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The Dying Peasant and the Future of His Sons
J. W. Robertson Scott
1926
Williams & Norgate, Ltd. : London
9" by 6"
xvi, 282 pp.
SUMMARY
A revealing first edition of this work, exposing the cost of agricultural decline and failed land reforms in rural England, and its impact on the people who live there.
First Edition,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
In the publisher's original brown cloth binding with blind stamping.
This edition is an observational social critique of the conditions facing England’s agricultural workers in the early 20th century, the work calls for reform and a reflection on the social and economic forces eroding traditional rural life and the people who survive there.
John William Robertson Scott (1866–1962) was a journalist, editor, and rural commentator well-known for his writings on the British countryside. He was editor of The Countryman magazine and became a leading advocate for the improvement of rural living conditions, exposing the flaws in the romanticization of the countryside, typical of the period.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing to extremities. Slight spotting to boards with one or two faint handling marks. Offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. Previous seller's small label to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and rough cut fore edge.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
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Overall Condition
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Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
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Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
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Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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