"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht

London: Murdoch and Co., 1898. FIRST EDITION in book-form. Pamphlet, pp.16, printed wrappers. Trivial toning. A fine copy, but for the rust-through from the single staple at fold. The text of Wilde's celebrated letter to the Daily Chronicle, appearing on 28th May 1897, which concerned the affair of Warder T. Martin, following his dismissal from the prison service for serving scraps of bread to starving child prisoners. Item #48691
Mason [26].
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