Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell; Mrs Gaskell - 1969

NORTON, 1958. Perfect Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

GB: Methuen c1902.. Large Paperback. Good.

GB: Everyman's Library (Dent/Dutton), 1924. Red cloth lettered and decorated in gold over whole of spine.Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. p viii-ix have brown stain from newspaper clipping (now removed). Reprint Thus. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

HBDJ , 1961, Early Issue Reprint ,Near Fine in a Very Good- dust jacket WITH TINY CHIPS WEaR EDGES. LARGER FORMAT, Jacket has edgewear SCUFF AT DJ SPINE EDGE, spine sunned. TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS , BACKOF DJ SAYS FEW 0F 500 AUTHORS, LARGER FORMAT, 372 pgs NO ADS IN BACK, SALMON TOPSTAIN , GIT RUBBED OFF SPINE CVR , story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class. novel begins in Manchester, where we are introduced to the Bartons and the Wilsons, two working-class families. John Barton is a questioner of the distribution of wealth and the relations between rich and poor. Soon his wife dies—he blames it on her grief over the disappearance of her sister Esther. Having already lost his son Tom at a young age, Barton is left to raise his daughter, Mary, alone and now falls into depression and begins to involve himself in the Chartist, trade-union movement ETCHES EXACT PICTURE of Privations Experienced by… Read More