Hill, Joe — A Joe Hill Letter

Los Angeles, California, Bonibel Press, by members of English 505 at the University of Southern California, 1972. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce item in the trade, no copies being available on-line currently. Sterling condition softcover copy of an unusual item, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Single sheet in folio, folded twice. Joel Haaglund, Swedish immigrant, became Joe Hill, song-writing Wobbly who was charged with murder in Salt Lake City, says the note on the letter. "Joe Hill" kept on writing articles, poems, letters and songs. The text was obtained by members of an English class at the U.S.C. and set from a typescript copy in the University of Illinois library. The letter is from Feb. 16, 1915 and is seemingly to "Katie," apparently a singer and fellow Wobbly.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine