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    By James Greenwood
    London   Stanley Rivers & Co
    8" by 6" viii [1], 2-461 [3]pp
    The first edition of Greenwood's work of investigative journalism and social criticism, in which he exposes the seven major social ills of Victorian London.
    By James Greenwood

    1869 The Seven Curses of London

    London   Stanley Rivers & Co
    8" by 6" viii [1], 2-461 [3]pp
    The first edition of Greenwood's work of investigative journalism and social criticism, in which he exposes the seven major social ills of Victorian London.
    £90.00
    : 1kgs / : 975F4
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    First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

    A first edition.

    Greenwood discusses neglected children, professional thieves, professional beggars, fallen women, drunkenness, betting and gambling, and the wasteful misuse of charitable funds in order to blend narrative and reporting, aiming to awaken public conscience and encourage reform.

    Collated, lacking the portrait frontispiece.

    Rebacked, with back strip laid down, retaining original endpapers.

    With an advertisement leaf to rear, and advertisements to endpapers.

    Condition

    Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with back strip laid down. Retaining the original endpapers. Back strip lightly age toned, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Lacking frontispiece. Pages lightly age toned, but otherwise clean and bright.

    Very Good

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