Passages in the Life of a Radical

368pp. Yellow marbled paper-covered boards; gilt titles on red printed spine label; top text block edge sprayed pink; pink endpapers. 8vo. Rubbed corners and spine ends. Top text block edge colour fading, remaining edges starting to tan. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. Pages just starting to age. Otherwise internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket tanning, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

Samuel Bamford's autobiographical account of his particiption in the English radical movement in the early part of the 19th century, including a memorable account of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819.