Author: BRADLAUGH, CHARLES (1833-1891) [ET AL.]
Title: Miscellaneous lectures [Freethought Publishing Company[
Description: [London : Freethought Publishing Company. ca. 1882] 1882. 1st Edition in this form. Good copy in a contemporary binding of gilt-blocked. leather-backed boards. Spine bands worn. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Cracked hinge between spine and front panel. POS to ffep. Foxing to first few pages. otherwise text is very clean and sound throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Description: 1v: various paginations ; 18cm. A collection of lectures. pamphlets and short titles bound in 1 volume. Contents include (with title pages): The true story of my parliamentary struggle / by Charles Bradlaugh -- What does Christian theism teach?. / A. J. Harrison and C. Bradlaugh -- Heresy: its utility and morality. / Charles Bradlaugh. Followed by a number of lectures and pamphlets on various subjects (mainly without title pages) including: Anthropology (4 lectures printed by Anne Beasant and Charles Bradlaugh) -- Electricity / by Anne Beasant -- Free trade v. 'Fair trade' -- Chemistry of home -- The slave struggle in America / by Hypatia Bradlaugh -- Plays of Shakespeare (4 lectures printed by Anne Beasant and Charles Bradlaugh) -- Macbeth / by Edward B. Aveling -- The Ghosts / by Robert G. Ingersoll. Subjects: Politics and government - Great Britain - Religion - Society and culture - 19th century - Literature. Spine title: Miscellaneous lectures. Publication date form latest title page. All title pages credit Freethought Publishing Company. London.Weight in Kg appr.:

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