Search Results: Chartism and Radicalism from Zetetic Books

London: No Publisher Single page autograph letter signed, approximately 110mm x 175mm in size, date slightly indistinct, but probably 1883. Lightly browned, slightly creased, minor off setting where folded when the ink was still wet, otherwise fairly clean. Dated 24th December, from Haverstock Hill, London to 'My dear Mrs. ?Woolven', declining a 'kind invitation for Tuesday evening I have to preside at a committee (the first) at our Institute to set-up a fancy ball'. William James Linton (1812-1897), wood-engraver. "In 1844 he took a prominent part in exposing the violation by the English post office of Mazzini's correspondence. This led to a friendship with the Italian revolutionist, and Linton threw himself with ardour into European politics. He carried the first congratulatory address of English workmen to the French Provisional Government in 1848" (Wikipedia). Linton had by this point moved to the USA, but was back in England from 1882-1884 (See Smith, F.B.,… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. Two volumes complete - Volume One - iv, 306pp, [2] and Volume Two - iv, 300pp. Original blindstamped cloth with central arabesque, original primrose endpapers, gilt to spines, bound by Bone and Son with their ticket to rear pastedowns. Volume one has been rebacked, with the slightly chipped original spine laid on, spines slightly faded, light staining to lower cover of volume one, volume two chipped to spine ends, corners slightly bumped, slightly rubbed. Internally lightly browned, but fairly clean. From the library of Michael Foot, with his name in pencil to ffep. Sadleir 1337, Wolff 3805 (this copy does not have the 32pp catalogue mentioned by Wolff) and Parrish, page 11 (not mentioning the catalogue), Harrison and Thompson, 'Bibliography of the Chartist Movement', page 137. Kingsley's second novel, though the first published in book form, a 'Christian Socialist' novel, which was heavily influenced by Mayhew and Carlyle, sympathetic to… Read More

Glasgow: W. & W. Miller, 1841. [4], v-viii, 436pp. Publishers green embossed cloth, title in gilt to spine. Spine worn, with damage to ends, corners bumped, covers worn with a couple of small amounts of loss of cloth to lower cover. Paper lightly browned throughout, with very occasional heavier browning, regular light foxing, but nothing too obtrusive. Issues 1-104, with a separate title page and index, each issue is 4pp. There were another forty-two issues, ie. one hundred and forty-six in total. It "propagated Chartist and democratic principles" (Warwick). Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals 506; Harrison / Thompson, page 101 and Ashton, Fyson and Roberts 396. First Edition. Hardback. Good. Folio. Newspaper.

Manchester: A. Heywood, 1838. [2], 3-12pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Text lightly browned and very slightly soiled. Stammhammer I:164:18; Bibliography of Robert Owen 52; Goldsmiths 30753. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

Manchester: A. Heywood, 1838. [2], 3-24pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Text lightly browned and very slightly soiled. Stammhammer I:164:20; Bibliography of Robert Owen 53; Goldsmiths 30754. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: Printed By P. Hondy for W. Byers Single sided printed broadside, approximately 230mm x 345mm in size, n.d. but 1820. Lightly browned and lightly creased, a couple of small holes to text catching letters but with no loss of sense, three words replaced in neat manuscript to first line of text, and date added beneath second column of title, otherwise good. Woodcut illustration to head. Neither the printer or publisher appear in the BBTI. Execution broadside relating the deaths of five of the Cato Street conspirators, who were hanged and then decapitated. The Cato Street conspiracy was a plan to assassinate the whole British cabinet at its monthly dinner. Thistlewood had already been tried for high treason after the Spa Fields riots, but was acquitted after the exposure of an 'agent provocateur'. The Cato Street conspiracy was similarly exposed to state machinations, the government spy George Edwards, (his memoirs were published later the same year), instigated many aspects of the plot and… Read More

