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New York: Oriole Editions. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint, ca. 1970. Softcover, 127 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, a bit of creasing to the tips of the outer pages, some soiling and discoloration to the covers, some creasing and wear to the edges of the covers.

Boston: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 127 Pp. Original Wrappers Printed In Black. Wrappers Browned But Clean, Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks Or Stains Or Chips. Display Quality And Uncommon Such.

Boston: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1927. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Fine-. First (and only) Printing of this official report of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, written by Dos Passos after visiting the two accused in Massachusetts prisons. Demy 8vo (214 x 147mm): 128p. Original stiff olive drab wrappers printed in black. Trivial creasing to lower rear corner, covers very lightly marked, but a fresh copy, tightly bound. Potter 10. Parts of chapters vi-viii appeared originally in New Masses (August, 1926) as "The Pit and the Pendulum." The highly controversial conviction of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for murder became a rallying cry for American radicals in the early twentieth century. The two immigrants were accused in 1920 of killing a paymaster in a holdup. Although the evidence against them was flimsy, and despite international protests, they were executed on August 23, 1927. Dos Passos became deeply involved in the case, concluding that it was "barely possible" that… Read More