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HUTT**, ALLEN: : THE POST-WAR HISTORY OF THE BRITISH WORKING CLASS. [LEFT BOOK CLUB - s/back edn.]

LONDON.VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD.,1937.

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UK,slim 12mo wraps,1st edn.[Published June, 1937 this s/back 1st edn follows the true UK 1st edn of April 1937,UK,slim 12mo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn by this same publisher.This LBC s/back edn pecedes (US) 8vo HB+ dw/dj, Coward McCann,1938 edn.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and absence of publisher's price. Publisher's bright,crisp,sharp-cornered, original orange size-glazed,linen-covered paper covers with black lettering to front and to the spine/backstrip too - spine with vertical wrinkles due to production binding process of glueing the covers to signatures drying/shrinking,rear cover plain orange with some minor blemishes; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top edges very lightly aged/toned but without foxing/spotting,fore-edges remarkably clean and also without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - foxing-free - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - could appear unread,other than my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,1st edn,8-320pp [paginated] includes author's Preface,XI (11) chapters,an apendix and an Index; plus [unpaginated] blank.half-title+title pages, and contents list/table with blank verso,and blank at rear. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for book's age and it's nature, i.e. a pre-war ephemeral item,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. See also my book ID rja995922 for a true UK,HB 1st edn of this same title. An exhaustive look at the state of the nation and its people between the two great wars,focusing primarily on the Labour movement and the growth of socialism.Many of the earliest and the original 1st edn books are now becoming extremely scarce and more expensive to acquire. The 'LEFT' BOOK CLUB was founded in May 1936,lasting until November,1948 and was a key left-wing institution of the late 1930s and into the late 1940s in Britain.It was set up by publisher Victor Gollancz, supporters include Stafford Cripps,the socialist campaigner John Stracey,and the Labour academic Harold Laski.It published a series of around 250 books over these twelve years,to revitalise and educate the British Left. The club's aim was to "help in the struggle for world peace and against fascism".Aiming to break even with 2,500 members,it had 40,000+ within the first year and by 1939 it was up to 57,000, however membership declined during the war years and the Club was defunct by Nov., 1948.The LBC was one of some of the first book clubs in the Britain and,as such, played an important role in the evolution of the country's book trade. Despite its pro-Communist line,the Club's socialist propaganda and education probably ultimately strengthened the Labour Party and contributed to its victory in the postwar election of 1945. The books and pamphlets with their distinctive covers—orange for paperback (1936–1938) and red for hardback (1938– 1948) editions — bore the legend "NOT FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC" and sold for 2s 6d to members.Many titles were available for sale only in the LBC edition,with monthly 'choices' received by all members; there were also reprints of current socialist and 'progressive' classics for members to buy. The volumes covered history,science, reporting and fiction and a range of other subjects,but always from a left-leaning perspective. The advent of paper rationing at the onset of the war meant that the club was restricted to just one monthly title.To replace the book club's additional choices and augment the LBC selections,Gollancz launched the "Victory Books" series,a series of shorter monographs available to the general public.These included two of the biggest selling publications of the entire War period: Guilty Men (July 1940) by "Cato" (Michaael Foot, Frank Owen and Peter Howard) and Your MP. (1944) by "Gracchus" (Tom Wintringham). Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 12mo wraps,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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