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Los Angeles: California Emergency Defense Committee., 1956. First printing. Pamphlet. Very good condition. A denunciation of The Smith Act, Trumbo was a member of the "Hollywood 10" and protested the "Smith Act"and it's prosecutions of current or former officers of the Communist Party. Sm 8vo, 42pp, printed wrappers; lightly browned at edges.

California Emergency Defense Committee, 1956. Good. Trumbo, Dalton. The Devil in the Book. LA: California Emergency Defense Committee, 1956. 42pp. 8vo. Stapled wraps. Book condition: Good. Wraps are split several inches at the spine crease but still holding. Yellowed exterior with a dark, yellowed spine. Yellowed last page and inside of rear cover from a former inlay. Several tiny moisture stains along edges of front cover. Interior is bright and clean. Contains inlaid letter from Liberty Book Club Inc. mentioning their distribution of The Devil in the Book as a gift to their members.

LOS ANGELES: CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY DEFENSE COMMITTEE.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition. Very good+ in stapled white printed wrappers. (42pp. ) (Light soiling & age toning to covers. Crease at bottom left-hand corner. ); 5 1/4" x 8"; 42 pages .

Los Angeles: California Emergency Defense Committee, 1956. First Edition. Fine, bright, without wear and just a hint of tanning to the spine.. 8vo, 42pp pamphlet in wrappers, stapled. The first printing of Trumbo's statement in defense of the fourteen California socialists and union activists who were convicted under the Smith Act, which charged them with advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government. An unusually fresh copy.

Los Angeles: California Emergency Defense Committee, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 1st edition, 1st printing, limited, no. 683 of 750 signed by Trumbo in red ink. There was also an unsigned issue for those who used the request form at the back of this issue to purchase more. Staple bound, stiff printed wrappers with some toning to the edges, else near fine. This is an essay by Trumbo inwhich he describes the conviction of 14 California Communists under the Smith Act of 1940. The 14 defendants were not accused of any illegal act, but rather of conspiring to "teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the government of the United States." Though they had not actually done this, but it was alleged that they were planning the revolutionary education at some future date. In the Late 1940s Trumbo was in the first group of Hollywood blacklistings, and among the first from Hollywood to be called to testify before HUAC.

los angeles, 1956. Limited. paperback. very good. 42p. printed wrappers; lightly faded at the edges. (Los Angeles), 1956. Limited First Edition. A denunciation of The Smith Act, published by the California Emergency Defense Committee. Limited First Edition.<br/> <br/> One of 750 signed copies.<br/> <br/>

Los Angeles: California Emergency Defense Committee, 1956. First edition. Tiny bump to lower corner, otherwise fine, fresh, and bright.. 8vo, 42pp; printed card wrappers, stapled. This is Trumbo's essay protesting the conviction of 14 California socialists and union activists under the Smith Act, which charged them with advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government. This is one of 750 numbered copies signed by Trumbo -- there were also unsigned copies -- as part of an appeal for donations to aid in the legal defense. Despite its relatively generous edition, this has become a rather scarce book, especially so in fine condition.