Mayhew's London / Henry Mayhew ; edited by Peter Quennell
1984, 1st Edition in this form. London : Bracken Books. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 592 pages; 592 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. "Abridged edition ... derived from the three-volume edition of 1861; the contents of a fourth volume, published in 1862, on prostitutes, thieves, swindlers and beggars, have been omitted in entirety." -- Intr.Reprint: originally published, London: Kimber, 1951. Subjects: Mayhew, Henry 1812-1887 author and social reformer. Poor - England - London. Working class - England - London. Peddlers and peddling - England - London. Item #224507
ISBN: 0946495033
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