Sep 26, 2019 - Sale 2517

Sale 2517 - Lot 191

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(RADICALISM.) L'Agitazione: Organo del Comitato de Difesa pro Sacco e Vanzetti. Unbound file of 37 issues, the first 20 issues about 16 x 11 inches and the others about 18 x 12 inches; printed on somewhat brittle newsprint with moderate wear but generally complete. Boston, 1 December 1920 to March 1925
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An Italian anarchist newspaper edited by Aldino Felicani (1891-1967), which attempted to raise funds for the defense of Sacco and Vanzetti. The title changed slightly in 1922 to "L'Agitazione: Bollettino Quindicinale del Comitato de Difesa pro Sacco e Vanzetti," and then for the last two issues to "L'Agitazione: Bollettino del Comitato Centrale de Difesa pro Sacco e Vanzetti." It was later continued through 1927 under the title "Protesta umana: bollettino del Comitato di difesa Sacco et Vanzetti," not present here. Felicani was later involved with The Lantern (see below). Scattered issues of l'Agitazione are held at the American Textile Museum Library; none others traced in OCLC or at auction. We believe this file to be complete, though as it was issued irregularly, it is difficult to be sure.