London Characters and Crooks by Mayhew, Henry: Selected by Christopher Hibbert - 1996

Folio Society, 1996. Hardcover. Good. 1996. No Edition Remarks. 535 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs by John Thomson. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed.

The Folio Society, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 1996. No edition remarks. 535 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. No slipcase. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild smudge and droplets to text block edges. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Books has a backward lean.

London: The Folio Society, 1996. First Folio Society reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +. 535pp. Quarto [25 cm] Pictorially stamped olive green cloth over boards. Publisher's olive green topstain. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs by John Thompson, one of the early pioneers of photo-journalism. A detailed account of London's marginalized population in Victorian times, such as sewer hunters, mud-larks, dust-sifters, the strong man, crossing-sweepers, and much more.

London: The Folio Society, 1996. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. First printing from The Folio Society. Edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert. In as new khaki coloured pictorial and decorated cloth boards with gilt title field with black titles. In as new text block, very fresh and white. With sepia photos. Inside as new black thick card slip case. Heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK.

Folio Society, 1999-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709.

London, UK: The Folio Society, 2010. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thomson, John. xvii, 536pp, black and white photographic plates. Grey paper-covered boards, black, grey and gilt design on front, gilt titles on spine. Top text block edge sprayed grey. Grey speckled endpapers. 8vo. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for oversea delivery. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Scuffing and some marks to slipcase. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for oversea delivery.

London: The Folio Society, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. First Folio edition and printing. 4to size. Edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert. In as new olive green pictorial card with scenes of crooks and silver and green titles. Text block also as new. In fine black slip case -with tiny nick on one edge. Heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK.

Folio Society. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Slipcase Acceptable. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his custom bookplate on front endpage. (England, Crime, Criminals, History) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

London: The Folio Society. 1996. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in Near Fine slipcase. An excellent copy. Sepia-toned photographs taken from John Thomson's Street Life in London published between 1877 and 1878. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 535pages. Between 1851 to 1862 journalist, Henry Mayhew, published his masterpieces 'London Labour and the London Poor' which detailed the realities of East End life in the middle of the nineteenth century, the day to day existence of the poor, the oppressed, the hardworking and the criminal, the pious and lascivious, their sorrows and hopes, the ways they thought and talked and how they passed their days and night. . 1st thus. Hardback.

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, LONDON, 1996 HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE, SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES. VERY LIGHT WEAR TO SLIPCASE, TITLE PAGE & ONE FURTHER PAGE WITH A MINOR CREASE OTHERWISE AN EXCELLENT NEAR FINE COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.