The Jews on Trial: Testimony of 330 Historic Figures on Jewry [gift inscription to noted anti-Semite, Henry Coston] by GRIMSTAD, Bill (compiled & annotated by) - 1973

Washington, D. C.: Aryan Press, Inc, 1973. First edition. A compendium of quotes concerning the perniciousness of Jews throughout history, organized into three sections: Part 1: Words of Notable Men Part 2: Other Prominent Commentators and Part 3: Jews on the Jewish Question. A nine page appendix includes quotes gathered by the author after the book had already been assembled. Later expanded and published as "Antizion: A Survey of Commentary on Organized Jewry by Leading Personalities Through the Ages" by Willis Carto's Noontide Press. William Grimstad was a member of the National Socialist White People's Party and helped to edit the party organ, "White Power." He was later discovered to be the author of the anonymously published revisionist classic, "The Six Million Reconsidered: Is the "Nazi Holocaust" Story a Zionist Propaganda Ploy." He was accused by various Jewish organizations of being a Saudi agent and of having received five figure sums to author the aforementioned books. He later became a Fortean researcher and under the nom-de-plume, Jim Brandon, authored "Weird America: A Guide to Places of Mystery in the United States" and "The Rebirth of Pan." This copy features an inscription from Grimstad to Henri Coston, the veteran French anti-Semite, which reads: "With best wishes to a great student of the anti-life conspiracy (You are mentioned, M. Coston, on page 34)." Grimstad turned the book over to his friend, Charles Saunders, to send, and tipped in to copyright page is 3-page letter from Saunders to Henri Coston announcing Grimstad's gift. He also mentions a recent visit from the publisher of "Nouvelle Ecole" (possibly Alain de Benoist?) to Wilmot Robertson and asks for the address of French conspiracist and anti-Semite, Viscount Léon de Poncins (Poncins would die a little over a year after Saunders' letter was written). Not much is known about Saunders, although he appears friendly with Grimstad, Wilmot Robertson, and other far right figures with one source maintaining his close friendship with writer, Jack Kerouac, toward the end of his life. A fascinating copy linking many generations of anti-Semites across two continents. Stapled wrappers (8 ½" x 11") with stereotypical portrait of Jew to front wrapper, 54 pp. Foxing and darkening to wrappers; offsetting between pp. 26-27 from a laid in slip of paper that reads: "-Manson used Masonic handsignals to influence (Masonic) judge at his trial! Manson was a Devil-Worshipper. Note 'Coyote' tie-up! Coyote=Devil - see Satanic Bible by Anton Levey [sic], with a reference on the verso to p. 27 of Ed Sangers' book The Family. A VG copy overall. An uncommon title with none in commerce (March, 2020) and only six copies located in OCLC (UNC-CH, NYPL, Hebrew Union, Michigan State, UC Davis, and National Library of Israel). SINGERMAN, 1286.