1851 : or, the adventures of Mr and Mrs Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves", and to see the Great Exhibition / by Henry Mayhew, and George Cruikshank

Poor binding bound in half aniline calf over worn cloth boards. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Lidstone's Devonport and Stoke Public Subscription Library with its bookplate and library marks. Physical description; [4], 1-62, 65-242 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., 22 cm. Notes; Illustrated by Mayhew and Cruckshanks. Contents; Illustrations: All the world going to see the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- Manchester in 1851 -- London in 1851 -- Looking for lodgings -- The opera boxes during the time of the Great Exhibition -- The opening of the great hive of the world May 1 1851 or the industrial exhibition of all nations -- The first shilling day going in, the first shilling day coming out -- Some of the drolleries of the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- Odds & ends, in, out & about the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- The dispersion of the works of all nations from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Subjects; Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England). Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) ; Humor). Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) ; Fiction. Great Exhibition (1851 : London) ; Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Great Exhibition (1851 : London) ; Fiction. Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England). English wit and humor 19th century. English literature 19th century. English wit and humor. Social history. Great Exhibition (1851). Street life. Social behaviour. Satire. Cartoons. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …