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Paperback. This groundbreaking investigation into the lives of London's underclass was undertaken by Henry Mayhew in the 1850s. His interviews with street traders, beggars, and thieves results in a work as vivid as a Victorian novel. This new selection includes original illustrations and an illluminating introduction and notes. Editor(s): Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 24 black and white illustrations, and a map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199697571
ISBN
9780199697571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. An account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226195
ISBN
9781840226195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. From costermongers to ex-convicts, from chimney-sweeps to vagrants, the underprivileged of London are brought to life in this book, where their plight is expressed through a blend of first person accounts and statistics. It originated in a series of newspaper articles that grew into a four volume account of the working-classes of London. Editor(s): Neuburg, Victor. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
508
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432411
ISBN
9780140432411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, this history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 337 x 44. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847924537
ISBN
9781847924537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

paperback. London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. In this book, we witness the city's metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 244 x 51. Weight in Grams: 882.
Publisher
Bodley Head
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847924476
ISBN
9781847924476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. Everything you ever wanted to know about London's rock 'n' roll venues. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AMGC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445658193
ISBN
9781445658193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.14

Paperback. A nostalgic look back at the docks of London the 1960s. Num Pages: 128 pages, 220. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445665849
ISBN
9781445665849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.40

Paperback. Story of monuments and memorials in london with lost meanings Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473879119
ISBN
9781473879119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474227490
ISBN
9781474227490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.69

Hardcover. Seeks to define exactly what it is that makes Britain's capital the international urban HQ for creativity and innovation. Why and how has the city become a creative universe of its own making? This book unlocks the secret passions, undress social mundanities and address outrageous profanities. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; AJCR; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 332 x 319. Weight in Grams: 4674.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970713
ISBN
9780500970713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 56.72

Hardcover. Series: Amazing and Extraordinary Facts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HBW; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 130 x 17. .
Publisher
Rydon Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910821084
ISBN
9781910821084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white plates, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752474854
ISBN
9780752474854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

paperback. Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink. Num Pages: 848 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099422587
ISBN
9780099422587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.94

Sheet map. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 115. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402288
ISBN
9781908402288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.23

Paperback. Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and also an elegy for its decline, with statistics and anecdote, from Boadicea to Betjeman. Num Pages: 560 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140105933
ISBN
9780140105933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644967
ISBN
9780691644967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.74

Hardback. Luther Lee was one of the founders of Wesleyan Methodism, a 19th-century reformer and an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. This volume explores his life, politics and theology. One of the author's particular foci is the extent to which Lee impacted the antislavery movement. Series: Studies in Evangelicalism. Num Pages: 296 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; HRCC2; HRCC95. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810837102
ISBN
9780810837102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.82

Paperback. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
English Heritage Publications London
Number of pages
64
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KNH0011592
ISBN
9781850747246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
English Heritage Publications London
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KNH0011591
ISBN
9781850747246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Representing the pinnacle of Cold War aircraft design and it has become an aviation icon together with its predecessor, the A-12, the Blackbird was a giant leap into the technical unknown and the design employed many forms of new technology made necessary by the excesses of speed, altitude and temperature to which the aircraft was subjected. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam. Series: Air Vanguard. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472804921
ISBN
9781472804921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

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