Author: Jones, Ernest:

Title: The Battle Day: and Other Poems.

Publication: London and New York: G. Routledge & Co., 1855.

Description: 8vo., pp.[ii], iii, [i], 228, 6. 6-page publisher's catalogue at rear. A few marks to title page, occasional light smudges. Contemporary green cloth neatly rebacked, boards blind stamped and the upper with faded gilt centrepiece. Worn, marks and some patchy fading, corners frayed, still very good overall.

Ernest Charles Jones (1819-1869), Chartist, socialist and writer, now remembered as 'one of the most interesting of the early English socialists: a man of remarkable energy, a lively and vigorous polemicist with, above all, a deep compassion for the poor, the needy, and the downtrodden.' (Saville, ODNB)

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Reference Number: [55008]

Price: £150

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