Twentieth Century Library No. 53 - July 1894 (The Anarchists: A Picture of Civilization at the Close of the Nineteenth Century)

Mackay, John Henry

Verlag: The Humboldt Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1894

Beschreibung

Offered is Issue No. 53 of "Twentieth Century Library: Published Monthly" (July 1894) published by The Humboldt Publishing Co. out of New York City (this is the same company that published "Twentieth Century: A Weekly Radical Magazine"). A small magazine measuring 5-1/8" by 7-1/4" and containing 330 pages including front and rear covers. PLEASE NOTE: Humboldt Publishing obtained copies of the first printing (1891) from Benjamin R. Tucker of "The Anarchists: A Picture of Civilization at the Close of the Nineteenth Century" by John Henry Mackay - to which this issue is entirely devoted - removed the outer covers (leaving the title and copyright page, photo frontispiece of the author, and all text intact) - and added their own covers, front and rear, along with advertisements. A semi-fictional account of John Henry Mackay's year in London from the spring of 1887 to that of the following year, chapter headings include: In the Heart of the World-Metropolis; The Unemployed; The Champions of Liberty; The Empire of Hunger; The Tragedy of Chicago; The Propaganda of Communism; Trafalgar Square; Anarchy. With a biography of the author to the rear pages. Condition: infrequent pen and pencil marks, mostly to blank margins, by former owner; front and rear covers chipped and tape-reinforced by former owner to prevent further chipping. Tightly bound. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 015005

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Twentieth Century Library No. 53 - July 1894...

Verlag: The Humboldt Publishing Co., New York, NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 1894

Einband: Magazine

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition