Living London (Volumes I, II and III)

Complete in three volumes. All volumes: viii, 384pp, black and white illustrated plate frontispiece (Vol. III tissue-guarded). Illustrations: Vol. I: 450+, Vol. II: 500+, Vol. III: 450+. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on front boards and spines.4to. Spine covers on volumes I & II have been 'repaired' by placing adhesive tape over entire spine and onto boards; spine ends and bottom corners heavily rubbed with cloth worn away. Stains. Clear tape repairs to cracked and stretched hinges. Text blocks have dropped, volumes quite loose; volume III's gutters stretched throughout. On late 19th century London, its work and its play, its humour and its pathos, its sights and its scenes.