Card-bound booklet, published by Holyoake & Co., Fleet Street, London. There is a preface by Henry Clinton, dated 24th November, 1860. The original correspondence is dated 1859-1860.
The inner front cover has a slip pasted to it, with Library Rules for Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society Limited Education Department.
The exchange of correspondence begins with Clinton's letter of 1st September, 1860, with the heading The Home Society.