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Inter-State Convention of 1908 Joint Conference of Coal Miners and Operators of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana held at Toledo, Ohio April 14-17, 1908
by Green, Ella Shera, stenographer; edited by F. S. Brooks, F. S
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
No Place: No Publisher, 1908. Transcript of the proceedings of this conference, including discussions on mining regulations, union contracts, rates, wages, hours, types of work done, general business minutiae. Includes lists of representatives present. Not gripping reading, but interesting historically as primary source material on mining conditions and worker relations. Hardcover, half brown leather over red cloth boards, gilt titling. Spine & corners heavily rubbed, old ink price on flyleaf, minor stains to endsheets, gutter splits at front flyleaf, rear at page 270/271; still sound. Front endsheet wrinkled from poor binding execution, lightly wrinkling adjacent sheets. Text clean; 275 pages. . First Edition. Half Calf. Good/No Jacket. 5¼" by 7½".
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0302
- Title
- Inter-State Convention of 1908 Joint Conference of Coal Miners and Operators of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana held at Toledo, Ohio April 14-17, 1908
- Author
- Green, Ella Shera, stenographer; edited by F. S. Brooks, F. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- No Publisher
- Place of Publication
- No Place
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Labor, Coal, Mining, Labor Relations, Negotiations, Unions, Union Scale, Mining, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania
- Bookseller catalogs
- Metals, Metallurgy & Mining;
- Size
- 5¼" by 7½"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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