[RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] Anon

A Living without a Boss. Illustrated

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1911. First Edition. Demi octavo (18cm). Original olive-green cloth boards, lettered in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 231pp; 8 inserted leaves of plates by Arthur William Brown. Bit of dusting to upper edge of text block, else a tight, Near Fine copy in the scarce pictorial dustwrapper, lightly nicked at spine ends and with a small (<1/16") loss at heel, not affecting any text. A superlative copy.

Anonymously-written account of a newspaperman's escape from urban dependency and rebirth as a farmer and rural real-estate agent. Highly representative example of the progressive-era 'back-to-the-land' movement genre, celebrating Americans' independence, pluck, and courage in the face of economic adversity. Marketed as a straight memoir, but clearly incorporating fictional elements – we have tried, but been unable, to track down the original copyright entry to determine authorship. Not in Smith, (American Fiction 1901-1925 ). Highly uncommon in dustwrapper.

Price: $200.00

Go Back