(RADICALISM) Skidmore Thomas The Rights of Man to Property b

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(RADICALISM.) Skidmore, Thomas. The Rights of Man to Property, being a Proposition to Make it Equal among the Adults of the Present Generation, and to Provide for its Equal Transmission to Every Individual of Each Succeeding Generation, on Arriving at the Age of Maturity. 12mo, contemporary calf, worn; contemporary newspaper clipping on anarchy tipped to front pastedown, second leaf torn with loss of 3 lines, moderate foxing, red pencil marks in text; early ownership inscription on front free endpaper. In a modern cloth folding case. New York, 1829

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first edition. Georgetown historian Michael Kazin considers this book to be one of the seminal works of the American Left (American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation, pages 3-7). "Skidmore's experiences as a working mechanic brought him personal knowledge of the position of the propertyless worker in an industrialized society. To achieve common ownership of the means of production, he proposed that the State take over all property and divide it equally"--Adams, Radical Literature in America, page 41. Howes S530; Sabin 81584. Only one other copy known at auction since Swann's Whitman Bennett sale, 26 October 1960, lot 461.