Peekskill Personal Experience by Fast Howard (11 results)

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition in Russian. Orig. cloth backed boards. Near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. *Veteran-Owned, Family-Run, Small Book Store in the Pacific Northwest* FAST SHIPPING!! Clean text, no markings, tight binding. 127 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Covers are marked and scuffed, with some surface colour loss. Edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, with tears along the spine sides and ends. Page block is lightly blemished. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used. …

1st edition original boards Nice copy small octavo 110pp., frontis., b/w plates, Neat ownership signature, slight chipping to boards at edges o/w a nice copy of the first Russian edition. ENGLISH TEXT.

109 S., mit Illustrationen Einband nur geringfügig bestoßen, Einbanddeckel und Rücken etwas fleckig, Seiten sauber, außer Besitzereintrag auf Einbandinnenseite ohne Einträge, Vorwort in russischer Sprache und das gleiche Vorwort in englischer Sprache vom Autor. Foto-Frontispiz mit Paul Robeson. Die Erinnerungen des Autors an seine Beteiligung an dem Konzert in Peekskill und seine Folgen, als Paul Robeson von Rechten, einschließlich eines Scharfschützen, angegriffen wurde, während er das Konzert für Bürgerrechte gab. , Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300 OHalbleinen, mit goldgeprägten Rückentitel.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Original covers with some rubbing and slight creasing, a few pencil lines to introduction, otherwise very good. First printing.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Printing. Signed by Author. Quantity Available: 1. Category: African Americans; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24297.

8 x 5.5", brown cloth, 127pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, ink number at bottom forecorner of front fly, pp toned. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND PAUL ROBESON, the dedicatee.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First edition account of the 1949 Peekskill incidents written by historian and novelist Howard Fast (whose historical novel, Spartacus, would be published shortly thereafter), dedicated to renowned singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson, and with an introduction by William L. Patterson, executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress. Published in 1951 by Civil Rights Congress. One of only 500 specially bound copies, this one signed on the lined half-title page by Robeson, Fast, and Patterson (Patterson s signature is not present on all listed copies). Inked limitation number 5 to lower corner of first blank leaf. 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket, 127 pages plus 8 pages of b/w photos documenting the attacks on Robeson and others. Handsomely signed, befitting its presumed early place in the sequence (#5), with an especially bold Paul Robeson signature at the top. Front hinge partially split from the bottom. Creasing to front pastedown and rear fly leaf. Binding slightly shaken. Considerable chipping to mildly rubbed dj, partially split from the top at front flap, with 2 open tear to top edge of front cover and 1 open tear to spine tail. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. cloth Hard cover small 8vo. 127 Pages.Near fine copy in Near fine Dust Jacket.Signed by Howard Fast and Paul Robson on front endpaper. Original price present. Scarce Item Pics available.

1 vols. 8vo. dj. 1st Edition. First Edition. One of 500 copies signed by Fast, Robeson and Patterson. 1 vols. 8vo. The copy in cloth is signed by Howard Fast, William L. Patterson (who wrote the introduction) and Paul Robeson (the dedicatee). The classic account of the violent race riot which took place in August 1949 at a Robeson concert in Peekskill, NY. Robeson having been accused of being a Communist and with a fabricated "deep fake" statement put out of the wires, white supremicists descended on the concert, physically attacked audience members and burned Robeson in effigy, all while the local police stood by. Blockson 8309 Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Minor soiling and light offsetting or toning around the edges to the jacket, else very good First Edition. One of 500 copies signed by Fast, Robeson and Patterson. Signed.…