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The People of the Abyss
1903909Q27London: Isbister and Company 1903 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. The first UK edition of American author Jack London's first-hand account of the weeks he spent living in the East End of London in 1902. The first UK edition published the same year as the US. Scarce work. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. A vivid first-hand account of slum conditions in early twentieth-century England by Jack London who spent several weeks in the deprived area of Whitechapel in the East End of London in 1902. During this time the author lived with a poor family surrounded by working-class men and sleeping in workhouses or on the street. These conditions were shared by about five hundred thousand people of the working-class. While there are many other accounts of these conditions most were based on second-hand sources; this work is notable for providing a personal account and has inspired authors such as George Orwell. Jack London was an American novelist and journalist known for his activism surrounding matters such as this. With twenty-four full page photographic plates in black and white. Collated complete. Scarce to see complete. With a W. H. Smith & Son's subscription label to the front paste down. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with slight bumping to the extremities and rubbing to the joints and extremities. A little fading to the spine and the odd mark to cloth. Subscription label to the front endpaper. Light spotting to fore edge and endpapers. Hinges are a little strained but holding firm. Internally generally firmly bound with binding a touch tender in places starting to split at p114. Pages are bright and clean with one or two light spots. Very Good Isbister and Company hardcover
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