Equality; or, A History of Lithconia

[Reynolds, James] or [Lithgow, John]

Verlag: The Liberal Union, Philadelphia, 1837

Beschreibung

Philadelphia: The Liberal Union, 1837. xvii, [2], 20-118 pp. (missing page 119, [1]). Black leather spine with gilt titling and marbled endpapers; "Printed at the Office of the National Laborer". Heavy wear and chipping to spine; boards no longer extant. Front free endpaper and first blank page detached, but still extant with some chipping to corners. Some staining to bottom corner at gutter of first few pages. Some mild foxing throughout. Final page (119) no longer extant, with bottom quarter of following blank missing as well. Some discoloration (smoke?) to tail of final pages. Gatherings still held together quite securely, although with some cocking to the top half of the spine. Appears to be a good candidate for recasing or rebinding with a facsimile copy of the final page. Originally published in eight parts under the title "Equality-- A Political Romance" in the Philadelphia deist magazine "The Temple of Reason", this utopian fantasy is commonly accredited to be the first utopian novel written and published in the United States. According to the historian Richard J. Twomey, "Equality." marks a turning point in social critique in how it marks private property itself as the root of "social evil" rather than inherited privilege or property. (Faherty and White). This scarce edition of 1837 is preceded only by the 1802 serialization. . Hard Cover. Fair. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 626988

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Equality; or, A History of Lithconia

Verlag: The Liberal Union, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1837

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fair