It Has Happened Here

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition. First Printing, with "First Edition" and the publisher's "D-I" code on copyright page. Octavo (21.75cm); red and black cloth-covered boards, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv,209,[1]pp. Crown gently nudged, light wear to lower board edges and upper corners, with some faint foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.95), shelfworn, gently spine-sunned, with several tears, attendant creases, and losses to extremities, and a significant triangular chip to upper rear panel; only Very Good. Important memoir by Blossom (1906-1965), the former Superintendent of Schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, who oversaw the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Portions of the book were published as a series of articles in the Saturday Evening Post. 83745.