Search Results: the bread winners a social study by hay john

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. First Edition. Fair. 16mo, 319 pages, olive green cloth, lacks the frontispiece, edgeworn This is the first and only novel by Lincoln's private secretary who later became U. S. Secretary of State. This novel is a reaction to the labor agitation of the 1870s and 1880s. This work reflects the viewpoint of the wealthy class in opposition to the laboring class. This was published anonymously - which provoked a heightened interest in it. Critic Virgil I. Parrington judged this novel as the "first girding of the loins of polite letters to put down the menace that looked out from the underworld of the proletariat." This book edition is slightly changed from its magazine appearance in Century Magazine. Others wrote novels immediately in reaction to this work, leaving this as "perhaps the best-known anti-labor novel in the American literary tradition." - Scott Dalrymple.

American Lit 1000Hay, John, 1838-1905. The Bread-winners: a Social Study. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1884, 319p. Covers somewhat darkened, wear to edges, gift inscription from 1884 on title page, bookplate of collector on front lining paper. Good condition overall. The author was Lincoln's personal secretary and had a distinguished career in the public sector. This, his fourth book, and only novel, was written anonymously. It was first published in installments in The Century Magazine. It takes a decidedly anti-labor stance, apparently a reaction to bitter strikes that had plagued his various business interests in the 1870s and early 1880s. Hay never acknowledged writing the book, but he was widely suspected of being the author. It was only after his death that the true authorship of the book became common knowledge. BAL 7762. Wright 2608. $14.50

NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1884. Perhaps a fist edition. Hardcover. Good Minus. Brown cloth, worn edges, some soiling, spine cocked, two pages with different inscriptions (one dated 1884], unmarked text, some foxing, one signature slightly pulled. A good reading copy. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Image may be added by request. Questions welcome. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. This strike finally ended some 69 days later, after it was put down by unofficial militias, the National Guard, and federal troops. Because of economic problems and pressure on wages by the railroads, workers in numerous other cities, in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, into Illinois and Missouri, also went out on strike. An estimated 100 people were killed in the unrest across the country.

Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Literature, Fiction, Drama) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

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Harper & Brothers, New York, 1884. Good/No Jacket. 12 mo,., hardcover, light edge stain on first several pages, bookplates removed from back inside cover (could be ex library) else VG in green boards with black lettering and embossed design. a tight, sound copy of this first great American labor novel. "A melodramatic recreation of the 1877 railroad strike. The hero, Arthur Farnham, defends himself and the girl he loves against rioting strikers by organizing and equipping a private army." *Blake p. 213 pp.

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NY: Harper & Brothers, 1884. brown c w/green decorations/titles; lite wear onlly, 319 clean, unmarked pages. "Hay was Lincoln's personal secretary and had a distinguished career in the public sector. This, his fourth book, and only novel, was written anonymously. It was first published in installments in The Century Magazine. It takes a decidedly anti-labor stance, apparently a reaction to bitter strikes that had plagued his various business interests in the 1870s and early 1880s. Hay never acknowledged writing the book, but he was widely suspected of being the author. It was only after his death that the true authorship of the book became common knowledge."BAL 7762. Wright 2608.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 vo.

New York: Harper and Brothers Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1884. First American Edition, 12mo, 319pp. Extremities worn, covers somewhat darkened, hinges tight, contents G. The author was Lincoln's personal secretary and had a distinguished career in the public sector. This, his fourth book, and only novel, was written anonymously. It was first published in installments in The Century Magazine. It takes a decidedly anti-labor stance, apparently a reaction to bitter strikes that had plagued his various business interests in the 1870s and early 1880s. Hay never acknowledged writing the book, but he was widely suspected of being the author. It was only after his death that the true authorship of the book became common knowledge. BAL 7762. Wright 2608. .

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1884.. First edition.. publisher's decorated cloth.. Slightly shelf-slanted; a nice copy.. 12mo,. BAL 7762. Wright III 2608. Considered the first great American labor novel.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); original green pictorial cloth embossed in dark green, brown glazed endpapers; 319pp. Minor external soil and rubbing; Very Good or better. Blanck notes two states of the text, one with the statement "The End" following text, the other without, but asserts no priority. Ours is the former. An early labor novel, a fictional account of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Hay, in addition to being a some-time novelist, was Abraham Lincoln's personal secretary and later U.S. Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. BAL 7762; BLAKE, p. 212-3; WRIGHT III 2608.

New York: Harper, 1884. First Edition. hardcover. very good(+). Small 8vo, olive green pictorial cloth. N.Y.Harper, 1884. First Edition.<br/><br/> Novel about the railway strike of 1877, published anonymously. Small inkspots on blank flyleaf; ownership signature, but generally a very good copy.<br/><br/>