[Anarchism. August Spies] Laatste woorden eens gehangene

Autobiografische schets door A.T.V. Spies. Gehangen te Chicago den 11 November 1887. Rotterdam, P.J. Honig en Co, 1890, 54 p., original stapled cover (cover and title page loose and slightly damaged, very fragile publication on poor paper).

With a quote by Spies on the title page: "Ons zwijgen zal blijken machtiger te zijn dan ons spreken." Very rare, only one copy in PiCarta. With inserted letterpress strip in the shape of a calendar leaf: "Donderdag 11 November, 1845. Jules Guesde geboren. 1887. Martelaren van Chicago vermoord", followed by a quote from the defense speech by August Spies. See extensively on Spies and this controversial case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Spies and on the case that cost him his life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair.