1897 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens-image
1897 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens-image
1897 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens-image
1897 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens-image
1897 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens-image

1897 Darkness & Daylight Victorian New York City Illustrated Crime Opium Dens

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Language: English Topic: Crime Region: North America Subject: 1897 VICTORIAN NEW YORK CITY ILLUSTRATED CRIME PUNISHMENT Author: INSPECTOR THOMAS BYRNES, THOMAS KNOX, HELEN CAMPBELL Year Printed: 1897 Publisher: A.D. WORTHINGTON & CO. Country of Origin: United States Illustrator: 252 ENGRAVINGS Place of Publication: HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Signed: No Binding: Fine Binding Original/Facsimile: Original Special Attributes: Illustrated Character Family: 1897 VICTORIAN NEW YORK CITY 250 ENGRAVINGS ILLUSTRATED GIFT IDEA

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1897 DARKNESS & DAYLIGHT VICTORIAN NEW YORK CITY ILLUSTRATED CRIME OPIUM DENS. Published by A.D. Worthington & Co., Hartford, Connecticut. Bright gilt on the spine. Not a pretty picture. A great copy. From 1897, a great copy of 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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