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The Street Trader’s Lot, London: 1851 – Being an Account of the Lives, Miseries, Joys and Chequered Activities of the London Street Sellers as Recorded by their Contemporary, Henry Mayhew

Author(s):

Mayhew, Henry; Rubinstein, S (editor); George, Dorothy M (introduction)

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Good

Dust Jacket:

Yes

Dust Jacket Condition:

Acceptable

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

–

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Sylvan Press

Publication Year:

1947

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

041016

Catalogue(s):

£6.00

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xxiv, 170pp, with 25 contemporary illustrations. Cream cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed in at spine ends. Some tanning on endpapers; previous owner’s name neatly inked on the front free endpaper. In its original worn, creased and torn dust wrapper, in two pieces but largely complete.

Stories of mid 19th century London Street Traders, which Mayhew described as ;the first attempt to publish the history of a people from the lips of the people themselves’.

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