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1st edition, 1815. Book size - c. 10.5 x 8.75 inches, pp.eng. frontis + 459 + 1 (errata) + 7 eng. plates, hardback, plus a plastic folder of newspaper cuttings from the 60's - 70's about the aspects of Nottingham's history. . Book condition - Good plus ; paste-downs and flyleaves somewhat dusty with the some light foxing and the odd mark and some tanning around the edges, inside the front board is a printed bookplate of " W. Wild, Blidworth ." [Blidworth is a village near Mansfield, Notts.] and the ink inscription "John W. Kenyon, J.P. Formerly Sheriff and Lord Mayor - City of Nottingham" [ in the 1950's] ; a crossed-through ink inscription "Emily Greaves " on the front flyleaf , the front flyleaf also has a former longitudinal crease/split which has been neatly repaired/strengthened with Japanese paper, the main textblock is generally clean with light soiling of edges, one group of pages (c. 60) in the block is quite tanned yet the bulk of the pages are clear, the inner hinges are intact and the binding is firm ; red leather spine, with title and simple ruled lines in gilt, and leather corners, on the boards a textured surface, dark-green cloth ; the corners show wear and two (front top and back bottom) have minor red leather repairs ( clear but not markedly so), the corners are not bent and are firm, the back has a good appearance with the cloth sound and lightly marked and the back hinge showing some rubbing not splitting, the spine is complete with the ends a bit rubbed but intact, the title and gilt lines are a little rubbed but remain clear, front hinge intact, the front cloth has a small circular area of loss near the top otherwise is in good condtion with minor marking. Please see the photos for indications of condition and contents.John Blackner (1770-1816), although uneducated, had strong natural abilities including a facility for making rhymes and fluency of speech, and as he took a warm interest in the politics of those times he became an occasional contributor to the columns of the Nottingham Review, a newspaper which represented the views of the low whig or radical party. His radical sympathies afterwards brought him into prominence as a leader of a section of local politicians, and he acquired such literary reputation as to become, in May 1812, the editor of the radical daily paper The Statesman, in London. Ill health forced his return to Nottingham whereupon he took the editorship of the Nottingham Review. He published several pamphlets, including one in 1805 on the Utility of Commerce,' and in 1815 he issued his History of Nottingham (pp. 459), a work which displays much industry and research. Blackner is also quoted a source for the origin of the term Luddite. According to Blackner, who himself was suspected of involvement with the Luddite group, the name came from a youth called Ludlam. (Biographical information adapted from Wikipedia, which provides a fuller and referenced account ). A very sound copy of this work. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2373
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