LONDON'S UNDERWORLD

Hardback. 2nd impression of this Edn. first pub. 1950. Being selections from 'Those That Will Not Work', the 4th volume of 'London Labour and The London Poor' by Henry Mayhew, first pub. in 1862. The first three appeared in 1851, and Peter Quennell's two volumes of selections from them are entitled 'Mahew's London' and 'Mayhew's Characters'. Contents include : Prostitution in London; Thieves and Swindlers; Beggars and Cheats. Illus. 434pp. 8vo. h/back. V.v. lightly browned edges o/w Nr. F. in sl. chipped Vg. dw.