Verlag: Verlag des "Vorwärts", Milwaukee, 1899
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
First Thus. Wrapper issue. Octavo (21.75cm.); original red decorative wrappers; xxiv,188pp. Lacking rear wrapper, upper wrapper with long closed horizontal tear across lower third of wrapper not affecting text, additional chips and shallow losses along extremities, extremities toned; textblock uniformly toned, pp. 187/8 chipped along gutter edge. Fair to Good. This wrapper issue published as No. 1 of the Vorwaerts Library. German translation of Robert Blatchford's socialist treatise Merrie England (1893), first published in a series of articles in The Clarion. This edition has been adapted for a German-American readership.
Verlag: Verlag des "Vorwärts", Milwaukee, 1899
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
First Thus. Cloth issue. Octavo (22.25cm.); original red decorative cloth lettered in black; xxiv,188pp. Corners a bit bumped, a few tiny dampstains to upper cover, cloth very slightly darkened along extremities, else Very Good or better. Slightly later gift inscription to front pastedown in English and German, dated West Allis, Wis., March 2, 1911, urging recipients to "Read Careful." In the same hand the previous owner has written below Berger's name "I. soz. Kongressabgeordneter in den U.S.A., gewählt 8 nov. 1910." German translation of Robert Blatchford's socialist treatise Merrie England (1893), first published in a series of articles in The Clarion. This edition has been adapted for a German-American readership.