Argentine Diary: The Inside Story of the Coming of Fascism
New York: Random House, 1944. E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket), George Salter. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xlvi, 358. Foreword by Allan Chase, index. Bound in buff colored cloth, titles and decorations stamped in gilt and blue on the cover and spine, head edge dyed light blue, Salter endpaper maps, title page printed in black and blue. Spine head lightly rubbed, corners bumped, head edge dye faded near the spine, a light erasure to the front endpaper map, bookseller tag on back endpaper "Black Swan Books Lexington KY." Jacket edges lightly rubbed, very short closed tears to the head edge, red ink bleached from the spine illustration. Very Good / Very Good. Item #6219
From the jacket blurb: "A day-by-day picture of the relentless strangling of democratic rights and the evil growth of fascism in the most progressive and prosperous country in Latin America." Joseph's journalism career started in Philadelphia, and following a short visit worked for the Buenos Aires Herald then was foreign correspondent there for Variety and the Chicago Sun. This account was completed back in the U.S. after fleeing imminent arrest. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $30.00