Published by Algem. Nederl. Metaalbewerkersbond n.d., ca. 1925, [Amsterdam], 1925
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's woodcut illustrated staplebound self-wrappers; 14pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers rather fragile from poor paper stock with a few tiny chips to extremities, light foxing throughout, else Near Very Good and sound. Text in Dutch. Organizing pamphlet issued by the Dutch Metalworkers Union, the cover illustrated with a woodcut by the noted Dutch Socialist cartoonist and printmaker Jan Rot. Rot was an illustrator for the satirical magazine Notenkraker through the 1920s, later becoming known during the Occupation as an underground printer, co-founding the underground political daily Paraat in 1944. Of this pamphlet we find three copies in OCLC as of August, 2021, none outside the Netherlands.