EARLY SOCIALISM IN AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND BRITAIN
The chicago riots and the class war in the united states. (A Reprint from "Time.").
London.
Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1886.
First offprint edition.
[2], 16pp
[Bound with:] [Caption title:] To-day. No. 26.----february, 1886. [33]-64pp.
[And:] "The Times" and Mr. Parnell: the press and the patriot. A lecture, Being a Criticism of the pRess and a Defence of the Patriot, Delivered in the Unitarian Christian Church, Aberdeen, 7th May, 1887. First edition. Aberdeen. George Middleton, [1887]. 12pp. Ink-stamp of the Aberdeen Branch of the Socialist League to head of title.
[And:] Fabian Tract, No. 5. Facts for socialists from the Political Economists and Statisticians. London. The Fabian Society, 1892. Fifth edition. 15pp, [1].
[And:] Fabian Tracts, No. 7. Capital and Land. London. The Fabian Society, 1891. Third edition. 15pp, [1].
[And:] SHAW, G. Bernard. Fabian Tract, No. 41. The fabian society: What it has Done; & How it has Done it. London. The Fabian Society, 1892. First edition. 30pp.
[And:] HEADLAM, Rev. Stewart D. Fabian Tract No. 42. Christian socialism. London. The Fabian Society, 1892. First edition. 15pp, [1].
[And:] BURNS, John. Trafalgar Square. Speech for defence, by john burns when tried at the old bailey, January, 18th, 1888. [London]. Justice Printery, 1888]. 16pp.
[And:] ONE OF THEMSELVES [i.e. RAYMENT, A. W.]. The rights of labour and how to obtain them. To the Working Men of South Australia. Adelaide. W. K. Thomas & Co., 1886. 13pp, [1]. Printed in double columns.
[And:] KEDDELL, F. The nationalisation of our railway system, its justice and advantages. London. The Modern Press, [s.d., 1886?] 16pp.
[And:] BENNETT, Samuel [editor]. Radical essays - No. 1. The new faith, and other essays in radicalism. Reprinted from the radical. London. William Reeves, 1884. First offprint edition? 70pp.
[And:] THRELFALL, T. R. How the classes rules the masses; or, Why the Few are Rich and the Many are Poor. Manchester. John Heywood, 1887. First edition. 29pp, [1].
[And:] SYME, David. Landlordism: in its moral, social, and economic relations. London. Trübner and Co., 1871. First offprint edition. 32pp.
[And:] MILL, John Stuart. Programme of the land tenure reform association. London. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1871. First edition. 16pp.
[And:] INGERSOLL, Colonel [Robert]. Farm life in america as it was - as it is - as it should be. Bristol. W. H. Morrish, [s.d.] 14pp.
[And:] [Caption title:] [MASSEY, Gerald]. Luniolatry, ancient and modern. [London]. [s.n.], [1887]. 27pp, [1].
[And:] [MASSEY, Gerald]. The hebrew and other creations fundamentally explained. [London]. [s.n.], [1887]. 36pp.
[And:] WATTS, Charles et al. Secularism: Is It Founded on Reason, and Is It Sufficient to Meet the Needs of Mankind? Debate between the editor of the evening mail (Halifax, N.S.) and charles watts, editor of secular thought... Toronto. "Secular Thought" Office, [1890]. x, [3]-50pp.
8vo. Contemporary burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Worn, heavily marked and stained, lower joint split, spine sunned. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting.
[Bound with:] [Caption title:] To-day. No. 26.----february, 1886. [33]-64pp.
[And:] "The Times" and Mr. Parnell: the press and the patriot. A lecture, Being a Criticism of the pRess and a Defence of the Patriot, Delivered in the Unitarian Christian Church, Aberdeen, 7th May, 1887. First edition. Aberdeen. George Middleton, [1887]. 12pp. Ink-stamp of the Aberdeen Branch of the Socialist League to head of title.
[And:] Fabian Tract, No. 5. Facts for socialists from the Political Economists and Statisticians. London. The Fabian Society, 1892. Fifth edition. 15pp, [1].
[And:] Fabian Tracts, No. 7. Capital and Land. London. The Fabian Society, 1891. Third edition. 15pp, [1].
[And:] SHAW, G. Bernard. Fabian Tract, No. 41. The fabian society: What it has Done; & How it has Done it. London. The Fabian Society, 1892. First edition. 30pp.
[And:] HEADLAM, Rev. Stewart D. Fabian Tract No. 42. Christian socialism. London. The Fabian Society, 1892. First edition. 15pp, [1].
[And:] BURNS, John. Trafalgar Square. Speech for defence, by john burns when tried at the old bailey, January, 18th, 1888. [London]. Justice Printery, 1888]. 16pp.
