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Additional authors

1. Whymper, Elijah, active 1848-1863.
2. Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866.
3. Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895.
4. Anelay, Henry, 1817-1883.
5. Beard, Richard, 1801 or 1802-1885.

Description

1. 4 v. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.

Alternative title

1. London street folk.

Subject

1. London (England) > Social conditions > 19th century
2. Working class > England > London
3. Street life > England > London
4. Poor > England > London
5. Street vendors > England > London

Contents

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

Call number

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

Note

1. 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.
2. Originally issued in parts.
3. Probable date of publication from date "1864" on several ill. in v. 1.
4. Includes indexes.

Binding (note)

1. Binding: Publisher's brown pictorial cloth, gilt.

Author

1. Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887.

Title

1. 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

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

Binding

1. Binding: Publisher's brown pictorial cloth, gilt.

Local note

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

Added author

1. Whymper, Elijah, active 1848-1863. Wood engraver
2. Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866. Wood engraver
3. Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895. Illustrator
4. Anelay, Henry, 1817-1883. Illustrator
5. Beard, Richard, 1801 or 1802-1885. Illustrator

Added title

1. London street folk.

Research call number

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