Justin Croft Antiquarian Books : [TUFNELL, Edward Carlton.] - Character, object and effects of trades’ unions; with some remarks on the law concerning them.

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[TUFNELL, Edward Carlton.] Character, object and effects of trades’ unions; with some remarks on the law concerning them. London: James Ridgway and sons, 1834.

8vo, pp. [ii], 140, 24 (adverts).Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Joints cracked with some slight loss to spine. Inscribed at head of title “from the author.”

First edition, presentation copy. “Appointed an assistant commissioner by the royal commission on the poor laws in July 1832 to conduct local investigations into the working of the poor law, Tufnell visited Edinburgh to obtain Thomas Chalmers's views on poor relief. In the following year he was a member of the royal commission on children's employment in factories. He published in 1834 Character, Objects, and Effects of Trades Unions, which restated many of the contemporary objections to trade unions” (Oxford DNB).

Goldsmiths’ 28804; Kress C.3884.

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