Oswald Garrison Villard

Humes, D. Joy

Published by Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York, 1960

About this Item

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1960. First Edition. Signed by the author at the ffep. A title in the Men and Movements series. Octavo, 276 pp. + colophon. Red/Orange cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine,red/ orange dustjacket with photograph of Villard. A handsome near fine book with no flaws beyond minute traces of wear, in a better than Very Good unclipped jacket showing the $ 4.50 price. Jacket shows some soiling and peripheral wear, is about very good. See scans. A nicely-executed biographical study of early twentieth-century liberal Oswald Garrison Villard, by Wells College professor D. Joy Humes, who did her research pursuant to a grant from Syracuse University. Villard was a leading liberal figure in a time when it wasn't that easy to be that; he became editor of The Nation in 1918, by which time he had already assisted in the founding of the NAACP, had marched in the 1911 Suffrage parade in New York City, had aggressively criticized the jailing of socialist Eugene V. Debs, and had been an uncompromising pacifist during the war years. As editor of The Nation, he reinforced virtually every liberal cause during his fifteen years there. As a signed copy in jacket, quite scarce. Please see scans. L51n. Seller Inventory # 000752

Bibliographic Details

Title: Oswald Garrison Villard

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York

Publication Date: 1960

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: About Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition