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The Portion of Labor
by WILKINS, Mary E. [Freeman]; [Jay Hambidge and A.I. Keller, illus.]
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. Reprint. Octavo (19.25cm.); original blue gilt-embossed cloth; [6],562pp.; frontispiece, 7 leaves of plates. Boards a hint shelf-worn, front hinge very slightly weak, else a Very Good, bright copy. Second printing as described in BAL 6366, with pp. [567-8] blank and signature mark D lacking. Early labor novel set among female leather workers. Includes a description of a failed strike at the shoe factory where the heroine works. BLAKE, pp. 72, 75, & 225-6; COAN, p. 82; SMITH F-397. Not in HANNA.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28916
- Title
- The Portion of Labor
- Author
- WILKINS, Mary E. [Freeman]; [Jay Hambidge and A.I. Keller, illus.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Women; Labor History; Social Fiction;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Reprint
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- Octavo
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