[Prospectus for] The Organization of Labor in accordance with custom and the law of the decalogue; with a summary of comparative observations upon good and evil in the regime of labor, the causes of evils existing at the present time, and the means required to effect reform; with objections and answers, difficulties and solutions [cover title]
by LE PLAY, F[rédéric]; Gouverneur Emerson, trans
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1873. First Edition. 12mo (19.5cm.); stitched self-wrappers; [iv]-xiiipp. Dust-soiling to extremities, faint vertical fold, else Very Good and sound. Prospectus for an American translation after the French of the secon revised and corrected edition, published at Tours in 1870. Text includes the translator's preface and 7 notices from the press. First American translation published in 1872. Not in OCLC as of August, 2015.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27255
- Title
- [Prospectus for] The Organization of Labor in accordance with custom and the law of the decalogue; with a summary of comparative observations upon good and evil in the regime of labor, the causes of evils existing at the present time, and the means required to effect reform; with objections and answers, difficulties and solutions [cover title]
- Author
- LE PLAY, F[rédéric]; Gouverneur Emerson, trans
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1873
- Bookseller catalogs
- Labor History; Social History; France;
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
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