Published by Daily People*s World & Mike Quin Memorial Fund, San Francisco, 1948
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: As New, lacks covers. 1st edition. A fine-press edition of the works of a San Franicisco labor writer, without covers else complete and in great new condition. 6 x 9-1/2, 341 pp, b/w & maroon engravings. Fully bound & gathered copy without any covers or wraps, sewn binding & uncut pages.
Published by The Daily People's World & The Mike Quin Memorial Fund to Aid Young Writers and Artists, San Francisco, CA, 1948
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Deluxe edition. Printed by the Plantin Press. Back colophon: "Printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press, Los Angeles: 1948." Dark brown 1/4 leather binding with beige paper-covered boards in pale red paper-covered slipcase. Gilt lettering on book spine. No lettering on slipcase. Book: 6 3/8" x 9 3/4." Slipcase: 6 1/2" x 9 7/8." Pages are virtually pristine and intact. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for minuscule age toning to boards, light rubbing to spine, and a few small faint spots on boards. Corners of covers are sharp. Binding is tight. Slipcase has some discoloration and spots of soiling and light to moderate rubbing and wear to extremities. A Fine book in a Very Good slipcase. A collection of writings by Mike Quin (1906-1947), the pseudonym of Paul William Ryan, an American author, editor, and a member of the Communist Party. Quin was a Renaissance man of sorts and had various occupations in his career. He was a writer for the WPA Writers' Projects, reporter for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), broadcast producer for the National Maritime Union, and a columnist and founding editor for the Daily People's World. This book contains many writings by Quin, including essays, poetry, and prose, with a pro-Communist bent. Edited, with a Biographical Sketch, by Harry Carlisle. Wood engravings by Victor Arnautoff.
Published by Daily People's World & the Mike Quin Memorial Fund to Aid Young Writers and Artists, San Francisco, 1948
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Thus. Octavo (24.25cm.); original black morocco-backed pictorial boards in paper-covered slipcase; xliv,341pp.; woodcuts throughout. Slipcase a bit rubbed and discolored from dust-soil, ownership signature to front free endpaper else Near Fine in Very Good slipcase. Posthumously published writings of the Communist journalist and author Mike Quin (1906-1947) who also wrote pulp mysteries under the pseudonym Robert Finnegan. This edition printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press.