Booth, Charles
Labour and Life of the People
£6,750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Volume I: East London. Second Edition. With a Coloured Map. [Together with:] Volume II: London Continued. With Maps and Appendix under a Separate Cover. London: Williams and Norgate, 1889-91. 3 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, containing the following maps (all lithographic and in colours):
Volume I:
1) Descriptive Map of East End Poverty, compiled from School Board Visitors' Reports in 1887 (dissected and laid on linen, 37 x 50.5cm, loose);
2) [4 single-page maps of East London and Hackney].
Volume II:
1) A Map of London showing the Proportion of the Inhabitants of each Registration Sub-District in 1881, Born in Other Parts of the United Kingdom (laid on linen, folding, 34 x 42.5cm);
Volume II maps and appendix volume:
1) Map shewing Degrees of Poverty in London, in Areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each. Compiled from Information collected in 1889-1890 (laid on linen, folding, toning along folds, 66 x 89cm);
2) Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889 (on 4 sheets, each laid on linen, folding, approx. 50 x 60cm, light toning along a few folds);
bindings shaken and worn, sold as a collection of maps (3)