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MAYHEW, Henry.

The Criminal prisons of London and scenes of prison life.

The Criminal prisons of London and scenes of prison life.

Stock Code 100318

London, Griffin, Bohn, 1862

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Scarce follow-up to London Labour and the London Poor by one of the leading advocates for social reform in Victorian Britain.

First edition. 8vo, xii, 634 pp., 2 pages ads at end, wood-engraved folding frontispiece, numerous wood-engraved plates, original mauve blind-stamped cloth gilt, neatly rebacked preserving spine, spine and covers faded, small chip to head of title, a very good copy.

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