The Labor Movement. The Problem of Today. Comprising a History of Capital and Labor, and Its Present Status
by MacNeill, George E. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: M.W. Hazen Co., 1888. George McNeill (1837-1906) was one of the most prominent labor theorists and activists of the later part of the 19th Century; he fought for the 8-hour day and co-founded the AFL. Here he has 15 "Associate Editors" including Henry George. A scarce title; other than LoC, most institutions hold the work electronically. This is a Very Good (minus) copy of a Later Printing of the First Edition (per LoC, the first edition was a year earlier). A large, heavy octavo (shipped at cost) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002326
- Title
- The Labor Movement. The Problem of Today. Comprising a History of Capital and Labor, and Its Present Status
- Author
- MacNeill, George E. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing.
- Publisher
- M.W. Hazen Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Bookseller catalogs
- Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Reformers;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- LOC
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...