The Masses ~Radical Magazine, Facsimiles of 1912,1917~ John Reed,Max Eastman IWW

Description: This magazine is owned and published co-operatively by its editors. It has no dividends to pay, and nobody is trying to make money out of it. A revolutionary and not a reform magazine; a magazine with a sense of humor and no respect for the respectable; frank; arrogant; impertinent; searching for the true causes, a magazine directed against rigidity and dogma where it is found, printing what is too naked or true for a money-making press; a magazine whose final policy is do to as it pleases and conciliate nobody, not even its readers. Here we offer two beautiful facsimiles of the American radical magazine, "The Masses". When Max Eastman took over editorship of "The Masses" in December of 1912, he created a remarkably original radical journal, which was not afraid to offend critics and comrades alike, to the extent that under his management the irreverent magazine never made a profit, and was confiscated by the postal authorities, and then finally terminated by the courts for espionage. Based in the Bohemian haven of NYC's Greenwich Village, the magazine offered a selection of journalism, humor, and reviews, poetry and literature, fine visual art and cartoonery by a wide variety of artists. For example, represented in these particular issues are John Reed, Patrick Kearney, Elizabeth Waddell, Dorothea Day, Adolph Dehn, Louis Untermeyer, Floyd Dell, Cornelia Barnes, Charles W Wood, Euphenia Wittredge, Arthur Young, Harrison Hires, Josephine Bell, Boardman Robinson, Lydia Gibson, Annette Wynne, Pierre Louys, Willard Wattles, Leslie Nelson Jennings, Irwin Granich, Howard Brubaker, H.J. Glintenkamp, K.R. Chamberlain, Jeannette Eaton, Florence K. Mixter, Frank Walts, Charles Winter, John Sloan, Eugene Wood, Nicholas Klein, Thomas Seltzer, Horatio Winslow, Allee Beach Winter, Rufus W Weeks, H J Turner, Maurice Becker, Inez Haynes Gillmore, Mary Heaton Vorse, and, of course, Max Eastman, himself. These advocates of free love, Marxism, pacifism, birth control, the IWW, artistic idealism, women's suffrage, secularism, and civil rights and racial equality were very charming people and wonderful writers, critiqued for aesthetically rejecting modernism for a more romantic expression. The magazine is a central focus of the remarkable 1981 epic film, "Reds". Offered here are two key issues of "The Masses": the August, 1917 issue, which was suppressed by postal authorities for its opposition to the World War and conscription; and the December, 1912 issue, which featured the debut of Max Eastman in the role of editor. The scarcity of this magazine is due to the highly-acidic pulp the issues were printed on. Few survived a year, let alone a century. If you can find a surviving copy, (no more than 5,000 of any one issue were ever produced), it will surely be falling apart. These remastered facsimiles are printed with archival inks on acid-free bond. The color covers are printed on acid-free heavyweight coated bond, and are of the highest quality, as the coating on the paper ensures the brightest colors by keeping the inks from absorbing into the threads of the pulp. These two issues measure approximately 11 x 8.25 inches; 18 and 50 pages, respectively. This remarkable pair of facsimiles will make a wonderful addition to your collection or a marvelous gift. Please click HERE to see other American radical collectibles we offer. Please click HERE to browse our entire shelf of facsimile editions! ** Have you seen all the amazing first and rare editions of iconic books we offer? We gladly combine shipping and refund the shipping overpayment, so please check out our other items! -- other auctions of classic antiquarian literature and special gifts!** Thank you for your interest! ***Priority shipping options are available at checkout!***

Price: 39.95 USD

Location: Bronx, New York

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