The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Stephen Leacock - 2009-06-04

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1920. 139 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

The Bodley Head, 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1920. No Edition Noted. 139 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and fair rubbing to spine.

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MP3 Audio CD. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice I.--The Troubled Outlook of the Present Hour THESE are troubled times. As the echoes of the war die away the sound of a new conflict rises on our ears. All the world is filled with industrial unrest. Strike follows upon strike. A world that has known five years of fighting has lost its taste for the honest drudgery of work. Cincinnatus will not back to his plow, or, at the best, stands sullenly between his plow-handles arguing for a higher wage. The wheels of industry are threatening to stop. The laborer will not work because the pay is too low and the hours are too long. The producer cannot employ him because the wage is too high, and the hours are too short. If the high wage is paid and the short hours are granted, then the price of the thing made, so it seems, rises higher still. Even the high wages will not buy it. The process apparently moves in a circle with no cessation to it. The increased wages seem only to aggravate the increasing… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice I.--The Troubled Outlook of the Present Hour THESE are troubled times. As the echoes of the war die away the sound of a new conflict rises on our ears. All the world is filled with industrial unrest. Strike follows upon strike. A world that has known five years of fighting has lost its taste for the honest drudgery of work. Cincinnatus will not back to his plow, or, at the best, stands sullenly between his plow-handles arguing for a higher wage. The wheels of industry are threatening to stop. The laborer will not work because the pay is too low and the hours are too long. The producer cannot employ him because the wage is too high, and the hours are too short. If the high wage is paid and the short hours are granted, then the price of the thing made, so it seems, rises higher still. Even the high wages will not buy it. The process apparently moves in a circle with no cessation to it. The increased wages seem only to aggravate the increasing… Read More

The Bodley Head, 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1920. No Edition Remarks. 139 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London / John Lane Company, New York, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 140 pages (complete). Leacock is now best known for his humourous writings. Yet, he also published some political and academic works. Despite being a Conservative he was in favour of benefits for the socially disadvantaged. This is his treatise. The cover is mild-mannered with some wear about the edges and some light scuffing. The contents are very clean, healthy, sure. American cut. The paper is fresh and clear. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

John Lane Company 1920. (hardcover) 152pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. 12mo. Red cloth, lettering in black to spine, top cover stamped in black with lettering in red. Spine toned; spots of black splatter (ink?) at bottom corner of rear board; corners bumped, head and heel of spine bumped. Starting p.10. Internally clean..

Paperback / softback. New.