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The John C. Winston Company, 1916-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, soiling. Pages are tanned and clean.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co, 1916. hardcover. very good. Black & white illustrations. 261pp. 12mo, pictorial cloth; top & bottom of spine lightly fraying & back inner hinge partially cracked. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., (1916). Very good<br/><br/>

US: Winston. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1916. Hardcover. Decorative green cloth binding rubbed at spine ends, corners; cloth over back board slightly puckered; front hinge, one point in textblock cracked; leaf edges, endpapers lightly foxed/smudged, else a nice, clean book. No dj. ; Good b&w photos, ils.; 8vo; 261 pages .

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company Book. Good. Hardcover. (1916), 261pp, index, illustrated. A very narrow, (1/8 in.) strip of silverfishing at the fore edges, affecting only the margins, not the text, of the last twenty five pages or so, extremities worn, some darkening of the spine and covers, else G. Scott Nearing, (1883-1983), was born in Morris Run, Pennsylvania. He was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Toledo (Ohio) University at the time he wrote this book, but was dismissed shortly thereafter for his radical views. Later, he was dismissed from another institution, and he and his wife began a back to the farm lifestyle, shunning many of the conveniences of modern day society. He believed that large corporations and wealthy people were to blame for most of society's ills, and apparently felt that the poor could be strengthened by weakening the rich. He was a Socialist, vegetarian and pacifist, and became something of a counter culture hero when he was well into his eighties..

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1916. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo. 261 pages. Frontispiece photograph. Illustrated with photographs. Green cloth hardcover with illustration and gilt title on the front cover and spine. Cloth is edge worn with small tears on the boards and corner edges.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

John C Winston, 1916. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. Tiny puncture mark to front cover. Previous owner name..

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-01-17. Paperback. Good.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-01-17. Paperback. Used:Good.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Photographs. Extremely scarce early Nearing work, done while he was college dean at Toledo University. Charles F. Weller is one of the photographers whose work is featured here.

N.p.: [John C. Winston], 1916. Second Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; no jacket; 261pp; frontispiece; 15 inserted leaves of black and white plates. Light fading to gilt on spine; boards bumped; else in very good or better condition. Second edition, following a limited first edition in the same year. Issued without publisher's imprint on title page, but with Winston slug at base of spine.

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Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1916. Softcover. Good Condition. Ex-library book, a bit worn, with bumps and marks to cover. Contents clean and unmarked, with uncreased pages. Bindings and spine solid and secure. 261 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Working class--United States; Poor--United States; Social problems--United States; Wealth--United States; United States--Social conditions--1865-1918; Add. Inventory No: 240308NPG011058. .