James, C. L. R. Mariners Renegades and Castaways. The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In. 12mo, perfect-bound wrappers as issued; small chip at bottom right corner of front cover and leaf, some creases and rubbing overall. New York: C.

James, C. L. R. Mariners Renegades and Castaways. The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In. 12mo, perfect-bound wrappers as issued; small chip at bottom right corner of front cover and leaf, some creases and rubbing overall. New York: C. L. R. james, 1953 E500-750 True First Edition, Self-Published, Signed By James and Additionally By Writer Alfred Kazin. Presumably a gift to Kazin, the book has a few pencillings, probably his. fames's work on Melville marks an important point in his own spiritual development and expresses his thoughts on America and Democracy in America. Jamess, a victim of the red-baiting of the Mccarthy era was now both 'red,' and "Black,' a fatal color combination for the early 1950s.