War - What For
by KIRKPATRICK, George R
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
West La Fayette, OH: By the Author, 1913. Ninth Edition. Seventieth Thousand." Octavo (20.5cm.); original maroon blind-ruled and gilt-lettered cloth; [2],354pp.; frontispiece, plates, and text illus. throughout; special contents on pp. 350-4 printed in red and black. Extremities a bit rubbed, minor foxing and dust-soiling, else Very Good and sound. The author's attempt to "focus labor's attention on the class war instead of the international struggle for markets" (EGBERT II, p. 281). The popularity of the book would lead to the author's being chosen as Allan Louis Benson's Vice Presidential nominee in the 1916 Socialist Party presidential campaign.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28436
- Title
- War - What For
- Author
- KIRKPATRICK, George R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth Edition
- Publisher
- By the Author
- Place of Publication
- West La Fayette, OH
- Date Published
- 1913
- Bookseller catalogs
- Socialism; Labor History; WW1;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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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...