Search Results: Building Trades from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

Berkeley: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1993. [35p] 7x8.5 inches, photo-illustrated with a doublespread line map very good booklet in stapled decorated wraps. Staples are rusting with migration, otherwise unmarked with mildest signs of handling.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Paperback. xiv, 319p., wraps, illus., wraps lightly worn else very good condition. The working class in American history.

London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1942. Pamphlet. 47p., staplebound pamphlet, 4.5x7 inches; front wrappers slightly toned, else in very good condition. "Published for the Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School...

Oakland: Carpenters Union, 1924. Pamphlet. [8p.], wraps, pencil crossouts and marginalia else good condition, 3x5.5 inches.

Washington DC: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1975. v, 82p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with figures and tables, three-hole punch in spine, staples rusted, a few small stains on front wrap, sticker scar on rear wrap else very good first edition booklet in blue printed stapled wraps.

New York: American Radiator Company, 1925. Paperback. 113p., printed on glazed alkaline paperstock and softbound in red fabrikoid wraps with black titling, 8.5x10.5 inches, lightly soiled and curled, a nice copy. Diagrams, sizes, kinds and list prices.

Oakland, CA: United Laborers, 1925. Pamphlet. 31, [i]p., wraps, minor pencil mark in text else very good condition, 3.75x5.5 inches, also include is a filled out Quarterly Working Card, Building Trades Department, printed on two sides for 1925, 4x2.5 inches.

[Washington, D.C.]: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1941. Pamphlet. 64p., staples rusted, else an immaculate little first issue, 6x4 inches, staple-fastened in light blue wraps.

New York: Pathfinder Press, 1974. Pamphlet. 23p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, previous owner's name crossed off in marker on first page else very good condition.

Washington DC: United Mine Workers of America, District Fifty, 1955. Newspaper. Four issues, 9.25x12.5 inches, printed on newsprint, slightly shelf and edgeworn, even toning throughout the issues, subscriber's mailing address stamped along spine and library stamp in red along bottom edges, else in very good condition. Vol. 8, nos. 3, 7, 20 & 23. District Fifty of the UMWA was a "catch all" district that had absorbed another CIO union, the United Construction Workers union that represented some non-AFL building trades. Additionally a small CIO union called the United Marine Workers was also part of District 50.

Oakland: Central Labor Council of Alameda County, 1972. Newspaper. Thirty five issues, b&w folded tabloid format, evenly toned, slight edge and shelf wear, otherwise in very good condition. Issues present: Vol. 28, No. 6, (1954); Vol. 33, No. 8, (1958); Vol. 34, No. 24 (1959); Vol. 35, Nos. 7, 9-13, 17-19, 23-38 (election of JFK issues), 40-42, 44-47 (1961); Vol. 46, No. 15, (1972).

Ithaca: Cornell University, 1956. Paperback. xvii, 356p., wraps, spine creased, chipped at head of spine, sticker shadow on spine, ex-library with rubberstamp on front wrap, else good condition. *Seidman C171 Cornell studies in industrial and labor relations, vol. 7.

Sydney: Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers' Federation, 1987. Pamphlet. 68p., 4.5x6.5 inch wraps; photos., illus., tables, graphs, in very good condition.

Washington DC: Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, 1976. Paperback. vi, 113p., wraps, spine toned, small scratch on front wrap, else very good condition. Cover title: "The Davis-Bacon Guide: The Guide to the Davis Bacon Act; Statutes, Regulations, Administration and Enforcement.

San Francisco: Mike Orrfelt, 1995. Two issues of the staplebound magazine, vol. 1 no. 1 and vol. 2 no. 2. Pro-union publication aimed at construction workers. Orrfelt was active in the Association for Union Democracy.

San Francisco: Building Service Employees Union, 1975. 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed one side, light fold crease across center, lightly toned else very good condition. Handbill distributed on a picket line outside of Liberty House, protesting the firing of janitors who had worked for the City of Paris, the department store that had previously occupied the same space.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1935. Hardcover. ix, 241p., previous owner's name and notes on front blank end paper, end papers soiled, spine faded. Covers three periods: 1849-1896, "disorganized competition;" 1896-1921, "union shop;" and to 1935, "open shop

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1964. Hardcover. 123p., fore-edge lightly foxed, else good condition in an unclipped, faded dj. Typewritten and signed note from author tipped in.

Ann Arbor: Bureau of Industrial Relations, University of Michigan, 1956. Hardcover. xi, 266p., very good condition in like dj. Bureau of Industrial Relations report no. 6.

Washington DC: International of Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers' Union, 1957. Magazine. Forty-four issues of the monthly labor magazine, first seven issues 8.5x12 inches and subsequent are 8.5x11 inches; illustrated glossy covers, throughout minor soiling, a few spines & top-edge wraps are slightly toned; evident on most magazines include a touch of rust on staples, vertically creased wraps from mailing, small tears and edge & shelf wear, otherwise in very good condition. Issues present are vol. 1, nos. 1-7 (1947) [no. 1 wraps lightly soiled from handling, no. 2 back wrap detached, no. 3 spine mostly detached]; vol. 2, nos. 11-12 (1948) [issue 11, single leaf (pages 7-10) detached, issue 12 has some soil on wraps from handling]; vol. 3, no. 1-3, 5-9 (1949) [no.1 mostly detached wraps + minor silverfishing on bottom corner, no. 9 spine is silverfished and nearly detached]; vol. 4, nos. 6, 8-9, 12 (1950); vol. 5, nos. 1-2, 4-9 (1951); vol. 6, nos. 1-4, 6-7, 9-10, 12 (1952) [no. 10 cover… Read More