Morlocks by Welsh, Used (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards have light wear, some light marks, slight fading to spine. Content is clean and has light toning. No DJ.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Boards marked and rubbed. Some browning and marking within. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 318pp.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 318pp The Morlocks were "unofficial secret organisations within the Trade Unions whose purpose is to stir up revolution" (sound familiar?!). A mining novel. Endpapers discoloured, otherwise a very clean copy.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 318 pages; Physical desc. : 318 p ; 20 cm. Subject: Political fiction, Scottish -- 20th century. 1 Kg.

1st. Edn. 318pp. plus 1 publisher's advert leaf. A good plus to near very good hardback copy. In the original black lettered green cloth. A remarkable novel by this Lanarkshire M. P. reflecting the communist agitation against the deplorable conditions of coal miners in Scotland.

First Edition. Publisher's green cloth, very good. Edges bumped and dust dulled as with age. Remains overall, quite a well preserved copy; tight, bright, clean and strong; 318 pages; Description: 318 p ; 20 cm. Subject: Political fiction, Scottish - 20th century. Genre: Fiction Novel. - Series: A Herbert Jenkins' book 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 318 pages; Physical desc. : 318 p ; 20 cm. Subject: Political fiction, Scottish -- 20th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Publisher's green cloth, very good. Edges bumped and dust dulled as with age. Remains overall, quite a well preserved copy; tight, bright, clean and strong; 318 pages; Description: 318 p ; 20 cm. Subject: Political fiction, Scottish - 20th century. Genre: Fiction Novel. - Series: A Herbert Jenkins' book 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spine bumped, faded. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's green boards lettered in black to the front board and spine with publisher's logo to the back board. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. End-papers toned. Overall a VG+ copy. No dustwrapper. A political model inspired by H G Wells' "The Time Machine" where Morlocks live underground as the world's workers. In this book, the Morlocks symbolise covert groups in trade unions aiming to incite revolution, leading to tragic consequences during a major miners' strike. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 2/6 with contemporary bookseller's price sticker '1/-' to upper panel. The novel's title references H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, where Morlocks live underground as the world's workers. In Welsh's book, the Morlocks symbolise covert groups in trade unions aiming to incite revolution, leading to tragic consequences during a major miners' strike. Notably, the author was a miner, trade unionist, and served twenty years as an MP for the Scottish Labour Party. Some minor damage to front endpapers, otherwise a very good example of the book; dust-jacket a little chipped and rubbed but overall very good. The novel's title references H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, where Morlocks live underground as the world's workers. In Welsh's book, the Morlocks symbolise covert groups in trade unions aiming to incite revolution, leading to tragic consequences during a major miners' strike. Notably, the author was a miner, trade unionist, and served twenty years as an MP for the Scottish Labour Party. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. The title of this novel is taken from H. G. Wells' The Time Machine, in which the Morlocks are the workers of the world, who live underground. In Welsh's novel, "the Morlocks are unofficial secret organizations within the trade unions whose purpose is to stir up revolution. Their activities in the great miners' strike bring disastrous results"?quotes from the summary at the front of the book. Despite the grim nature of the summary, the author was a miner and trade unionist, and he spent two decades as a Member of Parliament for the Scottish Labor Party. First edition (first printing with MCMXXIV on the title page and no indication of later printings). A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with several areas of restoration visible on the back (verso). The dust jacket is correctly priced at 2'6 on the spine (this is the publication price given in the Guardian newspaper's review, published on June 13, 1924). The top edge has a few spots of infill and tear repairs.