counterattack (5 results)

Eight panel brochure, 3.25x7.5 inches, date penciled on rear panel, else very good condition. Advertising brochure for Counterattack, the anti-Communist newsletter founded by New York based ex-FBI agents (see Encyclopedia of the American Left. Second edition, page 219). *Seidman A85.

First edition. 213 pages. Paperback in good condition; Title and library number written on spine; Title page stamped 'Newsweek Library'.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. Ask to see images for your satisfaction. Wraps with discoloration, staining, wear, crossed out pencil notation to top corner of front wrap. 1/2" tear to front top joint running down hinge and tearing adjacent area of front wrap. Discolored spine with reading creases and edge wear to tips. Top inch of spine has been bumped with creasing and a closed edge tear barely hanging on. Corners with wear, dog ears. Bottom front corner torn off and missing. Edge wear to same corner of prelim pages. HEAVY liquid markings to top text block, top margins of wraps and throughout book. Soil and wear to text block edges. Shelf 11b.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover, with striking cover art printed in black and red. Title page dated 1950. Copyright page also 1950. 213 pages. A list of names with all the damning organizations that they might have been affiliated with. Includes Dorothy Parker, Langston Hughes, and many more. Plus, lists of organizations deemed dangerously Communistic. Ownership name Christoper Sterling, and the date 1973, on the half title page. From the collection of Christopher Sterling, a professor, writer, and collector; he wrote extensively on communications; we are excited to have several shelves of scarce books from his collection listed beside this one. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although sometimes they do get it right).

First Edition. First edition, dated "June, 1950" on title page. Octavo (21.5cm). Pictorial wrappers; 213pp. Tight, sound copy, lightly toned on covers but internally very clean, free of markings or notable wear. Easily Very Good and far better than usually seen. If not the founding document of the Hollywood Red Scare, then certainly the most notorious and influential of the many far-right tracts associated with that era. Published at the height of the Cold War, Red Channels purported to list 151 writers, composers, actors, directors and other leading figures in the entertainment industry whose communist affiliations made them unfit for celebrity. The notorious wave of Hollywood blacklists followed, putting many of those named here out of work for the decade to follow. Among those listed were Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Will Geer, Ruth Gordon, Edward G. Robinson, and many others. The fact that most of these individuals were guilty of nothing more than a commitment to liberal values did not save them from severe reversals in their professional careers; more than a few of those listed would be forced to abandon their careers altogether. A tough book to find in nice condition, and without question one of the defining works of the Cold War decade.