KINGSLEY, Charles.
Politics for the People.
First Edition of Charles Kingsley's Politics for the People
London: John W. Parker, 1848.
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First edition of this collection of essays and sermons on political reform in England. Octavo, bound in three quarters turkey morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition with light rubbing, bookplate to the front pastedown. Rare.
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) was an English clergyman, novelist, and social reformer whose work combined religious thought with political and social critique. Associated with the Christian Socialist movement, Kingsley addressed issues of industrial labor, class inequality, and moral responsibility in both fiction and nonfiction, including 'Alton Locke' and 'Politics for the People'. 'Politics for the People' (1848) by Charles Kingsley is a collection of political essays and sermons written in response to the social unrest and reform movements of mid-nineteenth-century Britain. Addressed to working-class readers, the work articulates Kingsley’s Christian socialist principles, arguing for social responsibility, moral reform, and the ethical obligations of the state toward laborers and the poor.
Politics for the People.
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