London, Jack

WAR OF THE CLASSES

NY: Macmillan, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Original maroon ribbed cloth; small octavo (5.25 x 7.5 inches); xix, 278 pp. + publisher's cataloge at rear. Top edge a bit dusty, corners lightly bumped, else near fine. Very good. Item #23525

Seven essays on the class war in the United States, published shortly after London's failed campaign as the candidate of the Socialist Party for mayor of Oakland. Essays include The Class Struggle; The Tramp; The Scab; The Question of the Maximum; A Review; Wanted: A New Law of Development; and How I Became a Socialist. Only 2530 copies printed in the first edition. BAL 11885, Sisson & Martens p. 22; Woodbridge 33.

Price: $300.00