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Lot #797
Orson Welles: Sleepy Lagoon Case Pamphlet

Estimate: $200+

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Political awareness pamphlet entitled "The Sleepy Lagoon Case," with a foreword by Orson Welles, protesting the wrongful conviction of 17 Mexican-American youths in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial, published just a few days before the Zoot Suit Riots. First printing, limited to 10,000 copies. Los Angeles: Citizens' Committee for the Defense of Mexican-American Youth. Paperback, 5 x 6.75, 24 pages. In good to very good condition, with staining and soiling to the wrappers.

From the collection of Gerda Robison, who worked as a story researcher and stenographer for Disney in the 1940s and 50s. She authored the book Dark Lady, and later served as Cecil Beaton's assistant on My Fair Lady.

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