £60.00
[036323] Levine-Mayer, Rosa. INSIDE GERMAN COMMUNISM: MEMOIRS OF PARTY LIFE IN THE
WEIMAR REPUBLIC. Pluto Press, 1977. Hb Good+ / Good. 222pp "To dear Erich Fried, In memory of
a long and good friendship and many thanks for the great help you have always given me. I'll never forget
it" Signed by author, June 1977; the previous text is in a different hand as her signature is in shaky
handwriting - she was 87 at this time. Rosa's first husband had been executed in the Munich uprising, and
her second husband, another leading German Communist, Ernst Meyer, died in 1930.
£75.00
[036324] Price, Morgan Philips; Rose, Tania (ed.) DISPATCHES FROM THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC.
Pluto Press, 1999. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good+. 220pp Personal dedication with thanks for
help with the book from the editor, who was the author's daughter.
£20.00
[036325] Parkin, Sara. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETRA KELLY. London: Pandora, 1994. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. Very Good / Good+. 230pp Kelly was founder of the German Green Party. £15.00
[036326] Barth, Karl. THE GERMANS AND OURSELVES. Nisbet, 1945. Pb Good 61pp With attractive
bookplate of Heinz Koeppler of Wilton Park and his ownership signature. Wilton Park was set up in 1946 by
Churchill and Koeppler managed it till his retirement in 1977. Koeppler was a German Jewish emigré and
Wilton Park was a "home" for Prisoners of War, but in practice was more of a university: prisoners were free to
leave but non did. From 1948 it was an independent centre under the auspices of the Foreign Office.
£20.00
[036327] Ludwig, Emil. JULI 14. Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt, 1929. Paperback. Good 246pp D N Pritt's copy.
Novel in German. Plain cover.
£10.00
History - Britain
[036346] Johnston, Thomas. OUR NOBLE FAMILIES. Glasgow: Forward Publishing Co., 1916. Paperback.
Signed by Author. Fair 146pp Worn, slight foxing on edges and prelims. Spine strengthened with tape. In
his "Memories",1952, Johnston apologised for some of the assertions in "this rather pungent and scurrilous
series of tracts". The book had been a huge success, with sales over 120,000; 25 years later his nomination for
membership of a select London club was voted down because of it.
£30.00
[036347] Saville, John. 1848 - THE BRITISH STATE AND THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT. Cambridge
University Press, 1987. Hb Very Good / Good+. 310pp Dedicated by author to Monty Johnstone "in
acknowledgment for his many years of commitment to the Good Old Cause".
£45.00
[036348] Jackson, T A. TRIALS OF BRITISH FREEDOM. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1945. Hb.
Good / Good. 192pp Dustwrapper a bit worn at edges. Signed by author. On Paine, Wilkes, Carlile,
Tolpuddle, Chartism, Bradlaugh, etc.
£20.00
[036349] Foot, Michael. THE PEN AND THE SWORD: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF JONATHAN SWIFT.
MacGibbon & Kee, 1957. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 387pp Dustwrapper torn with some loss.
Personal dedication from author.
£20.00
14
[036350] Hall, B T. OUR FIFTY YEARS - THE STORY OF THE WORKING MEN'S CLUB AND
INSTITUTE UNION. London: Working Men's Club & Institute Ltd., 1912. Hb Good 349pp Exterior worn,
but very solid and internally clean. Many plates. Presented to Charles Stanley Smith, signed by the President,
Secretary & Committee of the Stephenson Memorial Working Men's Club, Accrington in 1913.
£25.00
[036351] Hobsbawm, Eric. LABOURING MEN. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976. Paperback. VG
401pp Dedicated by author to Tom Sawyer, with latter's book plate.
£25.00
[036352] Morgan, Dave. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE. Leipzig: VEB Verlag
Enzyklopadie, 1981. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 182pp Edge of paper a bit tanned.
A Marxist analysis, published in the GDR as a textbook for students and teachers of English. £10.00
[036353] Rothstein, Andrew. THE SOLDIERS' STRIKES OF 1919. London: Journeyman Press, 1985.
Paperback. Good+ 116pp Personal dedication by author to two dear comrades.
£20.00
[036354] Aldred, Guy. RICHARD CARLILE, AGITATOR: HIS LIFE AND TIMES. Glasgow: Strickland
Press, 1941. Hard Cover. Good 160pp Carlile (1790-1843) was an atheist, republican and social reformer and a
fighter for press freedom. Author's dedication "to John S Clarke, Recalling his deep interest in the Carlile period,
and my own indebtedness to his scholarship and rare knowledge" and dated Glasgow, March 16 1943. Aldred
was a famous Glasgow based anti-parliamentary communist.
£70.00
[036355] Dutt, R P. THE CRISIS OF BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Lawrence and Wishart,
1957. Hb Good / Good. 512pp + fold out maps. Revised edition. Author's personal copy. £25.00
[036356] Rothstein, Andrew. A HOUSE ON CLERKENWELL GREEN. London: Lawrence and Wishart,
1966. Paperback. Good+ 80pp Dedicated by author to R Horton "with sincere thanks for his help in
arranging the one-day exhibition on the occasion of the Brighton TUC, from the Committee of the Marx
Memorial Library". Ron Horton was an artist and, like Rothstein, a founder member of the CPGB. £15.00
[036357] Scanlon, John. CAST OFF ALL FOOLING. Hutchinson, 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cloth. Good 287pp
Personal view of the Labour Party from 1918 onwards. Nice copy with Hugo Dewar’s small book plate £15.00
[036381] Hobsbawm, Eric. UNCOMMON PEOPLE: RESISTANCE, REBELLION AND JAZZ. London:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. Hb VG/VG 360pp Signed by author on title page. Also has the
ownership signature of Charley Hall, a life-long member of the CPGB.
£40.00
[036382] Scanlon, John. PILLARS OF CLOUD. London: Chapman & Hall, 1936. Hard Cover. Good 320pp
With Hugo Dewar's book plate. The book is about British economics in the 1920s and 1930s. £15.00
[036383] Treloar, William Purdie. WILKES AND THE CITY. London: John Murray, 1917. Hard Cover.
Good 299pp With personal dedication to Mrs Overton for her help.
£20.00
[036384] Thompson, Noel W. THE PEOPLE'S SCIENCE: THE POPULAR POLITICAL ECONOMY OF
EXPLOITATION & CRISIS, 1816-34. Cambridge, 1984. Hb VG/G+ 252pp Dedicated to John Saville. £35.00
[036385] Laybourn, Keith. BRITAIN ON THE BREADLINE: A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY
OF BRITAIN BETWEEN THE WARS. Alan Sutton, 1990. Hb Signed by Author. VG/G 222pp £15.00
[036386] Derry, John W. REACTION AND REFORM, 1793-1868. London: Blandford Press, 1963.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good / Good. 232pp
£10.00
[036387] Douglas, Roy. HISTORY OF THE LIBERAL PARTY 1895-1970. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1971. Pb
Signed by Author. Good / Fair. 331pp The dustwrapper has a small tear with slight loss.
£10.00
[036388] Webb, Sidney (ed.); Page Arnot, R et al. HOW TO PAY FOR THE WAR: BEING IDEAS
OFFERED TO THE CHANCELLOR BY THE FABIAN RESEARCH DEPARTMENT. Fabian Society /
George Allen & Unwin, 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 278pp + 2 pages on the Fabian Research Dept.
+ xii List of publications. With Robin Page Arnot's flowery signature - he was a founder member of the FRD
who helped develop it into the Labour Research Department a few years later. He was a historian specialising in
the miners’ trade unions, and a life-long member of the CPGB. Also with Book Plate of J Alan Kaye, and a
loosely inserted review slip. Exterior dulled and faded; very clean internally. A rare book.
£80.00
[036389] Eaves, John. EMERGENCY POWERS AND THE PARLIAMENTARY WATCHDOG:
PARLIAMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE IN GREAT BRITAIN 1939-1951. London: Hansard
Society, 1957. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 208pp Herbert Morrison's copy.
£25.00
[036390] FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE SPECIAL AREAS (ENGLAND AND
WALES). London: HMSO, 1935. Pb Good 106pp Wal Hannington's signature and stamp of the
National Unemployed Workers' Movement. Some ink lines and notes in margin. Rare.
£50.00
[036391] Chaloner, W H. ROBERT OWEN, PETER DRINKWATER AND THE EARLY FACTORY
SYSTEM IN MANCHESTER. Reprinted from "Bulletin of the John Rylands Library" Vol.37 No.1,
September 1954. Signed by Author. Good 24pp
£10.00
15
[036392] Chaloner, W H. DR. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, JOHN WILKINSON AND THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION, 1789-1802. Offprint from "Transactions of the Royal Historical Society" 5th Series,
Vol.8, 1958. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 20pp
£7.00
[036394] Aylmer, G E (Gerald). "ENGLAND'S SPRIT UNFOULDED, OR AN INCOURAGEMENT TO
TAKE THE ENGAGEMENT": A NEWLY DISCOVERED PAMPHLET BY GERRARD
WINSTANLEY. Offprint from "Past and Present" 40, July 1968. Signed by Author. Very Good 13pp £10.00
[036395] Howell, Roger & Brewster, David E. RECONSIDERING THE LEVELLERS: THE EVIDENCE
OF "THE MODERATE". Offprint from "Past and Present" 46, February 1970. Pamphlet. Very
Good 19pp Dedicated to fellow historian Austin Woolrych by author.
£7.00
[036396] Davis, J C. FEAR, MYTH AND FURORE: REAPPRAISING THE RANTERS. Offprint from
"Past and Present" 129, November 1990. Pamphlet. VG 25pp Dedicated to Austin Woolrych by author. £8.00
[036397] Davis, J C. RADICALISM IN A TRADITIONAL SOCIETY: THE EVALUATION OF
RADICAL THOUGHT IN THE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH, 1649-1660. Offprint from "History
of Political Thought" Vol.3 No.2, Summer 1982. Good 21pp Dedicated to Austin Woolrych by author. £7.00
[036398] Hardacre, Paul H. GERRARD WINSTANLEY IN 1650. Offprint from "Huntington Library
Quarterly" Vol. 22 No.4, August 1959. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 5pp
£8.00
[036399] Aylmer, Gerald. THE DIGGERS IN THEIR OWN TIME. Offprint from "Prose Studies" Vol.22
No.2, August 1999. Pamphlet. Very Good 11pp Dedicated to Austin (Woolrych).
£8.00
[036400] Gentles, Ian. THE CHOOSING OF OFFICERS FOR THE NEW MODEL ARMY. Offprint from
"Historical Research" Vol.67. Pamphlet. 11pp Dedicated to Austin Woolrych.
£7.00
[036401] Jones, Leslie S A; Ridley, R A (Introduction). THE PEOPLE'S UPRISING (RISING) 1381.
London: National Museum of Labour History, 1981. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 20pp £6.00
[036466] Hill, Howard. FREEDOM TO ROAM: THE STRUGGLE FOR ACCESS TO BRITAIN'S
MOORS AND MOUNTAINS. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing, 1980. Hb Signed by Author. Good / Good.
139pp Sheffield steel worker, Communist Party full-timer, and active in the Ramblers' Association.
£20.00
[037363] Taylor, E R. METHODISM AND POLITICS, 1791-1851. Cambridge University Press, 1935.
Hard Cover. Good 227pp Signed and dedicated by author.
£20.00
History - General
[036464] Ridley, F A. SPARTACUS - A STUDY IN REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. Ashford: Frank
Maitland, 1962. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good+ / Good. 80pp Author was early British
Trotskyist, member of ILP and well known as a historian and freethinker. This is an extended edition
of the pamphlet issued by the ILP in 1944.
£12.50
[036465] Dutt, R Palme. THE TWO INTERNATIONALS. London: Labour Research Department / Allen and
Unwin, 1920. Hard Cover. Good 92pp With ownership signature and bookplate of Eva Collet Reckitt,
Communist activist and founder of the Collets bookselling chain. Nice copy of a rare book by a
leading figure in British and international Communism.
£35.00
[036467] Gilbert, Tony; Aldridge, James (Foreword). TREACHERY AT MUNICH. London: Liberation
Books, 1988. Paperback. Signed by author, the long-serving Secretary of Liberation and its
predecessor, the Movement for Colonial Freedom. He had fought in Spain with the International
Brigades. Very Good 86pp
£8.00
[036468] Winter, J M (ed.) HISTORY AND SOCIETY - ESSAYS BY R H TAWNEY. Routledge and Kegan
Paul, 1978. Hb Good / Good. 260pp Dedicated by editor to Christopher Hill; with Hill's signature £25.00
[036469] Maisky, Ivan. THE MUNICH DRAMA. Moscow: Novosti Press Agency, 1972. Pamphlet.
Good+ 86pp Dedicated by Ivan and Agnes Maisky to "dear friends" Ivor and Hell Montagu. £20.00
[036470] Carr, E H WHAT IS HISTORY? London: Macmillan, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 154pp
Christopher Hill's copy - signature in pencil of front free endpaper. An interesting association copy.
£20.00
[036471] Wood, Ellen Meiksins. THE PRISTINE CULTURE OF CAPITALISM.: Verso, 1991. Hard Cover.
Good+ / Good+. 200pp Christopher Hill's copy. With a copy of a pre-publication review Hill wrote for the
publisher and which is quoted on the dustwrapper. Only fault is a small stain on part of the fore-edge.
£35.00
[036472] Zacher, Dr. THE RED INTERNATIONAL. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, 1885.
Hard Cover. Good+ 167pp T A Jackson's copy of a rare book, rebound in red cloth.
£120.00
[036473] Lawson, John Howard. THE HIDDEN HERITAGE: A REDISCOVERY OF THE IDEAS &
FORCES THAT LINK THE THOUGHT OF OUR TIME WITH THE CULTURE OF THE PAST.
16
New York: Citadel Press, 1951. Hb Good / Poor. 572pp Dedicated by author to John Lewis, the British
Communist and philosopher "with admiration and warm fraternal greetings". Lawson was a dramatist (he
wrote "Roger Bloomer", the first American expressionist play), and screenwriter; he was one of the
Hollywood Ten, imprisoned for a year and shared a prison cell with Dalton Trumbo. He was a leading
member of the CPUSA in cultural matters; Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss.
£20.00
[036474] Wrigley, Chris (ed.). WARFARE, DIPLOMACY AND POLITICS: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF A
J P TAYLOR. Hamish Hamilton, 1986. Hb Good+ / Good. 247pp Dedicated by editor to John Saville. £20.00
[036475] Kaye, Harvey. THE BRITISH MARXIST HISTORIANS. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1984.
First Edition. Paperback. Good+ 316pp John Saville's copy.
£25.00
[004563] Croot, Patricia ; Parker, David et al. SYMPOSIUM: AGRARIAN CLASS STRUCTURE AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PRE-INDUSTRIAL EUROPE. London: Past & Present,
Feb 1978 (reprint from) Pamphlet. Very Good 24pp Includes contributions from Postan, Hatcher,
Croot, Parker, Wunder. Signed by David Parker
£6.00
[037011] Roberts, Geoffrey. THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE: STALIN'S PACT WITH HITLER. I B Tauris,
1989. Hb Good+ / Good. 296pp Dedicated to Monty Johnstone, with a few of his pencil notes. £40.00
[037012] Scrivener, Jane (Mother Mary St Luke). INSIDE ROME WITH THE GERMANS. New York:
Macmillan, 1945. Hard Cover. Good 204pp With personal dedication by author, an American nun
(anti-fascist) who wrote a diary from September 1943 to June 1944.
£20.00
[037013] Freund, Julius. O BUCHENWALD! Klagenfurt: Self-published, 1945. Paperback. Good 200pp
With dedication by author in German, dated Vienna, May 1946. Book is in German. Interesting
illustrations and a very striking cover, designed by author: no text, just a fragment of concentration
camp clothing in green and white showing his number and the red triangle given to political prisoners
(he was an Austrian socialist). Cover a bit worn, and slightly soiled at back; small nick in tail of spine
but no loss; bumped at one corner. Internally very clean. Rare.
