The Bradlaugh Case. A study in late Victorian opinion and politics by Walter L Arnstein - 1965

Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. inscribed by the author on the free front endpage. DJ spine a bit sunfaded. 348 pages; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 "; Signed by Author.

Oxford. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Exlibrary with usual library markings. ; 348 pages .

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. First edition. Hardback. xiv + 348 pp, illustrated Theological college library bookplate and withdrawn stamp on inside cover, otherwise Very Good+ condition in Good, unclipped dust jacket.

London England: Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Hardback. Tiny dye mark to bottom edge of front of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. Ought Charles Bradlaugh, the notorious atheist, political radical and advocate of birth control, be permitted to take his seat as a Member of Parliament? This question agitated British political and religious leaders for more than half a decade (1880-1886). It created an ethical dilemma for Gladstonian Liberals, a political opportunity for Conservatives like Lord Randolph Churchill, a challenge for irish Nationalists like Charles Stewart Parnell, and a test of perseverance for Charles Bradlaugh himself. Drawing on unpublished manuscripts as well as one parliamentary debates and contemporary newspapers and journals, the author provides the first scholarly examination of this cause celebre. As well as giving a narrative of the events, he analyses the reaction of the various political parties and religious denominations and reinterprets the roles of Gladstone, Manning, and others.… Read More

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965.. xiv+348pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. B&W plates. Pale foxing to top edge and dustwrapper. A very good copy.. First Edition.

Oxford: Oxford U. P., 1965. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 348pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index, Sl. chipped dj with sl. faded spine o/w nice copy