The White Slaves of Monopolies; Or John Fitz Patrick, the Miner, Soldier, and Workingman's Friend.
by Anonymous & Longacre (Illust)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart. Fair. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages; 1885 Lane S. Hart, Harrisburg. 1st edition. In original green cloth. Binding generally sound but with significant silverfish predation and crazing to the cloth covered boards. Titles at spine, which are usually found much dimmed, are here almost entirely effaced. A few signatures starting slightly but endpages and contents sound. Illustrated with several finely composed and executed woodcut plates signed Longacre. A treatment of the coal worker and laborer, soldier and common man pitted against the power of the baron and the government. Published without authorial attribution, this late 19th century work advocating for the rights of the working man is somewhat uncommon. Prior ownership in pencil at rear, front and rear endpages with period pencil renderings of a woman's face and torso. Externally shabby with with generally soild guts. Fair to Good only, thus .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47668
- Title
- The White Slaves of Monopolies; Or John Fitz Patrick, the Miner, Soldier, and Workingman's Friend.
- Author
- Anonymous & Longacre (Illust)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lane S. Hart
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1885
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century Subjects and Studies;
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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