London: William Hone, 1817. [16]p, printed in double column and 'paginated' per column. Disbound from a pamphlet volume, torn to spine leaving first page just clinging on, final advertisement page detached, pages chipped to edges and lightly browned. The Spa Fields meetings had been organised by followers of Thomas Spence, the first in November 1816 had passed off peacefully, the second in December of 1816, had developed into a ineffectual attempt at a revolution, with several Spenceans raiding a gunsmiths and briefly exchanging gunfire with some soldiers. After this John Hooper, Thomas Preston, Arthur Thistlewood (later hanged for his part in the Cato Street Plot), and James Watson, were arrested and charged with high treason, though later released. This third meeting was again addressed by Henry Hunt, and another attempt to petition the Commons was resolved. The final part deals with the arrest of several Spenceans after the second meeting, including Watson, Preston, and both Thomas Evans… Read More

London: F.C. And J. Rivington, 1819. [3], 2-94pp. Contemporary polished calf covers, later rebacked, smooth spine, title and date in gilt to spine, single fillet border to covers. Some darkening to edges where rebacked, scrape to upper cover, text lightly browned but generally clean. Work by Arthur Henry Kenney (1776/7-1855), a Church of Ireland dean. Addressed to William Wentworth, the second Earl Fitzwilliam (1748-1833), who had been dismissed from his post as lord lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire after he had chaired a protest meeting against the Peterloo massacre. Goldsmiths 22672. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.

Leeds: Leeds District Board of the Association of All Classes of All Nations, 1838. [3], 4-12pp. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers, paper title label to upper cover. Externally very good. Text browned, title and final page of text lightly soiled, but generally clean. Despite the title, Baines, Oastler, and Cawood seemed relatively impressed with New Lanark. Goldsmiths 30726 . First Edition. Paper Covers. Good+. 12mo. Pamphlet.

Edinburgh: J. Dickson and G. Nicol, 1793. [5], 2-76pp. Modern cloth, title and date in gilt to spine. Small nick to head of title and a couple of numbers in pen, lightly browned throughout. Not the shoemaker Thomas Hardy, of L.C.S. fame, but a Scottish Minister who was friendly with Henry Dundas. An attack on Paine's 'Rights of Man', which finishes with "the happy state of man in political society, is under limited monarchy - mixed government - the British constitution". All of the copies in the ESTC seem to be the second edition printed in the same year (which seems unlikely). Goldsmiths 15827 (second edition). First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

Birmingham: Bull & Turner for John Brindley [3], 4-99pp, [1], n.d. but 1841. Original covers, recently rebacked in matching cloth. Covers lightly faded, corners worn. Internally occasional very light spotting and browning, a few corners creased, a previous owners name to front pastedown, otherwise fairly clean. Brindley (1811-1873), was a self-described 'lecturer against infidelity and socialism'. NLW Bibliography of Robert Owen, 69. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.

London: Holyoake Brothers [Printers] [1], 2-8pp, n.d. presumably originally issued in 1851, this possibly a later reprint of six separately issued leaflets? Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Ex-library stamp to head of drop head title, pages browned, chipped to top edge, with small hole to final leaf catching a couple of words ('compare' and 'and') with loss, but no real loss of sense. Bibliography of Robert Owen 88 (describing this as 'six leaflets printed for distribution at the Exhibition of 1851' ie. without pagination); no physical copies in Library Hub (this copy is the same as the copy photographed at the Hathi Trust). Reprint. Hardback. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

Exeter: S. Hedgeland [Printer], 1820. Single side printed broadside, approximately 210mm x 335mm in size. Lightly creased, with some minor offsetting, small tear to foot, but generally quite bright and clean. Political satire relating to the Cato Street conspiracy dressed as a shipping news announcement. The boat, 'Revolutionaire' is suffering from dry-rot, "owing to her principal Supporters being of 'Thistle-wood', instead of Heart of Oak", with the stores of the boat "consisting of Hand Grenades, Pikes, Daggers, Cutlasses, and Shoe-Maker's Knives, will be put up to Auction; and have for that purpose been lately removed into a Stable in Cato-Street, for convenience of sale". Mention is also made of the Manchester radicals and White Hats (probably relating to Peterloo and Henry Hunt). Unrecorded. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. Folio. Broadside.

