The Labor Spy Racket

  • New York: Modern Age, 1937
By [ANTI-LABOR - LA FOLETTE COMMITTEE] HUBERMAN, Leo
New York: Modern Age, 1937. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 195,[3]pp, illus. A tight, Near Fine copy, free of markings or notable wear. In the scarce original dustwrapper, priced 85¢ on front flap; slightly rubbed and soiled with small (1/2") loss at base of spine panel, costing second line of publisher's imprint; Very Good. Illustrated with photographic plates (halftones). Contemporary bookseller stamp to front endpaper - "P.Lewis & Co. / Book Bargains / 128 E. 23rd Street, NY".

Review of testimony from the La Folette Committee investigation on anti-labor and strikebreaking activities in American industry, 1935-7. Simultaneously issued in Modern Age's inexpensive "Red Seal" paperback series, in which format the work is typically encountered; cloth copies are uncommon, especially in dustjacket.

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