Lithographies

1935 · 68043 — E-170: Equinox Cooperative Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Equinox Cooperative Press New York 1935. 33 leaves. Illustrated with 30 full page lithographs by Lynd Ward. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities DJ is chipped and worn to the top edge of the front and rear panel of the DJ; DJ Is faded and browned. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Notable short biographical study of the American progressive and avant-garde poet/statesman 1887-1920 with characteristic Ward lithographic illustrations. John Reed 1887-1920 was an American journalist poet and Communist activist. He gained prominence as a war correspondent during World War 1 and is best known for his coverage of the October Revolution in Russia about which his book "Ten Days That Shook The World" was written. He became a hero of the generation of radical intellectuals. He died at age 33 in Moscow of spotted typhus. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 33 pages . Equinox Cooperative Press hardcover