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Great Locofoco Juggernaut

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Great Locofoco Juggernaut
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Johnson, Malcolm. GREAT LOCOFOCO JUGGERNAUT, A NEW CONSOLE-A-TORY SUB-TREASURY RAG-MONSTER: A CARTOON BANK NOTE BY D.C. JOHNSTON. Barre: Imprint Society, 1971. Small 4to, original tan cloth and marbled boards; illustrated title label on front board as issued. 35, (3) pages; engraved plate laid in. Near fine. One of 1950 copies, signed by the author. A fine production examining a satirical banknote issued during the Hard Times of the 1830s. The engraved plate is of the banknote discussed, printed from the original copperplate in the collection of the AAS.