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The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr. – 1905 Doubleday, Page & Co. Edition - $85
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Historical Significance (Content Warning):
Subject Matter: The novel is a virulently racist work of historical fiction that presents a distorted, mythologized version of Reconstruction, glorifying the Ku Klux Klan as heroic saviors of the South and depicting African Americans in grotesque, stereotypical, and dangerous terms.
Cultural Impact: Its adaptation into The Birth of a Nation had a profound and damaging effect on American race relations, contributing to the revival of the KKK in the 1910s and 1920s and cementing racist tropes in popular culture.
Collector's Context: It is collected not for its literary merit or ideology, but as a primary source document of historical racism, propaganda, and the cultural forces that shaped Jim Crow America. It is a sobering artifact of the nation's past.
This Edition (1905 Doubleday):
Binding: Early 20th-century red cloth binding with gilt stamping.
Condition: In good antique condition given its age of nearly 120 years. The text block is intact. Sold as-is as a historical artifact.
This book is suited for:
Serious scholars and historians of American race relations, Reconstruction, or film history.
Collections focused on the history of propaganda, controversial literature, or the Jim Crow era.
Institutions and museums building research collections on this period.
It is not a book for casual readership or display without deep contextual understanding. Its value lies in its power as a document of a painful and influential chapter in American history.
A heavy, consequential, and challenging artifact for the specialized historical collection.