Search Results: proletarian literature in the united states

Martin Lawrence. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cover slightly soiled and worn at edges.

London: Martin Lawrence, Ltd., 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. Sage-green cloth with burgundy lettering on spine. Spine shows some light foxed-like spotting. A few instances of very minor soiling, otherwise interior is unmarked and primarily clean. No date of publication stated, but appears to have been published in 1935. pp. vii, [8]-384. An anthology of American proletarian fiction, poetry, reportage, drama and literary criticism, with a 20- page introduction by Joseph Freeman. The writings date predominantly from the period 1930-1935. Many previously appeared in the pages of the New Masses, New Republic, Partisan Review, Dynamo, Anvil, Left-Front, and elsewhere. Each section includes a preface of a few pages which provides some context and pointers towards additional authors of interest. Concludes with a list of the contributors, each with a brief statement of identity. Fiction by: Erskine Caldwell, Robert Cantwell, Jack Conroy, John Dos Passos, James T. Farrell, Ben Field, Michael Gold, Albert Halper,… Read More

IP New York 1937. Leinen, 384 Seiten, dies ist ein regulär ausgesondertes Bibliotheksexemplar aus einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek, keine Markierungen, Ecken minimal berieben, das Buch ist akzeptabel erhalten --- Linen, 384 pages, Lib. Ex, no marks, corners slightly rubbed, the book is in an acceptable condition

New York: International Publishers, 1935. assumed 1st ed. . Hardcover, missing Dust Jacket. VG missing dust jacket, 384pp. .

New York: International Publishers, 1936. Second Printing . Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 384 pp, an ex-library copy with usual markings, card pocket on rear pastedown, toning to spine, some soiling to boards, otherwise a tight copy. [97]

New York: International Publishers, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Interesting gift inscription, endpapers and spine toned, a few like pencil notes in text in an unknown hand, about very good lacking the dust jacket. Signed by editor Granville Hicks. Represented are a who's who of left wing authors including Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, and many, many other. Hicks was an influential and occasionally controversial literary critic and reviewer, he was influenced equally by Van Wyck Brooks and Karl Marx and wrote extensively on social questions. For a time he was a member of the Communist Party and Literary editor of New Masses but broke with the Party before WWII.

New York: International Publishers, 1935. Hardcover; 8vo; 384 pages. Scarce. First edition. Beige cloth with faded brown titles on spine. Water stain on top of boards, but not text block. Interior yellowing but clean. Bookplate on fep. VG/--. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

M. State of Political Literature 1943. The second volume examines the events of October-November 1917. Three color folding maps. SKUalb61b906e41a04b516.