The Fleet Papers Being Letters to Thomas Thornhill, Esquire, of Riddlesworth, in the County of Norfolk; from Richard Oastler, His Prisoner in the Fleet. With Occasional Communications from Friends.

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An uncommon title recently re-bound in brown buckram over boards with original leather spine relaid; gold spine bands and lettering; red morocco label. Boards clean, corners sharp, no rubbing. Tightly bound, strong hinges. Bookplate of the library of Inner Temple stamped 'Withdrawn' mounted on front paste-down. Binders' ticket of Riley Dunne and Wilson on rear paste-down. Small square Library stamp of Inner Temple at foot of the verso of the illustration of Richard Oastler. Illustrations browned; two small tears and missing corners to 'Fixby Hall'. Occasional spotting to text; pencilled marginal lines to the first ten letters; off-setting (rusted paperclip mark) pp 42-43. As a volume made up of bound individual numbers, the collation is necessarily complicated: Vol I (Letters 1 to 52; January 2 to December 25, 1841) through Vol II (Letters 1 to 18; January 1 to April 30, 1842) bound together in a single volume; pp39-40 of Vol II misbound after p32; missing Vol II pp145-146 (Letter 18). 70 weekly 4 page letters, bound with 4 lithograph plates ('Fixby Hall near Huddersfield, Yorkshire', 'Richard Oastler 12 Coffee Gallery Fleet Prison Dec 9 1840', '[Thomas Thornhill -] To Mr R Oastler, your sincere friend Th. Thornhill' and 'The Fleet Prison'). Lacking Volume title-pages. A good bound copy of these letters written by the 'Factory King' Richard Oastler (1789-1861) including advocating changes to factory laws - notably limiting the hours worked by children - written during his term in debtors prison where he languished on account of his opposition to the new poor laws. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item. N° de ref. del artículo 7703

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