SCOTTSBORO BOY de Patterson, Haywood and Conrad, Earl - 1951

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 317 pages. Light brown dust jacket over orange cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Tears to edge of last few pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning and water staining to spine and edges. White staining to front panel. Wear marks overall.

New York: Bantam, 1951. First Bantam printing. Light creases to the spine. A little wear to the edges. Notes in pencil on the inside of the back cover.. Paperback. Good.

NY: Bantam Books, 1951. 307pp. Slight wear, faint dampstain to preliminary 6-7 pages. Photos on request.. #920, First Printing, July. Paperback. Very Good-. Mass Market.

London: Panther, 1966. Book. Fair. Mass Market Paperback. First Panther Edition. Fair, Edgewear, tears, creases, stain, spine lean, ink mark, browning. "The frank, brutal story of life in an Alabama prison". Panther #2015. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

Panther, UK, 1966. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 284 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Panther, UK, 1966. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is Haywood Patterson's own story of the infamous Scottsboro case and its aftermath Earl Conrad tells it in the simple, direct, and powerful words of Haywood Patterson himself - the recently escaped prisoner, the Scottsboro boy who is even now being hunted for a crime he did not commit. On March 25, 1931, nine Negro boys, unemployed and looking for work, were riding on a train that was passing through a Southern town. They got into a fight with some white hobos and knocked them off the train. To get even, the white s reported that the Negro kids had raped two white prostitutes whom they knew to be riding on that same freight train. That was the beginning.… Leer más

Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1950. First Thus Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 309 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine pictorial grayish green with beige lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Exterior has moderate plus wear including light soiling, several instances of chipping to head/tail edges and slight age toning. Boards have mild wear with slight age toning and minor edge wear. Text block has light wear to the edges including moderate age toning to the fore edge. Minor erasure to the front pastedown. Slight offsetting to the end papers. Illustrated. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K. ND-K. 1382013. FP New Rockville Stock.

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NY: Doubleday & Co, 1950. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 309. End papers stained from old staples, bookplate partially removed from rear e.p., o/w very good. This is the autobiography of Haywood Patterson who was one of the accused in the famous Scottsboro rape case of the 1931. "On March 25, 1931, nine Negro boys, unemployed and looking for work, were riding on a train that was passing through a Southern town. They got into a fight with some white hobos and knocked them off the train. To get even, the whites reported that the negro kids had raped two prostitutes whom they knew to be riding on the same freight train. Thus began the Scottsboro case." Patterson tells his story of Alabama prison farms and jails and his ultmate escape from a term of life in prison.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. A handsome copy of the first printing. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Near Fine condition in a Very Good+ dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Gaylord clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($3.00). NOT a library discard. Previous owner's tiny address label. Newspaper clipping ["Scottsboro Case Defendant Freed," Lansing State Journal, July 14, 1950) tipped to the front pastedown endpaper. The clipping is hidden beneath the jacket's front inner flap. First printing, with "First Edition" so stated, and no other impressions indicated. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Autobiographical account of Black American Haywood Patterson's arrest for rape, trial, harrowing impisonment at an Alabama prison farm and in Alabama jails, jungle law of survival, sex life of the prisoners, failed escape attempts, and thrilling details of his ultimately successful escape. Patterson was one of the nine black boys… Leer más

New York: Country Life Press, 1950. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray cloth with some wear and discoloration. In worn dust jacket. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The story of Haywood Patterson, one of the nine black boys falsely accused of raping two white prostitutes and sentenced to life imprisonment in Alabama. This early case was one of the early cries for the Civil Rights Movement.