TWO ISSUES.

FRY, A. Ruth ~ “Sanctions Junction, Change Here for Peace”.

FIRST AND SECOND UK PRINTINGS. Edgar G. Dunstan & Co./H. G. Crisp, London/Saxmundham & Aldeburgh, 1936/1939. Scarce.

2 vols., 8vos; stapled cream and yellow wraps, respectively, each lettered in black, the first on a heavier grain paper stock; THE BOOKS each very good to near-fine, with some spotting, more so to the first volume; the second volume has 'Printed in England' stamped in purple to the upper cover. The booklets are protected in a removable Brodart archival sleeve. FIRST AND SECOND UK PRINTINGS, respectively. Anna Ruth Fry was a British writer, pacifist and peace activist. Born into a Quaker family, she served as treasurer of the Boer Home Industries Commission , as general secretary of the Friends War Victims Relief Committee (organised by British Quakers to provide help for refugees and victims of WWI), as first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund, as secretary for the National Council for the Prevention of War, and as the treasurer of the London branch of the War Resisters' International. During WWI she toured war zones as a traveling commissioner, writing about the relief efforts in her book 'A Quaker Adventure' (1926). The present pamphlet is just one of many she created during this time to promote peace and pacifism. The title (meant to be humorous) refers to the Economic Sanctions vs. Military Sanctions under the League of Nations Charter. The first issue appeared in 1936 and the second appeared three years later, again self published, but this time stamped 'Printed in England', likely for customs purposes. It also includes the updated line: "But the World still not having caught the 'Peace Express'", evidently referring to Munich and the other diplomatic crises of 1936. Scarce, with just two copies in WorldCat.

BINDING: Softcover
CONDITION: Near Fine