William Cobbett: Englishman - A Biography by Burton, Anthony - 1997-09-30

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Aurum, 1977. 1st softback edition. Full size softback of 275pp, with b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography of the radical political writer.. Trade Paperback. Fine.

Aurum Press, 1997. 1st Edition. fine/fine. 1st edition Aurum Press hardcover 1997 fine book in fine dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Aurum Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

Aurum, 1997. ~No ownership marks. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed.. Hardback. Fine/Very Good+. 275pp. Illus. Binding tight, text unmarked.

UK: Aurum. Good. Hardcover. 1997. 275 pages. .

London: Aurum Press, 1997. In tidy condition with a similar dust jacket, spine leaning. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Aurum Press Ltd, 1997 The dust jacket has light wear. The edges of the book have minor tanning. 275 pages with a few b&w photographic pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

London England: Aurum Press Ltd, 1997. Hardback. First Edition. William Cobbett. Englisman. Previous owners ex-libris name sticker to inside cover. Tippex mark to inside cover. Couple of labels to inside cover. Tiny nip to inside flap of D/J. Even in the company of his contemporaruies, who included Wellington, Nelson, Fox, the Younger Pitt, Tom Paine and a host of other giants, William Cobbett stands out as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Unlike the others, he rose to prominence from the lowliest of origins entirely through his own efforts, and he personified, at one and the samwe time, two apparently irreconcilable English traditions. On the one hand, he seemed to the very embodiment of John Bull - a bluff, beer-drinking, beef-eating patriot whose ideal was a rural England peopled by sturdy yeomen. Yet he was, at the same time, a radical champion of the poor who, in the course of his career, was to scourge a whole range of cherished English institutions - parliament, the church, the aristocricy,… Read More