THE GREAT METROPOLIS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James Grant
Published by Saunders and Otley
in 1838
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THE GREAT METROPOLIS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James Grant.
Stock no. 2134925
3rd.
1838.
Hardback.
Fair condition.
Leather bindings, raised bands to spines, gilt titles. Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons. First Series, third edition. Covers of volume 1 are detached, but still present. Front cover of volume 2 held on by endpapers. Heavy wear with scuffing to covers; some tears/chips and a little loss to spine. A few pages are paper taped in. Foxing and browning to pages, but contents are still very readable. A few margin nicks/tears. Working copies ONLY!
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Front cover
Contents
- Contents of the First Volume
- Chapter I. General Characteristics
- Chapter II. The Theatres
- Chapter III. The Clubs
- Chapter IV. The Gaming Houses
- Chapter V. Metropolitan Society - The Higher Classes
- Chapter VI. Metropolitan Society - The Middle Classes
- Chapter VII. Metropolitan Society - The Lower Classes
- Contents of the Second Volume
- Chapter I. The Newspaper Press - Morning Papers
- Chapter II. The Newspaper Press - The Evening Paper
- Chapter III. The Newspaper Press - Weekly Papers
- Chapter IV. The Newspaper Press - General Remarks
- Chapter V. The Newspaper Press - Parliamentary Reporting
- Chapter VI. Periodical Literature - The Quarterly Reviews
- Chapter VII. Periodical Literature - The Monthlies
- Chapter VIII. Periodical Literature - Weekly Journals