(1877 RAILWAY STRIKE) DACUS, J.A. Annals of the Great Strikes in the United States. A Reliable History and Graphic Description of the Causes and Thrilling Events of the Labor Strikes and Riots of 1877. Chicago: L.T. Palmer 1877. Cloth. First Edition. 8°; publisher’s pictorial cloth boards; (vii), 8-480pp; 11 plates. Mild rubbing to cloth; scattered foxing; early ownership signature. A solidly VG copy, better than usually seen of this rather cheaply-produced book. HOWES D5. The first and still the standard account of the great Railway Strike of 1877, generally considered the first full-scale national strike in the United States. Howes also lists a St. Louis issue with identical collation; there is no apparent priority between the two. 8vo. Very Good
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