Geo Arkell (3 results)

480pp, xv, [1] 22x15, white parchment, ornate glt decoration and text on spine, crest with dates on front, front and bottom edges not trimmed. Parchment grubby and rubbed, end papers splitting, uncut edges a bit rough, foxing throughout, a few pages uncut, good thus The seventeen volumes of this edition of Booth's huge undertaking were published in 'series': the first was on Poverty, and was volumes 1 to 4; the second was volumes 5 to 9 on Industry; series 3 covered volumes 10 to 16 on Religious Influences, and the final 17th volume was the Summary. The famous 'poverty maps' were published as a fifth unnumbered volume of the first series.

432pp, xv, [1] 22x15, white parchment, ornate glt decoration and text on spine, crest with dates on front, top edge glt, front and bottom edges not trimmed. Parchment grubby and rubbed, small chip from top of spine, end papers splitting, uncut edges a bit rough, good thus The seventeen volumes of this edition of Booth's huge undertaking were published in 'series': the first was on Poverty, and was volumes 1 to 4; the second was volumes 5 to 9 on Industry; series 3 covered volumes 10 to 16 on Religious Influences, and the final 17th volume was the Summary. The famous 'poverty maps' were published as a fifth unnumbered volume of the first series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Scarce. First American edition. Large folding chromolithographic map titled "Jewish East London" by Arkell. Book has been rebound in blue cloth, fading to the gilt lettering on spine. New endpapers. Pages heavily tanned and somewhat brittle, a few pages and the map professionally restored by a book conservator. Mild tidemarks on the edges. Very good copy complete with map.