The Rookeries of London: Past, Present, and Prospective

An extremely scarce first hand account of the severe poverty of Victorian London. A scarce work, here in the 1852 second edition.This is the work of the Reverend Thomas Beames, a preacher and assistant at St. James, Westminster. After witnessing first hand the extreme poverty within Victorian society, within this volume he compiled eye witness accounts of the suffering taking place within some of the most notorious slum areas of the city, known as rookeries.To the front pastedown is a note from a contemporary owner that this was 'given to me by Lord Ingestre', the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, who was a naval commander and Conservative politician.Also to the front pastedown is a former owner's inscription, 'D. L. Cumming'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With mark to the boards, discolouration and significant bumping to spine, and slight starting to joints. Both a contemporary and a former owner's inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean and bright. Very Good.…