First edition, first impression. [iv], 640pp, plus a few black and white plate illustrations. Deep red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. 8vo. Three pages have a little yellow highlighting, else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket, a little shelf worn, not price clipped. From medieval Runnymede to 20th century Jarrow, from King Alfred to George Orwell by way of John Lilburne and Mary Wollstonecraft, Vallance presents a rich and colourful history of rebels, radicals and revolutionaries who disrupted the established order.
