Baldwins And The Great Experiment, The ** Signed **

Longmans. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. B000WFEXGK . Signed by both authors on the title page. Black hardcovers with silver titles to the spine, pages are tightly bound, bright & unmarked. There is some spine end bumping. The endpapers and pastedowns show 'A plan of the organised part of the province of Upper Canada'. Black and white illustrations through the book. The DJ is Very Good with cover scuffing and edgewear, a small piece missing of off the bottom spine end. "The Baldwins of this book are those of the first three Canadian generations of a family that sailed from Ireland to Upper Canada in 1799 and which, before the end of the following half century, had left an indelible mark on Canadian political life. The Great Experiment was the introduction of responsible government which gave to the British Empire another century of life. This system of party government (by which Canada obtained self-government) is now so familiar that it is fascinating to watch here the vicissitudes of this "greatest of peaceful revolutions" which lasted for twenty years of uncompromising strugggle." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pages; Signed by All Authors .