The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti

Howard Fast. First edition, first printing (stated). New York: Blue Heron Press, 1953. Both unclipped dust jacket with original price $3.00 intact and hardcover are in Very Good+ condition. Jacket has some chipping on edges and a small quarter inch tear on spine in addition to foxing on both front/back covers. No writing or markings in the book, 254 pp. A rare collectible. 

Two working-class Italian-American immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were sentenced to death in 1927 for armed robbery and murder. In 1927, the men were sentenced to death for armed robbery and murder. Many considered this a failure of American justice. Their trial brought world wide attention and during their funeral, the streets of Boston were filled with more than 200,000 people.