Peekskill by Fast Howard, Signed (4 results)

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).

1 vols. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.