Amazing find, SIGNED by Eugene Debs with historically important information. Admirers of Debs really must read about what we have here. It is NOT one of the 500 limited edition issues signed by Debs.

DEBS and the Poets, hard cover, edited by Ruth Le Prade. Published and probably compiled by Upton Sinclair (a very popular socialist from the time). Dated 1920, in support of Debs and other US political prisoners, while Debs was in prison for opposing World War I. This same year, while imprisoned, Debs ran for president and received almost a million votes.

This book is comprised of tributes to Debs from such notables as James Whitcomb Riley, HG Wells, Max Eastman, Eugene Field, Carl Sandburg, John Cowper Powys and many others. George Bernard Shaw offered: “Clearly the White House is the only safe place for an honest man like Debs.”

Debs signed this copy on the first blank page with a note. It is made out to 2 people and their names are hard to read, but seem to be Linn and Magdalena Gale. There is little information about Linn Gale online. But he, like Debs, was a socialist opposed to WW1 who fled to Mexico to avoid arrest. At some point he was arrested and, looking for leniency, he turned against socialism and even offered to spy on other socialists/communists.

This book would be of great value to an author writing a biography of Debs or someone engaged in research about World War 1 era American socialists or, simply, admirers of Debs.

This will ship with signature confirmation.

Book is as shown. Very good condition for the age. Minor page wear. Very light tanning to page edges. A bit more wear to cover edges and spine ends. Minor cover blemishes. Light discoloring and light folds to first few pages, bit extra blemishing to binding in the middle.