The Communistic Societies of the United States; From Personal Visit and Observation
- New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. First edition. Publisher’s green cloth boards lettered in gilt; laid endpapers; 439, (8)pp; illus; map. Engraved bookplate of Frederic Rowland Marvin to front pastedown. Bit of minor fraying to spine ends; a bright, Near Fine copy.
Nordhoff’s survey of utopian communities, based entirely on personal visits, remains the most reliable and thorough examination by a contemporary observer, providing detailed and generally sympathetic descriptions of life at Bethel, Aurora, Icaria, Amana, Oneida, Zoar, and the various Shaker communities. This copy with the bookplate of American clergyman & writer Frederic Rowland Marvin (1847-1918), author of several undistinguished volumes of essays and verse. MILLER 138. DARE 143. HOWES N177.
Nordhoff’s survey of utopian communities, based entirely on personal visits, remains the most reliable and thorough examination by a contemporary observer, providing detailed and generally sympathetic descriptions of life at Bethel, Aurora, Icaria, Amana, Oneida, Zoar, and the various Shaker communities. This copy with the bookplate of American clergyman & writer Frederic Rowland Marvin (1847-1918), author of several undistinguished volumes of essays and verse. MILLER 138. DARE 143. HOWES N177.