Facts, Important to be Known

by the Manufacturers, Mechanics, and All Other Classes of the Community by Auction

$300 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

39 pp. 4to. Green wrappers, unopened. Marginal dampstaining throughout, not affecting text, else a good copy. Shaw & Shoemaker 6990; Kress C 2800. Item #3121 Reprinted selections from a 1828 pamphlet published under the auspices of the New York Anti-Auction Committee, titled “Remarks upon the Aucstion System as practised in New-York....” Very reminiscent of the situation today.

• Binding: Wrappers

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