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Toller, Ernst (Ashley Dukes, Trans) THE MACHINE-WRECKERS (DIE MASCHINENSTÜRMER) A Drama of the English Luddites in a Prologue and Five Acts
Decorated paper-covered boards, chipped paper spine label with author and title readable, rubbing and light chipping to extremities. Owner's name and bookplate on pastedowns. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. No foxing. . A play about the Luddites, an English social movement that protested the Industrial Revolution by destroying the new machines that were stealing their jobs. An Appendix gives the speech by Lord Byron to the House of Lords on the Second Reading of the Frame-Work Bill, in which he spoke passionately about the effects the new machines were having on the poor. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 113 pages. Luddites. Industrial Revolution. Social Movements NY Knopf 1923 First American Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 24720
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