The Road To Wigan Pier. With a Foreword by Victor Gollancz. London: Gollancz, 1937. Left Book Club Edition [Not for sale to the Public]. Pp, 364, including 32 pages of photographs. A good copy in orange cloth wrapper covers, occasional foxing to pages.

The book is divided into two parts. The first part examines and exposes the living and working conditions of the working-classes in the north of England, while the second part is an extended essay covering socialism, its benefits, its popular perception in Britain at the time, and also serves as an autobiographical exploration of his own upbringing and the development of his political conscience.

Includes 32 plates of b/w photographic reproductions, featuring images of working-class living conditions from around England and Wales