first edition Hardcover
1904 · Chicago
by Lafargue, Paul
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1904. First edition in English. Hardcover. Good +. 56pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth over boards, with black ink stamping and a pictorial label on the front board. There are several small stains on the boards, and the front board is subtly dampstained. The front pastedown has a small label, along with an ownership inscription. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. Bleiler Checklist. Translated by Charles H. Kerr. Illustrated by Dorothy D. Deene. A satire with Marxist themes. (Inventory #: 55431)