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    alanjjohnstone
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    Came across this 1939 book list on Marxist Archives and thought it might arouse some interest . Some i know, others, not a scooby. 

    https://www.marxists.org/archive/lane-ernest/1939/dawn-dusk/ch07.htm

    BOOKS WORTH READING

    Economics and Sociological  
    Soul of Man under Socialism. —— Oscar Wilde 1/3
    My Country Right or Wrong. —— G. Herve 1/-
    Studies in Socialism. —— Jaures 1/6
    Fabian Essays on Socialism 1/6
    Fabian Tracts (complete set, bound) 4/6
    Socialism and Superior Brains. —— B. Shaw 1/-
    Socialism and Religion. —— Fabian Society 1/-
    Political Economy for Plain People. —— Smith Adams 1/-
    History of Trades Unionism. —— Sydney Webb 7/6
    Fields, Factories and Workshops —— P. Kropotkin 1/-
    The Struggle for Existence. —— Mills 10/6
    The Old Order and the New. —— Morrison Davidson
    The Gospel of the Poor  
    Annals of Toil (4 volumes)  
    Co-operative Commonwealth. —— L. Gronlund 2/6
    Our Destiny. —— L. Gronlund 2/6
    Political Justice. —— Godwin 2/6
    The Evolution of Property —— P. Lafargue 2/6
    The Ethics of Socialism. —— Belfort Bax 2/6
    The Religion of Socialism. —— Belfort Bax 2/6
    Outlooks from the New Standpoint. —— Belfort Bax 2/6
    Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure. —— Ed. Carpenter 2/6
    England’s Ideal. —— Ed. Carpenter 2/6
    Work and Wages. —— Thorold Rogers 2/6
    Strikes and Social Problems. —— J. S. Nicholson 3/6
    Contemporary Social Problems. —— A. Loria 2/6
    Economic Foundations of Society. —— A. Loria
    The Communist Manifesto. —— Marx and Engels 2/3
    Woman, Past, Present and Future. —— A. Bebel
    The Common Sense of Socialism. —— Spargo 4/-
    Revolutionary Essays. —— P. Burrowes 4/-
    The Class Struggle. —— Kautsky 2/3
    Socialism, Utopian and Scientific. —— F. Engels 2/-
    The Social Revolution. —— Kautsky 2/-
    Ethics and the Materialistic Conception of History. —— Kautsky
    Materialistic Conception of History. —— Labriola 4/-
    The Evolution of Property. —— Lafargue 2/-
    The Right to be Lazy, etc. —— Lafargue 2/-
    Socialism: Its Growth and Outcome. —— Bax and Morris 2/-
    Socialism: Positive and Negative. —— R. Rives La Monte 2/-
    What Are We Here For? —— T. Dundas Todd 2/-
    War: What For? —— Kirkpatrick 4/6
    Mutual Aid. —— P. Kropotkin
    The Labour Unrest. —— F. Henderson 2/6
    The Case for Socialism. —— F. Henderson 2/6
    Socialism and Positive Science. —— Enrico Ferri 1/6
    Collectivism and Industrial Evolution. —— Emile Vanderveld 1/6
    Child and State. —— Margaret McMillan 1/6
    The Coming Force. —— F. Rose 1/6
    Sabotage. —— Emile Pouget 2/-
    The American Farmer. —— Simons 2/-
    The Common Sense of Socialism. —— J.Spargo 4/-
    Social Unrest. —— Brooks 6/-
    Socialists at Work. —— R. Hunter 6/-
    Origin of the Family. —— F. Engels 2/-
    Critique of Political Economy. —— Karl Marx 4/-
    Capital (3 volumes). —— Karl Marx. Per volume 8/-
    Memoirs and Biographical  
    Memoirs of a Revolutionist. —— P. Kropotkin
    John Ruskin. —— F. Harrison 2/6
    William Morris. —— A Noyes 2/6
