A voyage from Utopia / by John Francis Bray ; edited with an introduction by M. F. Lloyd-Prichard
1957, 1st Edition in this form. London: Lawrence and Wishart. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical description: 192 p. : illus. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Social history -- Satire -- United States -- Labor and the laboring classes -- Politics -- American labour movement -- 19th century. Added title page with original title: A voyage from Utopia to several unknown regions of the world / by Yarbfj (i.e. John Francis Bray) translated from the American. Reprint edition of the 1842 text with introduction and preface. John Francis Bray (1809-1897) was a radical, Chartist, writer on socialist economics and activist in both Britain and his native America in the 19th century. He was hailed in later life as the 'Benjamin Franklin' of American labor. Item #196232
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