Bars and Shadows. Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since August 23, 2007
Condition: Used
US$ 275.00
Quantity: 1 available
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New York: The Leonard Press, 1922. 12mo, 48 pp. Photographic portrait frontis. Printed paper-wrapped boards. Light wear and spotting to boards; very good. Inscribed by Bruce Rogers on recto of frontispiece. § A collection of poetry written by labor organizer and Wobbly Ralph Chaplin while serving four years of a 20-year sentence for conspiring to hinder the draft and encourage desertion during the First World War. This copy has been inscribed to a friend by the book designer Bruce Rogers. In 1917 Chaplin was one of around 100 Wobblies rounded up, tried and convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917. He was imprisoned first in Cook County Jail and later in Leavenworth Prison in Kansas. He is credited with writing the words to the trade union anthem "Solidarity Forever" and for designing the black cat image adopted as a symbol by anarcho-syndicalists.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Bars and Shadows. Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin
- Author
- Chaplin, Ralph
- Publication year
- 1922
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Literature, Sale Items, Social Sciences
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA
San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller offers an exceptional selection of rare books and manuscripts from medieval times through the twentieth century. We specialize in illustrated material, particularly the work of William Blake and his circle and children's books. Our open shop is located in downtown San Francisco, where we have served an international clientele of private collectors, libraries, and institutions for 40 years.
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA
CA, U.S.A.
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