UNSHACKLED THE STORY OF HOW WE WON THE VOTE DAME CHRISTABEL PANKHURST ( LORD PETHICK-LAWRENCE - EDITOR) Political / Government,Reference,Social History

Red cloth Boards with yellow titles to spine and front board, 220 x 145 mm approx. 312 pp. Portrait frontis + 31 other b/w photos on 16 pp of glossy plates all as called for. First Edition 1959. NB The copy offered has the attribute of having the signatures of two of the prominent suffragettes under their respective photographs, namely Grace Roe and Mary Leigh. That of Mary Leigh also inscribed "no surrender". Leigh was a particularly militant member of the movement and on one occasion was found hiding in the organ at the Brighton Dome intending to interrupt Prime Minister Asquith's speech to be given at the venue. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book- mild general shelf wear to cloth, light foxing to edges of book block extending occasionally to margins of prelims, ink previous owner names, address and gift insc. variously to front paste down and free end paper.Signatures and insc. as above under photos. Dust Jacket- a little rubbed with a couple of small tears - max 15 mm and "v" shaped chip of 5 mm approx in depth to head, spine a little sunned, light general shelf soiling and a few foxing spots showing to rear panel and flap folds, non price clipped - cover 25s. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).