The Glory and Shame of England
by LESTER, C. Edwards
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bartram & Lester, 1866. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Green blind-embossed pebble-grain cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt spine lettering and device. 601pp. Very good. Light oval purple inkstamp on each title page of "The Irish World" (New York newspaper, 1870-78); small inoffensive 19th century ownership name inkstamp no occasional lower page margin; text block lightly age toned, with bits of sporadic foxing. A tight, nice second, revised edition of this 1841 study by this American author and diplomat (1815-90) -- popular and controversial as it harshly critiques England's social and labor inequities. Lester clearly reissued the book after the Civil War in order to add a section criticizing England's attempt to aid the Confederate cause. Not in Allan Nevins' "Civil War Books: A Critical Bibliography," although his 1863 "The Light and Dark of the Rebellion" is. Very uncommon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43192
- Title
- The Glory and Shame of England
- Author
- LESTER, C. Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bartram & Lester
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1866
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Civil War;
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- Gilt
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