Very Rare 1894 The Story of the Commonweal (1894 1st edition) By Henry Vincent.
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| Management number | 17374792 | Release Date | 2025/11/29 | List Price | $135.00 | Model Number | 17374792 | ||
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Very Rare 1894 The Story of the Commonweal (1894 1st edition) By Henry Vincent. <br><br>Pub by W.B. Conkey, 1894, 1st Edition. Very scarce. NOT exLib. Good condition original softcover in faded, worn & wrinkled pictorial wraps. <br><br>Includes white club fabric sash in interior cover. Even more rare.<br><br>Spine area present but heavily worn. Internally binding is tender in a number of places but complete and essentially sound. Illustrated in b&w. Subject matter concerns the first significant protest march on Washington D.C., including "Coxey's Army," in 1894. Farmers & blue collar workers were protesting the widespread unemployment caused by what became known as the "Panic of 1892-1896," which proved to be the worst recession/depression in U.S. history up to that time. The object of the march was to pressure the government for passage of a jobs bill, to include the building of roads & other public works, along with the adoption of a paper currency economic model. 247pp
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