Red Sails on the Great Lakes

Toronto: Macmillan, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); red cloth, titled in black on spine; dustjacket; x,189,[1]pp. Subtle offsetting and a touch of dust-soil to endpapers, else contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, shelfworn, and a little dust-soiled, with a few small tears and attendant creases, nine of them tape mended on verso; Very Good. Memoir by the Irish-born Canadian trade unionist, founder of the National Seaman's Union (CSU) and member of the Communist Party of Canada. He left the Communist Party in 1947, denouncing its influence over the trade unions. 83722.