POPULAR CULTURE IN ENGLAND C. 1500-1850

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt fresh, with a touch of rubbing at the extremities. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the better than very good lightly creased dustwrapper, which has a couple of small scratches to the rear panel and a lightly faded spine.

A collection of nine essays providing a critical evaluation of the concept of popular culture and examining the experiences of lower social classes in the period from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution.