TALES OF MEAN STREETS: LIZERUNT, SQUIRE NAPPER, WITHOUT VISIBLE MEANS, THREE ROUNDS, AND OTHERS. London: Methuen & Co., 1894. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-25 [26-30] 31-301 [302: printer's imprint] [303-304: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "October 1894" inserted at rear, original dark teal cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Collects thirteen stories of life in London's gritty East End. Morrison's breakthrough book. Hubin (1994), p. 587. Wolff 4949. NCBEL III 1069. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. A near fine, bright copy. (#118790).
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