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War - What For?
by Kirkpatrick, George R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
West Lafayette, Ohio: George R. Kirkpatrick, 1910. The second book written by George Ross Kirkpatrick (1867-1937), an anti-militarist tract that led to him running for Vice-President on the Socialist Party ticket. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition, published by the author to"help instruct and rouse the working class." Although the book was reprinted many times, this initial printing was only 2500 copies. Red cloth binding, ruled, with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 349 pages, indexed. Many great illustrations and cartoons by John Sloan, and a colour plate by Ryan Walker of a bayonet stabbing a worker's hand. Bumped, with mild general wear, some rubbing to the head and foot of the spine. Spine has darkened. No dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003011
- Title
- War - What For?
- Author
- Kirkpatrick, George R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- George R. Kirkpatrick
- Place of Publication
- West Lafayette, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1910
- Bookseller catalogs
- Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Reformers;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
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