New York: International Publishers, Inc. (1948) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The son of slaves, Haywood became a leading member of the Communist Party USA and a pioneering theoretician on the Afro-American struggle, who wrote first-hand accounts of the Chicago race riot of 1919, the Scottsboro Boys' defense, the Spanish Civil War and more. This book has been described as the first comprehensive volume on the Negro question in the US by a leading Negro Marxist, one in which he argued the root of the oppression of Blacks was the unsolved agrarian question in the South - that the betrayal of Reconstruction by Hayes-Tilden Compromise of 1877 and the rise of white supremacy and Jim Crow laws left…
New York: International Publishers, Inc. (1948) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The son of slaves, Haywood became a leading member of the Communist Party USA and a pioneering theoretician on the Afro-American struggle, who wrote first-hand accounts of the Chicago race riot of 1919, the Scottsboro Boys' defense, the Spanish Civil War and more. This book has been described as the first comprehensive volume on the Negro question in the US by a leading Negro Marxist, one in which he argued the root of the oppression of Blacks was the unsolved agrarian question in the South - that the betrayal of Reconstruction by Hayes-Tilden Compromise of 1877 and the rise of white supremacy and Jim Crow laws left Blacks frozen as "landless, semi-slaves in the South." INSCRIBED by Haywood on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Map frontispiece Reference notes, appendix, index. 245 pp.
Condition: Very good in blue cloth (short tear at top of spine, some dustiness to top edge textblock) in a near very good dust jacket, with some overall edgewear, discoloration to verso of dj spine. An important work, which is scarce in the hardcover first edition, and rare signed or inscribed.
Chicago: Liberator Press, (1976). SIGNED - The "second edition" of a work originally published in 1948 with a new preface by the author commenting on the civil rights movement and the rise of the Black Power movement in the 1960s. The son of slaves, Haywood became a leading member of the Communist Party USA and a pioneering theoretician on the Afro-American struggle, who wrote first-hand accounts of the Chicago race riot of 1919, the Scottsboro Boys' defense, the Spanish Civil War and more. This book has been described as the first comprehensive volume on the Negro question in the US by a leading Negro Marxist, one in which he argued the root of the oppression of Blacks was the…
Chicago: Liberator Press, (1976). SIGNED - The "second edition" of a work originally published in 1948 with a new preface by the author commenting on the civil rights movement and the rise of the Black Power movement in the 1960s. The son of slaves, Haywood became a leading member of the Communist Party USA and a pioneering theoretician on the Afro-American struggle, who wrote first-hand accounts of the Chicago race riot of 1919, the Scottsboro Boys' defense, the Spanish Civil War and more. This book has been described as the first comprehensive volume on the Negro question in the US by a leading Negro Marxist, one in which he argued the root of the oppression of Blacks was the unsolved agrarian question in the South - that the betrayal of Reconstruction by Hayes-Tilden Compromise of 1877 and the rise of white supremacy and Jim Crow laws left Blacks frozen as "landless, semi-slaves in the South." SIGNED by Haywood on the half title page with the words "Best wishes." Map frontispiece Reference notes, appendix, index. ii, 245 pp.
Condition: Very good in printed white wrappers (some toning to the covers, especially on the spine) but overall clean and straight, minor crease to lower corner, no creasing to spine. An important work, scarce signed.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second of what is sometimes referred to as her Texas trilogy - three novels focused on the crushing difficulty of the life of tenant cotton farmers in Texas and the plight of the farmer in general by this Texas-born folklorist and novelist. A presentation copy as well as a significant association copy INSCRIBED by the author on the title page 'For Mr. Alexander Legge, with appreciation of his services to the American farmer" and dated July 29, New York City. Legge was President of International Harvester from 1922 until his death in 1933, chairman of the Federal Farm Board under President Hoover, and one of the founders and principal contributors to the Farm Foundation in 1933.
Condition: Very good in black cloth with red lettering. Relatively minor edgewear to the boards, a little fading on the spine, line on back cover, but overall a tight and straight copy.
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