Max Eastman's Address to the Jury in the Second Masses Trial. In Defense of the Socialist Position and the Right of Free Speech
by EASTMAN, Max
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Liberator Publishing Company, [1918]. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 44pp. Text printed in blue ink. Printed on highly acidic stock; front and rear wrappers are detached; the front wrapper with substantial chips along three margins, but lettering not affected. The text remains firmly bound; toning and brittleness is confined mostly to extremities, paper remains fairly supple though this is a decidedly fragile item. Complete, but just Good. Printed as Liberator Pamphlet No. 1.
Scarce pamphlet providing a transcript of Eastman's statement in his defense following the suppression of his socialist monthly, The Masses, for its anti-war stance at the outset of American involvement in World War One. Eastman was himself responsible for many of the most militant anti-war essays in The Masses, and as a result he stood trial twice for charges under the Sedition Act, but was acquitted each time. Following the war, The Masses was revived in a slightly different format, and renamed The Liberator, under which title Eastman continued publishing until 1922. Infrequently seen in commerce.
Scarce pamphlet providing a transcript of Eastman's statement in his defense following the suppression of his socialist monthly, The Masses, for its anti-war stance at the outset of American involvement in World War One. Eastman was himself responsible for many of the most militant anti-war essays in The Masses, and as a result he stood trial twice for charges under the Sedition Act, but was acquitted each time. Following the war, The Masses was revived in a slightly different format, and renamed The Liberator, under which title Eastman continued publishing until 1922. Infrequently seen in commerce.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59220
- Title
- Max Eastman's Address to the Jury in the Second Masses Trial. In Defense of the Socialist Position and the Right of Free Speech
- Author
- EASTMAN, Max
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Liberator Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1918]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Socialism; WW1;
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