Chaplin, Ralph; Scott Nearing (introduction by)

Bars and Shadows: The Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin [Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's copy]

New York City: The Leonard Press, ©1922. First Edition. A collection of poetry written by artist and Wobbly Ralph Chaplin while serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring to hinder the draft and encourage desertion during WWI. This copy with the signature of famed labor organizer and fellow Wobbly Elizabeth Gurley Flynn to the ffep.

Small 8vo. Paper-covered boards, 48 p., photo frontis of Chaplin. Paper cracking along the spine with chipping to spine ends and corners; a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Item #12245

Price: $500.00