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A New View of Society: or Essays on the Formation of the Human Character, Preparatory to the Development of a Plan for Gradually Ameliorating the Condition of Mankind.
New York: Published by E. Bliss and E. White, No. 128 Broadway, 1825. Sm 8vo (7.5” x 4.5”), half calf and marbled paper over boards, spine re-backed and retaining original lettering-piece. vi, [1], 14–178 pp. CONDITION: Good, rubbed with loss of some marbled paper on front cover; foxed throughout, early ink inscription reading “Lexington Library” on front pastedown, early pencil and ink ownership inscriptions of Abraham Howe [?] on title page, two small tape repairs on verso of title page, old tape repairs across pages 173 and 176, with a few other small old tape repairs at edges of pages. Stated “First American From the Third London Edition,” published in the year that Owen established the utopian community of New Harmony, Indiana, in an attempt to implement the principles outlined herein. One of three American editions published in 1825. The other editions were published in Cincinnati, as the “First American, from the fourth London, edition,” and in New Harmony (presumably preceding the other two). All are rare in the marketplace. Rare Book Hub records only a single copy of the New York edition offered by Ernest Wessen (Midland Notes) in 1963. REFERENCES: American Imprints 21764.
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