Who are Gordon Press / Revisionist Press?
Over the past 30 years the Gordon Press (and its Revisionist Press imprint) developed an aura of mystique. Their outlandish prices ($250 for the slimmer volumes), and the difficulty of actually getting books from them even if one did pay their prices, led some to believe that their esoteric and sometimes controversial list was not intended for purchase at all, but was merely a device to gather the names of political subversives on behalf of the CIA! Suffice to say there was no truth in this rumor, which remains as a tribute to what the mixture of a little knowledge and a lot of paranoia can do. “I wish it had been true about the CIA,” says editor Herb Roseman today. “We might have made some money!” In reality, the Gordon Press of Brooklyn, New York was a small family business hamstrung by the eccentric policies of its owner. When it finally closed in 2001, Run For Cover! was delighted to take over its remaining inventory, full as it is of interesting, provocative and indeed eccentric t
