Cartoons for the Cause

Cartoons for the Cause, Designs and Verses for the Socialist and Labour Movement, 1886-1896
A Souvenir of the International Socialist Workers and Trade Union Congress, 1896
by Walter Crane, Foreword by John Betjeman
First published, 1896, reprinted by Journeyman Press and Marx Memorial Library, 1976, in an edition of 500 copies. Large format, brown cover printed in dark brown/maroon, tied with maroon ribbon, 42.5×30.8cm, 40pp. A limited edition of 100 copies printed on mouldmade rag paper, with red and black title and content pages, was published in 1976. A second edition of 500 copies, including the cartoon ‘The Triumph of Labour’ and the verse ‘In Memory of the Paris Commune’, missing from the previous editions, was published in 1978. This copy is number 1 of the limited edition of 100 copies signed by John Betjeman. Discoloration on edges of front cover, but text pages unmarked. Scarce and now highly collectible. Click title for more information.