Modern History

The story of the Dorsetshire labourers who were convicted and sentenced to seven years’ transportation for forming a trade union, colour frontispiece, three further colour plates and numerous b&w illustrations from paintings, drawings, engravings and modern photographs, reproductions of contemporary documents, maps, glossary, appendix giving short biographies of characters involved, index, xvi & 240 pp, green cloth with gilt design on front cover (no d/w, but there is no evidence there ever was one), top and bottom of spine very slightly rubbed, slight spotting to closed edges of pages, otherwise in very good condition, The Trades Union Congress General Council, London 1934

27.8 x 21.2 cm, 1380g, no ISBN

A one-off ”Memorial Volume” to celebrate the centenary, with contributions from noted scholars and authors of the day – see the contents list below.

Most copies of the book seem to have ended up in libraries, and copies in this condition are very scarce.