Chartism And Radicalism from Zetetic Books

London: William Hone, 1817. [16]p, printed in double column and 'paginated' per column. Disbound from a pamphlet volume, torn to spine leaving first page just clinging on, final advertisement page detached, pages chipped to edges and lightly browned. The Spa Fields meetings had been organised by followers of Thomas Spence, the first in November 1816 had passed off peacefully, the… Read more about this item

London: Arthur Hall Eighteen issues (complete), 12pp each (except the joint issue of numbers 2 and 3, which is 20pp), 1848-9. Later half calf and marbled paper over boards, smooth back divided into five panels, 'Tracts' to second panel in gilt, remaining panels with flower device to centre. Worn to edges. Front free endpaper detached, internally browned throughout, a few… Read more about this item

London: F.C. And J. Rivington, 1819. [3], 2-94pp. Contemporary polished calf covers, later rebacked, smooth spine, title and date in gilt to spine, single fillet border to covers. Some darkening to edges where rebacked, scrape to upper cover, text lightly browned but generally clean. Work by Arthur Henry Kenney (1776/7-1855), a Church of Ireland dean. Addressed to William Wentworth, the… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: J. Dickson and G. Nicol, 1793. [5], 2-76pp. Modern cloth, title and date in gilt to spine. Small nick to head of title and a couple of numbers in pen, lightly browned throughout. Not the shoemaker Thomas Hardy, of L.C.S. fame, but a Scottish Minister who was friendly with Henry Dundas. An attack on Paine's 'Rights of Man', which… Read more about this item

Leeds: Leeds District Board of the Association of All Classes of All Nations, 1838. [3], 4-12pp. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers, paper title label to upper cover. Externally very good. Text browned, title and final page of text lightly soiled, but generally clean. Despite the title, Baines, Oastler, and Cawood seemed relatively impressed with New Lanark. Goldsmiths 30726 . First… Read more about this item

London: Gale and Fenner; J.M. Richardson; and Hatchard, 1816. [3], 4-65, [4], ii-xlvii, [1]. Modern cloth, title and date in gilt to spine. Externally very good. Library stamp (Law Society) to head of first page of text and another to head of Appendix title, title a little soiled and lightly foxed, text lightly browned, but generally fairly clean. Lacking original… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: James Robertson; D.I. Eaton; G. Kearsley and J. Jordan; W. Ramsey; J. Marsom; and T. Gales, 1794. [3], 4-256pp. Slightly later half calf and marbled paper over boards, spine divided into six panels by gilt double rules, title to second panel. Worn to extremities, spine ends slightly chipped, loss to marbled paper covering lower portion of lower board. Ffep… Read more about this item

Exeter: S. Hedgeland [Printer], 1820. Single side printed broadside, approximately 210mm x 335mm in size. Lightly creased, with some minor offsetting, small tear to foot, but generally quite bright and clean. Political satire relating to the Cato Street conspiracy dressed as a shipping news announcement. The boat, 'Revolutionaire' is suffering from dry-rot, "owing to her principal Supporters being of 'Thistle-wood',… Read more about this item

Beccles: R.B. Jarman [Printer] Single sided printed leaflet, approximately 185mm x 220mm in size, n.d. but probably c.1830. Lightly browned, stained, with top left hand corner missing, vertical paper flaw affecting a few letters but with no loss of sense. Anti-'Swing' leaflet, decrying the breaking of threshing machines and the burning of barns and corn stacks. "If you burn my… Read more about this item

Birmingham: Bull & Turner for John Brindley [3], 4-99pp, [1], n.d. but 1841. Original covers, recently rebacked in matching cloth. Covers lightly faded, corners worn. Internally occasional very light spotting and browning, a few corners creased, a previous owners name to front pastedown, otherwise fairly clean. Brindley (1811-1873), was a self-described 'lecturer against infidelity and socialism'. NLW Bibliography of Robert… Read more about this item

Manchester: A. Heywood, 1838. [2], 3-24pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Text lightly browned and very slightly soiled. Stammhammer I:164:20; Bibliography of Robert Owen 53; Goldsmiths 30754. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

Glasgow: W. & W. Miller, 1841. [4], v-viii, 436pp. Publishers green embossed cloth, title in gilt to spine. Spine worn, with damage to ends, corners bumped, covers worn with a couple of small amounts of loss of cloth to lower cover. Paper lightly browned throughout, with very occasional heavier browning, regular light foxing, but nothing too obtrusive. Issues 1-104, with… Read more about this item

Manchester: A. Heywood, 1838. [2], 3-12pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Text lightly browned and very slightly soiled. Stammhammer I:164:18; Bibliography of Robert Owen 52; Goldsmiths 30753. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: Holyoake Brothers [Printers] [1], 2-8pp, n.d. presumably originally issued in 1851, this possibly a later reprint of six separately issued leaflets? Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Ex-library stamp to head of drop head title, pages browned, chipped to top edge, with small hole to final leaf catching a couple of words… Read more about this item

London: J. Watson, 1844. [3], 4-15pp, [1]. Later plain Fabriano paper covers. Pages lightly browned and with a few spots of foxing. One of Robert Dale Owen's pamphlets, with the final page being the 'Benefits of Responsible Government' by William Maclure. Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877), son of Robert Owen, and briefly a member of the US Congress. William Maclure (1767-1840),… Read more about this item

London: Printed By P. Hondy for W. Byers Single sided printed broadside, approximately 230mm x 345mm in size, n.d. but 1820. Lightly browned and lightly creased, a couple of small holes to text catching letters but with no loss of sense, three words replaced in neat manuscript to first line of text, and date added beneath second column of title,… Read more about this item

London: No Publisher Single page autograph letter signed, approximately 110mm x 175mm in size, date slightly indistinct, but probably 1883. Lightly browned, slightly creased, minor off setting where folded when the ink was still wet, otherwise fairly clean. Dated 24th December, from Haverstock Hill, London to 'My dear Mrs. ?Woolven', declining a 'kind invitation for Tuesday evening I have to… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. Two volumes complete - Volume One - iv, 306pp, [2] and Volume Two - iv, 300pp. Original blindstamped cloth with central arabesque, original primrose endpapers, gilt to spines, bound by Bone and Son with their ticket to rear pastedowns. Volume one has been rebacked, with the slightly chipped original spine laid on, spines slightly faded,… Read more about this item