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    • Booth (Charles) Labour and Life of the People, 3 vol., first edition, 1889-1891.
      Sep. 28, 2023

      Booth (Charles) Labour and Life of the People, 3 vol., first edition, 1889-1891.

      Est: £3,000 - £5,000

      Booth (Charles) Labour and Life of the People, 3 vol., first edition, including 'Volume I: East London', Volume II: London Continued', and 'Appendix to Volume II', complete with seven folding coloured maps on linen, fine impressions of each map, editor's compliments slip to each volume, owners' pencil inscription to title of 2 'Joseph Crompton', additional ink owner's inscription to vol. I only, original pale green cloth, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Williams and Norgate, 1889-1891 ⁂ A fine copy of Booth's monumental polemic on poverty, where he argues that chronic pauperism inevitably leads to depravity, and that recognition of endemic poverty and the problems it causes must be given greater weight in both political and social circles. Maps include: - 'Descriptive Map of East End Poverty, compiled from School Board Visitors' Reports in 1887' - 'A Map of London showing the Proportion of the Inhabitants of each Registration Sub-District in 1881, Born in Other Parts of the United Kingdom' - 'Map shewing Degrees of Poverty in London, in Areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each. Compiled from Information collected in 1889-1890' - 'Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889' on four sheets: S.E. Section; S.W. Section; N.E. Section; N.W. Section.

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    • London.- Booth (Charles) Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889, in four parts, 1889
      Sep. 15, 2022

      London.- Booth (Charles) Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889, in four parts, 1889

      Est: £1,000 - £1,500

      London.- Booth (Charles) Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889, in four parts covering the North-Western, South-Western, North-Eastern, and South Eastern parts of London, based on Stanford's 'Library Map of London' but with coloured-coded identification indicating London's poverty and prosperity street by street, lithographs printed in colours, each sheet approx. 555 x 640 mm (21 3/4 x 25 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some splitting to folds, old tape repairs verso, exposure lines visible in borders, some surface dirt and minor scuffs, folding with marbled endpapers, worn, 8vo, 1889 (4) ⁂ "Quite the most important thematic map of the metropolis in the 19th century" [Hyde p. 28]. Originally published as part of 'Labour and Life of the People', which was Booth's monumental polemic on poverty, where he argued that chronic pauperism inevitably led to depravity, and that recognition of endemic poverty and the problems it caused must be given greater weight in both political and social circles.

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    • Pub map of London.- Booth (Charles) London 1889-1900, from "Life and Labour of the People in London", 1902.
      Feb. 22, 2022

      Pub map of London.- Booth (Charles) London 1889-1900, from "Life and Labour of the People in London", 1902.

      Est: £150 - £200

      Pub map of London.- Booth (Charles) London 1889-1900, from "Life and Labour of the People in London", Map showing Places of Worship, Public Elementary Schools, and Houses Licensed for the Sale of Intoxicating Drinks, lithograph, 670 x 1000 mm (26 1/2 x 39 3/8 in), folding as issued, some handling creases, light surface dirt and browning, presented in slip to rear of "Final Volume" of Booth's series, modern green cloth, ex-Maidstone Public Library with stamps, 4to, MacMillan & Co, 1902 ⁂ This detailed map of London shows the proximity of drinking establishments to schools and places of worship, and with such a vast number of places selling alcohol, Booth to concluded that London's Temperance Movement had failed.

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    • London.- Booth (Charles) Descriptive Map of East End Poverty, Compiled from School Board Reports' in 1887, 1889.
      Mar. 18, 2021

      London.- Booth (Charles) Descriptive Map of East End Poverty, Compiled from School Board Reports' in 1887, 1889.

      Est: £1,000 - £1,500

      London.- Booth (Charles) Descriptive Map of East End Poverty, Compiled from School Board Reports' in 1887, folding plan of East London, including Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, Stepney, Mile End, and part of Poplar, with coloured key identifying 'general condition of inhabitants' from 'Very poor, lowest class... Vicious, semi-criminal' to 'Well-to-do', lithograph printed in colours, 372 x 485 mm (14 3/4 x 19 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding into original volume, 'Labour and Life of the People. Volume 1: East London', second edition, original boards, rubbed, 4to, Williams and Norgate, 1889.

