Henry Mayhew Editor (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/G. 360pp, b/w frontis, 11 b/w illustrations, dustjacket rubbed & repaired with sellotape, a good copy. A new version of Mayhews London Labour & The London Poor with a new introduction. 600 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing, thus; dj w/lite wear, clipped price, in mylar; navy c w/gilt spine titles; 238 clean, unmarked pages; owner's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj w/clipped price, in mylar; 592 clean, unmarked pages; Selections from Henry Mayhew's LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR, first published in 1851. A fascinating look at English Victorian life, urban conditions, and employment; ownr's name. B/W Illus (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 512 pages. 7.60x5.10x1.10 inches. In Stock.

vg/vg, lgt shelf wear. Illustrated by drawings. reprint edition. Binding is hc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th Printing; dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; 427 clean, unmarked pages.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 512 pages. 7.60x5.10x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback boon (434 pages)illustrated with black and white drwings. Second printing. Dust jacket in protective sleeve shows moderate scuffing/soiling - inscription written on front endpaper. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-D-TS-L) rareviewbooks. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Thus. Type: Book 1st printing. DJ has a sun faded spine, otherwise as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Unread condition. No slipcase.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated Edition. brown hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto 10.5"x8"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (nap). illustrated endpapers. 264p. 4 appendices. 8 pages of glossy full color plates. 100 b&w vintage illustrations. english history. english literature. social science. criminology. true crime. history of london. ~ Henry Mayhew's brilliantly observed record of London's poor in the middle of the nineteenth century has deservedly become a classic. He was the first writer to reveal to the comfortable and secure citizens of his own generation another London of which they were unaware. Disraeli's 'two nations' were never in starker contrast than in the capital itself. His work has lost none of its relevance and importance for the present day. It reminds us of what life was like for thousands in the greatest city of the world, and remains a vital document for historical understanding or any kind of social perspective. London Labour and the London Poor was based on a series of letters which Mayhew wrote for the Morning Chronicle in 1849~50. During the course of his investigations he discerned the numerous sub~cultures that existed among the poor, and described often in minute detail the occupations and preoccupations of the multifarious tribes who lived in the rookeries and tenements of the east end, and worked in the streets and the sweat~shops of Whitechapel, Limehouse and Wapping, of Shadwell, Rotherhithe and the Ratcliff Highway. Here to the life are many of Dickens' seamier characters. His story is one which tells of a deadly struggle for existence, always enlightened by compassion and often with humour. There was no welfare state, no safety net for the unemployed, the unfit or the disabled; life confronted one with the starkest choice ~ either survival, or the workhouse to which many preferred death. But all was not doom and gloom; London, even Mayhew's half of it, was in many ways a more vital and colourful city than it is today. The editor has selected a cross~section from Mayhew's immense work, and presents it here accompanied for the first time by many contemporary black~and~white illustrations and eight pages of colour. 'Do you read the Morning Chronicle? Do you devour those marvellous revelations of the inferno of misery, of wretchedness, that is smouldering under our feet? We live in a mockery of Christianity that, with the thought of its hypocrisy, makes me sick. We know nothing of this terrible life that is about us ~ us, in our smug respectability. To read of the sufferings of one class, and the avarice, the tyranny, the pocket cannibalism of the other, makes one almost wonder that the world should go on . 'I send you the Chronicle of yesterday. You will read therein what I think you will agree to be one of the most beautiful records of the nobility of the poor; of those whom our jaunty legislators know nothing . For comprehensiveness of purpose and minuteness of detail they [Mayhew's letters] have never been approached. He will cut his name deep.' ~Douglas Jerrold, writing to a friend in February, 1850, about Mayhew's Chronicle letters.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Thus. viii, 536pp, plus some sepia plate illustrations. Decorative green cloth-covered boards, black and gilt illustrations and lettering on front and spine. Top text block edge sprayed green. Cream endpapers. Housed in its original card slipcase. 8vo. Gift inscription neatly inked on the front free endpaper else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Slipcase a little shelf worn with a tiny chip on the upper front fold.…

Edition Unstated. Date cannot be verified. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 427 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; 1800-1899. Crime and criminals England London. Prostitution England London. Working class England London History 19th century. Poor England London History 19th century. Labor England London History 19th century. Crime England London History 19th century. Prostitution England London History 19th century. London (England) Social life and customs 19th century. England London. 1 Kg.…

Second printing (first Folio edition published 1996). Black slipcase lightly rubbed, slight shelf scuffing along bottom panel; all seams are intact and firm. xviii, 535 pages. Hardcover: H 25.25cm x L 17.75cm. No dust jacket as issued. Handsome dark olive colored cloth with bright gilt and black stamping decorating spine and front board. Green top edge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a very good+ slipcase. With an Introduction by editor Christopher Hibbert. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.25 pounds (1.92 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…

Edition Unstated. Date cannot be verified. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 427 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; 1800-1899. Crime and criminals England London. Prostitution England London. Working class England London History 19th century. Poor England London History 19th century. Labor England London History 19th century. Crime England London History 19th century. Prostitution England London History 19th century. London (England) Social life and customs 19th century. England London. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xviii, 536pp, plus some sepia plate illustrations. Decorative green cloth-covered boards, black and gilt illustrations and lettering on front and spine. Top text block edge sprayed green. Cream endpapers. Housed in a medium weight card slipcase. 8vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Slipcase has some minimal shelf wear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Folio Society printing. xviii, 536pp, plus sepia plate illustrations. Decorated green cloth-covered boards, black titles on gilt relief on front and spine. Top text block edge sprayed green. Cream endpapers. Housed in a medium weight card slipcase. 4to. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Slipcase a little rubbed on corners with some mild shelf wear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 360 pp, illustrations. Dj rubbed and scuffed, edgewear. Boards have light wear to extremities. Leaves a little yellowed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 12mo, wrappers printed in two colors, 32pp. Fine advertising illustration on rear cover, showing these cloth mills in Gloucestershire. A good+ copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 343 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.78 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Book pp xvii, 535. An As New slipcase supplied. 1st printing. Small ink mark to lower board.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xviii, 536pp, some sepia photographs. Green cloth-covered boards; black and gilt design on front and spine, reverse titles on front and spine; top text block edge sprayed green; tan endpapers. 4to. Volume is neat. clean, bright and tight throughout. Black paper-covered slipcase has light shelf wear and soiling.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.