Mayhew's London
by Mayhew, Henry and edited by Quennell, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0946495033
- ISBN 13
- 9780946495030
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London : Bracken Books, 1984. First edition by this publisher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges faintly browned Boards have some tiny holes on the bottom of the spine fold Originally published in 1861. Source used by Charles Dickens. "London Labour and the London Poor" is a work of Victorian journalism by Henry Mayhew. In the 1840s he observed, documented and described the state of working people in London for a series of articles in a newspaper, the Morning Chronicle, that were later compiled into book form. The articles go into deep, almost pedantic detail concerning the trades, habits, religion and domestic arrangements of the thousands of people working the streets of the city. Much of the material comprises detailed interviews in which people candidly describe their lives and work: for instance, Jack Black talks about his job as "rat and mole destroyer to Her Majesty", remaining in good humour despite his experience of a succession of near-fatal infections from bites. B & W illustrations
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55085
- Title
- Mayhew's London
- Author
- Mayhew, Henry and edited by Quennell, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition by this publisher
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0946495033
- ISBN 13
- 9780946495030
- Publisher
- Bracken Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 592
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
- Keywords
- British History-England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland Mayhew, true crime, London, Cockney
- X weight
- 850.000 kg
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