first edition
1899 · Milwaukee
by [SOCIALISTS] BLATCHFORD, Robert and Henry Wright; Victor L. Berger, intro
Milwaukee: Verlag des "Vorwärts, 1899. First Thus. Cloth issue. Octavo (22.25cm.); original red decorative cloth lettered in black; xxiv,188pp. Corners a bit bumped, a few tiny dampstains to upper cover, cloth very slightly darkened along extremities, else Very Good or better. Slightly later gift inscription to front pastedown in English and German, dated West Allis, Wis., March 2, 1911, urging recipients to "Read Careful." In the same hand the previous owner has written below Berger's name "I. soz. Kongressabgeordneter in den U.S.A., gewählt 8 nov. 1910." German translation of Robert Blatchford's socialist treatise Merrie England (1893), first published (truncated)