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Fifth annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales : together with appendices A. B. C. & D.
by Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford-Street, for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1839. First Edition. Hardback. Disbound copy lacking spine and front board. Internally quite sound with all pages clean and present. All edges speckled. Minor library marks remain. A reading or binding copy only. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 220 pages; Physical description: iv, 220 p. : ill.., tables, (some folded), plans ; 8vo. Subjects: Almshouses - Great Britain. Poor laws - Great Britain. Public welfare administration - Great Britain. The report is signed by John George Shaw Lefevre, George Nicholls and George Cornewall Lewis. Publisher's device to title page.
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- MW Books Ltd.
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- 194922
- Title
- Fifth annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales : together with appendices A. B. C. & D.
- Author
- Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford-Street, for Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Date Published
- 1839
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