[Publisher's Prospectus for] The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti

  • New York: The Viking Press, [1928]
By [SACCO-VANZETTI] JACKSON, Gardner; Marion Denman Frankfurter (eds)
New York: The Viking Press, [1928]. Single printed sheet, recto-only; printed in brown ink on pale green paper; text in two columns beneath header, with publisher's logo at bottom center. Mild toning; a few short, closed tears into margins; Very Good.

Rare prospectus for this publication which was hailed as "a document of extraordinary human importance." Notes that publication of The Letters was sponsored by an "International Committee" whose members included Benedetto Croce, Maxim Gorki, Sinclair Lewis, H.G. Wells, and others. The Letters were edited by Marion Denman Frankfurter (wife of Supreme Court Justic Felix Frankfurter) and Gardner Jackson; both were prominent members of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee.

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[Publisher's Prospectus for] The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti

Author

[SACCO-VANZETTI] JACKSON, Gardner; Marion Denman Frankfurter (eds)

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Publisher

The Viking Press: New York

Date

[1928]


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