[ONEIDA COMMUNITY] FOOT NOTES; OR, WALKING AS A FINE ART

Wallingford, Conn: Wallingford Printing Company, 1875. First Edtiion. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo.; in the publisher's green cloth, with titling in gilt and decorations in black and and in gilt; viii, 9-330 pages; there is a previous owner name pencilled on the endpaper; otherwise, no other marks in the book.~~A paene to the art of walking by a committed member of the perfectionist communal religious group, the Oneida Community. One supposes that to dwell in Utopia one must be a stalwart walker: "A muscular, manly leg, one untarnished by sloth or sensuality, is a wonderful thing..." (p.13).~~Uncommon in commerce.~~. Very Good binding.