Raper Arthur Walter Chivers (1 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 24pp. Stapled pale-blue printed wrappers. Owner's contemporary, neat ink name on front cover, spine and extremities moderately toned, horizontal crease and one-inch tear on rear cover, else a very good copy. "Dr. Raper summarizes the results of careful studies, made by himself and Prof. Walter Chivers, of the eighty-four lynchings of the past five years." [from the foreword]. Contents includes Summary of Findings, Geographic and Racial Factors, Lynched on Minor Accusations, Lynchers Seldom Punished, The Threat of Legal Lynchings, Lynching and Racial Exploitation, etc. Scarce.…