John Reed: The Making of a Revolutionary

Hicks, Granville (With the assistance of John Stuart). John Reed: The Making of a Revolutionary. New York: Macmillan, 1936. First edition. Quarto. VIII, [2], 445, [1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers over cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Decorative title page. Remarkable biography of John “Jack” Reed (1887-1920). During his brief life, Reed earned his celebrity by reporting on U.S. labor strikes, the Mexican revolution, World War I, and by being a founder of and international delegate for the Communist Labor Party. Early in Reed’s career, Walter Lippman cautioned New Republic readers that he “is many men at once, and those who have tried to . . . regard him as a writer, a correspondent, a poet, a revolutionist, or a lover, lose him.” Some rubbing, age toning, creasing and minor chipping along edges of wrappers. Offsetting on endpapers. Slight age toning along paper margin. Wraps in overall fair, binding and interior in good to good+ condition. g. Hardcover. (31095) $50