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    • London.- Booth (Charles) Life and Labour of the People in London, 16 vol. only (of 18), [1902-1904].
      Aug. 29, 2019

      London.- Booth (Charles) Life and Labour of the People in London, 16 vol. only (of 18), [1902-1904].

      Est: £1,000 - £1,500

      London.- Booth (Charles) Life and Labour of the People in London, 16 vol. only (of 18), including vol. 1, 3, and 4 from the 'First Series', 1904 reprint of 1902 edition, vol. 1-5 from the 'Second Series', 1903, vol. 1-7 from the 'Third Series', 1902, and the 'Final Commentary' vol., 1902, with 20 folding maps of London tipped-in to the Third Series volumes, lettered 'A' to 'U', albeit lacking 'I', presumably as published, lacking supplementary maps, the folding maps are based on Stanford's Library Map of London and Suburbs at a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile, lithographs with original hand-colouring, mounted on linen, each with original key tab, various sizes, some occasional minor handling creases, numerous library stamps, ink numbers, and book plates, mainly to titles, bound in original vellum lettered and decorated in gilt, library number in gilt to upper cover of some, rubbed and soiled, worn, Macmillan and Co., [1902-1904] (16); sold not subject to return Provenance: Ex libris of Fulham Public Libraries ⁂ The folding maps included are as follows: Map A - Isle of Dogs Map B - Outer East London Map C - Hackney Map D - North London Map E - Inner North West Map F - Lisson Grove Map G - Hampstead & St Johns Wood Map H - Inner East London Map J - East Central London Map K - West Central London Map L - Westminster & Pimlico Map M - The Inner West Map N - The Outer West Map O - Fulham Map P - Inner South London Map Q - Deptford and Greenwich Map R - Woolwich Map S - Battersea Map T - Wandsworth Map U - Outer South London

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    • London Poverty.- Booth (Charles) Map Shewing Degrees of Poverty in London in areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each, Compiled from Information Collected in 1889-1890.
      Aug. 29, 2019

      London Poverty.- Booth (Charles) Map Shewing Degrees of Poverty in London in areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each, Compiled from Information Collected in 1889-1890.

      Est: £400 - £600

      London Poverty.- Booth (Charles) Map Shewing Degrees of Poverty in London in areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each, Compiled from Information Collected in 1889-1890, detailed map dividing the city into areas with colour-coded key illustrating the extent of poverty in each location, based on Stanford's 'Library map of London', with key and table in the upper and lower right corners, respectively, originally published with the appendix to 'Labour & Life of the People' vol. 2, lithograph printed in colour, sheet 660 x 895 mm. (26 x 25 1/8 in), laid onto linen, some handling creases and light folds, small areas of of loss carefully restored, minor surface dirtr, unframed, [1890-1891].

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    • Charles A*** Booth (late 19th/early 20th Century)
      Sep. 17, 2014

      Charles A*** Booth (late 19th/early 20th Century)

      Est: £80 - £140

      Charles A*** Booth (late 19th/early 20th Century) A STONE BRIDGE AND WATERFALL IN NORTH WALES signed and dated 1893 watercolour heightened with white 26.5 x 36.5cms; 10 1/2 x 14 1/4in.

      Anderson-Garland
    • Attributed to Charles Booth (British, 19th Century) A view of the town of Susa and the Arch of Augustus 29 1/4 x 44 1/2in
      Apr. 17, 2011

      Attributed to Charles Booth (British, 19th Century) A view of the town of Susa and the Arch of Augustus 29 1/4 x 44 1/2in

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      A view of the town of Susa and the Arch of Augustus oil on canvas 29 1/4 x 44 1/2in

      Bonhams
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