Ridge, Lola

"The Everlasting Return" in New Republic (November 16, 1918)

New York, 1918. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Complete issue. Very Good.

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RIDGE, Lola

The Ghetto and Other Poems

New York, B. W. Huebsch, Inc. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Her scarce first book. Ridge was an Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet, and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications. She was active in radical causes and was among those arrested for protesting against the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. Her actions during the demonstration in front of the prison on the day Sacco and Vanzetti were executed were described by Katherine Anne Porter in her long essay, “The Never Ending Wrong.” Peter Quartermain described her in the DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY as “the nearest prototype in her time of the proletarian poet of class conflict, voicing social protest or revolutionary idealism.”. Pencil name on front endpaper and pencil markings by titles of many poems; inch chip at base of spine with some loss. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper if there ever was one .

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Book number: 021277

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RIDGE, Lola

Red Flag

New York, The Viking Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange and gold paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine with paper label. Includes poems saluting the Russian Revolution. Ridge was an Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet, and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications. She was active in radical causes and was among those arrested for protesting against the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. Her actions during the demonstration in front of the prison on the day Sacco and Vanzetti were executed were described by Katherine Anne Porter in her long essay, “The Never Ending Wrong.” Peter Quartermain described her in the DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY as “the nearest prototype in her time of the proletarian poet of class conflict, voicing social protest or revolutionary idealism.”. Partly unopened. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper .

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Book number: 021276

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RIDGE, Lola

Sun-Up and Other Poems

New York, B. W. Huebsch, Inc. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Green boards with paper spine label. Ridge was an Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet, and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications. She was active in radical causes and was among those arrested for protesting against the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. Her actions during the demonstration in front of the prison on the day Sacco and Vanzetti were executed were described by Katherine Anne Porter in her long essay, “The Never Ending Wrong.” Peter Quartermain described her in the DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY as “the nearest prototype in her time of the proletarian poet of class conflict, voicing social protest or revolutionary idealism.”. Pencil name dated 1920 on front endpaper; largely unopened. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper .

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Book number: 021275

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Radical Literature, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Irish Literature, Modern Poetry, Feminism Irish Literature Modern First Editions Radical Literature Modern Poetry