1892 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens #1-image
1892 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens #1-image
1892 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens #1-image
1892 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens #1-image
1892 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens #1-image

1892 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens #1

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Place of Publication: HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Special Attributes: Illustrated Region: North America Binding: Fine Binding Subject: 1892 VICTORIAN NEW YORK CITY ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION GIFT Publisher: A.D. WORTHINGTON & CO. Language: English Country of Origin: United States Year Printed: 1892 Original/Facsimile: Original Illustrator: 252 ENGRAVINGS Signed: No Topic: Crime Author: INSPECTOR THOMAS BYRNES, THOMAS KNOX, HELEN CAMPBELL

Description

1892 DARKNESS & DAYLIGHT VICTORIAN NEW YORK CITY ILLUSTRATED CRIME OPIUM DENS #1. Published by A.D. Worthington & Co., Hartford, Connecticut. Bright gilt on the spine. Not a pretty picture. A great copy. From 1892, a great copy of the first edition, Darkness and Daylight in New York, by three different authors, Inspector Thomas Byrnes (famous for his Rogue's Gallery of Victorian criminals), Thomas Knox (a major travel and adventure author) and Mrs. Helen Campbell. Published by A.D. Worthington & Co., Hartford, Connecticut. Sized 9x6 inches, 740 pages, with a remarkable 252 engravings. Bright gilt on the spine. This is the best book on New York City in the late Victorian era, complete with opium dens, homeless children fiendish criminals, 10 cents a bed lodging houses, prostitution, safe cracking, Chinese gambling dens, tenements on the Lower East Side. Not a pretty picture. A great copy.

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