£175.00
India
[035822] Purcell, A A & Hallsworth, J. REPORT ON LABOUR CONDITIONS IN INDIA. London:
Trades Union Congress, 1928. Pb Good 68pp Includes 22pp of plates. Rare. Spine strengthened with
archival tape. This copy belonged to Ben Bradley, leading British Communist who worked with the
Indian unions and revolutionary movement and who was imprisoned after the Meerut Trial.
£40.00
[036476] Singh, Gurharpal. COMMUNISM IN PUNJAB. Delhi: Ajanta, 1994. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Good. 355pp Personal dedication by author.
£18.00
[036477] Various. MEERUT CONSPIRACY CASE, MARCH 1929-JULY 1933. London: Meerut Prisoners'
Release Committee, 1933. Pamphlet. Good 21pp Dona Torr's copy. This rare pamphlet includes
statements by barrister, by Romain Rolland, extracts of the Appeal Judgment and comments on it, details of
the Release Committee set up to protest, successfully, against the vindictive sentences. £100 was donated to
the Committee by the Nelson & District Weavers' Association.
£25.00
[036478] Philips, C H. THE PARTITION OF INDIA 1947. Leeds University Press, 1967. Pamphlet.
Signed by Author. Good 36pp
£15.00
[036479] Siddiqi, Majid Hayat. HISTORY AND SOCIETY IN A POPULAR REBELLION: MEWAT,
1920-1933. Offprint from "Comparative Studies in Society and History" Volume 28 No.3, July 1986.
Pamphlet. Good 24pp Dedicated by author to John Saville.
£7.00
[036480] Munshi, Sunil. URBANISATION, GROWTH OF SLUMS, SOCIAL CONFLICT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. New Delhi: Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies, 1988. Pb
Good 56pp Dedicated to CPGB by Gautam Chattopadhyay (1924-2006), an Indian Communist
activist and historian - apparently one of the first Indian Marxists to be influenced by Gramsci. £10.00
[036481] Dutt, R Palme. GUIDE TO THE PROBLEM OF INDIA. Victor Gollancz, 1942. Pb Good 200pp
Presentation copy to Tacon Gilbert "from the members of the Tottenham District Branch of C.A.W.U.
in remembrance of the happy days of her Secretaryship. Eileen Palmer, Chairman" (Clerical &
Administrative Workers' Union, later APEX).
£8.00
[036482] Pole, D Graham. INDIA IN TRANSITION. London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf/Hogarth Press,
1932. Hb Good 395pp Dedicated to Will Lawther "to read, mark, learn & inwardly digest - with the fraternal
greetings of the author". Lawther, a miner, was a leading figure in left politics in Durham serving Barnard Castle
as MP from 1929-31. In 1939 he became President of the MFGB and first President of the NUM in 1945. Later
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he moved to the right of the Labour Party. David Graham Pole, a lawyer then soldier, was Secretary of the
British Committee on Indian and Burman Affairs; a close friend of George Lansbury, he was also an MP from
1929-31. A book of some interest for its content, author, dedication and publisher.
£45.00
[036489] Woolacott, J E. INDIA ON TRIAL: A STUDY OF PRESENT CONDITIONS. London: Macmillan,
1929. Hard Cover. Good+ 257pp Herbert Morrison's copy.
£30.00
International
[036510] Campbell, E W. HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR MOVEMENT - A MARXIST
INTERPRETATION. Sydney: Current Book Distributors, 1945. Pb Good 160pp Slight chipping to
spine. "To Comrade Harry Pollitt on the occasion of his visit to Melbourne, May 22, 1960. With
warmest fraternal greetings from Jewish comrades".
£20.00
[036511] Rothstein, Andrew. BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY AND ITS CRITICS, 1830-1950. Lawrence and
Wishart, 1969. Paperback. Good+ 130pp Paperback proof copy. "To Ralph, proof of fraternal
affection and regard, from Andrew, Sept 1969".
£15.00
[036512] Ditto Hard Cover. Very Good / Good+. "To Margaret and Ron Horton from Andrew
Rothstein, January 1977".
£20.00
[036513] Mahgoub, M A. DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL - REFLECTIONS ON ARAB AND AFRICAN
POLITICS. Andre Deutsch, 1974. Hb Good+ / Good. 318pp Personal dedication by author. £10.00
[036514] Cunninghame Graham, R B. THE ESSENTIAL CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM. Jonathan Cape,
1952. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 255pp Robin Page Arnot's copy.
£8.00
[036515] Roosevelt, Elliott. AS HE SAW IT: THE STORY OF THE WORLD CONFERENCES OF
F.D.R. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1946. Hard Cover. Good / Fair 270pp
Herbert Morrison's copy. The book is by the President's son.
£15.00
[036516] Worsley, P. THE THIRD WORLD: A VITAL NEW FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964. Hb VG/VG 317pp "With very best wishes to Harold (Smith) from Peter". £20.00
[036519] Ditto 1967. Paperback
Signed by Author. Good+ 373pp
£15.00
[036517] Worsley, Peter. THE THREE WORLDS: CULTURE AND WORLD DEVELOPMENT.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984. Pb Very Good 409pp Personal dedication from author.
£15.00
[036518] Halliday, Fred. TWO HOURS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: CAUSES
AND CONSEQUENCES. London: Saqi Books, 2002. Pb Signed by Author. Very Good. 256pp £15.00
[036520] Pilger, John. DISTANT VOICES. Vintage, 1992. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good 397pp £10.00
[036521] Gill, Alan. LIKELY LADS AND LASSES: YOUTH MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA 1911-1983.
Australia: BBM Ltd., 2005. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 379pp
£15.00
[036522] Burns, Elinor et al. BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN EAST AFRICA; BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN
MALAYA; BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN WEST AFRICA; BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN EGYPT.
London: Labour Research Department, Hard Cover. Good+ Bound volume of Colonial Series Nos. 1, 2,
4, 5. Published 1926-8. Each 64pp except final book, 72pp. Harry Pollitt's copy.
£70.00
Ireland
[023599] THE "NORTHERN IRELAND" POLICE STATE: AN EXPOSURE OF THE VICIOUS
TORY-UNIONIST REGIME IN THE SIX COUNTIES. London: Connolly Association/Irish SelfDetermination League, 1961. Pamphlet. Good 8pp Stamp: "Ex-libris C Desmond Greaves 1913-1988". £12.00
[036523] Milotte, Mike. COMMUNISM IN MODERN IRELAND: THE PURSUIT OF THE WORKERS'
REPUBLIC SINCE 1916. Gill & Macmillan, 1984. Hb G/G 326pp Sean Cronin's copy. A rare book. £75.00
[036524] Jackson, T A. IRELAND HER OWN: AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE IRISH STRUGGLE
FOR NATIONAL FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE. London: Cobbett Press, 1946. Hb
Signed by Author. Fair 443pp Exterior very worn, but solid and very clean internally.
£20.00
[036525] Greaves, C Desmond. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES CONNOLLY. Lawrence and Wishart,
1961. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 363pp Dedication by author: "Au communard d'aujourd'hui S J Hutchins".
Hutchins was a rare English expert on the Paris Commune and built up an unequalled collection of
memorabilia from the Commune, which he donated to a museum in China.
£40.00
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[036526] Greaves, C Desmond. THE EASTER RISING IN SONG AND BALLAD. Kahn & Averill for the
Workers' Music Association, 1980. Pb Signed by Author. Very Good. 88pp Very nice copy of an uncommon
book by a rare English expert on Ireland and leader of the Connolly Association for many years.
£50.00
[036530] O'Riordan, Manus. THE VOICE OF A THINKING INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT: JAMES
LARKIN JUNIOR AND THE IDEOLOGICAL MODERNISATION OF IRISH TRADE
UNIONISM. Dublin: Irish Labour History Society, 1995. Pamphlet. Very Good 44pp Uncommon.
Dedicated to Monty Johnstone by author.
£15.00
[036531] O'Brien, Nora Connolly. JAMES CONNOLLY: PORTRAIT OF A REBEL FATHER. Dublin:
Four Masters, 1975. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good+. 327pp Originally
published in 1935, even this reprint is now rare.
£150.00
[036532] Murray, Gerard. JOHN HUME AND THE SDLP. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1998.
First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good+. 328pp
£20.00
[036533] Fogarty, L. JAMES FINTAN LALOR: PATRIOT AND POLITICAL ESSAYIST (1807-1849).
Dublin: Talbot Press, 1918. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 155pp Cover dulled and slightly
scratched. Will Lawther's ownership signature and date.
£25.00
Labour Movement History
[036576] Saville, John (ed.) DEMOCRACY AND THE LABOUR MOVEMENT. Lawrence and Wishart,
1954. Hb Good 275pp Fine collection of Marxist essays; contributors include: Hill, Meek,
Collins, Saville, Hobsbawm, Kiernan etc. This copy has Christopher Hill's ownership signature in
pencil and is signed, at a later date, by Saville. An uncommon book.
£60.00
[036577] Jones, Leslie S A; Ridley, R A (Intro). HYDE PARK AND FREE SPEECH. National Museum of
Labour History. No date (c1982). Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 6pp Hyde Park Pamphlet No.2. £6.00
[036578] Jones, Leslie S A; Hillman, Ellis (Foreword). WILLIAM MORRIS AND HYDE PARK. National
Museum of Labour History, 1983. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 6pp Hyde Park Pamphlet No.4. £6.00
[036579] Wrigley, Chris. CHANGES IN THE BATTERSEA LABOUR MOVEMENT 1914-1919. Dept. of
Economics, Loughborough University, 1979. Pamphlet. Good 11pp Personal dedication by author. £7.00
[036580] Briggs, Asa & Saville, John. ESSAYS IN LABOUR HISTORY 1918-1939, Volume 3. Croom Helm,
1977. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 292pp John Saville's copy.
£25.00
[036581] Saville, John. THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN BRITAIN. London: Faber and Faber, 1988.
Paperback. Signed by Author. Good 166pp Crease in cover.
£10.00
[036583] Munby, Lionel (ed.) THE LUDDITES & OTHER ESSAYS. Michael Katanka, 1971 Hb Good+ /
Good. 281pp Collection of essays from "Our History". Intro. by E Hobsbawm. Incl. essays on Bewick, Chartism,
Labour movement songs, Tom Mann, Revolt of the Fields in East Anglia etc. With a typed signed letter to John
(Miller) one of the contributors, apologising for the delay and quality of printing. Also with loose review. £12.00
[036584] Jefferys, James (ed.) LABOUR'S FORMATIVE YEARS, 1849-1879. L&W, 1948. Pb Good 203pp
History in the Making Vol.2. Signed by 26 members of the CPGB attending a summer school in 1952.
£10.00
[037216] Hobsbawm, Eric (ed.) LABOUR'S TURNING POINT, 1880-1900. Lawrence and Wishart, 1948. Pb
Good 166pp Extracts from contemporary sources. History in the Making Vol.2. Signed by 26 as above. £10.00
[036585] Rubinstein, David. THE INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY AND THE YORKSHIRE MINERS:
THE BARNSLEY BY-ELECTION OF 1897. Offprint from "International Review of Social History" Vol.
XXIII (1978) Part 1. Good 33pp With personal dedication; this has John Saville's signature as well.
£12.00
[036586] Reid, T D W & Reid, Naomi. THE 1842 "PLUG PLOT" IN STOCKPORT. Offprint from
"International Review of Social History" Vol. XXIV (1979) Part 1. Pamphlet. Good 79pp With hand
written letter from one of the authors to John Saville, thanking him for his help.
£10.00
[036588] Chase, Malcolm. THE PEOPLE'S FARM: ENGLISH RADICAL AGRARIANISM 1775-1840.
Oxford UP, 1988. Hb Very Good / Good+. 221pp An uncommon book. John Saville's copy. £50.00
[036589] Baernreither, J M. ENGLISH ASSOCIATIONS OF WORKING MEN. London: Swan
Sonnenschein, 1889. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 473pp Slight hinge cracking but this has only affected the
endpapers; a very solid copy. Corners a bit bumped, boards dulled and worn at head of spine. Signed by the
Translator, Alice Taylor. Much on Friendly Societies - Preface by J M Ludlow, Chief Registrar of Friendly
Societies. The author was an Austrian MP who travelled extensively in Britain to research this book.
£70.00
[036590] Martin, David E & Rubenstein, David (ed.) IDEOLOGY AND THE LABOUR MOVEMENT:
ESSAYS PRESENTED TO JOHN SAVILLE. Croom Helm, 1979. Hb VG/G. 276pp. Includes essays by R
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Miliband, V Kiernan, A Briggs, S Pollard, M Cole etc. With a bibliography of Saville's major works. Dedicated
by the publisher "In gratitude for your help and encouragement in building our history list" (to Saville). £16.00
[036591] Durr, Andy (ed.) A CHECKLIST TO ACCOMPANY POPULAR ART, THE EMBLEM AND
THE ASSOCIATIONS OF MUTUAL AID: AN EXHIBITION OF PRINT, REGALIA, POTS,
BANNERS ETC. Department of Graphic Art & Design, Brighton Polytechnic, 1988. Pamphlet. Signed by
Author. Very Good No pagination (36pp). Attractively produced large format stapled pamphlet.
£20.00
[036592] Hobsbawm, Eric. THE LABOUR ARISTOCRACY IN 19th CENTURY BRITAIN. Offprint from
"Democracy & the Labour Movement", L&W 1955. Good 38pp Dedicated by author to G D H Cole. £25.00
[036593] Jones, Leslie S A. ROBERT BLATCHFORD AND THE CLARION London: National Museum of
Labour History, 1986. Signed by Author. Good 12pp Hyde Park Pamphlet No.9.
£6.00
[037377] Humphrey, A W. A HISTORY OF LABOUR REPRESENTATION. London: Constable, 1912.
Hard Cover. Good 199pp Bookplate of Alderman Sydney Smith; also signed by Smith.
Exterior bit dulled.
£22.00
Labour Party
[036595] Miliband, Ralph. PARLIAMENTARY SOCIALISM - A STUDY IN THE POLITICS OF
LABOUR. London: Merlin Press, 1973. Pb Good 356pp Cover sunned. Personal dedication by author. £10.00
[036596] Wainwright, Hilary. LABOUR - A TALE OF TWO PARTIES. London: Hogarth Press, 1987.
Paperback. Good 338pp Personal dedication by author.
£8.00
[036597] Brown, Colin. FIGHTING TALK: THE BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN PRESCOTT. London: Simon &
Schuster, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 343pp Signed by John Prescott.
£20.00
[036598] Shinwell, Emmanuel. THE LABOUR STORY. London: Macdonald, 1963. Hard Cover. Good / Poor.
222pp History of the Labour Party. Signed by Manny Shinwell.
£20.00
[036599] Wilson, Harold. PURPOSE IN POWER: SELECTED SPEECHES. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1966.
First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 270pp Speeches from the Prime Minister's first year of office.
Dedicated by Wilson "To Mrs Leo Kaufmann in tribute to her late husband, for whom I was about to
autograph this book". Includes two tributes to Winston Churchill, two on Rhodesia etc.
£60.00
[036601] Kellogg, Paul U & Gleason, Arthur. BRITISH LABOR AND THE WAR: RECONSTRUCTORS
FOR A NEW WORLD. Boni & Liveright, 1919. 1st edition. Hb Good 504pp Exterior worn and a bit marked.
Small number of ink marks in margin. Arthur Henderson's copy, it later belonged to John Saville.
£20.00
[036602] Attlee, C R; Greenwood, A; Morrison, H; Dalton, H; Ayrton Gould, B; Laski, H; Noel-Baker, P;
Woolf, L. LABOUR'S AIMS IN WAR AND PEACE. London: Lincolns-Prager. No date (c1940).
Paperback. Good 153pp Two nicks in spine - repaired. Bryn Roberts' copy. An uncommon book. £20.00
[036603] South, Raymond. HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS: LABOUR IN WINDSOR. Self-published, 1985. Pb
Signed by Author. VG 72pp Attractive local history of the Labour Party, by an activist of over 50 years. £25.00
[036604] Mathew, Don. FROM TWO BOYS AND A DOG TO POLITICAL POWER: THE LABOUR
PARTY IN THE LOWESTOFT CONSTITUENCY. Lowestoft CLP, 1979. Pamphlet. Signed by
Author. Good+ 53pp Uncommon.
