Adventures in Socialism New Lanark Establishment and Orbiston Community by Cullen Alex (5 results)

First Edition. Extensive history of the New Lanark cooperative experiment. Boards marked in places. Original red cloth with gilt titles and top edge gilt. Bookplate to front pastedown otherwise a Good+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp xv, 330. 5 plates. Original cloth, spine faded and light soiling to boards & spine. Top edge gilt. A decent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with gold stamping on spine. Title page dated 1910. Copyright page not dated. 329 pages. In very good condition. Covers are toned, especially along spine. Lettering on spine is faded, almost unreadable. Some bumping along head and foot of spine, as well as at corners. There is a light colored stain on back cover, about three inches long. Front gutter is cracked, but binding is strong. Previous pricing written in pencil on front free endpaper. A few pages have some very light underlining -- overall pages are free of marks or tears. A good, clean copy overall in good reading condition.

First edition. xv, [1], 329pp, [1]. With half -title, four photogravure plates, and a folding lithographic plan. Title in red and black. Finely bound in recent red half-morocco, red cloth boards, gilt. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Inscribed to half-title; 'Alex. Cullen'. Adventures in Socialism presents a history of New Lanark, a cotton mill village on the River Clyde, southeast of Glasgow, founded in 1786 by David Dale. The industrial triumph of New Lanark combined with the success of the surrounding workers community, a milestone in the development of urban planning, made the village an epitome of utopian socialism. The author, Scottish architect Alexander Cullen (1856-1911), continues to relate the history of the Orbiston Community, a fleeting venture and social experiment founded, like New Lanark, on the principles of reformer Robert Owen. The Community consisted of a single stone building designed to accommodate 1000 residents. The project failed after a single year, in 1827. Size: 8vo.

An interesting Signed Presentation Copy of the scarce First Edition to William Templeton MP for Lanarkshire and inscribed by him " A rare gift much appreciated Christmas 1910. To be retained in Torland [Netherburn - his family home] My dear kind friend died 21st January 1911. William Templeton" Loosely inserted is an 1907 " Invitation to Dine" at Dalserf Manse the authors home. and a press photographers receipt for photographs commisioned by Templeton at Cullen's funeral. Attached to the front paste down are two cuttings,an obituary & a tribute plus an "H P" leather book mark which has unfortunately left its mark on the contents page. Original publishers cloth top edge gilt. Medium 8vo.(9"X5¾") xv,329pp,(i) Half -title inscribed,4 photogravure plates, and a folding lithographic plan. Title in red and black.