The Approaching Collapse of American Capitalism by [SOCIALISM] [PENNSYLVANIA] MERKEL, Fred M - 1932

Reading, PA: [s.n.], 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Home-grown, self-published tract supporting the Socialist Party ticket in 1932. The author, writing in one of the worst years of the Great Depression, foresees the demise of Capitalism within the decade and extolls the comparative virtues of Socialism. With much on Socialism in Pennsylvania, including a discussion of the all-Socialist Reading municipal government elected in 1927. Scarce; OCLC gives three locations, none in Pennsylvania. Octavo (19.5cm). Staple-bound pamphlet; buff gray wrappers, printed in black; 64pp; illus. Mild external dusting and soil; Very Good. Frontispiece portraits of Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer.