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12 BUSH, George W. Out of Many, One. New York: Penguin Random House LLC, 2021 First edition, deluxe issue, signed by the 43rd president on the half-title, as issued. The book collects 43 colour portraits of men and women who have immigrated to the United States, all painted by Bush, a keen amateur artist. Those portrayed include Henry Kissinger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Madeleine Albright. Quarto. Original black cloth, spine lettered in white, front cover illustrated with Bush’s portraits. With original yellow cloth slipcase. Illustrated throughout with colour reproductions of Bush’s paintings. A fine copy in fine slipcase. £300 [158375]
11 BURNETT, John. Commemorative plate. [Middlesborough: Wardle, 1871]
The prominent Tyneside trade unionist John Burnett (1842–1914) achieved national renown for his successful campaign for a nine- hour day for the engineering workers of Tyneside, leading a strike seen as a major victory for the labour movement. “In 1871 growing industrial prosperity produced renewed demands for a shorter working week, a theme that had the advantage of avoiding sectional differences between skilled and unskilled workers. A successful campaign on Wearside secured a reduction to fifty-four hours, and acted as the curtain-raiser to a more prolonged and intense struggle on Tyneside, in which Burnett was the principal leader and spokesman of the Tyneside engineering workers. Employers’ intransigence led to a major strike, lasting from May until October 1871, in which the Tyneside engineering workers, organized in the Nine Hours League, achieved a considerable victory . . . After five months the resistance of the employers crumbled and the shorter working week was won. The strike provoked widespread interest and served as an important symbolic victory for labour, as well as encouraging attempts to obtain cuts in working hours in other spheres” ( ODNB ). The plate was produced by Wardle of Middlesborough, sponsored by William Snowball, proprietor of a large department store in Gateshead. The plate is imprinted “W Snowball congratulates the Tyneside men on their victory”. The rim of the plate advertises goods for sale in the store, alongside decoration and popular aphorisms. White pottery plate, decorated in green, red, and blue, 20.5 cm diameter. Housed in black folding box. The plate a little soiled with a few chips, still in nice condition. £750 [146329]
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