Facts for the Laboring Man: By a Laboring Man
by [COMMERCE] [Hazard, Thomas Robinson]
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About This Item
Newport, R.I.: James Atkinson, 1840. 8vo, 102 pp, in original sewn wrappers. Very good, with a corner missing from rear wrapper and occasional light foxing. First publication in this form; originally a series of articles published in the Newport newspaper Herald of the Times, written in opposition to Van Buren's economic policies and in support of the Whig Party platform. Hazard (1797-1886) was a Rhode Island textile manufacturer and dedicated social reformer who favord protections for American domestic manufacturing as a solution to unemployment. He later published works on capital punishment and poverty issues. Sabin 31111 (noting that the work "contains many facts relative to the early history of manufactories in Rhode Island"); Bartlett p. 148.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17810
- Title
- Facts for the Laboring Man: By a Laboring Man
- Author
- [COMMERCE] [Hazard, Thomas Robinson]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Atkinson
- Place of Publication
- Newport, R.I.
- Date Published
- 1840
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Chehalis, Washington
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Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...