Smash the Political Machine by ROWNTREE, Harold and Beatrice McCree - 1932

New York: Brentano's, Inc, 1932. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); red cloth, with titling and hammer silhouette stamped in black on spine and front cover; dark red topstain; dustjacket; xx, 236pp. Previous owner's name and $2.00 ink price to front pastedown, mild sunning to upper board edges, else clean throughout and Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), gently sunned at spine and extremities, with some light overall wear, shallow nicks to spine ends, and a small chip to upper edge of front panel; Very Good+. Depression-era appeal to the independent voter, co-authored by Rowntree, a political student and writer, and McCree, a journalist. "This timely book reveals to the average citizen how he has been exploited by the professional politician and how he can utilize the power he still holds and enjoy the political freedom which is his birthright" (from front flap).