[And:] ONE OF THEMSELVES [i.e. RAYMENT, A. W.]. The rights of labour and how to obtain them. To the Working Men of South Australia. Adelaide. W. K. Thomas & Co., 1886. 13pp, [1]. Printed in double columns.
[And:] KEDDELL, F. The nationalisation of our railway system, its justice and advantages. London. The Modern Press, [s.d., 1886?] 16pp.
[And:] BENNETT, Samuel [editor]. Radical essays - No. 1. The new faith, and other essays in radicalism. Reprinted from the radical. London. William Reeves, 1884. First offprint edition? 70pp.
[And:] THRELFALL, T. R. How the classes rules the masses; or, Why the Few are Rich and the Many are Poor. Manchester. John Heywood, 1887. First edition. 29pp, [1].
[And:] SYME, David. Landlordism: in its moral, social, and economic relations. London. Trübner and Co., 1871. First offprint edition. 32pp.
[And:] MILL, John Stuart. Programme of the land tenure reform association. London. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1871. First edition. 16pp.
[And:] INGERSOLL, Colonel [Robert]. Farm life in america as it was - as it is - as it should be. Bristol. W. H. Morrish, [s.d.] 14pp.
[And:] [Caption title:] [MASSEY, Gerald]. Luniolatry, ancient and modern. [London]. [s.n.], [1887]. 27pp, [1].
[And:] [MASSEY, Gerald]. The hebrew and other creations fundamentally explained. [London]. [s.n.], [1887]. 36pp.
[And:] WATTS, Charles et al. Secularism: Is It Founded on Reason, and Is It Sufficient to Meet the Needs of Mankind? Debate between the editor of the evening mail (Halifax, N.S.) and charles watts, editor of secular thought... Toronto. "Secular Thought" Office, [1890]. x, [3]-50pp.
8vo. Contemporary burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Worn, heavily marked and stained, lower joint split, spine sunned. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting.
A sammelband of eighteen pamphlets predominantly concerning trade unionism and socialism in Britain, America, and Australia.
Highlights include:
- Four of the pamphlets emanate from the press of the nascent Fabian Society - the socialist association instituted in 1884 with the aim of establishing a democratic socialist state in Britain - a notable inclusion being polemicist and early society member, George Bernard Shaw's (1856-1950) roistering and typically voluble account of the achievements of the Fabian movement in its first decade.
- The first edition of economist and philosopher John Stuart Mill's (1806-1873) galvanising pamphlet explicating the goals of the Land Tenure Reform Association, a body established by Mill personally to oppose antiquated law ownership ownership practices relating to primogenitor and entail and promote cooperative agriculture.
- A rare survival of an Adelaide-printed polemic - addressed to the 'working men of South Australia' - advocating for the abolition of landlordship in favour of a state land tax in order to benefit smallholders within the agricultural community.
- The first offprint edition of socialist leader Henry Mayers Hyndman's (1842-1921) impassioned analysis of 1886 Haymarket Affair, a bloody confrontation between the authorities and anarchist labour protesters in Chicago which would come symbolise the struggle of the working class oppressed by the capitalist system.
Provenance: William Diack (1871?-1942), journalist associated with the Aberdeen Free Press and Evening Gazette, sometime secretary of the Aberdeen Socialist Society, and author of History of the Trades Council and the Trade Union Movement in Aberdeen (1939).
£ 2,000.00
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Highlights include:
- Four of the pamphlets emanate from the press of the nascent Fabian Society - the socialist association instituted in 1884 with the aim of establishing a democratic socialist state in Britain - a notable inclusion being polemicist and early society member, George Bernard Shaw's (1856-1950) roistering and typically voluble account of the achievements of the Fabian movement in its first decade.
- The first edition of economist and philosopher John Stuart Mill's (1806-1873) galvanising pamphlet explicating the goals of the Land Tenure Reform Association, a body established by Mill personally to oppose antiquated law ownership ownership practices relating to primogenitor and entail and promote cooperative agriculture.
- A rare survival of an Adelaide-printed polemic - addressed to the 'working men of South Australia' - advocating for the abolition of landlordship in favour of a state land tax in order to benefit smallholders within the agricultural community.
- The first offprint edition of socialist leader Henry Mayers Hyndman's (1842-1921) impassioned analysis of 1886 Haymarket Affair, a bloody confrontation between the authorities and anarchist labour protesters in Chicago which would come symbolise the struggle of the working class oppressed by the capitalist system.
Provenance: William Diack (1871?-1942), journalist associated with the Aberdeen Free Press and Evening Gazette, sometime secretary of the Aberdeen Socialist Society, and author of History of the Trades Council and the Trade Union Movement in Aberdeen (1939).
