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Usual terms and conditions - please don't send payment with order: I will send an invoice with the book(s) if available. Payment can be made by cheque drawn on a UK bank. I also accept Visa and Mastercard. Postage and packing is extra. Books may be returned if not as described. The condition of the book is described before that of the dustwrapper if there is one. This is a special 50 th 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 1 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 2 [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.