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The Hungry Forties. Life under the Bread Tax. Descriptive Letters and other Testimonies from contemporary Witnesses. With an Introduction by Mrs. Cobden Unwin. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
by UNWIN, intro. Mrs. cOBDEN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T Fisher Unwin,, 1904. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece (orifinal tissue guard present) and double-page facsimile, endpapers lightly browned, half-title spotted, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original red cloth, upper board framed, letterd and blocked in gilt, gilt back, a bright, clean copy. With the amorial bookplate (partially defaced) of Lestocq Robert Erskine on front paste-down, and 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. Valuable collection of contemporary accounts.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46779
- Title
- The Hungry Forties. Life under the Bread Tax. Descriptive Letters and other Testimonies from contemporary Witnesses. With an Introduction by Mrs. Cobden Unwin. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
- Author
- UNWIN, intro. Mrs. cOBDEN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T Fisher Unwin,
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- history, eighteen forties, hungry forties, bread tax
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Island Books
Biblio member since 2004
Thakeham, West Sussex
About Island Books
Fine and Rare Books at the foot of the South Downs
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- Facsimile
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- Cloth
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