![[Item #59220] Max Eastman's Address to the Jury in the Second Masses Trial. In Defense of the Socialist Position and the Right of Free Speech. Max EASTMAN.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/59220.jpg?auto=webp&v=1664322051)
Max Eastman's Address to the Jury in the Second Masses Trial. In Defense of the Socialist Position and the Right of Free Speech
New York: The Liberator Publishing Company, [1918]. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 44pp. Text printed in blue ink. Printed on highly acidic stock; front and rear wrappers are detached; the front wrapper with substantial chips along three margins, but lettering not affected. The text remains firmly bound; toning and brittleness is confined mostly to extremities, paper remains fairly supple though this is a decidedly fragile item. Complete, but just Good. Printed as Liberator Pamphlet No. 1.
Scarce pamphlet providing a transcript of Eastman's statement in his defense following the suppression of his socialist monthly, The Masses, for its anti-war stance at the outset of American involvement in World War One. Eastman was himself responsible for many of the most militant anti-war essays in The Masses, and as a result he stood trial twice for charges under the Sedition Act, but was acquitted each time. Following the war, The Masses was revived in a slightly different format, and renamed The Liberator, under which title Eastman continued publishing until 1922. Infrequently seen in commerce.
Price: $125.00
