The A. F. of L. From the Death of Gompers to the Merger

Harper Brothers, New York. 1959. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($7.50); small piece missing at the top and bottom of the spine. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; Harper emblem on front board in gilt. 499 pp 8vo. This book is the concluding volume of the author's authoritative history of the AF of L. Recalled are the days after death of Gompers, the struggle of the unions to survive, the nation's economic recovery, the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, the AF of L's growth to maturity and its final merger with the CIO. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.