1874 Henry Mayhew LONDON CHARACTERS social history street life poverty 1st ed.

LONDON CHARACTERS
Illustrations of the Humor, Pathos and Peculiarities of London Life

by Henry Mayhew

illustrated by W S Gilbert & others

Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1874.

First edition.

Hardback, recased.

477 pages, illustrated.

Contains many varied sketches of people in London. Henry Mayhew was an English journalist, social researcher, and playwright.

Scarce in this original edition.

Condition: fair; binding worn; text block recased with new endpapers added; some damage with loss to titlepage & first few subsequent pages; scattered foxing otherwise clean.