Devastating Eden : The Search for Utopia in America

246pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Very lightly bumped spine heel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has a 6cm tear at rear bottom corner (repaired with Sellotape), some additional damage due to tear, price unclipped. 8vo. The story of George Rapp a peasant prophet from Wurttemberg and his polar opposite Robert Owen a British mill owner who held deeply conflicting views on human nature but each of whom believed they could create heaven on earth - in a small town called Harmony, Indiana.