[RADICAL RIGHT & FASCISM] LONG, Huey P.

Every Man A King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long

New Orleans: National Book Co., Inc., 1933. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20.5cm). Yellow cloth boards, lettered in black and red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 343pp; frontispiece and 15 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). A straight, Near Fine copy, marred only by some oxidation transfer to the spine and joints, a result of the gold foil used on the dustwrapper. In the original gold foil dustwrapper, with printed text on verso; unclipped (priced $2.00 on front flap), an exceptionally well-preserved example, minutely rubbed at extremities with two small punctures to spine panel, one neatly mended with tissue; otherwise the notoriously fragile jacket remains crisp, bright, and free of the rubbing that is endemic to this book. Housed in a custom morocco-backed cloth clamshell cse.

Autobiography of Huey Long, aka "The Kingfish," written shortly after assuming his seat as U.S. Senator from Louisiana and in advance of his ill-fated 1936 Presidential campaign. Illustrated throughout with scenes from the Louisiana senator's colorful career, chosen to highlight his accomplishments on behalf of the poor and working-class residents of his state, at whom his populist Presidential campaign was directly targeted. Long would be assassinated in 1935, just as his campaign had begun to gain him national recognition.

Price: $850.00

Go Back