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THE EARLY PRINTERS' CHAPEL IN ENGLAND.
Avis, F.C.

- London : F.C. Avis 1971 - 8vo. - cloth, dust jacket. - 100 pages. - Order Nr. 11631 - Price: $ 25.00 [SALE PRICE: $ 20.00]

First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies. An excellent study of the printers' chapel - a predecessor of the modern trade union. Avis writes about the origin and objectives of the Chapel, its organization and membership, meetings, chapel rules, chapel verse and a list of references. Minor jacket chipping.

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