Description
The first edition of Human Exploitation by Norman Thomas, signed “With socialist greetings” by the author.
Octavo, xix, [2], 402pp. Red cloth, title printed in black. The first printing, with no additional printings noted. Red topstain. Light dust remnant along top edge of text block. Offsetting to endpapers from dust jacket. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on the front flap, closed tear along lower edge of front panel, light sunning to the spine, wear at head of the spine, a very good example.
Signed on the front free endpaper by the author: “With socialist greetings / Norman Thomas.”
In reviewing this book, The New York Times found this work: “…a grim and disheartening spectacle that Mr. Thomas stages.” From the book: “…it is the banks, big and little, with the big banks, of course, in the lead, which have declared a virtual strike of capital in the United States.”
Norman Thomas (1884-1968) was an American Presbyterian minister, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America between 1928 and 1948. A Princeton and Union Theological Seminary graduate, Thomas became a prominent advocate for civil liberties, labor rights, and social justice, and he opposed U.S. entry into both World Wars. He succeeded Eugene V. Debs as the leading figure of American socialism in the early 20th century, gaining national recognition for his eloquence and moral stance.