£20.00
[036606] Wahhab, Iqbal. WRITERS ON LABOUR: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF PUBLICATIONS ON
THE PARTY SINCE 1980. London: Self-published, 1983. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good
32pp Much more than a bibliography - the comments are quite detailed.
£15.00
[036608] Clark, David. WE DO NOT WANT THE EARTH: THE HISTORY OF SOUTH SHIELDS
LABOUR PARTY. Bewick Press, 1992. Pb Very Good 157pp Author was Labour MP for
South Shields. Author’s dedication.
£20.00
[036609] Benn, Tony. YEARS OF HOPE - DIARIES, PAPERS AND LETTERS 1940-62. Hutchinson,
1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. 442pp Signed by Tony Benn; also has owner's dedication. £40.00
[036610] Wilson, Harold. THE GOVERNANCE OF BRITAIN. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976. First Edition.
Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 219pp Personal dedication by Wilson.
£30.00
[036611] Dalyell, Tam. DICK CROSSMAN - A PORTRAIT. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. Hard Cover.
Good / Good. 253pp Signed:"For Greater Manchester Libraries and in appreciation of a warm welcome at public
meetings in Manchester". In return, Trafford Library Services gave it an accession stamp, a location number on
the spine (and fortunately nothing else!) before adding a "Withdrawn" stamp at a later date, presumably. £25.00
[036612] Campbell, John. NYE BEVAN - A BIOGRAPHY. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. Hb Very Good /
Very Good. 430pp Signed by author, and also has a dedication by author's mother-in-law.
£30.00
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Law
[036670] Gilbert, Tony. ONLY ONE DIED. London: Kay Beauchamp, 1975. Pb Good 254pp Dedicated by
author "To Nelly, with affection and comradely greetings, Salud". An investigation into police behaviour at the
Red Lion Square demonstration against the National Front, during which Kevin Gately was killed.
£15.00
[036671] Simey, Margaret DEMOCRACY REDISCOVERED - A STUDY IN POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY. Pluto Press, 1988. Paperback. Good 138pp Signed by author, for many years a
Labour councillor in inner city Liverpool, and chair of the Merseyside Police Authority. A remarkable
and independent minded figure in Liverpool for many years.
£10.00
[036672] Bosanquet, S R C & Chalmers, D H J. A MAGISTRATE'S HANDBOOK. London: Ernest Benn,
1929. Hard Cover. Good 244pp Herbert Morrison's copy.
£50.00
[037371] Hain, Peter. MISTAKEN IDENTITY. London: Quartet Books, 1976. Paperback. Good 184pp
Dedication by author, former labour Minister. Author discusses his own case - he was tried for bank
robbery and acquitted in an infamous case of mistaken identity.
£15.00
Left Book Club
[036673] Timperley, H J. WHAT WAR MEANS: THE JAPANESE TEROR IN CHINA. London: Gollancz,
1938. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Fair 288pp Solid and internally clean copy, but exterior is a bit worn
and soiled. This copy has "Author's Presentation Edition" printed at bottom of front board
£90.00
[036674] Hannington, Wal. TEN LEAN YEARS. London: Left Book Club / Gollancz, 1940. Hard Cover. Good
287pp Dedicated by author: "My best wishes to my comrades Dave and Mary, March 1940" £60.00
Local Studies
[036675] Rowlands, Ted (MP). SOMETHING MUST BE DONE: SOUTH WALES v. WHITEHALL,
1921-1951. Merthyr Tydfil: TTC Books, 2000. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 206pp Signed by author,
who was MP for Merthyr and a Welsh Office Minister. Slight wear on edges of dustwrapper.
£16.00
[036676] Barnsby, George. SOCIALISM IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY, 1859-1939.
Wolverhampton: Integrated Publishing Services, 1998. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good 578pp
One bottom corner is bumped causing damage to spine. Large format. No dustwrapper - laminated boards as
issued. Comprehensive history by well known local labour historian.
£20.00
[036677] Barnsby, George. BIRMINGHAM WORKING PEOPLE: A HISTORY OF THE LABOUR
MOVEMENT IN BIRMINGHAM, 1650-1914. Integrated Publishing Services, 1989. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Good. 516pp Personal dedication by author.
£12.00
[036678] Salveson, Paul. WILL YO COME O SUNDAY MORNIN? - THE 1896 BATTLE FOR WINTER
HILL. Bolton: Red Rose Publishing, 1982. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good+ 47pp
£10.00
[036679] Todd, Nigel. ROSES AND REVOLUTIONISTS - THE STORY OF THE CLOUSDEN HILL
FREE COMMUNIST AND CO-OPERATIVE COLONY, 1894-1902. London: People's
Publications, 1986. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good+ 63pp Tyneside.
£15.00
[036680] Bryher, Samson (S Bale). AN ACCOUNT OF THE LABOUR AND SOCIALIST MOVEMENT
IN BRISTOL. Bristol Labour Weekly, 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good 141pp 3 parts in 1 vol.
Originally published in the Bristol Labour Weekly. Many photos of individuals. Dedicated by author to
"Stephen and Mrs Martin from 'Samson Bryher' (S Bale)". A very clean copy.
£50.00
[036681] Hawtin, Gillian; Benn, Tony (Preface). EARLY RADICAL WIMBLEDON (c1880-c1931). Belper:
SunRay Publishers, 1993. Pb. Signed by Author. Very Good 146pp Uncommon.
£25.00
[036683] Fishman, William J. EAST END JEWISH RADICALS 1875-1914. London: Duckworth, 1975.
Paperback. Very Good 336pp Dedicated to Harold Smith.
£25.00
[036684] Davies, J Percival. THE POLITICS OF A SOCIALIST EMPLOYER. Skipton-in-Craven: Maurice
Webb. No date (1929). Hb Good 149pp Spine worn, just beginning to crack at edge. A very clean copy. Author
was Labour candidate for Skipton; most of this book appeared in "The West Yorkshire Pioneer", 1927-8.
"Presented to Sedbergh School Library by the Author". With Library bookplate, no other library traces. £25.00
[036685] Barnsby, George. THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT IN THE BLACK COUNTRY, 1750
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TO 1867. Integrated Publishing Services, 1993. Pb Very Good 233pp Dedicated to Harold Smith.
£15.00
[036686] Mitchell, W R. DENT: THE HIGHEST MAINLINE STATION IN ENGLAND. Giggleswick:
Castleberg, 1995. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good+
124pp
£10.00
[036687] Deacon, B; George, A; Perry, R. CORNWALL AT THE CROSSROADS: LIVING
COMMUNITIES OR LEISURE ZONE? Cornish Social & Economic Research Group, 1988. Pb Good+
190pp With an unpublished review of 5 pages by Royston Green, a leading local Communist.
£20.00
[036689] Clarke, Allen. MOORLANDS AND MEMORIES. Bolton: Tillotsons, 1920. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. Very Good 314pp Frontispiece plate - photograph of Rivington Pike with tissue
guard, plus 6 other plates. Slight foxing on prelims.
£90.00
[036690] Denwood, J M. CUMBRIAN NIGHTS: "RED IKE'S" POACHING LIFE. London: Jarrolds, 1932.
Hard Cover. Fair 159pp Some bad staining on covers, otherwise a very clean copy. Jack Lindsay's
copy: inscribed "Jack Lindsay, given me by Denwood". Rare.
£60.00
[036691] Radcliffe, C W. MIDDLESEX: THE JUBILEE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, 1889-1939.
London: Evans Brothers. Hb Good 240pp Signed by the Chairman of Middlesex County Council. £10.00
[036692] Brooke, John B. INVENTING SCIENCE: LANCASTER'S FORGOTTEN SONS. University of
Lancaster, 1997. Pamphlet. Good 20pp Inaugural lecture, March 1997. Dedicated to Austin Woolrych. £5.00
[036693] Mullett, M A. CONFLICT, POLITICS AND ELECTIONS IN LANCASTER, 1660-1688. Offprint
from "Northern History" Volume XIX, 1983. Signed by Author. Very Good 26pp
£7.00
Marxism
[036713] Cornforth, Maurice. COMMUNISM AND PHILOSOPHY - CONTEMPORARY DOGMAS AND
REVISIONS OF MARXISM Lawrence & Wishart, 1980. Hb Good+/Good. 282pp Dedicated by author.£30.00
[036714] Jackson, T A. DIALECTICS. Lawrence and Wishart, 1936. Hard Cover. Good 648pp Dedicated by
Jackson to Dona Torr - "in affectionate and admiring gratitude for invaluable help, T A J, 21/3/36".
This book ended up in the CP Library as part of the Dona Torr Collection, then the Marx Memorial
Library, whose small stamps it carries. Exterior a bit dulled.
£60.00
[036715] Engels, F. ANTI-DURHING. London: Martin Lawrence, 1934. Hard Cover. Good 364pp Cover
slightly faded. With a dedication by T A Jackson: "Viven Jackson from "Dad" T.A.J."
£16.00
[036716] Maclean, John. THE WAR AFTER THE WAR. Glasgow: Self-published, 1918. Pamphlet. Fair 16pp
R Palme Dutt's copy - his initials on cover, with very small ink note. Cover loose and with small closed tear repaired with archival tape; staple is slightly rusty, but otherwise solid and very clean copy. Glasgow Economic
Class Pamphlets No.1 Proceeds were to go to Scottish Labour College Committee. Very rare.
£70.00
[036717] Lenin THE REVOLUTION OF 1905. Martin Lawrence, 1931. Hb Good 55pp Typed note pasted in:
"This book was the property of Howard Morris, member of the St Pancras Communist Party. Killed in action
Feb. 1937 whilst serving in the International Brigade in Spain. Presented to the library in his memory". Stamps
of the St Pancras People's Library & Prospect Book Shop in Drummond Street, local CP enterprises.
£15.00
[036718] Lenin COLLECTED WORKS Volume 35. Lawrence and Wishart, 1962. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Good. 624pp Robin Page Arnot's copy.
£20.00
[036719] Cornforth, Maurice. DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM Volume 3: THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
Lawrence and Wishart, 1963. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good 207pp
£12.00
[036720] Whitfield, Roy. FREDERICK ENGELS IN MANCHESTER. Working Class Movement Library,
1988. Pb Good 112pp With author’s loose note by: "John, at long last! I can hardly believe it! Roy"
£17.00
[036721] Engels, Frederick. THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE STATE.
Chicago: Charles H Kerr, 1902. Hb Good 217pp Maurice Cornforth's copy.
£12.00
[036722] Ash, William. MARXIST MORALITY. Delhi: Ajanta Publications, 1998. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Good. 304pp Dedicated by author to Ralph Russell.
£10.00
[036723] Harding, Neil. LENIN'S POLITICAL THOUGHT Volume 1. Macmillan, 1977. Paperback. Good+
360pp Dedicated by author: "For my old friend Bogdan and for Martha with best wishes".
£25.00
[036724] Miliband, Ralph. THE STATE IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. First
Edition. Hb Good+ / Good. 292pp Dedicated by author to John and Constance Saville.
£40.00
[036725] Kirk, Neville (ed.) SOCIAL CLASS AND MARXISM: DEFENCES AND CHALLENGES. Scolar
Press, 1996. Hb Very Good / Very Good. 243pp Dedicated by editor to John Saville. Uncommon.
£60.00
[036726] Hutton, J Bernard. THE SUBVERTERS OF LIBERTY: THE FIRST FULL EXPOSURE OF
THE COMMUNIST PLOT TO UNDERMINE THE WESTERN WAY OF LIFE. W H Allen,
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1972. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 266pp With author’s dedication.
£10.00
[036727] Worsley, Peter. MARX AND MARXISM. London: Routledge, 2002. Paperback. VG 121pp
Dedicated by author to Harold Smith. "Master Copy" with 3 corrections in ink.
£10.00
[036728] Green, Gil. THE NEW RADICALISM: ANARCHIST OR MARXIST? New York: International
Publishers, 1971. Pb Good 189pp Cover a bit worn with very small nick. Dedicated by author to
Mae and Johnny (Williamson) "with best wishes and revolutionary greetings".
£15.00
[036729] Miliband, Ralph. KOLAKOWSKI'S ANTI-MARX. Offprint from "Political Studies" Volume XXIX,
Number 1, March 1981. Signed by Author. Good 8pp Creased where folded.
£8.00
[037215] Miliband, Ralph. MARXISM AND POLITICS. Oxford University Press, 1977. Hb Good / Fair.
199pp Dedicated by Miliband to Monty Johnstone; with loose reviews and notes by Johnstone. With
many pencil and a small number of ink annotations. Dustwrapper faded.
£20.00
Peace
[036758] Weller, Ken. DON'T BE A SOLDIER - THE RADICAL ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT IN NORTH
LONDON, 1914-18. Journeyman Press / London History Workshop Centre, 1985. Paperback.
Good+ 96pp Dedicated by author to Harold Smith.
£12.00
[036759] Miyamoto, Kenji. ROAD TO ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Tokyo: Japan Press
Service, 1985. 1st Edition. Hb Very Good / Good+. 436pp Dedicated by the author (a leading Japanese
Communist, imprisoned 1933-45, later General Secretary) to Comrade Tony McNally.
£50.00
[036761] Schou, August. THE (NOBEL) PEACE PRIZE. Stockholm: Nobel Foundation, 1950. Paperback.
Good 101pp Dedicated by author to H Koeppler. With Heinz Koeppler's attractive Wilton Park
bookplate (see 036326).
£40.00
[036762] Hart, Liddell. THOUGHTS ON WAR. Faber and Faber, 1944. First Edition. Hb Good / Fair.
327pp Dedicated by author to Herbert Morrison. With copy of note Morrison's secretary sent in
thanks. Dustwrapper has a couple of tears - very slight loss.
£60.00
[036763] Noel-Baker, Philip. THE ARMS RACE: A PROGRAMME FOR WORLD DISARMAMENT.
London: Atlantic Books/Stevens, 1958. First Edition. Hb Signed by Author. Good / Fair. 579pp
Two small tears in dustwrapper, one with slight loss. With owner's attractive bookplate.
£50.00
[036764] Mackay, R W G; Angell, Norman (Foreword). PEACE AIMS AND THE NEW ORDER. Michael
Joseph, 1941. Hb Good / Fair. 306pp Herbert Morrison's copy. Dw a bit tatty - small tears but no loss. £20.00
[036765] Hayes, Denis; Brockway, Fenner (Foreword). CHALLENGE OF CONSCIENCE: THE STORY
OF THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS OF 1939-49. Allen & Unwin, 1949.1st edition. Hb Good / Fair.
406pp Dw worn - very slight loss. Plate inside front cover signed by Hayes and Brockway: "This volume is one
a special edition for those who, by sponsoring the publication of this book, have enabled us to record, with
gratitude, respect and admiration, how some have responded to the Challenge of Conscience". Rare.
£60.00
Poetry
[036775] Clegg, Arthur. PICTURES OF THE THIRTIES: A POEM. Reality Press, 1975. Pamphlet. Signed
by Author. Good 19pp Communist poet writes of his life in South Wales, then support for international
campaigns. Also contains "Remembrances" - 3 poems on George Hardy, Reginald Bridgeman and Ben Bradley
(Clegg was imprisoned with Bradley on one occasion). Interesting illustrations by Jan Flavell.
£10.00
[036776] Woddis, Roger. GOD'S WORRIED. London: New Statesman. No date (early 1980s). Paperback.
Signed by Author. Good No pagination (96pp). Crease in back cover. Illustrations by John Minnion.
An uncommon book of biting socialist and satirical verse.
£15.00
[036777] Searle, Chris (ed.) BRICKLIGHT: POEMS FROM THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN EAST
LONDON. Journeyman Press, 1980. Pb Good 247pp With dedication by Jack Dash, who has poems in this
collection. Attractive cover by Dan Jones. Published in conjunction with the Museum of Labour History. £15.00
[036778] Pomeroy, William. BEYOND BARRIERS: SONNETS TO CELIA. Manila: Pedro B Ayuda, 1963.
