Witch Hunt: The Technique and Profits of Redbaiting
by Seldes, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/GVG
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Age Books, 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/GVG. xviii, 300, [2] pp, including index. Orange cloth. Signed by the author on ffep. Seldes was a fearless investigative reporter in his day, taking on Mussolini and fascism, corporate exploitation in Mexico, and the global arms industry, in the 1920s and 1930s. He covered the Spanish Civil War and published a political newsletter, In Fact, in the 1940s; one of the first articles concerned the link between cigarettes and cancer. He was accused of being a communist during the McCarthy hearings in the 1950s and subsequently blacklisted. Seldes lived to be 104; he appears in the film 'Reds' as a commentator. Previous owner's name stamped on tail edges, a little wear to edges. Dustjacket has tears and chipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4783
- Title
- Witch Hunt: The Technique and Profits of Redbaiting
- Author
- Seldes, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- GVG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Age Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Politics;
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Hampden, Maine
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.