SHAW, Albert

Icaria: A Chapter in the History of Communism

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884. First edition. Small octavo. Publisher's gilt-lettered cloth; floral endpapers; 219pp. A very nicely preserved copy, with gilt bright and the text sound and square in the original binding.

The first thorough history of Icaria in English, written while Shaw was still an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. Shaw went on to a long and highly influential career as a progressive journalist, editor, and critic; he edited the Review of Reviews from 1891 until it ceased publication in 1937. HOWES S-336. DARE (American Communes to 1860 ) 1284.

Price: $100.00

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