Pb Good 40pp With dedication by Bill and Celia Pomeroy. Pomeroy was an American Communist who
married Celia Mariano, a teacher active in the resistance against the Japanese during WW2. In 1950 they both
joined the Huk guerrilla movement in the Philippines, before being captured and imprisoned.
£25.00
[036779] Morton, A L. COLLECTED POEMS. Lawrence and Wishart, 1976. Paperback. Good 91pp
With author's dedication. Poems by the Communist historian.
£15.00
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[036780] Moore, Frances. HANDS THAT MOVE MOUNTAINS. Self-published. No date (1962?).
Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 19pp Communist poet.
£15.00
[036781] Moore, Frances. FOR US LIFE Self-published, 1948 Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 24pp £15.00
[036782] Sidorenko, Vladimir. BEGINNING. Self-published, 1964? Pamphlet. Good 1pp
Poems dedicated by author to John Williamson. In Russian.
£10.00
[036783] Freeston, Nicholas. COLLECTED POEMS. Lancashire: Self-published, 1955. Soft Cover. Good
26pp Imitation leather cover. Dedicated by author to Alice Foley, Labour Party activist in Bolton.
Author, from Lancaster, wrote in Lancashire dialect.
£20.00
[036784] Walker, Kath. WE ARE GOING: POEMS. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1965. Hb. Good / Good.
43pp Dustwrapper a bit worn. Presentation copy to Betty Harrison from Seamen's Union Women's
Committee, Port Adelaide, South Australia.
£15.00
[036785] Bjarnason, Paul. ODES AND ECHOES. Vancouver, Canada: Self-published, 1954. Hard Cover.
Good / Good. 186pp Dedicated by author to Harry Pollitt. Collection of poems translated from the
Icelandic; some by Bjarnason, plus other poets.
£25.00
[036786] Matthew, Christopher. NOW WE ARE SIXTY. ill. David Eccles. London: John Murray, 1999.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good / Good. 112pp
£7.00
[036787] Alley, Rewi (Translated by). PEACE THROUGH THE AGES: TRANSLATIONS FROM THE
POETS OF CHINA. Peking: Self-published, 1954. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 205pp
Dedicated by Alley to Ivor Montagu. Covers all periods of Chinese literature.
£25.00
[036788] Evans, A H. I FACE THE SUN: A BOOK OF VERSE. London: Fore Publications. No date (1952).
Paperback. Good 110pp Dedicated by author to Idris Cox. Rare.
£35.00
[036789] Leon, Carlos Augusto. LO INFINITO POR DECIR. Caracas: ALA, Ediciones Amigos del Libro de
Arte, 1980. Paperback. Good 143pp Dedicated to Ivor Montagu by author. Illustrated by author.
Poems in Spanish.
£15.00
[036790] Martin, David (ed.) RHYME AND REASON: A COLLECTION OF POETRY. London: Fore
Publications, 1944. Pb Fair 32pp Cover slightly stained; solid & internally clean. Political poems, including,
among others, Jack Lindsay, Miles Carpenter, Idris Davies, Hugh MacDiarmid, Randall Swingler and Phyllis
Shand Alfrey; with typed signed letter by the latter about the collection and the politics of the War.
£12.00
[036791] Ward, Donald. BORDER COUNTRY. London: Anvil Press, 1981. First Edition. Paperback.
Signed by Author. Good+ 69pp
£10.00
[036792] Segal, Edith. POEMS AND SONGS FOR DREAMERS WHO DARE. ill. Samuel Kamen. New
York: Lawrence Hill, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good+ 96pp Dedicated
by author and illustrator to Bill and Celia (Pomeroy).
£15.00
[036793] Segal, Edith. POEMS AND SONGS FOR ETHEL AND JULIUS ROSENBERG. New York:
National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case, 1983. Paperback. Good 61pp Dedicated by
author to Bill and Celia (Pomeroy). Cover by Hugo Gellert.
£15.00
[036794] Greaves, C Desmond. FOUR LETTER VERSES AND THE MOUNTBATTEN AWARD. London:
Martin Brian & O'Keefe, 1983. First Edition. Pb Good 74pp With author's dedication.
£25.00
[037380] Rowley, Richard. WORKERS. ill. E M O'R Dickey. London: Duckworth, 1923. Hard Cover. Good.
39pp Limited numbered edition, signed by illustrator. Superb woodcuts; frontispiece portrait of
author with tissue guard. Cover is worn and there is some very light foxing on the prelims.
Poems in the voices of Scottish working class women.
£75.00
Political Theory
[036804] Pomeroy, William. GUERRILLA AND COUNTER-GUERRILLA WARFARE. International
Publishers, 1964. Pb VG 127pp Dedicated by author to Margaret Mynatt (Manager of Central Books).
£9.00
[036805] Ditto Good
Dedicated to Jack and Margaret Woddis.
£9.00
[036806] Crick, Bernard. ON THEORY AND PRACTICE. The Hague: Offprint from "Theory and Politics",
Martinus Nijhoff. No date (1971). Pamphlet. Good 26pp. With author's dedication.
£7.00
[036807] Crick, Bernard. IN DEFENCE OF POLITICS. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1992. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Very Good. 272pp With personal dedication by author.
£10.00
[036808] Laski, Harold. INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS. London: Unwin, 1961. Paperback. Signed by
Author. Good 91pp Cover a bit worn; bookshop stamps inside back cover.
£10.00
[036809] Nevinson, Henry. ESSAYS IN FREEDOM AND REBELLION. Yale University Press, 1921. Hard
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Cover. Good 213pp With author's dedication: "To the Fighter for good in Republican Spain". £50.00
[036810] Whitehouse, J Howard (MP). ESSAYS ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL QUESTIONS. Cambridge
University Press, 1913. Hard Cover. Good 95pp Personal dedication by author. Includes essays on
Bulgaria and Serbia; Britain and Germany; Canon Barnett; Ruskin etc. Uncommon.
£40.00
[036811] Bevin, Ernest. FORWARD DEMOCRACY. 1939. Pamphlet. Good 15pp No publisher stated possibly Transport & General Workers' Union, of which he was the General Secretary. This is an Address
delivered at the Convocation of the Teachers' College, Columbia University, NY, August 1939. With typed
signed letter form D N Pritt to Robin (Page Arnot): "I enclose you a copy of a speech by our great leader, Ernest
Bevin...As a study in muddled thinking and drivelling expression it ranks high".
£20.00
[036812] Schmid, Carlo. THE PLACE OF THE INTELLECTUAL IN THE COMMUNITY. Bonn: Social
Democratic Party of Germany, 1957. Pamphlet. Good 16pp With the bookplate of Heinz Koeppler. £10.00
[036813] Needham, Joseph. TWO-MINUTE TALKS. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher stated - possibly selfpublished as a Christmas Greeting card for 1983; 8pp fold-out pamphlet. Talks broadcast on Thames
TV in April 1982. Signed "from Ivor and Hell (Montagu) - Vive le Broad Front!"
£10.00
[036814] Page, Albert E. THE CHIEF ASPECTS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION'S DECLINE Parts 1 &
2. 1935 & 1937. Pamphlet. Good 63pp & 89pp Small format. No publisher stated - Little Blue
Book edited by E Haldeman-Julius. First volume has author's signature; both have stamp of "Hackney
Young Communist League Youth House, Richmond Road, E8".
LOT
£25.00
Politics - Britain
[036820] Miliband, Ralph. THE STATE IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
1969. First Edition. Hb Good / Fair. 292pp Monty Johnstone's copy with his pencil notes. Also
with typed signed letter from Miliband responding to Johnstone's comments on the book.
£30.00
[036821] Miliband, Ralph. CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN. Oxford University Press, 1982. First
Edition. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 165pp Dedicated by author to Monty Johnstone. A few
pencil notes. Spine of dustwrapper sunned.
£20.00
[036822] Rose, Richard. INFLUENCING VOTERS - STUDY OF CAMPAIGN RATIONALITY. Faber,
1967. Hb Good / Good. 288pp Witty dedication by author to Samuel Brittan. Book includes an
analysis of Aims of Industry and steel companies' campaigns against nationalisation.
£12.50
[036823] Gaitskell, Hugh. IN DEFENCE OF POLITICS. London: Birkbeck College, 1954. Pamphlet. Signed
by Author. Good 14pp Edges a bit ragged where they overlap the body of the pamphlet.
£15.00
[036824] Mayhew, Christopher. PARTY GAMES. London: Hutchinson, 1969. Hard Cover. Good 176pp
Dedicated by the author, a Labour MP, to "Robin Day who knows it all already".
£13.00
[036825] Williams, Shirley. POLITICS IS FOR PEOPLE. London: Allen Lane, 1981. First Edition.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good+ / Good. 230pp
£30.00
[036826] Hamm, Jeffrey; Mosley, Diana (Foreword). THE EVIL GOOD MEN DO. London: Sanctuary Press,
1988. First Edition. Hb Very Good / Good+. 214pp Personal dedication by author, who was a
life-long fascist - member of the BUF and imprisoned for part of WW2, then a founder member of
Mosley's Union Movement in 1948; he was later Mosley's private secretary. Uncommon.
£70.00
[036827] Rety, John. THROUGH THE ANARCHIST PRESS: A COLUMN IN FREEDOM. London:
Freedom Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good 93pp With author's dedication. Author edited "Freedom" in
the 1960s and now, a poet himself, has an interesting regular poetry column in the "Morning Star".
£15.00
[036828] Steel, Mark. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: FROM PUNK TO NEW LABOUR THROUGH
THE EYES OF A DEDICATED TROUBLEMAKER Scribner, 2001 Pb Signed by Author. VG 277pp £12.00
[036829] Norris, Pippa & Lovenduski, Joni. POLITICAL RECRUITMENT: GENDER, RACE AND
CLASS IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Cambridge University Press, 1995. Paperback.
Very Good 320pp With personal dedication by Lovenduski.
£10.00
Religion / Freethought
[036836] Thomas, William Bryn. BETWEEN TWO CIVILISATIONS. Pembroke Dock: Venture Press, 1969.
Pb Signed by Author. Good 129pp Progressive clergyman, involved in social & peace campaigns. £20.00
[036837] Ridley, F A. POPE JOHN AND THE COLD WAR. London: Frank Maitland, 1961. Paperback.
Good 79pp Author's dedication.
£20.00
25
[036838] Groves, Reg. CONRAD NOEL AND THE THAXTED MOVEMENT. London: Merlin Press, 1967.
First Edition. Hb Very Good / Very Good. 334pp Dedicated by author to Harold Smith. A lovely copy of
this uncommon book about the Anglo-Catholic Socialist parson. With 3 reviews.
£45.00
[036839] Blum, Fred. ETHICS OF INDUSTRIAL MAN: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF RELIGIOUS
AWARENESS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF SOCIETY. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970.
Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 290pp Dedicated by author to C P Hill. Dustwrapper a bit worn. £10.00
[036840] Groves, Reg. THE CATHOLIC CRUSADE 1918-1936. London: Archive One, 1970. Pamphlet. VG
24pp Dedicated by author to Harold Smith. Consists of an introduction by Groves and a reprint of the original
Manifesto of 1918. Conrad Noel, vicar of Thaxted, was the prime mover - Jack Putterill was another founder.
Noel was an active Christian Socialist and had founded the Church Socialist League in 1906.
£25.00
[036841] Putterill, Jack. CONRAD NOEL: PROPHET AND PRIEST, 1869-1942. Thaxted: Self-published ?
1962. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good+ 5pp With Photograph. A BBC radio broadcast in the
series "Men of Vision", August 1962. Putterill was also a Vicar of Thaxted.
£25.00
[036842] Hitchens, Christopher. THE MISSIONARY POSITION: MOTHER TERESA IN THEORY AND
PRACTICE. London: Verso, 1995. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 98pp
£15.00
[036843] Pearce, Nikki. GOD LOVES COMMUNISTS TOO. Chichester: New Wine Press, 1989. Pb Good
160pp Dedicated by author to Monty Johnstone. By a woman brought up a Christian who "succumbed to the
attractions of communism and joined the CPGB". Fortunately "the Lord intervened in a dramatic way...and she
returned to her former comrades with God's message of hope and new life". Apparently unsuccessfully in
Monty’s case. With a leaflet aimed at communists, published by Cross Section.
£12.00
Social Policy
[036853] Bevan, A. IN PLACE OF FEAR. London: Heinemann, 1952. First Edition. Pb Signed by
Author. Slight spine damage, repaired.
Good 201pp Previous owner's bookplate.
£25.00
[036854] Young, M & Prager, T. THERE'S WORK FOR ALL. Nicholson & Watson, 1945. First Edition. Hb
Good / Good. 128pp "To Herbert Morrison, with admiration, from Michael Young, May 1945".
Young was a key figure of the British Left, often working in the background. Head of the Labour
Party’s Research Department in 1945 he drew up the Manifesto of that year; he played an important
role in the fight for comprehensive schools & in establishing the Open University and the Consumers’
Association. Morrison was a conscientious objector in WW1; he became leader of the Labour Party in
London, notably responsible for the green belt and the London Transport system. During WW2 he was
Home Secretary. Very slight tear to dustwrapper at tail of spine.
£50.00
[036855] Allaun, Frank (MP). BRITAIN'S HOUSING TRAGEDY AND HOW TO END IT. London: New
Gladiator, 1962. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 7pp Cover a bit worn.
£6.00
[036856] The Commission on Social Justice. SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A CHANGING WORLD. IPPR 1993.
Paperback. Good 35pp Ownership signature of Maureen Colquhoun (former Labour MP).
£7.00
[036857] Townsend, Peter. POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Penguin, 1979. Paperback. Good
1216pp Dedicated by author to Dorothy Wedderburn.
£20.00
[036858] Bailey, Ron. THE HOMELESS AND THE EMPTY HOUSES. Penguin, 1977. Pb Good 287pp
Dedicated by Bailey to Horace Cutler "with regards & thanks. And hope you think this is worthwhile". £8.00
[036859] Field, Frank. INEQUALITY IN BRITAIN: FREEDOM, WELFARE AND THE STATE. Fontana,
1981. Paperback. Good 252pp Dedicated by author to Dorothy (Wedderburn).
£10.00
[036860] Loney, Martin; Boswell, David; Clarke, John (ed.) SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WELFARE.
Open University Press, 1983. Paperback. Good 309pp With John Saville's signature - he
contributed a chapter on "The Origins of the Welfare State".
£10.00
[036861] IN PLACE OF FEAR: THE FUTURE OF THE WELFARE STATE. London: Transport &
General Workers' Union, 1994. Pb Very Good 133pp With dedication by Bill Morris (General Secretary of the
T&G). Published in association with the CPAG, Family Welfare Association, Low Pay Unit. An impressive
Advisory Group assisted with the publication, including Margaret Prosser, Lynne Berry, Diana Holland, Susanne
MacGregor, Frances O'Grady, Chris Pond, Peter Townsend. An uncommon book.
£20.00
[036862] Parker, Tony. THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN. Hutchinson, 1963. 1st Edition. Hb Good / Good. 176pp
Based on interviews with a prisoner with 8 convictions for burglary. Dedicated by Parker: "For the
Simon Community Trust, and its work for Unknown Citizens - needed so desperately and for so long".
Parker was one of Britain’s leading oral historians.
£12.00
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[036863] Shanas, Ethel. THE HEALTH OF OLDER PEOPLE: A SOCIAL SURVEY Harvard UP, 1962. Hb
Good / Good. 250pp Dedicated by author to Dorothy Wedderburn; also with latter's ownership signature. £20.00
[036864] Alheit, Peter & Francis, Hywel (ed.) ADULT EDUCATION IN CHANGING INDUSTRIAL
REGIONS. Verlag Arbeiterbewegung & Gesellschaftswissenschaft, 1989. Paperback. Very Good 133pp
With author's dedication. Based on co-operation between adult education departments of Swansea & Bremen
universities. Much on South Wales. All text in English.
£15.00
Socialism
[036865] Brailsford, H N. SOCIALISM FOR TODAY. London: I.L.P. Publication Dept. 1925. Pb Good
142pp Cover a bit worn. An uncommon book by the editor of the ILP's paper "The New Leader". "With
the good wishes of H N Brailsford who would re-write some of it now! Cardiff, March 1936".
