London Labour and the London Poor ; 1851 First Edition

Mayhew, Henry

Verlag: Office, 16 Upper Wellington St., London, 1851

Beschreibung

Single large volume, bound in dark green half-leather, presumably contemporary, five raised bands, titles in gilt, but minimal decoration, leather generally rubbed, boards covered with marbled paper, worn at edges, marbled endpapers; numerous full-page illustrations, from daguerrotypes, by Beard, text throughout two columns to the page. Text has Volume 1 complete, but volumes 2 and 3 are incomplete. Volume 2 ends at page 414, mid-sentence in a section on the Management of the Sewers and the Late Commission. Volume 3 ends on page 192, also mid-sentence, in a section on Prostitution in Spain. This is followed by sections titled To Correspondents, and Answers to Correspondents. These are in a highly unusual format, which, while adhering to the double-column format of the rest of the work, seem to have appeared first in another publication, and to have been pasted in on extra leaves added to the binding. (Extra photos and information on request.) The text throughout is clean, sound and tight. The incomplete volumes 2 and 3 seem to be as issued - I do not know why it was done this way. The Gutenberg Project copy of this work refers to the 1851 edition having vols. 2 and 3 incomplete, and uses the 1862 edition (in which the printing is not double-column). Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 28271

Bibliografische Details

Titel: London Labour and the London Poor ; 1851 ...

Verlag: Office, 16 Upper Wellington St., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1851

Einband: Half-Leather

Illustrator: Beard

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.