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The Bodley Head, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. foreword by author, list of maps, principal events (chapter by chapter), general sources and index. Red coloured boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "This is a true story of native American violence in the southern part of the State of Illinois, known as Williamson County. For various reasons this particular area produced, over nearly a century, the most extraordinary displays of violence and disorder, which brought upon it. Nationwide notoriety. Family vendettas, labour disputes including wholesale massacre, the Ku Klux Klan War, and gangster murders which libelled Chicago's followed each other in swift succession." – From the front fold over panel blurb. Softening to the backstrip edges and the top backstrip edge has become somewhat faded, commensurate with the loss of… Read More

Bodley Head, London 1954, 1st UK, hb, dw, 254pp, dw a little chipped, brown-spotted to rear, a little foxing internally, good plus. Analysis of violence over a century in 'Bloody Williamson' County, Illinois.. First Edition. Hardcover.

London : The Bodley Head, 1954. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some staining evident to front panel. Light foxing to premims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 254 pages; Physical description: 254p. : maps ; 22cm. Subjects: Coal miners -- Illinois -- Williamson County. Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Illinois -- Williamson County. American ed. (Knopf) has title: Bloody Williamson.