£40.00
[036866] Laski, Harold. REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION OF OUR TIME. London: George Allen
& Unwin, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 367pp Herbert Morrison's copy. £25.00
[036867] Cunningham, Frank. DEMOCRATIC THEORY AND SOCIALISM. Cambridge University Press,
1988. Paperback. Good+ 368pp Dedicated by author to Monty Johnstone.
£20.00
[036868] Anand, V S & Ridley, F A. JAMES MAXTON AND BRITISH SOCIALISM. London: Medusa
Press, 1970. Pamphlet. Good 32pp With dedication by author. Some light foxing on edge of cover. £20.00
[036869] Brockway, Fenner. WORKERS' FRONT. London: Secker & Warburg, 1938. First Edition.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good 254pp
£50.00
[036870] Glasier, J Bruce. THE MEANING OF SOCIALISM. Leicester: National Labour Press, 1923. Hard
Cover. Good 230pp Cover dulled. Signed by author's wife, Katherine, "With all a comrade's greeting". £15.00
[036871] Snowden, Philip. SOCIALISM AND SYNDICALISM. London: Collins. No date. Hard Cover.
Good / Poor. 262pp Dustwrapper torn with loss. With D N Pritt's bookplate.
£15.00
[036872] Ditto
R Palme Dutt's copy.
£15.00
[036873] Benn, Tony; Mullins, Chris (ed.) ARGUMENTS FOR SOCIALISM. London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 206pp Signed by both author and editor.
£20.00
[036874] Thomas, J H. WHEN LABOUR RULES. London: Collins, 1920. Hard Cover. Good 204pp Spine
damaged but repaired; cover slightly grubby. Previous owners: John Burns & James Klugmann who
presented the book to the CP library (a few small round stamps).
£45.00
[036875] Brown, Alec. THE FATE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES. London: Victor Gollancz, 1936. Hard
Cover. Good 288pp Dedicated by Brown to Emile Burns. Not a common title.
£25.00
[036876] Benn, Ernest J P & Maxton, James (MP). THE CASE OF BENN v. MAXTON, BEING A
CORRESPONDENCE ON CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM TO WHICH IS APPENDED THE
REPORT OF A BROADCAST DEBATE. Ernest Benn, 1929. Hb Good / Fair. 215pp The striking dw is worn
and soiled but more or less intact. Signed by Maxton "To my good Comrade Maurice Tyler, with thanks for jolly
hours". The radio debate was the first time the BBC relaxed the ban on controversial broadcasting.
£40.00
[036877] Kaufmann, M (Rev.). SOCIALISM & COMMUNISM IN THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
London: SPCK, 1883. Hb Good 264pp An unusual book - argues against socialism but interesting chapters on
Communism of the early Christians, Hussites, Moravians, Christian Republic in Paraguay, communistic
societies in America etc. And what a dedication: "Presented by the author to his eldest son on the occasion of a
pleasant visit in the hope that some of its contents may aid him in his social amelioration schemes".
£40.00
[036878] Halliday, Fred. REVOLUTION AND WORLD POLITICS. Macmillan, 1999. Paperback. Good
402pp With signed note dedicating the copy to Monty Johnstone. With Johnstone's pencil notes. £12.00
[036879] Griffiths, Dan; MacDonald, J Ramsay (Foreword). THE REAL ENEMY. London: International
Bookshops Ltd. No date (c1922). Card. Good 54pp Signed by author on front
cover. Stamp of the TGWU Research Library; ink number on cover, no other library traces.
£15.00
[036880] Rose, Frank & Mann, Tom. DEBATE ON SYNDICALISM BETWEEN FRANK ROSE AND
TOM MANN. The Industrial Syndicalist, Vol. 1 No.7, Jan 1911: SPECIAL ISSUE. Pamphlet.
Good 60pp Stapled and complete but disbound. Harry Pollitt's copy.
£30.00
[036881] Davidson, Morrison. ANARCHIST SOCIALISM v. STATE SOCIALISM. London: William
Reeves, 1896. Pb Good 24pp Dedication by author, a Scottish anarchist. A bit worn.
Bijou Library No.9. Rare.
£65.00
[036882] Cole, G D H. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIALISM DURING THE PAST FIFTY YEARS.
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University of London, Athlone Press, 1952. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good 32pp Signed by author
on cover. Webb Memorial Lecture, 1951.
£17.00
[036883] Zimand, Savel. MODERN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARIES AND
BIBLIOGRAPHIES. New York: H W Wilson, 1921. Hb. Good 260pp With small stamps of the
Marx Memorial Library. Andrew Rothstein's copy.
£16.00
[036884] Pallister, Minnie. THE ORANGE-BOX: THOUGHTS OF A SOCIALIST PROPAGANDIST.
London: Leonard Parsons, 1924. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Fair 62pp Exterior worn and a
bit soiled. Solid and internally clean apart from endpapers which are slightly grubby.
£15.00
[037227] Hughes, Emrys (ed.) KEIR HARDIE'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1888-1915. Glasgow:
Forward. No date. Hb Good 187pp Cover faded. Dedicated by Emrys Hughes to John S Clarke. Hughes
was a left-wing Labour MP, and Keir Hardie’s son-in-law. John S Clarke was a leader of the Socialist
Labour Party, a Glasgow councillor for 15 years, delegate with Willie Gallacher to the 2nd Congress of the
Comintern, a Labour MP – and poet, noted lion-tamer and zoologist.
£50.00
[037370] Miliband, Ralph. DIVIDED SOCIETIES - CLASS STRUGGLE IN CONTEMPORARY
CAPITALISM. Oxford University Press, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good.
Dedicated by author. A few pencil notes.
£25.00
Sociology
[036892] Hall, S & Jefferson, Tony (ed.) RESISTANCE THROUGH RITUALS: YOUTH SUBCULTURES
IN POST-WAR BRITAIN. Hutchinson/Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, 1976. Pb Good
285pp With inscription from Nina Temple, leader of the Young Communist League) to Gordon
McLennan thanking him for his support in 1980. Temple was to succeed McLennan as General
Secretary (or rather as Secretary) of the CPGB in 1989.
£30.00
[036893] Wedderburn, Dorothy (ed.) POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND CLASS STRUCTURE. Cambridge
University Press, 1974. Hb Good+ / Good. 247pp With personal dedication by the author. £12.00
[036894] Worsley, Peter. THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND: A STUDY OF CARGO CULTS IN
MELANESIA. Paladin, 1970. Paperback. Good 389pp Dedicated by author to Harold and Mary
(Smith). This book was described by Basil Davidson as "One of the most useful and revealing books
that anyone interested in ending imperialism will easily find".
£10.00
[036895] Young, Michael & Willmott, Peter. FAMILY AND KINSHIP IN EAST LONDON. RKP, 1957.
1st Edition. Hb. Good / Fair. 232pp Signed by both authors. Dustwrapper is torn with slight loss.
A key sociological study.
£25.00
Spain
[036896] Deegan, Frank. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY. Liverpool: Toulouse Press, 1980. Pb Good 107pp
Signed by author and 14 other British former members of the International Brigades, including Syd Booth, Tony
Gilbert, Bill Alexander, Sam Wild, Jack Jones in 1983. Author was Liverpool docker who fought in the
International Brigade in Spain and was active in local and pensioners' organisations.
£50.00
[036897] Squires, Mike. THE AID TO SPAIN MOVEMENT IN BATTERSEA 1936-1939.
Elmfield Publications, 1994. Pb Signed by Author. Good 64pp Book contains personal
recollections by historian Noreen Branson.
£15.00
[036898] Bolsover, Philip; Tomalin, Miles; Green, Nan et al. BRITISH BATTALION XV
INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE: MEMORIAL SOUVENIR. Marston Publicity, 1939. Pamphlet. Good 80pp
Signed by 12 former members of the 15th International Brigade, including Sam Wild, Bob Cooney, John Peet.
Rusty staples but otherwise a nice clean copy. With the 2 original loose inserts - Programme of the National
Memorial Meeting at Empress Hall & the reproduction of painting. Many photos and drawings. The official
souvenir booklet with various accounts, Roll of Honour, short biographies, etc.
£60.00
[036908] Ditto Fair 80pp The copy of Bosco Jones, London Communist who fought with the I.B. in Spain.
Cover worn and grubby.
£35.00
[036899] Stratton, Harry. TO ANTI-FASCISM BY TAXI. Port Talbot: Alun Books, 1984. Pb Good 183pp
Taxi driver from South Wales describes his experiences in the International Brigades in Spain and later in the
British army fighting incompetence, bureaucracy and reaction. Dedicated by author to Max Colin.
£25.00
[036900] Alexander, Bill. BRITISH VOLUNTEERS FOR LIBERTY. Lawrence & Wishart, 1982. Hb. VG/G
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288pp Author was commander of British Battalion of the International Brigades. Spine of dw bit sunned.
£40.00
[036901] Ditto 1982. Paperback Very Good 288pp With personal dedication from author.
£30.00
[036902] Nelson, Steve. THE VOLUNTEERS. New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1953. Paperback. Fair
192pp Cover worn and a bit soiled. Internally clean. This was Sam Wild's copy. Author's account of
his time as a leader of the American volunteers in the International Brigades.
£10.00
[036903] Ditto 1953. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good / Fair. 192pp Dustwrapper a bit grubby and
torn with slight loss.
£35.00
[036904] Monks, Joe. WITH THE REDS IN ANDALUSIA. London: John Cornford Poetry Group, 1985.
Paperback. Good 52pp Dedicated by author to Bill Alexander at unveiling of the I.B. Memorial in
London. Author was an Irishman who fought with International Brigades.
£30.00
[036905] Alexander, Bill. NO TO FRANCO: THE STRUGGLE NEVER STOPPED, 1939-1975. London:
Self-published, 1992. Pb VG 96pp With personal dedication by author, Commander of the British Battalion,
historian of the British volunteers, and active all his life in the International Brigades Association.
£25.00
[036906] Copeman, Fred. REASON IN REVOLT. London: Blandford Press, 1948. Hard Cover. Good 235pp
Dedicated by author to Will Lawther, the miners' leader whom Copeman would have known from the
International Brigade Dependants' Fund of which Lawther was a Trustee. Leader of the Invergordon Mutiny,
imprisoned for activity over unemployment. Leader of British Battalion of International Brigade, member of the
Central Committee of the CPGB which he later left and turned towards religion and Moral Re-armament. £20.00
[036907] Wheeler, George. TO MAKE THE PEOPLE SMILE AGAIN. Newcastle: Zymurgy Publishing,
2003. Paperback. Very Good 190pp Signed by author, Jack Jones (who wrote the Foreword) and
two other International Brigaders - Sam Russell and Dave Marshall.
£30.00
[036909] Candela, Antonio; Jones, Jack (Foreword). ADVENTURES OF AN INNOCENT IN THE
SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Cornwall: United Writers, 1989. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. VG/VG
222pp An illiterate Spanish peasant who learnt to read and write in the trenches fighting in the
Republican army in the Spanish Civil War. He escaped into France and fought in the French army,
then escaped to England and joined the British army. He later worked in the building industry.
An uncommon book.
£40.00
[036910] Thomas, Hugh. THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. Hb Good 720pp
This copy belonged to Nan Green, long known for her work in the International Brigade Association. £10.00
Trade Unions - Miners
[037079] Arnot, R Page. SOUTH WALES MINERS - HISTORY OF THE SOUTH WALES MINERS'
FEDERATION, 1898-1914. Allen & Unwin, 1967. Hard Cover. Good+ / Fair. 390pp Signed presentation
copy in his very extravagant script to John Gollan, General Secretary of the Communist Party.
£35.00
[037080] Garside, W R. THE DURHAM MINERS, 1919-60. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Hb Good / Good.
544pp Dedicated by Dave Hopper, General Secretary of the Durham Miners to "our comrades in
struggle 1989". Dustwrapper bit worn at edges.
£25.00
[037081] Ditto Very Good / Good+. Jack Collins' copy, with his signature in pencil. Collins was Secretary of
the Kent Area NUM. With small typed signed letter from Ivan Vladichenko, President of Soviet
Coalminers' Union.
£17.00
[037082] Douglass, David & Krieger, Joel. A MINER'S LIFE. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. Pb VG
118pp Dedicated to Harold (Smith) "fellow worker and comrade". Douglass was on the Executive of Yorkshire
Area Committee of the NUM, and is known for his Syndicalist writings on the miners' struggles.
£15.00
[037083] Edwards, Ness. HISTORY OF THE SOUTH WALES MINERS' FEDERATION, Volume 1.
Lawrence and Wishart, 1938. Hard Cover. Fair 160pp Arthur Horner's copy. Boards soiled; cloth
worn at head of spine edge. Very slight bubbling of cloth on back cover. Slight staining on endpapers.
Internally clean and very solid. Uncommon.
£50.00
[037084] CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE MINERS' DISPUTE: FIRST REPORT OF THE
INDEPENDENT INQUIRY. National Council for Civil Liberties, 1984. Pamphlet. Good. 36pp
With ownership signature of Larry Whitty (General Secretary of the Labour Party).
£6.00
[037085] Fynes, Richard. HISTORY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM MINERS. Sunderland:
Thomas Summerbell, 1923. Hard Cover. Good 302pp. Exterior worn and a bit soiled, especially on spine.
Internally very clean. Interesting inscription on front free endpaper: "Received of S Watson on behalf of the
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Durham Miners' Assoc. Dec.2, 1945 at the first lecture of a 3 yr. Tutorial Course. Each student received this
book, "New Deal for Coal", and a stencilled copy of "The Parable of the Water Tank". The object of this
presentation was to induce the student to build a library of his own. Signed John W Toft".
£50.00
[037086] Ditto Good. Presented to Frank Jackson (long-standing worker for the CPGB) by William Allan,
first General Secretary of the United Mineworkers of Scotland.
£50.00
[037087] Harrison, Royden (ed.) INDEPENDENT COLLIER: THE COAL MINER AS ARCHETYPAL
PROLETARIAN RECONSIDERED. Harvester Press, 1978. Hb VG/G 276pp Jack Collins' copy.. £17.00
[037088] Williams, J E. THE DERBYSHIRE MINERS. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1962. Hard Cover.
Good / Good. 933pp Dustwrapper a bit worn. Presented to R Page Arnot (miners' historian) by Herbert
Parkin, Derbyshire Miners' Secretary. Ex- Marx Memorial Library - but only 2 small round stamps. £30.00
[037089] Ditto Good. Exterior a bit worn & very slightly soiled. Dedicated to John Saville by author. £45.00
[037090] Pitt, Malcolm. THE WORLD ON OUR BACKS - THE KENT MINERS AND THE 1972
MINERS' STRIKE. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1979. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good
217pp Kent Miners' Edition. Author was a miner at Tilmanstone Colliery, member of the CPGB and
on the South East Regional Council of the TUC.
£8.00
[037091] Ditto Paperback. Very Good 217pp This copy was dedicated to the composer Alan Bush by Richard
Richardson, a Kent Miner.
£15.00
[037092] Moffat, Abe. MY LIFE WITH THE MINERS. Lawrence and Wishart, 1965. Paperback. Good
324pp Jack Collins' copy. Signed on title page by author, Scottish miners' leader.
£30.00
[037093] Docherty, Mary. A MINER'S LASS. Cowdenbeath: Self-published, 1993. Pb Signed by Author.
Very Good 281pp Autobiography by life-long Communist in Fife's mining community.
With two hand written letters by the author about the book.
£15.00
[037094] Arnot, R Page. THE MINERS IN CRISIS AND WAR: A HISTORY OF THE MINERS'
FEDERATION OF GB (FROM THE 1930s ONWARDS). George Allen & Unwin, 1961.
First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. 451pp
£25.00
[037095] Arnot, R Page. THE MINERS: YEARS OF STRUGGLE - A HISTORY OF THE MINERS'
FEDERATION OF GB (FROM 1910 ONWARDS). Allen & Unwin, 1953. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. Good / Good.
567pp
£25.00
[037096] Ditto Hard Cover. Good / Fair. Dedicated by author, in his extravagant handwriting, to "Gordon and
Mary McLennan from another exile". Dustwrapper a bit worn.
