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Language: English
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, NY 1962
- Hardcover
Seller: Foxtrot Books, Yankton, SD, U.S.A.Foxtrot Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good COndiiton hard cover 452 pages.

The Selected Essays of Cyril Connolly
[Connolly, Cyril] edited by & with an Introduction By Peter Quennell
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Seller: Lorrin Wong, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Lorrin Wong, Bookseller
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1st printing of 1st edition. 307 pages. Light foxing along top edge otherwise a clean very good trade hard cover book/ small dampstain on front dust jacket panel otherwise very good+ dust jacket.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. January 1962 1962
- Hardcover
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Dunaway Books
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Language: English
Published by Pantheon Books 1950
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover - Very Good - Other than slight fade to spine, book is clean and tight with only lightest of wear. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering. No dust jacket if issued. 265 pages. First Edition as no prior printing noted.
Language: English
Published by Bracken Books, London 1984
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Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdomvalley books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 592pp Heavy book extra overseas post.

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Seller: Used Esoteric Books, Fairfax, CA, U.S.A.Used Esoteric Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, 188 pp. [==] Book: Fine. Appears unread. Very clean. Black half cloth binding, gilt spine title. Remainder mark bottom edge. DJ: Very Good. Jacket design by Bob Aulicino. Clean but for some scuffing at the top edges and fold of the flap, small open and clos…ed tears at the top back. Now covered in mylar.
Published by Spring Books January 1111 1111
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. unmarked copy.
Published by Spring Books 1969
- Hardcover
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.Midtown Scholar Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

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Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. The Contents are: Introduction; Foreword; PROSTITUTION IN LONDON - General Remarks;… Seclusives, or Those that Live in Private Houses and Apartments; The Prostitutes of the Haymarket; Board Lodgers; Those who Live in Low Lodging Houses; Sailors' Women; Soldiers' Women; Theives' Women; Park Women; The Dependants of Prostitutes; Bawds; Followers of Dress-Lodgers; Keepers of Accommodation Houses; Procuresses, Pimps and Panders; Fancy-men; Bullies; Clandestine Prostitutes; Female Operative; Maid-Servants; Ladies of Intrigue and Houses of Assignation; Cohabitant Prostitutes; Narrative of a Gy Woman at the West End of the Metropolis; Criminal Returns; and Traffic in Foreign Women. THEIVES AND SWINDLERS - Introduction; The Sneaks, or Common Thieves; Stealing from Street-stalls; Stealing from the Tills; Stealing from the Doors and Windows of Shops; Stealing from Children; Child Stripping; Stealing from Drunken Persons; Stealing Linen, etc., exposed to dry; Robberies from Carts and other Vehicles; Stelaing Lead From Housetops, Copper from Kitchens; Robberies by False Keys; Robberies by Lodgers, Robberies by Servants; Area and Lobby Sneaks; Stealing by Lifting Up Windows or Breaking Glass, Attic or Garret Theives; A Visit to the Rookery of St. Giles and its Neighbourhood; Narrative of a London Sneak, or Common Thief; Pickpockets and Shoplifters; Omnibus Pickpockets; Railway Pickpockets; Shoplifters; A Visit to the Theives' Den in Spitalfields; Narrative of a Pickpocket; Horse and Dog Stealers; Horse-stealing; Dog-stealing; Highway Robbers; A Ramble among the Theives' Dens in the Borough; House breakers and Burglars; Narrative of a Burglar; Narrative of another Burglar; Felonies on the River Thames; The Mudlarks; Sweeping Boys; Sellers of Small Wares; Labourers on Board Ship etc.,; Dredgmen and Fishermen; Smuggling; Felonies by Lightermen; The River Priates; Narrative of a Mudlark; Receivers of Stolen Property; Dolly Shops; Pawnbrokers, etc.; Narrative of a Returned Convict; Coining Forgers; Bank Notes; Cheques; Forged Acceptance; Forged Wills; Cheats; Embezzlers; Magsmen, or Sharpers; The Chard Tricks; Skittles; Thimble and Pea; The Lock; Swindlers. BEGGARS AND CHEATS - Begging-Letter Writers; Decayed Gentleman; The Broken-Down Tradesman; The Distressed Scholar; The Kaggs Family; Advertising Begging-Letter Writers; Ashamed Beggars; The Swell Beggar; Clean Family Beggar; Naval and Military Beggars; Turnpike Sailor; Street Campaigners; Foreign Beggars: The French Beggar; Destitute Poles; Hindoo Beggars; Negro Beggars; Disaster Beggars: A Shipwrecked Mariner; Blown-up Miners; Burnt-out Tradesmen; Lucifer Droppers; Bodily Afflicted Beggars; Seventy Years a Beggar; Having Swollen Legs; Cripples; A Blind Beggar; Beggars Subject to Fits; Being in a Decline; Shallow Coves; Famished Beggars; The Choking Dodge; The Offal Eater; Petty Trading Beggars; An Author's Wife; Dependants of Beggars; Distressed Operative Beggars: Starved Out Manufacturers; Unemployed Agriculturalists and Frozen Out Gardeners; and Hand-loom Weavers. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1962
- Hardcover
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.Tacoma Book Center
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. Later Printing. Very Good condition book, with some browning and dustsoiling to edges of interior pages, in a Very Good Condition dustjacket with minor small closed tears, rubs and creases to edges, slight browning to jacket edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Price…clipped on inside front jacket flap.
Language: English
Published by The Historical Association, London 1957
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, , United KingdomWest End Books
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Contents include "Cobden and Bright (Asa Briggs) Josiah Wedgwood and George Stubbs (Neil McKendrick) The Parthenon (Donald Nicol) Bury, Spengler and the New Spenglerians (Martin Braun) Russia's December Revolution 1825 (Michael Whittock), Voltaire and the Calas Case (Edna Nixon…) Admiral Robert Blake 1599 - 1657 (Christopher Lloyd) Letters to the Editors, Russia in Question, Book Reviews, Notes on Further Reading." No Dust Jacket blue illustrated stapled paperback, clean tight copy in good condition, 82pp including adverts Published by The Historical Association August 1957 Book#103869.
Published by Spring Books 1111
- Hardcover
Seller: Downtown Atlantis Books, EVANSTON, IL, U.S.A.Downtown Atlantis Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good, nice condition. Previous owner's name written on first inside page. Dust jacket has some chips and is preserved in mylar, good+. Book is flat, tight and (otherwise) clean.

