WILKINS, Mary E. [Freeman]; [Jay Hambidge and A.I. Keller, illus.]

The Portion of Labor

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. Reprint. Octavo (19.25cm.); original blue gilt-embossed cloth; [6],562pp.; frontispiece, 7 leaves of plates. Boards a hint shelf-worn, front hinge very slightly weak, else a Very Good, bright copy. Second printing as described in BAL 6366, with pp. [567-8] blank and signature mark D lacking.

Early labor novel set among female leather workers. Includes a description of a failed strike at the shoe factory where the heroine works. BLAKE, pp. 72, 75, & 225-6; COAN, p. 82; SMITH F-397. Not in HANNA.

Price: $25.00

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