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Published by Edward Stanford,, London,, 1857
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. 26pp plus folding map to rear. Original printed grey paper wraps. Price of 'Half-a-Crown' given at foot of front cover. Illustrated with 4 tinted lithograph plates (2 folding) and London map at rear. The rear folding map shows London out to Battersea at one end and the Isle of Dogs and West India Docks at the other end in the North Belsize Park across to Hackney - with the proposed 'New Street and Railway' and 'Metropolitan Railway Sanctioned by Pariament' 'Mr. Frank Foster's Lower Intercepting Sewer' each delineated with red line, red broken red line or a black line. 3 of the plates show proposed railways, with one of the 2 folding plates showing how the line would cross Waterloo bridge. The very attractive front folding plate shows 'the grand drive through Hyde Park and Kensingto Gardens to the proposed Palace of Fine Arts at Kensington.' Clean bright copy loose in its covers, with very slight wear and tear at spine hinges but no loss. Hyde Park plate slight stained at edge not affecting the image, slight tanning at edges of prelims. Cover and rear cover very sligtly dusty else unmarked. Decent copy.
Published by Edward Stanford, 1857
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. 26pp plus folding map to rear. Original paper wrapps. Wear to extremities with some minor damage to head and tail of spine. Contents just starting to come away from the covers at the spine. Price of 'Half-a-Crown' given at foot of front cover. Illustrated with 4 lithograph plates (2 folding) and map at rear. Folding map showing London and the proposed 'New Street and Railway' and 'Mr. Frank Foster's Lower Intercepting Sewer'. Sporadic light spotting. Otherwise a 'Very Good' copy. This report was produced as a result of a series of parliamentary committees concerned with over-crowding in London. Mitchell proposed a single grand street running from Kensington Palace to the East End. Alongside this street would be a railway with a branch from Lincoln¿s Inn Fields to Waterloo. Another part of the scheme involved the pressing problem of sewage disposal, Mitchell argued the case for an intercepting sewer running beneath his great street and adjacent railway. Scarce.