james farrell (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Zustand: New. In.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 380 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.86 inches. In Stock.

Unbound. Zustand: Very Good. First edition [see Branch p. 77]. Quarto. Pictorial self-wrappers printed in blue, black and white. Single sheet, folded to make four pages. Illustrated front cover prints half-tone photographs of 'The Eighteen' prisoners, with a dramatic design depicting the prisoners behind bars. A good to very good copy of a fragile publication due to the large format and the thin stock paper. Folded twice horizontally presumably folded for mailing, with a few short tears at folds and along spine, few internal archival tape mends on pages 2 and 3, mostly in the blank margins, slightly affecting printed text, else the pictorial covers are bright, text is quite fresh and clean. A request for funds to "Free The 18" (and to assist with the trial of the "Leaders of Minneapolis Truckdrivers Local 544-CIO and the Socialist Workers Party sentenced Under the Anti-Labor Smith 'Gag' Act."). Scarce. *OCLC* lists a single holding (Harvard).

Unbound. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Fund-raising flyer. Broadside. Single sheet, glossy tan paper, printed in brown printed on recto and verso, measuring 4" by 9" illustrated on recto with half-tone photograph, captioned: "George Novack, Nat'l CRDC Sec'y and Warren K. Billings in San Francisco".Folded twice for mailing, else a fine copy. Billings "was framed with Tom Mooney in 1916, spent 23 years in San Quentin prison. Billings, Mooney. were accused of responsibility for an explosion which killed ten spectators during the 1916 preparedness parade' in San Francisco. Since his release, Billings has devoted his time to fighting for the freedom of other labor prisoners. He is a member of the. Civil Rights Defense Committee and in the forefront of the fight to free the 18." [from introductory statement of this publication, published by James T. Farrell, as Chairman of the Civil Rights Defense Committee, in 1944]. Not seen by bibliographer, *A Bibliography of James T. Farrell's Writings 1921-1957* by Edgar Branch, which states: "Farrell's statement on the Minneapolis labor case. No copy of this circular has been seen, but it is reviewed in the Militant. where Farrell's statement is mentioned" (p. 78)]. The pamphlet also prints "excerpts from the speech delivered by Warren K. Billings on the Minneapolis Labor Case at the San Francisco Civil Rights Defense Committee meeting May 3, 1944". Unrecorded by *OCLC.*.