xiv, 266pp; [4]pp black and white photographic plates. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Single reader's crease to spine. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.
A 1973 biography of the enigmatic author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, exploring his Irish origins, his time in South Africa, his political awakening as a socialist in Hastings, and his struggles as a house painter, culminating in his classic novel about working-class hardship.
