American editor and publisher (1929–2006) who rose to prominence in 1962 with the publication of the “literate” erotic journal Eros, for which he was arrested on a charge of promoting obscenity. He appealed his conviction all the way to the Supreme Court, which upheld the conviction in one of the last such cases to go before the court. For his “crime,” he spent eight months in prison in the early 1970s. Glossy 8 x 4.5 photo, Ginzburg’s mugshot from his arrest on March 9, 1972, signed in fountain pen, “From another one battered but unbroken with all good wishes, Ralph Ginzburg.” A few faint bends and mild rubs to surface, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
