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BATES, STEPHEN: : PENNY LOAVES & BUTTER CHEAP: BRITAIN IN 1846

LONDON.HEAD of ZEUS LTD.,2014.

ISBN 9781781852545.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - wrapped+ protected from day of issue/purchase - virtually as new.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,combined contemporary colour illustration and contemporary b/w photograph illustrated front panel of dw/dj with grey+black lettering,rear panel with contemporary b/w photograph; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain pale grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, blocked white ink printed letters to spine/ backstrip,a white headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-344pp [paginated] includes an introduction,12 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w+colour illustration reproductions and contemporary monochrome photographs in 1 block,between pp184/5,notes,a bibliography,acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,contents list/table,and a dedication. Britain in 1846 was a country in the grip of dramatic change as the Industrial Revolution reached its height: the population was moving irreversibly from countryside to city; the railways were spreading along routes they still follow today; inventors were developing machines that would transform the way people lived. But Britain was also a grim and frightening place: starvation and destitution existed alongside immense wealth and power; children were still sent to work in factories and mines; terrifying diseases rampaged beyond the power of contemporary medicine; in Ireland,the devastating potato famine entered its second appalling year. And seismic change was afoot in the world of politics,Repeal of the protectionist Corn Laws by the Tory prime minister Robert Peel reduced food prices,chipped away at the power of landowners and ushered in an age of free trade that would form the basis of Britain's future wealth and industrial prosperity.But it splintered the old Tory party and realigned British parties for good,with the emergence of a new Conservative party and the creation of the Liberals out of the merger of the Whigs and Peelites,forshadowing the politics of today. Falling between the old,pre-industrial Britain with its rigid hierarchies,and a new era of economic and social flux,1846 was a pivotal moment in British history.In 'Penny Loaves & Butter Cheap.',Stephen Bates paints a kaleidoscopic and richly involving portrait of a society on the cusp of modernity. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. **** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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