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English Literature and History Lot 38

MAYHEW

MAYHEW, HENRYLONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR: THE CONDITION AND EARNINGS OF THOSE THAT WILL WORK, CANNOT WORK, AND WILL NOT WORKLondon, Charles Griffin and Company [1864]. Three volumes, 8vo, woodcut illustrations of various working-class people and their trades, first gathering and plate to issue 1 in first volume loose, light spotting/browning to parts (as often). Bound in the original publisher's dark cloth, rubbed with some wear and gilding dulled. Mayhew's famous work on the poor and working class of London in the mid 19th century. Uncollated, sold w.a.f. (3)

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