Published by Springs Books
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 360 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and ta…nning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.
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Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United KingdomWeBuyBooks
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Undated. Dust jacket fair, wit…h tears at the folds. Slight fading to the boards, and a tan to the page edges. Contents clear and firm throughout. A good condition book.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1962
- Hardcover
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.Tacoma Book Center
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. Later Printing. Very Good condition book, with slight dustsoiling and browning to edges of interior pages, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor small closed tears, rubs and creases around its edges, slight fading to jacket spine. Tight, sound, unmarked copy…. Price clipped on front jacket flap.

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Seller: Spencer & Murphy Booksellers, Yungaburra, QLD, AustraliaSpencer & Murphy Booksellers
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Originally published in 1861. Source used by Charles Dickens. "London Labour and the London Poor" is a work of Victorian journalism by Henry Mayhew. In the….
Published by Spring Books, London
- Hardcover
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.Austin Book Shop LLC
Contact seller4-star sellerHard Cover. Fifth Impression, 1965. Very good; top portion of backstrip is faded due to large chip in the dj. 'Being Selections From Those That Will Not Work, the fourth volume of London Labour and The London Poor, by Henry Mayhew'. Illus. with sketches. 427pp. (loc 261).
Published by London: Bracken Books 1984
- Hardcover
Seller: Aldersgate Books Inc., Niagara Falls, NY, U.S.A.Aldersgate Books Inc.
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Condition: VG. 1984. Originally published 1851. Blue Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Dust jacket now protected in clear plastic BRODART cover. Original price Sterling to front endflap. 592pp. Selections from London Labour and London Poor by Henry Mayhew. VG/VG. Pages clean. Binding sound. Dust Jacket has minor edgewear.
Published by Batsford, London 1964
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Seller: Weathered Stone Books, Skreen, SLIGO, IrelandWeathered Stone Books
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition. xv + 256pp; D/w rubbed and slightly chipped at edges and edges sunned else a bright copy; Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Spring Books 1960 ca, London, United Kingdom 1960
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Minus. Later Edition. The green boards have bright letters, no mark, no date but 1960's, with 360 pp. The dust jacket has chip and tear at top of spine.

Published by History Today, London 1959
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Vol. IX, No. 4, April 1959. ix, 221-293pp. Illustrated in black and white from photographs and artwork. Illustrated stapled wrappers. Ex-library with stamps on the front wrapper, foxing to the rear wrapper, and light edgewear, very good or better. Features "The Inevitable War (The Arab-Israel War… of 1947-1949)" by "Probitas", "Mussolini: Artist in Propaganda" by Denis Mack Smith, "The Hospital of the Holy Spirit" by Iris Origo, and more. Laid in is an advertisement with order form for the book, *The Zimmermann Telegram* by Barbara W. Tuchman.

Published by William Kimber, London 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Second printing. "Being selections from *Those That Will Not Work*, The Fourth volume of *London Labour and the London Poor*" by Henry Mayhew. Octavo. 434pp. Owner gift inscription on front fly, stain on page foredges and bottom corners, one inch tear on front joint, a good only copy lacking the dust…jacket.

Published by William Morrow, New York 1980
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 139pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Some age-toning on the title pages, else near fine in near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London 1949
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 265pp. Portrait frontispiece. Small spot on topedge, covers lightly soiled, spine slightly faded, very good, lacking the dust jacket.

Published by William Kimber, London 1950
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Being selections from Those That Will Not Work, The Fourth volume of London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew. Very good minus with cloth cover soiled.

Published by The Macmillan Company, New York 1964
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised edition. Octavo. 256pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Small owner name on front fly, pages toned, thus very good in a price-clipped and somewhat edgeworn, very good dust jacket with a short internal tape repair.

Published by William Morrow and Company, New York 1980
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Cover edges lightly worn, else fine.

Published by (no publisher-History Today), London 1958
- Softcover
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, January 1958, volume VIII, number 1. Near fine, lightly worn copy in stapled wrappers.