The Rookeries of London: Past, Present, and Prospective

by Thomas Beames

£225 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Thomas Bosworth, 1850. London FIRST EDITION. Octavo 21 x 14cm , pp.xii; 264; 17 1 . With a tissue-guarded title-page vignette and two engraved plates. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles and blind tooling to boards and spine. Edges untrimmed. Yellow endpapers. Secondary tract: 'Public Baths and Wash-Houses' to rear. Some minor spotting to first/last few leaves and back of first plate. Otherwise internally clean. Gutter visible in some areas, but

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