From Union Square to Rome

Dorothy Day

Published by The Preservation of the Faith Press, Silver Spring, MD, 1938

About this Item

8vo, brick red cloth, white titles, blindstamped boards, bevelled edges, 173pp. Stated First Printing, November 1938. Review copy, with a tipped in photo slide featuring a press portrait of Day, and a hand-signed letter from the publisher addressed to Newsweek. Unclipped dust jacket (1.50) mildly spotted to panels, small closed tear to upper edges of both panels, chipping and loss to lower edges of front panel, most noticeably the "Y" of Day. The spine crown of cloth is partly sun bleached, endpapers and page leaves age toned. The first book length publication by Dorothy Day following her conversion to the Catholic faith and founding of the Catholic Worker Movement, and the first of two autobiographical works (The Long Loneliness would later be published in 1951). "From Union Square to Rome", written and dedicated to her brother, focuses on Day's youth and activity in communist movements, ending with a brief narrative of her conversion. Previously excerpted in The Sign, America, and Preservation of the Faith magazine. A scarce first printing, exceedingly scarce in dust jacket. Presents handsomely in mylar. .

Seller Inventory # 652

Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Union Square to Rome
• Publisher: The Preservation of the Faith Press, Silver Spring, MD
• Publication Date: 1938
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • CATHOLICA
  • CHRISTIANITY
  • NEW YORK