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La bandierina di Carlo Marx: dramma in un atto [The Pennant of Karl Marx: drama in one act]. Chicago: Italian Labor Publishing Co., [1917?]
It is unclear if this play, which is noted in Durante's text but not his bibliography, was ever produced. It reflects the ideal of international solidarity of the proletariat. Born into a family of Italian landed proprietors, Molinari (b. 1876- d.…
Quando canta il gallo [When the Rooster Crows]. Chicago: E. Clemente & Sons, 1957.
This copy was inscribed by Arturo Giovannitti in January 1958, one year before his death, to his good friend, Onorio Ruotolo and his wife, Lucia. Ruotolo was a sculptor, and teacher at and co-founder of the Leonardo Da Vinci Art School in New York…
Il Solco: rivista mensile di cultura popolare [The Furrow: monthly review of popular culture], Anno 1, No. 9. New York: Il Solco Publishing Co., September 1927.
Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9 (Jan. - Sept. 1927) are in the collection; these issues contain part of Vacirca's novel Il rogo [The Pyre]; according to Durante, Il rogo continues into 1928.Vincenzo Vacirca (b. Sicily, 1886; d. Italy, 1956) was a member of the…
Il Solco: rivista mensile di cultura popolare [The Furrow: monthly review of popular culture]. New York: Il Solco Publishing Co., January - September 1927.
A monthly periodical edited by Vincenzo Vacirca. Contains part of novel Il rogo [The Pyre] by Vacirca; according to Durante, Il rogo continues into 1928. Vincenzo Vacirca (b. Sicily, 1886; d. Italy, 1956) was a member of the Socialist Party of…
La parola del popolo: rivista bimestrale: Cinquantesimo (50) Anniversario 1908-1958 [The Word of the People: bimonthly review: 50th Anniversary 1908-1958]. Chicago: La Parola del Popolo Publishing Assoc., 1958.
One of the longest-lived of the socialist publications, La Parola went through many name changes to evade postal authorities and for other reasons. This is a large-format, 336-page commemorative edition for the 50th anniversary of the newspaper whose…
Memorie di vita di tempeste sociali [Recollections of a Life in Social Storms]. Chicago: A cura del Comitato "Vittorio Buttis," 1940.
The gorgeous cover art is by Fort Velona, one of the great graphic artists (see Sotto il segno del littorio, q.v.) and labor organizers active in leftist causes. The preface is by radical activist Angelica Balabanoff, q.v. The title page of this work…