London: J. Watson, 1844. [3], 4-15pp, [1]. Later plain Fabriano paper covers. Pages lightly browned and with a few spots of foxing. One of Robert Dale Owen's pamphlets, with the final page being the 'Benefits of Responsible Government' by William Maclure. Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877), son of Robert Owen, and briefly a member of the US Congress. William Maclure (1767-1840), merchant, geologist and philanthropist, who made the first attempt at a geological map of the US. Stammhammer has an 1845 edition also published by Watson, Stammhammer I:167; Goldsmiths 31279 notes an edition of ?1839. Reprint. Paper Covers. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: Gale and Fenner; J.M. Richardson; and Hatchard, 1816. [3], 4-65, [4], ii-xlvii, [1]. Modern cloth, title and date in gilt to spine. Externally very good. Library stamp (Law Society) to head of first page of text and another to head of Appendix title, title a little soiled and lightly foxed, text lightly browned, but generally fairly clean. Lacking original wrappers. Wise 36. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.

Beccles: R.B. Jarman [Printer] Single sided printed leaflet, approximately 185mm x 220mm in size, n.d. but probably c.1830. Lightly browned, stained, with top left hand corner missing, vertical paper flaw affecting a few letters but with no loss of sense. Anti-'Swing' leaflet, decrying the breaking of threshing machines and the burning of barns and corn stacks. "If you burn my Barn or my Stack, why may I not burn your Cottage and Furniture, destroy your Cabbages and Potatoes, and all the crop of your Garden? ... When, therefore, you feel tempted to join a Riotous Party, ask yourself this question - Should I like it myself? - and then DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY". The printer was R.[obert] B.[arnett] Jarman, (fl. 1812-1851), who was the son of a papermaker. BL only in Library Hub, suggesting 1834 as the publication date, but the protests had ended by then. First Edition. Unbound. Fair. 8vo. Leaflet.

London: Arthur Hall Eighteen issues (complete), 12pp each (except the joint issue of numbers 2 and 3, which is 20pp), 1848-9. Later half calf and marbled paper over boards, smooth back divided into five panels, 'Tracts' to second panel in gilt, remaining panels with flower device to centre. Worn to edges. Front free endpaper detached, internally browned throughout, a few corners chipped away, loss to head of last page of number thirteen, regular pencil lines to margins, final page soiled. Titles of the tracts include 'State of the Poll, Masters and Men at Elections', 'Radicalism an Essential Doctrine of Christianity', 'The Working Classes the Best Reformers. Few Words for Chartists', and 'The Potatoe [sic] Blight, and How to Prevent It'. The term 'fustian jackets and smock frocks' appears to have come from the Chartist leader Feargus O'Connor, with 'fustian jackets' representing industrial workers, and 'smock frocks', the agricultural… Read More

Edinburgh: James Robertson; D.I. Eaton; G. Kearsley and J. Jordan; W. Ramsey; J. Marsom; and T. Gales, 1794. [3], 4-256pp. Slightly later half calf and marbled paper over boards, spine divided into six panels by gilt double rules, title to second panel. Worn to extremities, spine ends slightly chipped, loss to marbled paper covering lower portion of lower board. Ffep slightly chipped to gutter edge, portrait lightly foxed with light water staining to bottom edge, one or two spots of soiling to text (especially L2 and L6), small hole to fore edge margin of B8 (not affecting text), but generally fairly clean. Portrait frontispiece of Gerrald by J.[ohn] Kay (see Alexander, 'A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers, 1714-1820', page 516. Gerrald, one of the 'Scottish Martyrs', was found guilty of sedition and transported for fourteen years. He died in 1796. Daniel Isaac Eaton was one of the publishers. Ferguson 179. First Edition. Hardback. Good. Illus. by Kay, J.. 8vo.