First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, some slight overall darkening to fab retro jacket by Kirby. Not price clipped (8s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 224pp. The story of the life and hard times of pioneering inventor and a father of the Industrial Revolution, Samuel Crompton (1753-1827), inventor of the 'Spinning Mule', by Lancashire historian T. (Thomas?) Thompson.

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Bibliographic details

Title: Crompton Way
Author: Thompson, T.
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London
Publication year: 1947
Condition: Very Good
Dust jacket: Very Good
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Jacket by Kirby
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Dimensions: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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