    Sixty Years of an Agitator’s Life. —— J. Holyoake 3/-
    Life of Robert Owen. —— Lloyd. Jones
    Jean Paul Marat. —— B. Bax 2/6
    How I Became a Socialist. —— Hyndman, Morris 1/3
    Memoirs of Marx. —— Liebknecht 2/-
    Tolstol: His Life and Work. —— 2/-
    Life of Victor Grayson. —— 2/-
    Debs’ (Eugene) Life, Writings, and Speeches. —— 4/-
    Karl Marx: His Life and Work. —— J. Spargo 8/6
    Robert Burns and the Common People. —— W. Stewart 2/-
    Walt Whitman: A Study. —— M. Tupper 4/-
    Poetry, Etc.  
    Shelley. —— 2/6
    W. Whitman. —— 2/6
    Lowell. —— 2/6
    Burns. —— 2/6
    Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism. —— E. Nesbit 1/-
    Historical  
    History of the French Revolution. —— Kropotkin 7/6
    The Story of the French Revolution. —— B. Bax 2/6
    History of the Paris Commune. —— Lissagaray 6/-
    The Civil War in France (Commune). —— Marx 1/-
    The Russian Bastille. —— Pollock 2/-
    The Ancient Lowly (2 volumes). —— Ward. Each vol 8/-
    American Communities and Co-op. Colonies. —— W.Hinds 6/-
    Barbarous Mexico. —— J. K. Turner 6/-
    The World’s Revolutions. —— E. Untermann 2/-
    Tragic Story of the Waihi Strike. —— 2/6
    Our Own Little Rebellion (Eureka Stockade). —— 3/6
    Industrial History of England. —— H. De Gibbins 3/6
    Martyrdom of Man. —— Winwood Reade
    "93." —— Victor Hugo 2/-
    Origin of the Family. —— Engels 2/-
    Ancient Story. —— Morgan 6/-
    Revolution of the Baltic Provinces of Russia. —— 1/6
    Scientific  
    The End of the World. —— Dr. Meyers 2/-
    The Evolution of Man. —— W. Boelcher 2/-
    Life and Death. —— Dr. E. Teichman 2/-
    The Making of the World. —— Dr. Meyers 2/-
    The Triumph of Life. —— W. Boelsche 2/-
    Germs of Mind in Plants. —— R. H. France 2/-
    Science and Revolution. —— Untermann 2/-
    Origin of Species. —— Darwin 2/-
    Fiction and Miscellaneous  
    Love’s Coming of Age. —— Ed. Carpenter 4/-
    News from Nowhere. —— W. Morris 2/6
    Dream of John Ball. —— W. Morris 1/6
    Merrie England. —— R. Blatchford. Paper cover 4d.
    De Profundis. —— Oscar Wilde 2/6
    Guilty or Not Guilty. —— R. Blatchford 6d.
    Equality. —— E. Bellamy 1/-
    Stories of the Struggle. —— Winchevsky 2/-
    Looking Backward. —— E. Bellamy 1/-
    The Jungle. —— Sinclair 3/-
    Eye for an Eye. —— Darrow 6/-
    Story of an African Farm. —— Olive Schreiner 3/-
    Britain for the British. —— R. Blatchford 4d.
    People of the Abyss. —— Jack London 6/-
    God’s Children. —— Allman 2/-
    Rebels of the New South. —— W. Raymond 4/-
    The Rose Door. —— Estelle Baker 4/-
    Prisons, Police and Punishinent. —— Ed. Carpenter 1/-
    Revolt of Ghent. —— W. Morris 6d.
    Thoughts of a Fool. —— Evelyn. Gladys 4/-
    The Rebel at Large. —— May Beale 2/-
    Out of the Dumip. —— Mary Marcy 2/-
    God and My Neighbour. —— R. Blatchford 9d
    Mysteries of the People. History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages. (21 volumes). —— Eugene Sue
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    alanjjohnstone
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    Darn, the format of the cut and paste screwed up…

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    ALB
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