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Williams, Francis.
Fifty Years' March: The Rise of the Labour Party.
Publisher: Odhams Press Limited, London;
Date of Publication: 1949
Stock Code: 11397
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 383, [1]. Frontispiece portrait of Keir Hardy and 27 further images to 14 plates. Full red morocco finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliff, with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine and double gilt fillet to boards; all edges gilt. Gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Spine lightly sunned and boards a little spotted. Fountain pen ink ownership inscription to first blank; two paragraphs marked with an ink line, and a note of the total sum of damages and legal costs paid in the Beasley strike case; a little light foxing to text-block edge. A very good copy. Foreword by Clement Attlee. Commemorating 50 years since the Party was founded in 1900, and describing the great Labour victory of 1945. £40.00