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  • 1915 THE TRIAL OF LEO FRANK Reuben Arnold's Address 1st Ed ANTI-SEMITISM, RACISM, VIOLENT CRIME, LYNCHING by Reuben R. Arnold, Alvin V. Seller 1915 THE TRIAL OF LEO FRANK Reuben Arnold's Address 1st Ed ANTI-SEMITISM, RACISM, VIOLENT CRIME, LYNCHING
    Reuben R. Arnold, Alvin V. Seller

    THE TRIAL OF LEO FRANK : Reuben R. Arnold's Address To The Court In His Behalf. Introduction by Alvin V. Sellers.

    BAXLEY, GEORGIA: Classic Publishing Co., 1915. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the date 1915 on the title and copyright pages, and "The Trow Press, New York" on the copyright page.

    Printed wrappers, 5.25x8 inches, frontispiece, 69 pages plus two pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

    GOOD condition, the spine folds are tender and pulling from the textblock but holding, internally the pages are just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A nice, complete, presentable copy.

    LEO FRANK, a Jew, was tried and convicted for the 1913 murder of 13 year old Mary Phagan who worked…

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    THE TRIAL OF LEO FRANK : Reuben R. Arnold's Address To The Court In His Behalf. Introduction by Alvin V. Sellers.

    BAXLEY, GEORGIA: Classic Publishing Co., 1915. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the date 1915 on the title and copyright pages, and "The Trow Press, New York" on the copyright page.

    Printed wrappers, 5.25x8 inches, frontispiece, 69 pages plus two pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

    GOOD condition, the spine folds are tender and pulling from the textblock but holding, internally the pages are just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A nice, complete, presentable copy.

    LEO FRANK, a Jew, was tried and convicted for the 1913 murder of 13 year old Mary Phagan who worked at the factory where Frank was a superintendent. Frank was convicted based substantially on the testimony of Jim Conley, an African-American who worked as a janitor at the factory. Frank appealed his conviction and his last appeal was denied in April 2015. He was sentenced to life in prison. A few months later Leo Frank was pulled from his cell by an armed mob and lynched.

    From Wikipedia: "Leo Frank and his lawyers made a series of unsuccessful appeals; their final appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States failed in April 1915. Considering arguments from both sides as well as evidence not available at trial, Governor John M. Slaton commuted Frank's sentence from capital punishment to life imprisonment. The case attracted national press attention and many reporters deemed the conviction a travesty. Within Georgia, this outside criticism fueled antisemitism and hatred toward Frank. On August 16, 1915, he was kidnapped from prison by a group of armed men, and lynched at Marietta, Mary Phagan's hometown, the next morning."

    Anti-semitism and racism infested the trial of Leo Frank and continues to infest it today. Many historians believe Leo Frank was innocent and that Jim Conley was the real murderer, while others believe that trying to blame Conley is ongoing racism.

    "Leo Frank's case spurred the creation of the Anti-Defamation League and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan." - Wikipedia

    You can read all about Leo Frank, Mary Phagan, Jim Conley, and the trial on Wikipedia and numerous Internet sites.

    This book, published in the year of Leo Frank's lynching, is quite rare. From the "Leo Frank Case Archive" site:

    ******The Trial of Leo Frank, Reuben R. Arnold's Address to the Court on his Behalf. Introduction by Alvin V. Sellers. Classic Publishing Co., Baxley GA. Copyright, 1915 by Alvin V. Sellers and The Trow Press, New York. Booklet format, 69 pages and published in 1915. Original booklets are extremely rare and difficult to find.******

    About Leo Frank (from Wikipedia):

    ******Leo Max Frank, b.1884 - d.1915, was an American factory superintendent and lynching victim. He was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. Frank's trial, conviction, and unsuccessful appeals attracted national attention. His kidnapping from prison and lynching became the focus of social, regional, political, and racial concerns, particularly regarding antisemitism. Modern researchers generally agree that Frank was wrongly convicted.

    The African American press condemned the lynching, but many African Americans also opposed Frank and his supporters over what historian Nancy MacLean described as a "virulently racist" characterization of Jim Conley, who was Black.******

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  • The PROTOCOLS OF ZION Holy Grail of Anti Semitism 1920 FIRST US EDITION by Serge Nilus; [Boris Brasol] translator The PROTOCOLS OF ZION Holy Grail of Anti Semitism 1920 FIRST US EDITION
    Serge Nilus; [Boris Brasol] translator

    THE PROTOCOLS AND WORLD REVOLUTION Including a Translation and Analysis of the "Protocols of the Meetings of the Zionist Men of Wisdom"

    By Serge Nilus; [Boris Brasol] translator. Published by Small, Maynard & Company, Boston, 1920. First American edition. Hardcover, blue/black cloth covers with paper title label pasted on front cover within blind stamped frame, dark grey top stain, 9.5" x 6", 149 pages, no dustjacket as issued. GOOD PLUS CONDITION: The covers have some fraying at the spine-ends, lightly worn corner tips, some shelf rubbing, a tiny droplet stain, light bump to rear cover upper corner-tip, and age toning/wear to the paper label, but are solid and well bound; internally, the endpapers are lightly toned and the text pages…

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    THE PROTOCOLS AND WORLD REVOLUTION Including a Translation and Analysis of the "Protocols of the Meetings of the Zionist Men of Wisdom"

    By Serge Nilus; [Boris Brasol] translator. Published by Small, Maynard & Company, Boston, 1920. First American edition. Hardcover, blue/black cloth covers with paper title label pasted on front cover within blind stamped frame, dark grey top stain, 9.5" x 6", 149 pages, no dustjacket as issued. GOOD PLUS CONDITION: The covers have some fraying at the spine-ends, lightly worn corner tips, some shelf rubbing, a tiny droplet stain, light bump to rear cover upper corner-tip, and age toning/wear to the paper label, but are solid and well bound; internally, the endpapers are lightly toned and the text pages have a bit of toning to the margins, a few corner creases and signs of light use and wear, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

    Known as the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, this notorious text "reveals" the secret plans of Jewish leaders to secure world domination. Protocols is, in fact, a fabrication created at the end of the 19th century in Czarist Russia by secret police to suppress labor and leftist movements. Extensively discredited as a hateful anti semitic conspiracy theory, the Protocols continue to proliferate hatred and racism at the highest levels of government into the 21st century.

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