History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain: With a Notice of its Early History in the East , and in all the Quarters of the Globe; A Description of The Great Mechanical Inventions, Which have caused its Unexampled Extension in Britain; and a View of the Present State of Manufacture, and the Condition of the Classes Engaged in its Several Departments.

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History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain: With a Notice of its Early History in the East , and in all the Quarters of the Globe; A Description of The Great Mechanical Inventions, Which have caused its Unexampled Extension in Britain; and a View of the Present State of Manufacture, and the Condition of the Classes Engaged in its Several Departments. By Edward Baines, Jun. Esq. Embellished and Illustrated with Portraits of Inventors, Drawings and Machinery, Etc. H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson, London, frontispiece with vignettes and full-page engravings, one folding plate, 543 pp, half leather, 8.5 x 6 , 8vo. In fair condition. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to corners and edges. Red rot along corners and joints. Spine desiccated with wear and cracking along surface. Boards are rubbed with minor abrasions. Old hand ownership of C.D. Terry dated July 1925 on front fly. Old hand ownership of Rufus Nichols undated on second end page. Front gutter cracked and tender. Light offsetting from frontis onto tissue guard. Internally good with light toning and minor instances of soiling. Scattered foxing at times. Free of known markings. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. 1st edition. An author active work by the social reformer Sir Edward Baines (1800-1890), who was active in the establishment of Mechanics Institute and the agitation in favor of Catholic emancipation and repeal of corn laws. He admitted the evils of urban industry, but emphasized the national importance of the cotton manufacture and place the hope for relief in the public spirit of mill owners. Plates depict factories, workers and machinery. N° de ref. del artículo COLH1835DKLL

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