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The "Nine Hours Strike" began in August of 1871 when engineers in Newcastle upon Tyne and adjoining areas requested that working hours be limited to nine hours a day. The bitter strike was prolonged when employers refused to talk and brought in foreign workers in an attempt to break the strike. Though there were a few incidents of violence, many of the foreign workers soon realized that they were being used to support a system of industrial slavery and would lose their jobs anyway once the strike was resolved. The strike went on for 14 weeks before employers finally compromised and granted the strikers' request.
The Ballot Bill to which Earl Grey refers proposed that parliamentary and local elections in the UK take place by secret ballot. The Bill was passed in 1872.
Also known as Viscount Howick, the English statesman Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894) entered parliament in 1826. His father became Prime Minister when the Whigs came to power in 1830 and Earl Grey (then Viscount Howick) was made Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Aligned with colonial reformers, he resigned in 1834 when the emancipation of slaves was made to take place gradually instead of immediately. He became Secretary of War when he entered Lord Melbourne's cabinet in 1835 and made significant administrative reforms. He again resigned in dissatisfaction in 1839 and gained a reputation for crotchetiness. He supported free trade and as colonial secretary, a post to which he was appointed in 1846, was the first minister to proclaim that the colonies should be governed for their own benefit and not for that of Great Britain & Ireland. As much as possible, he accorded them self-governance. He was, however, soon embroiled in the turmoil and discontent brewing in Ceylon, the West Indies, and New Zealand. He authored several works on political subjects and policy including an 1888 work on the state of Ireland and one on the United States tariff. Good .
"This book aims at providing a succinct visual conspectus of the civilization of ancient Cambodia." [From the Introduction]. Translated from the French by Eric Ernshaw Smith. Very good .
First edition. Very good .
First edition. Very good .
First updated edition bringing the text up to 1976. Very good .
First edition. Very good .
Second edition. Very good .
Proof copy from the library of Peter Matthiessen [as is common with proofs, the illustrations are not present].
The autobiography of Palden Gyatso, as told to Tsering Shakya, a leading Tibetan historian, who translated the text from the Tibetan. In 1959, Gyatso was imprisoned by the Chinese for thirty-three years after taking part in a non-violent demonstration for Tibetan freedom. The foreword is by the Dalai Lama.
Laid in is a letter to Matthiessen from the Harvill Press, sending him the book and noting that Tsering Shakya, a great admirer of Mathiessen, very much wanted him to receive a copy. Very good .
"Solstice in the Night: Diary records of Greenland pastor Carl W. Wulff 1848-1858". The text is in Danish. Very good .
Westview Special Studies in Natural Resources and Energy Management. Good .
A delightfully typical response from Gilbert Harding to a correspondent who has suggested that Harding might come to his house and look at his Hans Andersen collection, hoping he won't mind not smoking while he is there. "If you don't want to come drop me a card with just one word: 'NO'." Harding replies: "It would be most discourteous of me to send you a card with just the word 'no' written on it: but the fact of the matter is that I have very little time to spare and I must confess very little interest in Hans Andersen - especially if I have to look at things and not smoke."
Gilbert Harding [1907-1960] was an English journalist and radio and television personality, a regular on such BBC radio and television programs as "Twenty Questions" and "What's My Line?" He was both notorious and popular for his irascibility and rudeness and was at one time characterized in the tabloid press as "the rudest man in Britain". He was voted Personality of the Year in the National Radio Awards of 1953- 54.
The letter is a perfect expression of Gilbert Harding's public persona. Very good .
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