£35.00
[037097] Arnot, R Page. THE MINERS - A HISTORY OF THE MINERS' FEDERATION, 1889-1914.
George Allen & Unwin, 1951. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good 409pp
£25.00
[037098] Arnot, R Page. A HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH MINERS. Allen & Unwin, 1955. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Good. 445pp Dedicated "with warm fraternal greetings" in author's flowery handwriting. £40.00
[037099] Arnot, R Page. SOUTH WALES MINERS - HISTORY OF THE SOUTH WALES MINERS'
FEDERATION, 1898-1914. George Allen & Unwin, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good / Good.
390pp With author's extravagant signature and Latin quote.
£25.00
[037100] Hall, Tony. KING COAL: MINERS , COAL AND BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL FUTURE.
Penguin, 1981. Paperback. Very Good 278pp Jack Collins' copy.
£8.00
[037101] Richards, Will. BLIDWORTH PIT AND THE N.U.M. Self-published (?), 1994. Pb Signed by
Author. Very Good 97pp A rare book from a right-wing miner who had taken the NUM to court in the
1970s. Perhaps published by Norris McWhirter's Freedom Association, which is credited in the book.
Author was made a life-member of the FA. With signed typed letter praising the FA and describing how
he had spoken at a meeting with Winston Churchill MP who took him for a meal afterwards. Includes a
history of the pit and much on the strikes of the 1970s and 1980s.
£30.00
[037102] Douglass, Dave. COME AND WET THIS TRUNCHEON: THE ROLE OF THE POLICE IN
THE COAL STRIKE OF 1984/5. London: Direct Action Movement/Canary Press, 1986. 1st Edition.
Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Very Good No pagination (34pp).
£12.00
[037103] Thomas, John; Barker, George (MP). THE MINERS' CONFLICT WITH THE MINEOWNERS.
London: International Bookshops Ltd, 1921. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Fair 70pp Cover and
title page detached; very slight flaking; otherwise solid and very clean. Paper tanned. Rare.
£30.00
[037104] Griffin, A R. THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COALFIELD, 1881-1981: A CENTURY OF
PROGRESS. Moorland Publishing, 1981. 1st Edition. Hb Good+ 147pp Large format illustrated history
published on behalf of the Nottingham Area, NUM. Corners slightly bumped. Jack Collins' copy.
£15.00
[037118] Mackney, Paul. BIRMINGHAM AND THE MINERS' STRIKE. Birmingham Trade Union
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Council, 1987.
Paperback.
Signed by Author.
Very Good
148pp
£16.00
Trade Unions – General
[037105] Heffer, Eric; Foot, Michael (Foreword). THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN PARLIAMENT - A
SOCIALIST VIEW OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. London: Victor Gollancz, 1973. Hb Very Good /
Good. 350pp "To Stan Orme whose friendship and comradeship in the struggle for socialism is deeply cherished,
Best wishes, Eric Heffer". Both Heffer and Orme entered Parliament in 1964, for Liverpool Walton and Salford
East respectively; both became Ministers of State and both were on the left of the Labour Party.
£50.00
[037106] Cole, G D H. THE WORLD OF LABOUR: A DISCUSSION OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE
OF TRADE UNIONISM. London: G Bell & Sons, 1915. Hb. Good 443pp Second edition. Cover dulled and
a bit worn. This copy belonged to Harold Clay, a member of the British Socialist Party before WW1, President
of Leeds Labour Party, Assistant General Secretary of the TGWU and Chair of London Labour Party.
£12.00
[037107] Jenkins, Clive & Mortimer, J E. BRITISH TRADE UNIONS TODAY. Oxford: Pergamon Press,
1965. Soft cloth. Very Good 125pp Dedicated to Dorothy Wedderburn.
£10.00
[037108] Jenkins, Clive & Sherman, Barrie. THE LEISURE SHOCK.: Eyre Methuen, 1981. Paperback.
Good 185pp Dedicated to Dorothy Wedderburn "only you and I will be working".
£10.00
[037109] Jenkins, Clive & Sherman, Barrie. THE COLLAPSE OF WORK. London: Eyre Methuen, 1979.
Paperback. Very Good. 182pp Jenkins was General Secretary of ASTMS and Sherman was
Director of Research. Dedicated to Dorothy Wedderburn by Jenkins.
£12.00
[037110] Turner, H A. TRADE UNIONS, DIFFERENTIALS AND THE LEVELLING OF WAGES.
Offprint from "The Manchester School" September 1952. Pamphlet. Good 56pp Allan Flanders'
copy. Small amount of unobtrusive lines in margin.
£7.00
[037111] Lerner, Shirley. THE T.U.C. JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, 1924-1957. Offprint
from "The Manchester School" September 1958. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 20pp
£8.00
[037113] Gordon, Alan. THE CRISIS OF UNEMPLOYMENT. London: Christopher Helm, 1988. Paperback.
Very Good 161pp Dedicated to Dorothy Wedderburn.
£20.00
[037114] UNEMPLOYMENT BILL, 1933: EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ON CLAUSES. London:
HMSO, 1933. Pamphlet Good 52pp Wal Hannington's copy.
£15.00
[037115] Clegg, Hugh. INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY AND NATIONALIZATION. Oxford: Basil
Blackwell, 1951. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 147pp Dedicated to Herbert Morrison.
£40.00
[037116] Cole, G D H. SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDUSTRY. London: G Bell, 1917. Soft cloth. Good
329pp Cover dulled and a bit worn; some pencil notes. Mark Starr's copy. Starr was a miner who became a
leading figure in workers' education in the Plebs League and National Council of Labour Colleges. In 1918 he
was charged with avoiding enlistment - he lectured the court martial on the imperialist character of the war and
said his desire "was not to blow heads off but to put new ideas into them", but they were not convinced and he
went to prison. He was briefly in the CPGB, then joined the Labour Party before moving to America where he
continued his career - he became Educational Director of the ILGWU. His "A Worker Looks at History" was
very influential on publication in 1917.
£15.00
[037117] Roberts, Ernie. WORKERS' CONTROL. George Allen & Unwin, 1973. Paperback. Good+ 308pp
Small stamp of the Marx Memorial Library - no other library traces. "To Robin Page Arnott (sic) in
appreciation of a lifetime's struggle for Socialism".
£20.00
Trade Unions - Strikes
[037128] Turner, H A. THE TREND OF STRIKES. Leeds University Press, 1963. Pamphlet. Good+ 21pp
Inaugural Lecture. Allan Flanders' copy.
£7.00
[037129] Hodgins, Charlie & Prescott, John. NOT WANTED ON VOYAGE: THE SEAMEN'S REPLY.
National Union of Seamen, Hull Dispute Committee, 1966. Pamphlet. Good+ 22pp Dedicated on
front cover by John Prescott "We came a long way since".
£15.00
[037130] Gordon, Harvey & Iliffe, Steve. PICKETS IN WHITE - THE JUNIOR DOCTORS' DISPUTE OF
1975. London: MPU/ASTMS, 1977. Pamphlet. Good+ 76pp Dedicated by both authors to John
Gollan, General Secretary of the CPGB.
£15.00
[037131] Evans, E W & Creigh, S W (ed.) INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT IN BRITAIN. Frank Cass, 1977. Hb
Very Good / Good. 292pp Dedicated by Eric Evans to Bernard (Foley). Uncommon.
£30.00
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Trade Unions – various unions
[037133] Lloyd, John. LIGHT AND LIBERTY: THE HISTORY OF THE EEPTU. Weidenfeld &
Nicolson, 1990. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. 696pp
£15.00
[037134] Chapple, Frank. SPARKS FLY! A TRADE UNION LIFE. London: Michael Joseph, 1984.
Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 240pp
£8.00
[037135] Wood, Leslie. A UNION TO BUILD - THE STORY OF UCATT. Lawrence and Wishart, 1979.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 208pp Signed by author, the General Secretary of UCATT. £20.00
[037136] Higenbottam, S. OUR SOCIETY'S HISTORY. Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, 1939. Hb.
Good 348pp Exterior a bit worn. Signed by 14 individuals, including one councillor and one MP. £15.00
[037139] Foster, John & Wolfson, Charles. THE POLITICS OF THE UCS WORK-IN. Lawrence & Wishart,
1986. Pb VG 446pp Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 1971-2. Dedicated to Andrew Rothstein by author. £25.00
[037140] Mortimer, J E. HISTORY OF THE BOILERMAKERS' SOCIETY Vol.1, 1834-1906. Allen &
Unwin, 1973. Hb Good+ / Good. 228pp Presentation bookplate to Bro. D Basnett on Behalf of Boilermakers'
Section of the GMBATU signed by James G Murray, Section Secretary. Basnett was the General Secretary of
the General & Municipal Workers' Union. The GMWU merged with the Boilermakers in 1982.
£25.00
[037141] Cummings, D C. HISTORY OF THE UNITED SOCIETY OF BOILERMAKERS AND IRON
AND STEEL SHIP BUILDERS, 1834-1904. Newcastle: R Robinson / The union, 1905. Hb Good
219pp Superb gilt decorated boards, bevelled edges. Large format. Presentation copy signed by
General Secretary, Assistant General Secretary and other officials.
£45.00
[037154] Spoor, Alec. WHITE-COLLAR UNION - 60 YEARS OF NALGO. London: Heinemann,
1967. Hard Cover. Very Good 625pp Special edition, gilt top edge, slipcase; presentation copy
signed by President & General Secretary.
£25.00
[037155] Craik, William. BRYN ROBERTS AND THE N.U.P.E. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good / Fair. 238pp Dustwrapper worn at edges.
£16.00
[037156] Richardson, William. A UNION OF MANY TRADES - THE HISTORY OF USDAW. Manchester:
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. No date (c1980). Pb Good 388pp Dedicated by
author. Cover slightly creased and a bit sunned.
£12.00
[037157] Jenkins, Clive & Sherman, Barrie. WHITE-COLLAR UNIONISM: THE REBELLIOUS
SALARIAT. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 174pp
Affectionate dedication by Jenkins to Dorothy Wedderburn.
£20.00
[037158] Marsh, Arthur & Ryan, Victoria. CLERKS: A HISTORY OF APEX, 1890-1989. Oxford:
Malthouse Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Pb Very Good 336pp Dedicated by Marsh to Peter Carter,
who worked for the GMB, with whom APEX merged in 1989. Not very common.
£20.00
[037159] Turner, Ben. SHORT HISTORY OF THE GENERAL UNION OF TEXTILE WORKERS.
Huddersfield: The union, 1920. Hard Cover. Good+ 195pp Arthur Henderson's copy of a rare
book. A nice copy - very clean internally, just a bit dulled externally.
£50.00
[037160] Turner, Ben. SHORT HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE HEAVY
WOOLLEN DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE GENERAL UNION OF TEXTILE WORKERS.
Huddersfield: The union, 1917. Hard Cover. Good+ 195pp With author's dedication. Turner was
President of the union. Member of the SDF, ILP, Fabian Society and leading Labour Party figure in
Yorkshire. He became MP for Batley and was briefly a Minister in the second Labour Government of 1929.
He also wrote Yorkshire dialect poetry, some of which is reproduced here.
£120.00
[037161] Tillett, Ben. Typed, signed letter to Charlie Bramall in Salford, 10th December 1929. 1pp
Tillett was Secretary of the Political & International Department of the TGWU at the time.
£5.00
[037162] Evans, W J (editor). THE LOCOMOTIVE JOURNAL Vol..73 Nos. 1-12, Jan-Dec 1960. London:
ASLEF. Hard Cover. Very Good 392pp Well bound edition. Signed by Evans who was also the
union’s General Secretary.
£20.00
[037163] Pritchard, Trevor. SEVENTY FIVE YEARS OF STRUGGLE AND ACHIEVEMENT: A
REVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE N.U.R. MANCHESTER DISTRICT COUNCIL,
1913-1988. The union (?), 1990. Pb Signed by Author. Very Good 52pp Author was Secretary of
Manchester District Council of the NUR and member of the National Executive Committee.
£12.00
[037164] McKenna, Frank (ed.) A GLOSSARY OF RAILWAYMEN'S TALK. Oxford: History Workshop,
1970. Paperback. Good 44pp History Workshop Pamphlets No. 1. "With anecdotes of footplate life
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at Carlisle Kingmoor, Willesden Junction & Kentish Town...Footplate Strike of 1955". Very slight
nicks in spine, repaired. Author's dedication.
£10.00
[037165] Scarth, Bob. WE'LL ALL BE UNION MEN: THE STORY OF JOSEPH ARCH & HIS UNION.
Coventry: Industrial Pioneer Publications, 1998. Pb Signed by Author. Very Good. 230pp Arch founded the
National Agricultural Labourers' Union, and was the first agricultural labourer to become an MP.
£12.50
[037166] Branston, Brian. TIME AND MOTION ON THE FARM. Faber, 1953. Hard Cover.
Good / Good. 123pp Uncommon.
£15.00
[037167] Moran, Michael. THE UNION OF POST OFFICE WORKERS: A STUDY IN POLITICAL
SOCIOLOGY. Macmillan, 1974. Hb Good / Good. 184pp Hugh Clegg's copy.
£20.00
Trade Unions – General Strike 1926
[037181] Morris, Margaret. THE GENERAL STRIKE. Penguin, 1976. Paperback. Signed by Author.
Good 479pp
£10.00
[037182] Morris, Margaret. THE BRITISH GENERAL STRIKE, 1926. Historical Association, 1973.
Pamphlet. Good 40pp Dedicated to Noreen Branson by author "with love and many thanks for your help". £8.00
[037183] Symons, Julian. THE GENERAL STRIKE. London: Readers' Union / Cresset Press, 1959.
Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 259pp John Saville's copy.
£7.00
[037184] Sephton, Robert S. OXFORD AND THE GENERAL STRIKE. Oxford: Self-published, 1993.
Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 91pp Uncommon.
£17.00
[037185] Smith, Harold. REMEMBER 1926: A BOOK LIST. London: Remember 1926, 1976. Pamphlet.
Signed by Author. Very Good 8pp
£7.50
[037186] Trory, Ernie. SOVIET TRADE UNIONS AND THE GENERAL STRIKE. Brighton: Crabtree
Press, 1975. Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 48pp
£8.00
[037187] Arnot, R Page. THE GENERAL STRIKE, MAY 1926: ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY. London:
Labour Research Department, 1926. Pb. Signed by Author. Good 248pp Cover a bit fragile - pieces
chipped from corners of back cover. A very tight and clean copy.
£25.00
[037188] Ditto Good Exterior a bit dulled. Uncommon first edition in hardback. With ownership signatures
of two Birkenhead Communists - Bert Pinguey and Tommy Hadwin – active in the 1930s unemployed
movement.
£40.00
[037189] Burns, Emile. THE GENERAL STRIKE OF MAY 1926 - TRADES COUNCILS IN ACTION.
London: Labour Research Department, 1926. Hard Cover. Good 191pp Exterior dulled. Top of
front free endpaper cut out. With ownership signatures of Bert Pinguey and Tommy Hadwin
£20.00
Trade Unions - History
[037190] Lerner, Shirley W. BREAKAWAY UNIONS AND THE SMALL TRADE UNION. George Allen
& Unwin, 1961. Hard Cover. Good 210pp Includes studies of Chemical Workers' Union, POEU &
the United Clothing Workers' Union 1928-35. With personal dedication by author.
£25.00
[037191] Moore, Bill. ALL OUT! THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE SHEFFIELD DEMONSTRATION
AGAINST DOLE CUTS ON FEBRUARY 6th 1935. Sheffield City Libraries, 1985. Paperback. Good.
66pp Large format. With personal dedication by author, a Communist activist, full-time worker and later
historian specialising in the Yorkshire labour movement.
£20.00
[037192] RUSSIA: THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF BRITISH TRADE UNION DELEGATION. London:
Trades Union Congress, 1924. Hard Cover. Good 250pp Large format; interesting photos and fold
out map. With signature of Jack Bromley, Labour MP for Barrow, member of the General Council of
the TUC, General Secretary of ASLEF and a member of the Delegation.
£40.00
[037193] Gorman, John. BANNER BRIGHT. Allen Lane, 1973. Hb Very Good / Good+. 184pp Many
illustrations. Introduction by Gwyn Williams. This copy presented to a NUPE member on retirement. £15.00
[037194] Frow, Edmund & Frow, Ruth. ENGINEERING STRUGGLES: EPISODES IN THE STORY OF
THE SHOP STEWARDS' MOVEMENT. Manchester: Working Class Movement Library, 1982.
Paperback. Signed by Eddie Frow. Good+ 496pp
£20.00
[037196] Barnsby, George. THE ORIGINS OF THE WOLVERHAMPTON TRADES COOUNCIL.
Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Council, 1965. Pamphlet. Good 16pp Signed by the
President of Wolverhampton TC. Uncommon.
£15.00
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[037197] Webb, Sidney & Webb, Beatrice. THE HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM. Longmans, Green,
1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 558pp Slightly worn at head and tail of spine; two closed
tears on front free endpaper. "Presented to Francis Chandler by the Author's (sic)".
£120.00
[037198] Rousiers, Paul de. THE LABOUR QUESTION IN BRITAIN. Macmillan, 1896. Hb Good 391pp
Corners slightly bumped; faint stain on edge of back cover. With personal dedication by the translator. Also has
ownership signature of Ken Alexander, academic & economist, and attractive bookplate of P O Wittey. £55.00
[037199] Kapp, Yvonne. THE AIR OF FREEDOM - THE BIRTH OF NEW UNIONISM. Lawrence and
Wishart, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 159pp "To Peter Carter with warmest good
wishes and gratitude for everything, Yvonne Kapp, 31 March 1989". Carter was an Education Officer
with the GMWU/GMB who had helped in researching the book.
£15.00
[037200] Williamson, Tom (Foreword). SIXTY YEARS OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF GENERAL &
MUNICIPAL WORKERS. London: National Union of General & Municipal Workers, 1949. Paperback
Good 97pp With typed signed letter from David Basnett, General Secretary of the GMWU 1973-86. £12.00
[037201] Cole, G D H. LABOUR IN WAR TIME. London: G Bell & Sons, 1915. First Edition. Soft cloth.
Good 316pp One of Cole's rarer books. Exterior worn and a bit soiled. Mark Starr's copy.
£25.00
Trade Unions - International
[037203] Goldberg, Arthur J. AFL-CIO - LABOR UNITED. New York: McGraw Hill, 1956. Hard Cover.
Good / Fair. 319pp Dedicated by author to Harry Douglas. Author was Special Counsel for
AFL-CIO and the United Steelworkers of America.
£17.00
[037204] De Caux, Len. LABOR RADICAL: FROM THE WOBBLIES TO CIO - A PERSONAL
HISTORY. Boston, USA: Beacon Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 557pp Very readable
account of the CIO and the American labour movement by activist who became CIO's publicity director till the
Cold War. Signed by author; also with ownership signature of Mae Williamson. Very nice copy.
£20.00
[037205] Losovsky, A; Browder, Earl (Intro.). THE WORLD'S TRADE UNION MOVEMENT. Chicago:
Trade Union Educational League, 1924. Pb Good 125pp Slight stain on edge. Labor Herald Library No.10.
"With Helen Crawfurd's compliments". Crawfurd was the first CPGB Women's Organiser in 1922.
£35.00
[037206] Phelan, E. YES AND ALBERT THOMAS. London: Cresset Press, 1936. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. Good 271pp Cover a bit worn. On the I.L.O.
£12.00
[037207] Ditto Good Dedication by author to Mr & Mrs McKinley "who were both members
of Albert Thomas' old guard & on whose loyal devotion he knew he could always count in his
endeavour to make the I.L.O. a 'living institution'".
£20.00
[037208] Josey, Alex. TRADE UNIONISM IN MALAYA. Singapore: Donald Moore, 1958. Paperback. Good
116pp Dedicated by author (Past President of the Singapore Union of Journalists).
£14.00
[037209] Levine, Louis. THE WOMEN GARMENT WORKERS - A HISTORY OF THE
INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION. New York: B W Huebsch, 1924.
1st Edition. Hb Good 608pp Dedicated to Andrew Conley "on the occasion of your visit to the States"
by David Dubinsky, President of the ILGWU.
£75.00
[037210] Thompson, Fred. THE I.W.W.: ITS FIRST FIFTY YEARS (1905-1955). Chicago: Industrial
Workers of the World, 1955. Hb Signed by Author. VG/G 201pp History of the IWW - the Wobblies. £25.00
[037211] Ditto. Good / Good. This copy dedicated to George Hardy by Wilma Haywood Veleber(?). Hardy, a
leading member of the IWW who later joined the Communist Party, like Big Bill Haywood, has annotated and
underlined in ink. Especially interesting are his comments on front endpaper: "This is a travesty of IWW history.
Nothing fundamental about the features that gave rise to its existence...Many struggles, gallantly fought at great
sacrifice, are superficially dealt with. There are only passing references to the great IWW trial in Chicago before
that ferret faced old judge...etc."
£30.00
[037212] Brassey, Thomas (M.P.) LECTURES ON THE LABOUR QUESTION. Longmans, Green, 1878.
Hard Cover. Good 336pp + 30pp publisher's catalogue. One stamp of the TGWU Research Library, and small
number on spine - the only library traces. A bit worn at head of spine. Solid and internally clean. Dedicated by
author to Henry James MP, Aug 1878. Includes chapters on 9 Hours Movement, Wages in 1873, Co-operative
Production, South Wales Colliery Strike, Canada & US, Labour at Home & Abroad, Comparative Efficiency of
English & Foreign Labour, Rise of Wages in Building Trades of London, etc.
£80.00
[037213] Waterman, Peter (ed.) FOR A NEW LABOUR INTERNATIONALISM. The Hague: International
Labour Education, Research & Information Foundation, 1984. Pb VG 258pp Dedication by editor. £30.00
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[037214] Stephen, Ann & Reeves, Andrew. BADGES OF LABOUR, BANNERS OF PRIDE: ASPECTS OF
WORKING CLASS CELEBRATION. Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences / Allen & Unwin, Australia,
1985. Pb. Very Good. 84pp Beautifully produced, profusely illustrated large format book that accompanied
the Sydney exhibition. Mainly on Australian trade union banners. Signed by Reeves.
£30.00
[005728] Wertheimer, Barbara M & Nelson Anne H. TRADE UNION WOMEN - A STUDY OF THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN NEW YORK CITY LOCALS. Praeger, 1975. Paperback. Good 178pp
Good, but minor crease in corner of cover. Dedicated by Wertheimer to "Fred and Joan" (Fred Mulley
was a Labour Minister in the 1960s).
£15.00
[037383] Moonilal, Roodal. CHANGING LABOUR RELATIONS AND THE FUTURE OF TRADE
UNIONS: A CASE STUDY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. The Hague: Institute of Social
Studies, 1998. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good+ 375pp Thesis submitted for Doctor of
Philosophy in Development Studies. In book form. Personal dedication by author.
£30.00
[037384] Fleming, Daniel; Kettunen, Pauli; Soborg, Henrik; Thornqvist, Christer. GLOBAL REDEFINING
OF WORKING LIFE: A NEW NORDIC AGENDA FOR COMPETENCE AND
PARTICIPATION?. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, 1998. Paperback. Very Good
364pp Nord 1998:12.
Personal dedication by Thornqvist.
£30.00
[037385] Dubois, Pierre. LE SABOTAGE DANS L'INDUSTRIE. Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1976. Paperback
. Signed by Author. Good 236pp Personal dedication by author. Book is in French.
£17.00
[037386] Kahn-Freund, Otto. LABOUR RELATIONS AND THE LAW: A COMPARATIVE STUDY.
London: Stevens, 1965. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 231pp This copy belonged to Allan Flanders
and later to Richard Hyman, two leading British writers on industrial relations. Rare.
£70.00
Trotskyism
[036927] Taaffe, Peter & Mulhearn, Tony. LIVERPOOL: A CITY THAT DARED TO FIGHT. London:
Fortress Books, 1988. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 585pp Dedicated by Mulhearn to Steve
Williams, NUS Dover "Comradely greetings, Keep up the good fight...Militant Rally 1988".
£30.00
[036930] Ditto Hb Very Good / Good. Signed by Peter Taaffe.
£30.00
[036928] Grant, Ted. THE UNBROKEN THREAD: THE DEVELOPMENT OF TROTSKYISM OVER 40
YEARS. London: Fortress Books, 1989. Hb VG/G 585pp With personal dedication by author.
£30.00
[036929] Taaffe, Peter. THE RISE OF MILITANT. London: Militant Publications, 1995. Pb Good+
558pp + xx. Dedicated by author to "two stalwarts of our movement...Our best days are yet to
come!". By one of the Trotskyist organisation's founders.
£30.00
[036931] Trotsky, Leon. OUR POLITICAL TASKS. London: New Park Publications. No date (c1980). Pb
Good. 128pp Monty Johnstone's copy with a few pencil notes, including a couple pointing out
passages omitted in the English edition which contain the strongest criticism of Lenin! Johnstone
quotes from the original French edition and gives page references. Was this ever picked up by anyone
else? Only fault is a minor crease in front cover.
£30.00
[036932] Groves, Reg. THE BALHAM GROUP - HOW BRITISH TROTSKYISM BEGAN. Pluto Press,
1974. Paperback. Very Good 111pp Dedicated by author to Harold (Smith).
£30.00
[036933] Trotsky, Leon. THE HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 3 volumes. Pluto Press, 1985.
Pb Good 1295pp Cover a bit worn. Translated by Max Eastman. Signed by Ted Grant and Peter
Taaffe and 4 other leading members of Militant, all with their favourite revolutionary slogans. £25.00
[036935] Callaghan, John. BRITISH TROTSKYISM: THEORY AND PRACTICE. Basil Blackwell, 1984.
Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 255pp Monty Johnstone's copy, with his pencil notes; loose review.
Johnstone was for many years the YCL & CPGB's expert on Trotskyism. Dustwrapper slightly sunned. £45.00
[036936] Bornstein, Sam & Richardson, Al. WAR AND THE INTERNATIONAL: A HISTORY OF THE
TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT IN BRITAIN, 1937-1949. London: Socialist Platform, 1986. Pb Good
252pp Duncan Hallas' copy. Hallas, 1925-2002, joined the Trotskyist movement during WW2; he was
jailed for his participation in the Cairo army "strike". He joined the RCP, then the Socialist Review Group
which eventually became the SWP of which he was National Secretary.
£20.00
[036937] Johnstone, Monty. TROTSKY: Part 1 - HIS IDEAS ('Cogito'). London: Young Communist League,
1968. Pamphlet. Good 35pp R Palme Dutt's copy, with his comment on cover - "All copied from
Deutscher ... Empty".
£15.00
[036938] Trotsky, Leon. WAR OR REVOLUTION: BOLSHEVIST SOCIALISM VERSUS
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CAPITALISTIC IMPERIALISM. Glasgow: Socialist Labour Press, 1918. Pamphlet. Good 29pp
Back cover slightly marked, but surprisingly good condition for its age. With Rajani Palme Dutt's
ownership initials on cover. Rare.
£120.00
[036939] Woods, Alan; Grant, Ted; Karalasingham, V. LENIN AND TROTSKY: WHAT THEY REALLY
STOOD FOR. Colombo: International Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Good 173pp The
first, and largest, part of the book consists of a reply to Monty Johnstone's "Cogito" edition on Trotsky - it's
called "A Reply to Monty Johnstone (Moscow)"! The second part is "A Reply to N Shanmugathasan
(Peking)". This is Monty Johnstone's copy, with 2 letters from the editor about the book.
£20.00
[036940] Trotskyism Study Group. TROTSKYIST ORGANISATIONS IN BRITAIN. Communist Party of
Great Britain, 1977. Pamphlet. Good 20pp Large format. Monty Johnstone's copy.
£10.00
USA
[036951] Dennis, Eugene. AMERICAN COMMUNISTS ON TRIAL. CPGB, 1949. Pamphlet. Good 32pp
Opening Speech at his trial. Introduction by H Pollitt. John Williamson's copy.
£6.00
[036952] De Caux, Len. LABOR RADICAL: FROM THE WOBBLIES TO CIO - A PERSONAL
HISTORY. Beacon Press, 1970. Pb Good 557pp Very readable account of American labour movement by
activist who became CIO's publicity director till the Cold War. Personal dedication by author.
£7.50
[036953] Penner, Norman. THE CANADIAN LEFT - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS. Prentice Hall, 1977. Pb.
Good 287pp Dedicated by author to Monty Johnson; includes reviews, author's letter. Cover bit worn. £17.00
[036954] Tank, Herb. INSIDE JOB! THE STORY OF TROTSKYITE INTRIGUE IN THE LABOUR
MOVEMENT. New York: New Century Publishers, 1947. Pb Good 64pp James Klugmann's copy. £12.00
[036955] Johnson, Oakley C. MARXISM IN U.S. HISTORY BEFORE THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION,
1876-1917. Humanities, 1974. Hb VG/VG 196pp Dedicated to Yvonne Kapp. Closed tear in dw.
£20.00
[036956] Browder, Earl. TEHERAN - OUR PATH IN WAR AND PEACE. New York: International
Publishers, 1944. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good 128pp
£25.00
[036957] Foster, William Z. OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS. International Publishers, 1951. Hb
Good 668pp Signed by author, and Jack Woddis (head of the CPGB's International Department). £25.00
[036958] Ditto Signed by Author. Good
£22.00
[036959] Shields, Art. MY SHAPING-UP YEARS: THE EARLY LIFE OF LABOR'S GREAT
REPORTER. International Publishers, 1983. Hb VG 240pp Dedicated to Lester Cole: "Dear Lester, I'm taking
"Hollywood Red" as my model as I work on my second volume. The very best from Art Shields".
£25.00
[036960] Starobin, Joseph R. AMERICAN COMMUNISM IN CRISIS, 1943-1957. Harvard University Press,
1972. Hb Good+ 331pp "To John Boyd with the warmest ex-comradely greetings, Joe Starobin". £25.00
[036961] Simons, A M. CLASS STRUGGLES IN AMERICA. Charles H Kerr, 1906. Hard Cover. Good+
120pp Henry Sara's copy. Sara was a leading early British Trotskyist.
£15.00
[036962] Minton, Lee W. FLAME AND HEART: A HISTORY OF THE GLASS BOTTLE BLOWERS
ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES & CANADA. The union, 1961. Hb VG/G 151pp
Author's dedication: "With best wishes to my good friend Tom Williamson". Uncommon.
£30.00
[036963] Gans, Herbert J. MORE EQUALITY. New York: Pantheon, 1973. Hard Cover. Good / Good.
261pp Dedicated by author to Dorothy (Wedderburn).
£7.00
[036964] Belfrage, Cedric & Aronson, James. SOMETHING TO GUARD: THE STORMY LIFE OF THE
NATIONAL GUARDIAN. Columbia University Press, 1978. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good+. 362pp Dedicated
by author to the MacEwans: "With love across the ditch to Ann and Malcolm and all the clan. Not something
you'll all be panting to read - but it's my bloody blood. Cedric 1979". The radical journal "National Guardian"
was founded by the authors in 1948. Covers McCarthyism, opposition to Korean and Vietnam wars etc. £25.00
[036965] Boyle, George. DEMOCRACY'S SECOND CHANCE: LAND, WORK AND CO-OPERATION.
Sheed & Ward, 1941. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 177pp Dedicated by author: "To Father Gillis
who has kept the lights burning so long for the Rural Cause, with sincere esteem".
£15.00
[036966] Palmer, John L & Pechman, Joseph A (ed.) WELFARE IN RURAL AREAS: THE NORTH
CAROLINA-IOWA INCOME MAINTENANCE EXPERIMENT. Washington: Brookings Institution,
1978. Paperback. Good+ 273pp Personally dedicated by one of the contributors, Orley Ashenfelter. £8.00
[036967] BRIEFS OF THE DEFENDANTS ARGUING THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE
SMITH ACT AND OF THE INDICTMENTS AGAINST THEM THEREUNDER. New York: Civil Rights
Congress, Paperback. Good+ No date (1949). 56pp Only fault is loss of an extremely small corner of the cover.
