{"product_id":"free-born-john-pauline-gregg-1st-edition","title":"Free-born John, Pauline Gregg — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, George G. Harrap \u0026amp; Co. Ltd, 1961\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 424.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The original green cloth boards remain strikingly bright and unfaded, with the spine lettering sharp and unoxidised, displaying virtually no shelf-wear or bumping to the extremities. The binding is remarkably tight and square, showing excellent structural integrity without any lean or weakness to the hinges. The text block is robust, with the fore-edge clean and the top edge exhibiting only very faint, uniform age-toning entirely consistent with the era of production. Internally, the pages are crisp, clean, and bright, free from foxing or blemishes, retaining a remarkably fresh feel throughout. The original dust jacket, now housed in a protective mylar sleeve, retains strong, unfaded colours across the panels and spine, suffering only from very mild dust-dulling and trivial rubbing to the spine extremities, with no significant chips, tears, or paper loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the First Edition of Pauline Gregg’s highly regarded biographical study of the Leveller leader John Lilburne. The volume is notably enhanced by a striking frontispiece portrait reproducing an engraving of Lilburne at the age of twenty-three in 1641, supplemented by further illustrated plates throughout the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eWhile the title experienced respectable circulation upon release, copies retaining their original dust jackets in such highly preserved, intact condition have become increasingly uncommon on the open market, making this a particularly sharp example for collectors of 17th-century British political history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"10\"\u003eFree-born John\u003c\/i\u003e, Pauline Gregg delivers a masterful and meticulously researched biography of John Lilburne, the firebrand leader of the Levellers during the English Civil War. A tireless agitator for constitutional reform, universal male suffrage, and fundamental human rights, Lilburne's unflagging opposition to tyranny saw him repeatedly imprisoned, pilloried, and put on trial for his life. Gregg vividly reconstructs his turbulent career and unyielding spirit, offering a profound and captivating window into the radical political upheavals of seventeenth-century England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55657744138579,"sku":"6618","price":23.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261023_115342.jpg?v=1793220559","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/free-born-john-pauline-gregg-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}