Nimes: Bureaux de "L'Emancipation" 1896. First Edition. Octavo (25cm). Printed paper wrappers; 136pp. Mild wear, with age-darkening to text; pages unopened; Very Good. Study of the social projects of Robert Owen, including his utopian communities in the U.S. and his industrial experiments at New Lanark. Fabre (1839-1922) was a prominent..... More
London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1819. First Edition. Scarce, early and quite thorough account of Owen's social experiments at New Lanark, with special attention to the childrens' and workers' schools, by a keenly sympathetic observer. Macnab (1760-1823) was a medical doctor and coal operator, author of numerous tracts on the..... More
Philadelphia: Knights of Labor, n.d. but before 1893. Scarce recruiting circular for the Knights of Labor, undated but presumably issued before Powderley lost the Master Workman election of 1893. Opening text differs from the earlier, 1885, circular, here describing the Knights as "not a political party, it is more, for..... More
