First edition. 8vo. [14], 336 pp. Original black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge in red, dust jacket. A near fine copy, notably bright copy. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.
An immensely popular study by the distinguished British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm of British economic history from the outset of the industrial revolution through to the late twentieth century. The book ‘proved highly influential and brought Hobsbawm’s writing to the attention of a much wider audience’ (ODNB).
