Street Life in London. With Permanent Photographic Illustrations Taken from Life Expressly for this Publication

by John Thomson, Adolphe Smith

$20,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. Complete with 37 Woodburytype photographs mounted to 36 leaves. 4 , 100 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Half blue calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, morocco label. Slight lean, some marginal thumbsoiling, repaired tear above imprint on title page, small blemish to 2 or 3 images but photos generally fine. Item #314998 The first edition of this pioneering use of photography for sociological study. The Scotsman

• Binding: Leather

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