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American Communities: Brief Sketches of Economy, Zoar, Bethel, Aurora, Amana, Icaria, The Shakers, Oneida, Wallingford, and the Brotherhood of the New Life
by [UTOPIAN THOUGHT] HINDS, William Alfred
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About This Item
Oneida: Office of the American Socialist, 1878. First edition. Octavo (22.5cm). Publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; 176pp; frontis, [2] inserted leaves of plates (wood engravings). Verso of final text leaf contains advertisements for two other Oneida publications. Mild external rubbing, touch of wear at base of spine, still a tight, straight, Very Good to Near Fine copy, nicely preserved. A standard sourcebook on American utopias, including notes on many communities which do not receive much mention elsewhere. There was a simultaneous issue in wrappers; expanded editions were issued in 1902 and 1908. The first edition is somewhat uncommon, especially in nice condition. HOWES H503.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25943
- Title
- American Communities: Brief Sketches of Economy, Zoar, Bethel, Aurora, Amana, Icaria, The Shakers, Oneida, Wallingford, and the Brotherhood of the New Life
- Author
- [UTOPIAN THOUGHT] HINDS, William Alfred
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Office of the American Socialist
- Place of Publication
- Oneida
- Date Published
- 1878
- Bookseller catalogs
- Utopian Thought; Christian Socialism; Communism; Utopian Literature;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Verso
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- Octavo
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- Rubbing
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