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Willie Gallacher's copy. The infamous case against 12 leading members of the Communist Party of the USA
(Foster, Dennis, Williamson, Stachel, Thompson, Davis, Winston, Gates, Potash, Green, Winter, Hall). £30.00
[036968] Haas, Gilda. PLANT CLOSURES: MYTHS, REALITIES AND RESPONSES. Boston: South End
Press, 1985. Paperback. Good+ 64pp Personal dedication by author.
£8.00
[036969] North, Joseph; Jackson, James; Meyers, George. GUS HALL: THE MAN AND THE MESSAGE.
New Outlook Publishers, 1970. Pamphlet. VG 63pp John Williamson's copy - his stamp on cover. £7.00
[036970] Dunne, William F. WORKER CORRESPONDENTS: THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY No.4.
Chicago: Workers' Party of America / Daily Worker Publishing Co. No date (c1930). Pamphlet.
Good 35pp Small format. John Williamson's copy - his stamp on cover. Rare.
£25.00
[036971] Karsh, Bernard & Garman, Phillips. THE IMPACT OF THE POLITICAL LEFT. Offprint from
"Labor and the New Deal" Univ. of Wisconsin., 1958. Pamphlet. Good 40pp Signed by Garman.
Small stamp of "Industrial Relations Library" and location number - no other library traces.
£8.00
USSR
[036972] Webb, Sidney & Beatrice. SOVIET COMMUNISM: A NEW CIVILISATION? London: Private
Subscription Edition Printed by the Authors for the Members & Students of the WEA & Workers'
Education T.U. Committee, 1935. Hard Cover. Good 1174pp Exterior dulled. By 1937 the authors
were convinced it WAS a new civilisation and removed the question mark from the title! This copy
presented by T A Jackson to his daughter Vivien.
£12.00
[036973] Buharin, N (Bukharin) & Preobrazhensky, E. THE ABC OF COMMUNISM. Communist Party of
Great Britain, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good 428pp Uncommon first edition, with Arthur McManus'
signature. McManus was a leader of the SLP and subsequently of the Communist Party of Great Britain. £45.00
[036974] Horrabin, J F & Gregory, James S. AN ATLAS OF THE U.S.S.R. Penguin, 1945. Paperback. Good
62pp Dedicated by Gregory to James Klugmann
£15.00
[036975] Arnot, R Page. SOVIET RUSSIA AND HER NEIGHBORS. New York: Vanguard Press, 1927.
Hard Cover. Good 175pp Dedicated by author to K Beauchamp, Nov. 1927.
£35.00
[036976] Coates, W P; Purcell, A A (MP) (Foreword). RUSSIA'S COUNTER -CLAIMS. London: The
National "Hands off Russia" Committee, 1924. Pb Good 48pp Wal Hannington's copy.
£25.00
[036977] Sloan, Pat. THE REVOLUTION FOR SOCIALISM - 23 YEARS OF SOVIET POWER!
London: Russia Today Society, 1940. Pamphlet. Signed by author, leading figure in the Russia
Today Society and the CPGB. Fair 18pp Cover bit worn; rusty staple. Clean internally.
£6.00
[036978] Sloan, Pat. SOVIET DEMOCRACY. Victor Gollancz, 1937. Hb Good / Fair . 288pp "With best
wishes for the progress of the F.S.U. (Friends of the Soviet Union) in North West London, Pat Sloan". £7.00
[036979] Goode, W T. BOLSHEVISM AT WORK. Manchester & London: Reformers' Bookshop, 1920.
First Edition. Soft cloth. Fair 142pp Appears to be joint edition with George Allen & Unwin. Cover a bit
worn and slightly soiled. With ownership signature of Andrew Rothstein, Balliol, February 1920.
£25.00
[036981] Rothstein, Andrew. A HISTORY OF THE USSR. Penguin, 1951. Pb. Signed by Author. Good / Fair.
384pp Dustwrapper on this Pelican edition is a bit tatty. Rothstein was a founder member of the CPGB
& the Communist Party of Britain. In 1920 he was press officer to the first Soviet mission in Britain. £8.00
[036982] Roberts, Geoffrey. THE SOVIET UNION IN WORLD POLITICS: CO-EXISTENCE,
REVOLUTION AND COLD WAR, 1945-1991. London: Routledge, 1999. Paperback. Good
125pp Dedicated by author to Monty Johnstone.
£14.00
[036983] Dewar, Hugo. ASSASSINS AT LARGE: BEING A FULLY DOCUMENTED AND HITHERTO
UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE EXECUTIONS OUTSIDE RUSSIA ORDERED BY THE GPU.
London: Wingate, 1951. Hard Cover. Good 203pp Dedicated by author to Myriam and Al.
£35.00
[036984] Vyshinsky, Andrei Y. THE LAW OF THE SOVIET STATE. New York: Macmillan, 1948.
Hard Cover. Good 749pp Slight looseness in front board. Presentation copy from Phil Piratin to
Ralph Milner "with sincere appreciation of your efforts".
£15.00
[036985] Beria, Sergo; Pearce, Brian (translator). BERIA, MY FATHER. London: Duckworth, 2001 Hb
Very Good / Good. 397pp With personal dedication by the translator.
£20.00
[036986] Lansbury, Violet. AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN THE U.S.S.R. London: Putnam, 1940. First Edition.
Hb Good 325pp Dedicated by author (and husband, Clemens Dutt) to Raji and Salme (Palme Dutt).
Violet was George Lansbury's daughter, and, like her husband, a member of the CPGB.
£50.00
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[036987] Potter, S Carlyle. RUSSIA BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION. London: C W Daniel,
1920. Paperback. Signed by Author. Good 63pp Cover a bit worn and faded. An uncommon book. £25.00
[036988] Friedman, Elisha M. RUSSIA IN TRANSITION: A BUSINESS MAN'S APPRAISAL. George
Allen & Unwin, 1933. Hb Good / Good. 614pp Dustwrapper a bit dulled. Herbert Morrison's copy. £20.00
[036989] Dobb, Maurice. THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE 1920s ABOUT BUILDING SOCIALISM. offprint
from "Annali dell'Istituto Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, 1967 Pamphlet. Good 30pp Cover a bit worn and one small
closed tear. Dedicated to M Johnstone "In appreciation of your NLR article". Pencil notes by Johnstone. £15.00
[037365] Kamenetsky, Ihor ed. NATIONALISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS - PROCESSES OF
MODERNIZATION IN THE USSR. Libraries Unlimited, 1977. Hard Cover. 246pp VG, but
cover slightly sunned. Dedicated by author.
£15.00
Women
[037002] Savage, Wendy. A SAVAGE ENQUIRY - WHO CONTROLS CHILDBIRTH? London: Virago,
1986. Paperback. Good 189pp With personal dedication by author.
£7.50
[037003] Ramelson, Marian. THE PETTICOAT REBELLION. Lawrence and Wishart, 1967. Hard Cover.
Good / Fair. 208pp Yvonne Kapp's copy. Small tear in dustwrapper.
£12.00
[037004] Browning, Hilda. WOMEN UNDER FASCISM AND COMMUNISM. London: Martin Lawrence.
No date (1934/5). Pamphlet. Signed by Author. Good 48pp Interesting material on Nazi views
& practices on sex, prostitution, labour camps, concentration camps, education. Rusty staples. £35.00
[037005] Miller, Jill. YOU CAN'T KILL THE SPIRIT - WOMEN IN A WELSH MINING VALLEY.
Women's Press, 1986. Pb VG 142pp Signed by author. On the 1984-5 Miners' Strike.
£8.00
[037006] Taylor, Rosemary. IN LETTERS OF GOLD: THE STORY OF SYLVIA PANKHURST AND
THE EAST LONDON FEDERATION IN BOW. London: Stepney Books, 1993. Paperback.
Very Good 46pp Large format. Many photographs. Personal dedication by author.
£15.00
[037007] Dankelman, Irene & Davidson, Joan. WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD:
ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE. London: Earthscan, 1988. Pb VG 210pp Signed by authors. £10.00
[037008] Middleton, Lucy (ed.); Callaghan, James (Foreword). WOMEN IN THE LABOUR MOVEMENT:
THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE. Croom Helm, 1977. Hb Very Good / Good+. 221pp Signed by
editor (a former Labour MP) and Anne Godwin, one of the contributors.
£15.00
[037009] Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig. GENDER WRITING/WRITING GENDER: THE REPRESENTATION OF
WOMEN IN A SELECTION OF MODERN EGYPTIAN LITERATURE. American University in Cairo
Press, 1994. Hb Very Good / Good+. 127pp Dedication by author to her "wonderful neighbours". £20.00
[037010] Walton, Ronald G. WOMEN IN SOCIAL WORK. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Good. 308pp With personal dedication by author - with dedicatee's name crossed out. £15.00
[037218] Thompson, Dorothy. OUTSIDERS - CLASS, GENDER AND NATION. London: Verso, 1993.
Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 136pp
£15.00
Miscellaneous
[037050] Hall, Gus. ECOLOGY: CAN WE SURVIVE UNDER CAPITALISM? New York: International
Publishers, 1972. Paperback. Good. 96pp Dedicated by author, the General Secretary of the CPUSA to Mae
Williamson: "To comrade Mae, we will survive because of the work of people like you and John".
£25.00
[037051] Roberts, J; Cleary, J; Hamilton, K; Hanna, J (ed.); Prescott, John (MP) (Foreword). TRAVEL
SICKNESS: THE NEED FOR A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT POLICY FOR BRITAIN. Lawrence and
Wishart, 1992. Pb Very Good 358pp Signed by John Prescott with the comment "Damn Good"!
£20.00
[037052] Barron, Iann & Curnow, Ray. THE FUTURE WITH MICROELECTRONICS: FORECASTING
THE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. London: Frances Pinter, 1979. Hb
Very Good / Good. 243pp Clive Jenkins' copy. Jenkins was one of the first British trade union
leaders to write about the effects of the new technology.
£10.00
[037053] Haldane, J B S. SCIENCE ADVANCES. George Allen & Unwin, 1947. 1st edition. Hb Good / Good.
253pp Very few books signed by Haldane turn up. Dustwrapper has a few very minor tears at edge. £40.00
[037054] Gabriel (James Friel); Bolsover, Philip (Commentary). CARTOONS. London: Daily Worker, 1939.
Paperback. Good No pagination. 40 superb full page cartoons from the Daily Worker between 1936 and
1938. Dedicated by Gabriel to "Ivor Montague (sic) who must bear a certain amount of blame for this book,
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from Gabriel". This is the first and by far the rarest of the annual selections of cartoons the Daily Worker
published. Rusty staples and one corner very slightly bumped, but still a clean and attractive copy.
£60.00
[037273] Gabriel (James Friel). 1938 CALENDAR. No publisher stated, but either the Daily Worker or CPGB.
Good. 4 pages of different coloured card with superb large cartoons and smaller 3-monthly calendars, with
original ribbon for hanging. 24cm x 29cm. With dedication by Gabriel, the Daily Worker cartoonist. £30.00
[037055] Buckman, Rob. JOGGING FROM MEMORY. ill. Martin Honeysett. London: Heinemann / Quixote
Press, 1980. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good+. 139pp Amusing dedication by author.
£20.00
[037056] Tyme, John. MOTORWAYS VERSUS DEMOCRACY. Self-published, 1982. Pb Good 166pp
Personal dedication by author. 2nd edition, the first having been published by Macmillan in 1978. £15.00
[037058] Newens, Stan. WORKING TOGETHER: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONDON C0-OP
SOCIETY POLITICAL COMMITTEE. London Co-op Political Committee, 1988. Pamphlet.
Good 61pp Personally dedicated by author who was for many years a leading figure in the London
Co-operative movement, as well as being a Labour MP and MEP.
£10.00
[037059] Carter, Trevor. SHATTERING ILLUSIONS - WEST INDIANS IN BRITISH POLITICS.
Lawrence and Wishart, 1986. Paperback. Good+ 158pp Dedicated by author: "To Jim with best wishes,
the struggle goes on". With one small round stamp of the CPGB Library (no other library traces).
£15.00
[037060] Holmes, Colin. A TOLERANT COUNTRY? IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND MINORITIES
IN BRITAIN. Faber, 1991. Paperback. Good. 127pp Author’s dedication in appreciation of help. £20.00
[037061] Moore, Moreton (ed.) CENTENARY LECTURES 1886-1986. Royal Holloway and Bedford New
College, Univ. of London, 1988. Pb Good. 110pp Presentation copy from editor to Dorothy Wedderburn. £15.00
[037062] Giles, G C T. THE NEW SCHOOL TIE. London: Pilot Press, 1946. Hard Cover. Signed by Author.
Good 112pp Author was President of the National Union of Teachers and active in the CPGB. £20.00
[037063] Khan, Ferdouse Md. THE AIM OF EDUCATION. Dacca: Adeylebros & Co., 1959. Pamphlet.
Good 24pp Author's dedication on cover.
£7.00
[037064] Atkins, John. NEITHER CRUMBS NOR CONDESCENSION - THE CENTRAL LABOUR
COLLEGE, 1909-1915. Workers' Educational Association / Aberdeen People's Press, 1981. Hb
Very Good / Good+. 80pp The formation of the Marxist leaning education movement.
Dedicated to John Saville with author's thanks.
£9.00
[037065] Young, Douglas. AN APPEAL TO SCOTS HONOUR: A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHT OF
THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE TO FREEDOM FROM INDUSTRIAL CONSCRIPTION AND
BUREAUCRATIC DESPOTISM UNDER THE TREATY OF UNION. Glasgow: Scottish
Secretariat, 1944. Pamphlet. Good 36pp Young, a Scottish Nationalist, has already a term of
imprisonment for 8 months in 1942 for refusing to accept the National Service Act. This pamphlet was his
reply to a further charge. "Dedicated to Dr. Mary Ramsay "with the appellant's compliments".
£35.00
[037379] Levitt, Ian & Smout, Christopher. THE STATE OF THE SCOTTISH WORKING CLASS IN
1843. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1979. Hard Cover. Good 284pp
Signed by one of the authors.
£10.00
[037067] Goss, Charles William F. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF
GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. London: Crowther and
Goodman, 1908. Hb Good 118pp Half vellum bound. Signed limited edition - this is number 37
of 50. Holyoake was an indefatigable activist for the secular and co-operative movements.
£70.00
[037068] Chaplin, Harry F. HENRY LAWSON: HIS BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH
LETTERS AND ASSOCIATION COPIES TOGETHER WITH PUBLICATIONS BY LOUISA
LAWSON. Australia: Wentworth Press, 1974. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 120pp
Large format. Lawson was an Australian poet and short story writer.
£40.00
[037368] Dutt, R P ed. LABOUR MONTHLY Vol.4, January to June 1923 Good Bound volume.
With attractive bookplate explaining it is from the collection of Hugo Rathbone (who was involved in
Labour Monthly as well as the Labour Research Department) which passed into the collection of the
Draughtsmen's & Allied Technicians' Association. Signed by Rathbone. Slightly faded; small nick
at head of spine.
£30.00
[037378] Gribanov, D P. ALBERT EINSTEIN'S PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS AND THE THEORY OF
RELATIVITY. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1987. Hard Cover. Good+ / Good. 261pp
Signed by the translator, Campbell Creighton.
£20.00
New Books (Signed by authors)
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[037228] Salveson, Paul. WITH WALT WHITMAN IN BOLTON: SPIRITUALITY, SEX AND
SOCIALISM IN A NORTHERN MILL TOWN. Huddersfield: Little Northern Books, 2008.
Pamphlet. 43pp Fascinating photographs.
£9.90
[037229] Green, John. ENGELS: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE. Artery, 2008. Pb. 347pp
£10.00
[037382] Russell, Ralph. FINDINGS, KEEPINGS: LIFE, COMMUNISM AND EVERYTHING. London:
Shola Books, 2001. Pb 346pp One of the better written autobiographies of British Communism.
Author joined CPGB when 16; describes activity at Cambridge University and in the army in India –
he learned Urdu to be able to engage in local politics and became leading Urdu scholar. His
communism informed everything he did. This book was unfortunately never widely distributed. £10.50
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