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London labour and the London poor : the condition and earnings of those that will work, cannot work, and will not work

Title: London labour and the London poor : the condition and earnings of those that will work, cannot work, and will not work / by Henry Mayhew.
Author: Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887.
Publication: London : Charles Griffin and Co., [1864?]

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Description

4 v. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

London street folk.

Subjects

Street vendors > England > London
Working class > England > London
London (England) > Social conditions > 19th century
Poor > England > London
Street life > England > London

Note

The ill. are wood engravings by E. Whymper, W.G. Mason and others, after designs by H.G. Hine, H. Anelay and others, many based on daguerreotypes by Richard Beard.
Originally issued in parts.
Probable date of publication from date "1864" on several ill. in v. 1.
Includes indexes.

Binding (note)

Binding: Publisher's brown pictorial cloth, gilt.

Contents

Vol. 1-2. London street folk.--v. 3. [Without special title].--[v. 4] Extra volume. Those that will not work.

Call Number

SGF (Mayhew, H. London labour and the London poor. 1864)

OCLC

645483
4307055

Author

Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887.

Title

London labour and the London poor : the condition and earnings of those that will work, cannot work, and will not work / by Henry Mayhew.

Imprint

London : Charles Griffin and Co., [1864?] (London : W. Clowes and Sons)

Binding

Binding: Publisher's brown pictorial cloth, gilt.

Local Note

Copy 1: A later printing, ca. 1880. Probable date determined from publisher's advertisements at end of each v. giving publisher's address as "12 Exeter Street, Strand," and form of printer's name in v. 2, "William Clowes and Sons, Limited." Cf. Brown, Philip A.H. London printers and publishers, c1800-1870. 1982.

Copy 2: Vol. 1 only. Rebound in red buckram. Without advertisements.

Added Author

Whymper, Elijah, active 1848-1863. Wood engraver

Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866. Wood engraver

Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895. Illustrator

Anelay, Henry, 1817-1883. Illustrator

Beard, Richard, 1801 or 1802-1885. Illustrator

Added Title

London street folk.

Research Call Number

SGF (Mayhew, H. London labour and the London poor. 1864) Library has: v. 1-3.

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