Author: Greenwood, James
Title: The Seven Curses of London
Description: Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1869. 1869. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1869. 1869. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine with frames & decorations stamped in blind on both covers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. The tail of the spine is lightly chipped & frayed & the head is chipped & torn. viii & 336 pages. The front hinge is starting & a library label of the New England Genealogical Society's F. M. Bartlett Colllection is mounted on the front pastedown & stamped "withdrawn". Good.

First American edition.

A book about the social ills of nineteenth century London with sections on neglected children, professional thieves, professional beggars, prostitution, drunkenness, gambling and pauperism. Good .

Keywords: HISTORY; SOCIOLOGY; ENGLAND; LONDON; THE SEVEN CURSES OF LONDON; JAMES GREENWOOD; NEGLECTED CHILDREN; THIEVES; BEGGARS; PROSTITUTION; DRUNKENNESS; GAMBLING; BETTING; PAUPERISM;NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

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