Defense of Freedom
New York: The John Day Company, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine / Near Fine. Item #005199
Full black cloth. 315 pp. Light bumps to spine ends. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar to front pastedown, offsetting to rear endpapers and small ink annotation to head of rear pastedown. Else fine. Dust jacket is price clipped, 1" tear to head of rear joint, scuffed to fore edge of front cover, some light edge wear. In its first 81 years, La Prensa of Buenos Aires became the greatest Spanish-language newspaper in the world. Then a mob backed by Peron stopped its presses. Here is the stirring story of a great institution temporarily eclipsed, a lesson for the free world.
Price: $30.00
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