Report of the Industrial Commission on the Condition of Foreign Legislation Upon Matters Affecting General Labor. Volume XVI (16) of the Commission's Reports.
by Albert Clarke (Chairman); Frederic Jesup Stimson (Preface)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good (or better)
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Very good (or better). 3/4 leather volume, wear to edges and outer hinges of spine, light to moderate, bright gilt stamping to spine with raised bands, marbled paper covers with matching marbling to text block edges and end sheets. Well bound with both covers firmly attached. Former owner penciled initials on title page, else unmarked with very clean pages. 241 pages. Attractive copy, scans of book made.
This is an interesting and insightful volume on mainly European (plus Austalia and New Zealand) labor unions and working conditions, strikes, boycotts, contemporary situations, contemporary rules and laws discussed (circa 1900) with historical background.
This is an interesting and insightful volume on mainly European (plus Austalia and New Zealand) labor unions and working conditions, strikes, boycotts, contemporary situations, contemporary rules and laws discussed (circa 1900) with historical background.
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- Bookseller
- North Country Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006389
- Title
- Report of the Industrial Commission on the Condition of Foreign Legislation Upon Matters Affecting General Labor. Volume XVI (16) of the Commission's Reports.
- Author
- Albert Clarke (Chairman); Frederic Jesup Stimson (Preface)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good (or better)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- Labor;
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North Country Books
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Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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