London.- Rowe (Richard) Life in the London Streets or Struggles for Daily Bread, cheap edition, 1881; and 5 others related (6)

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London.- Rowe (Richard) Life in the London Streets or Struggles for Daily Bread, cheap edition, 10 engraved plates, surface soiling, some water-staining and toning, mostly marginal, light cracking at upper hinge, original cloth, discolouration, rubbed and bumped with a few nicks to spine ends, slight shelf-lean, 1881 Besant (Walter) [London Series], 4 vol., etched frontispieces, illustrations and plates by Francis S. Walker, 'Westminster' with light offsetting to title, contemporary half crushed morocco, gilt, spines lightly faded, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, a few marks or stains, g.e., 1899-1904, scattered spotting; and an original printed invitation on card for the Opening of the Royal Exchange by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, October 28, 1844, 8vo (6) *** The first mentioned was initially published in 1880 under the title Picked up in the Streets, or Struggles for Life amongst the London Poor. The second mentioned refers to a group of Walter Besant’s London topographical works, including East London, London, Westminster, and South London.

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