A Virago Modern Classics 1983 / First Printing- Cover shows some signs of wear with creasing to edges and corners. Residue from sticker on spine. Binding is tight and square with no creasing to spine. No marks or writing observed in text. . . . . . . . . . I first read this about 25 years ago, when books published by Virago were freely available in public libraries. The novel is set in the 1930s in a deprived area of Nottingham and concerns the staff and pupils of an Elementary school. Most of the children are from very poor families; the teachers are mainly from a higher class, yet do not ea... View More...
Stated 1st American Edition (Knopf - 1968). No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read. DJ is Good with edge wear. From private collection, dust cover is in archival mylar. . . . . . . . . Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield, FBA (nee Potter; 22 January 1858 - 30 April 1943), was an English sociologist, economist, socialist, labour historian and social reformer. It was Webb who coined the term collective bargaining. She was among the founders of the London School of Economics and played a crucial role in forming the Fabian Society. -- Wikipedia View More...
