The Fed: History of the South Wales Miners in the Twentieth Century by Hywel Francis; David Smith - 1980-04

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London: Lawrence and Wishert, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 530 pages. With maps, 41 plates, 22 text illustrations, and indexes. A history of the National Union of Mineworkers in the South Wales area told with and through the history of the mining industry and the mining communities. Dustjacket has a few scrapes on fore-edges.

Lawrence and Wishart Ltd., 1980. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:0853154899

Humanities Press Intl, 01/04/1980 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 4.1968 in x 21.1839 in x 13.9894 in. First Edition. A clean, tight copy. Binding tight.

London England: Lawrence & Wishart. Hardback. Tiny tear to top edge of spine of cloth. (From the library of George Rude, author and historian, signed by him to inside cover). The core of this full-length history is the momentous period from the General Strike of 1926 to the nationalization of the mines in January 1947, including the bitter intervening period of struggle in the twenties and thirties against unemployment at home and facism abroad. To the treatment of the post Second World War period the authors have added a final chapter assessing the achievements and the problems of the nationalized industry, as well as the role of the miners in the upsurge of industrial milintancy that characterized the sixties and seventies. Native Welsh themselves, both from the South Wales mining area, the authors show how 'The Fed' has derived its particular strength from being an organic part of the life of individual South Wales communities, and they vividly record the rich variety of working class… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London, UK: Lawrence & Wishart, 1980. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with the statement 'First Published 1980' to the copyright page to indicate a true first print in a New Dust Jacket. SIGNED to the Half Title page by 11 people associated with the book project[ Historians Journalists etc]. Uncommon in this condition and with the additional signatures. [C. Judge, Neil Evans,Timothy Exton, Anne Jones, N.J. Hall, Martyn Jones, Jim Horeey, Lewis Loyal, Jon Parry,Dirdre Braddoc, Clive .].