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AB115340, Free Richard, Savage Cooper, A Cry from the Darkness, London, 1902, Henry Richardson, First Edition, Red & Black Cloth, Good, 37pp. + (vi) tissue covered plates. Publisher’s compliments slip laid in. Somewhat ahead of its time this long poem in the cockney dialect by Rev. Free concludes that the traditional philanthropist pity & desire to “improve” did not work & that the way the only way to help the East Enders would be those who felt commonality with them to live amongst them. Ownership signature dated 1978 of Arnold Wesker. Offsetting at end papers & front hinge starting. Spine covering torn at edges.
