Holley Cantine Dachine Rainer Preface (2 results)

Wrappers. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 138 pages. Flexi-bound, but closer to being a paperback. Texts in English. Jacket is extremely brittle and soiled, with numerous losses and chipping to the edges, although now encased in a protective acetate sleeve. Bumps to the edges and corners of the covers with a one inch tear at the upper gutter of the front cover. For all of that, the binding is solid, the interior clean and unmarked. Bound with stiff printed cardboard covers and wrapped in an illustrated paper jacket. Illustrations by Lowell Naeve. From the Isherwood preface: "The men who have written this book were all members of the extreme pacifist minority which resisted the U.S. conscription system during World War II. Extreme pacifists is the best description I can think of, but it is unsatisfactory and vague; for the group contained several sorts of anarchists, individualists, religious and non-religious objectors.Maybe you will never go to prison, either willingly or unwillingly. Maybe you disagree completely with the stand which these men took. But the problems raised by this book extend far beyond the unsual categories of right and wrong, expediency and inexpediency. They touch all our lives. I wish it could be read by everybody in the United States.". Lowell Naeve (illustrator). Book.…

First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed boards with taped cloth spine (as issued); in Dust Jacket. 138 pp. Illustrated throughout by Lowell Naeve. Minor stains; a very good copy in a good dust jacket that shows some staining and has pronounced chips, primarily at the spine tips. An uncommon book, rare in the dust jacket. A manual of lliving-technique for prisoners. A home-made production, poorly printed and bound. Written entirely by members of the extreme pacifist minority who resisted US conscription during World War II. With a Preface by Isherwood, the perishable and rare dust jacket also bears a blurb by Aldous Huxley on the rear panel, praising the book.…