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IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN: The Autobiography of Oscar Ameringer.
Edition: 3rd printing (same year as the first)
New York: Henry Holt, (1940). SIGNED hardcover - Autobiography of this German-American Socialist editor, author, and labor organizer from the late 1890s until his death in 1943. He was a self-taught musician, portrait painter, writer, and political organizer, known for his wit as a speaker and writer. Foreword by Carl Sandburg. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and photographs. SIGNED by Ameringer on a blank preliminary page. Index. xxvii, 476 pp.
Condition: Very good in rust-colored cloth with gilt lettering on spine (some fraying to cloth at top of spine, dulling of lettering), no dj.
Book ID: 87931More details Price: $25.00 -
ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF CESAR CHAVEZ
Edition: First printing.
El Paso,TX: Cinco Puntos Press, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the life and the accomplishments of Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) in fighting for the rights of farmworkers, for civil rights and environmental justice, written for older children and young adults. Illustrations by Gaspar Enriquez. Oblong format. 32 pp. The verso of the dustjacket is a poster with an illustrated chronology of events in the life of Chavez. ISBN: 0-938317512.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89419More details Price: $17.50
