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1929ref. 1161981929. First Edition. Signed. GOLD Mike. 120 Million. New York: International 1929. Octavo original black cloth. $1650.First edition of the first book by controversial radical Mike Gold published at the cusp of the Great Depression an outstanding presentation/association copy inscribed by him to influential New York publisher and editor Albert ""Pete"" Gross inscribed by Gold along an entire page ""To Pete GrossÑLion Tamer Father Author's Friend New Yorker Book Maker Philosopher Gin Drinker and Puritan from a fellow bum Mike Gold"" featuring 20 early passionate writings by Gold on Black Americans the I.W.W. immigrants miners strikers and more.Born Itzok Isaac Granich Jewish American Mike Gold was a ""radical's radical. born to poverty reared in poverty and educated by poverty"" Folsom Education of Mike Gold 224. A founding co-editor of New Masses in 1926 before becoming its sole editor Gold made a major impact that was early and unusually noted by Time magazine which declared: ""40 times he has been chased by cops for taking part in street demonstrations; 20 strikes have had his help."" Confrontational and controversial Gold was at the forefront of an emerging literary tradition that launched works by Richard Wright Tillie Olsen Henry Roth John Fante H.T. Tsiang Claude McKay and many more. His own writings were pivotal in arguing for art as a ""class weapon"" Rideout Radical Novel 165Ñworks that helped launch a movement ""nurtured by the cultural politics of the left"" the impact of racism poverty and the rise of fascism and fiction that was also often propelled by the ""heroes plots and language of pulp fiction."" To Lionel Trilling ""the importance of the radical movementÉ cannot be overestimated. It may be said to have created the American intellectual class as we now know it"" Denning Cultural Front 240 3. The 20 works in 120 Million his first book includes Gold's writings on Black Americans immigrants the I.W.W. and strikers and miners along with short fiction dramatic prose and select poems. First edition first printing: with ""Copyright 1929 by International Publishers Co. Inc/""; no statement of edition or printings. Without very elusive dust jacket. Hanna 1443. The recipient Albert ""Pete"" Gross was a highly influential publisher and editor who co-founded International Publishers in 1924 before becoming am editor at Boni & Liverright in 1924. Text very fresh faint edge-wear to spine ends of original cloth. An impressive about-fine inscribed copy. hardcover