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A collection of 29 issues of "Liberty News," a small press newspaper published in New York over the course of three years beginning in 1935 by R.G. Adams. A broken run, as follows: Vol. 1, Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Vol. 2, Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, , 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Vol. 3, Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Billed as "The Smallest Newspaper," issues are limited in content and size, and vary from 3" x 5" to 4" x 7", and range from just a few pages to the largest issue of nine pages. Also accompanied by two typescript poems, presumably by Adams, on a sheet of his Liberty News letterhead. The vast majority of the newspapers are stapled, with the exception of the first nine issues which are held together with brass brads. They are lightly age toned with some occasional minor chipping and wear. Overall, very good. Little is known about Adams or his newspaper, but it seems from the tone and topics covered, it is the venture of an entrepreneurial teenager. He writes in Vol. 3, No. 21 that he always wanted a printing press, and published the first edition of the paper on May 27, 1935 when a press was given to him by a friend. By December, a larger press was given to him, so the newspaper grew, and he began running letterheads and other small printed items for customers. By May 28, 1936, Adams notes in an anniversary issue that he has 56 subscribers in 10 different states, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The topics covered vary broadly from the 1936 election of President Roosevelt (the newspaper endorsed Landon and Knox) and union workers striking in New York to the sailing of the Queen Mary. One Christmas issue rather incongruously juxtaposes cheerful Christmas greetings with news of the upcoming execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the murder of the Lindbergh baby. A few issues have photographs and illustrations. Adams notes in Vol. 4, No. 30 that his chief motivation in starting the "Liberty News" was to "stop war." Since he has just one issue left before leaving for France for the summer, he dedicates his final issue (Vol. 4, No. 31) to this cause: "If everyone would try and be peaceful and sensible may be (sic) wars could be stopped. Certainly no good person wants wars. So let's all try and prevent them." Although incomplete, possibly the only surviving run of this interesting and idiosyncratic little newspaper. *OCLC* locates nothing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 391093
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