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Revolution and Other Essays
1910BOOKS004983ix309iv ads pages. Small octavo 7 3/4" x 5 1/2". bound in original publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover with the preferred "THE MACMILLAN COMPANY" on spine. 2130 copies printed. BAL 11916 Sisson & Martens 46 First edition. <br /><br />A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908 published in 1910. The lead essay "Revolution" outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active participant in the "socialist revolution" the last essay is an autobiographical piece and the essays in between are on diverse subjects. A few of the "essays" are actually humorous short fiction stories; others are serious sometimes angry rants against capitalistic greed and political corruption. All of the pieces are thought-provoking and excellently written though only loosely intellectual highly opinionated and rife with contradiction as was London himself.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners gently bumped spine ends and corners moderately rubbed previous owner's name on front end paper. Very good to fine dust jacket. MacMillan and Company hardcover books
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