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  • REEL POLITICS: American Political Movies from Birth of a Nation to Platoon. by Christensen, Terry.
    Christensen, Terry.
    REEL POLITICS: American Political Movies from Birth of a Nation to Platoon.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Oxford: Basil Blackwell, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A survey of over 200 films from the age of silent films through two World Wars, the McCarthy era, the counterculture, Vietnam and to the present, which reveals the ways in which the genre has changed to reflect the changes in our culture, and which demonstrates that even ostensibly liberal films are essentially conservative. Illustrated with photographs, notes at the end of each chapter. Political Filmography, index. x, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-631-158448.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some rubbing and edgewear to the dj).

    Book ID: 58095
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  • THE PART PLAYED BY LABOUR IN THE TRANSITION FROM APE TO MAN, by Engels, F (Engels, Friedrich 1820-1895)
    Engels, F (Engels, Friedrich 1820-1895)
    THE PART PLAYED BY LABOUR IN THE TRANSITION FROM APE TO MAN,

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, nd (ca 1960). A translation of an unfinished manuscript originally written by Engels in 1876 and first published posthumously in German in 1896. 30 pp.

    Condition: Good condition in stapled wrappers with red and blue lettering.

    Book ID: 88266
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  • THE NEGROES IN A SOVIET AMERICA. by Ford, James W. and James S. Allen (pseudonym of Sol Auerbach, 1906-1986)
    Ford, James W. and James S. Allen (pseudonym of Sol Auerbach, 1906-1986)
    THE NEGROES IN A SOVIET AMERICA.

    Edition: Later reprint.

    New York: Workers Library Publishers 1935 (1945). Offset reprint by American Opinion, Belmont, Massachusetts from a similar reprint in 1945 by The National Economic Council. Co-author James S. Allen's exposure of the case of the Scottsboro Boys in The Southern Worker has been credited with saving them from execution. Includes the complete 47 pp 1935 edition, plus a 2 pp addendum from The National Economic Council (final page and inside back cover) on "What's Back of Anti-Discrimination Bills" (which concludes that they are "one more attempt of the Communists to stir up trouble" and that discrimination is "merely the expression of 117 million non-Negroes and non-Jews of their choice of employees or fellow-employees or of companions or associates." An interesting example of warring propaganda.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated stapled wrappers.

    Book ID: 88232
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  • MISSION TO PARIS. by Furst, Alan.
    Furst, Alan.
    MISSION TO PARIS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historical espionage novel set in 1938 in a Paris where 'political warfare' is at its peak and the money of the Germans is never spoken of - Frederic Stahl, a Hollywood film star, has become part of an informal spy service run out of the American embassy. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 9781400069484.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy, but one corner is very slightly bumped.)

    Book ID: 54173
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  • MISSION TO PARIS. by Furst, Alan.
    Furst, Alan.
    MISSION TO PARIS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Random House, (2013.). Historical espionage novel set in 1938 in a Paris where 'political warfare' is at its peak and the money of the Germans is never spoken of - Frederic Stahl, a Hollywood film star, has become part of an informal spy service run out of the American embassy. Includes a preview of his next novel and an interview with Furst. 274 pp. ISBN: 9780812981827.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A special "complimentary copy" edition with printed red covers.

    Book ID: 60100
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  • LENIN ON THE PARTY AND THE PEOPLE by Yermolovich, N.
    Yermolovich, N.
    LENIN ON THE PARTY AND THE PEOPLE

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, nd (ca 1962). In addition to a discussion of Lenin's role as the founder of the party this includes a brief commentary on friends in other countries - specifically Cuba and Uruguay. 53 pp Uncommon.

    Condition: Good condition in green stapled wrappers with red and black lettering (crinkling to lower corner).

    Book ID: 88265
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  • LABOUR IN THE U.S.S.R. by Zhukov, Victor.
    Zhukov, Victor.
    LABOUR IN THE U.S.S.R.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, nd (ca 1961). First edition - Covers such topics as public ownership and free labor, plans for full employment, working conditions and more. Ends with optimistic comments on future abundance. Illustrated with photographs. 48 pp. Uncommon.

    Condition: Good condition in stapled wrappers with red and blue lettering.

    Book ID: 88264
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