The Tragedy of Lynching
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1933. First Edition.
First edition with 1933 on the title and copyright pages and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page. In original, unclipped jacket with signs of use including toning to the spine, tears at corners, and chipping. Bound in publisher's black cloth over boards with debossed borders on the front and gilding on the spine. Modest shelf wear with some rubbing; solid and square. Faded top-stain, and a few minor ink dots along the long edge. A bookplate from a former owner on the front pastedown. The interior and text are clean, clear, and bright.
Excerpt from the jacket, "A detailed study of the lynchings of 1930. All the of circumstances of the lynchings and the social, economic, educational, and religious status of the communities and the mobs are given at length... It is presented in the hope that it will have some effect in decreasing this modern barbarity."
Pages: (8) 499 (3) Dimensions: 8(5/8) x 5¾ x 1(5/8)
Price: $300.00