A. Huntbach — Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

Stafford, J & C. Mort Limited, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce local history of a key district during the Industrial Revolution and one of the six towns that made Stoke-on-Trent written immediately prior to its birth as a city. The presentation copy of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, a very scarce local history stretching from the thirteenth to the twentieth century, written and signed by local historian A. Huntbach. Published by J & C. Mort Limited in 1910. There is only one institutional copy held, at Keele University in Staffordshire.In the publisher's original red cloth, with the author's signed inscription to the front free end paper.Written immediately prior to the creation of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Huntbach wished to create a local history of Hanley, one of the six towns that constitutes the pottery city. Huntbach particularly focuses on the great political, religious and social change that occurred over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries during the Industrial Revolution. In the publisher's original red cloth. Externally, smart, with minimal marks to boards. Fading to the spine and minor rubbing to the joints. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Offsetting to free end papers and the small odd spot to front paste down. Author's signed inscription to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the small odd spot to the first couple of leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .