Masses & Mainstream; Negro History Week 1953 For Peace and Freedom, February, 1953 by Sillen, Samuel (editor) & Various - 1953

New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc, 1948. Paperback. Good. Vol 1, No. 3 of the Marxist monthly publication. Contributors in this issue include Theodore Ward, Anna Louise Strong, John Howard Lawson, Gerhart Eisler, Mitchell Siporin (drawings), etc. Perfect-bound in stiff wraps; 13.7cm x 20.3cm; 96pp. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; minor edgewear, minor age-toning, a few small brown spots to wraps. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc, 1948. Good. Vol 1, No. 3 of the Marxist monthly publication. Contributors in this issue include Theodore Ward, Anna Louise Strong, John Howard Lawson, Gerhart Eisler, Mitchell Siporin (drawings), etc. Perfect-bound in stiff wraps; 13.7cm x 20.3cm; 96pp. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; minor edgewear, minor age-toning to wraps. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc, 1948. Paperback. Good. Vol 1, No. 4 of the Marxist monthly publication. Contributors in this issue include George Lukacs, Herbert Apetheker, Samuel Greenberg, Virginia Gardner, W.E.B. Dubois, and more. Perfect-bound in stiff wraps; 13.7cm x 20.3cm; 96pp. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; minor edgewear, minor age-toning to wraps. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc, 1948. Paperback. Good. Vol 1, No. 10 of the Marxist monthly publication. Contributors in this issue include Samuel Sillen, Howard Fast, Claude Morgan, Ben Field and more. Perfect-bound in stiff wraps; 13.7cm x 20.3cm; 96pp. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; minor edgewear, minor age-toning. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc, 1949. Paperback. Good. Vol 2, No. 7 of the Marxist monthly publication. Contributors in this issue include Lloyd L. Brown, Ralph Hodgeman, Barbara Giles, Eve Merriam, Joseph North and more. Perfect-bound in semi-gloss paper wraps; 13.7cm x 20.3cm; 96pp. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; edgewear, minor age-toning/ rubbing to wraps; front cover creased. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc, 1951. Paperback. Good. Vol 4, No. 4 of the Marxist monthly publication. Contributors in this issue include Samuel Sillen, W.E.B. Du Bois ("I Take My Stand"), Art Shields, Steve Nelson, Elliot Clay, Sara Zie and more. Perfect-bound in semi-gloss paper wraps; 13.7cm x 20.3cm; 96pp. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; edgewear, minor age-toning/ rubbing to wraps. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York, NY: Masses & Mainstream. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1948. ........ Paperback. Vol 1, Number 7 . 8vo., 96 pp., slightly sun-bleached .

New York, NY: Masses & Mainstream. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1948. ........ Paperback. Vol 1, Number 2 . 8vo., 96 pp., sun-bleached .

New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc., 1951. Volume 4, No. 9, September 1951 . Soft Cover . Poor. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 64 pp. Volume 4, No. 9, September 1951 only! Solidly bound copy with moderate heavy use. Top corner of front cover torn. Loose binding. Heavy foxing. Still an acceptable reading/ study/ work/ research copy.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc., 1948. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 204 x 135 mm), 10 issues bound together into a single volume, title in gilt to spine. The first 10 issues of Masses & Mainstream, a cultural magazine (with generous dollops of politics) closely associated with the Communist Party USA. Masses & Mainstream featured articles by numerous left-wing authors, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Pablo Neruda, Howard Fast, Meridel Le Sueur, Thomas McGrath, Louis Aragon, Anna Louise Strong, Paul Éluard, Philip Bonosky, Herbert Aptheker, and many more. Illustrators included William Gropper, Ben Shahn, and Milton Avery, among others. Vol. 1, No. 1 contains an illustration by Picasso accompanying an article about him. Masses & Mainstream had a distinguished lineage, being the successor to a number of left-wing magazines that included The Masses, The Liberator, and New Masses. It ceased publication in 1963. Bound copies of the first year's 10 issues are uncommon in the antiquarian book trade. CONDITION:… Read More