Booth (Charles)

Life and Labour of the People in London, Third Series: Religious Influences,

8 volumes including final ‘conclusion’, presentation copy blindstamp to titles and volume 1 with press request slip, half-titles to each, 21 maps (20 folding, 19 linen-backed), including the ‘map of churches’ in rear pocket of final volume, with key tabs, further folding chart and key plate in final vol., in-text sketch maps, vols. 2 - 8 with syllabus and announcement for the revised series at rear, annotations in blue pencil (extensive in some vols.), some spotting throughout, loose invitation to the funeral of George Granville Bradley, original vellum gilt, soiled (particularly spines), rubbed, 8vo, Macmillan and Co., 1902 (8)

***“This reliance on impressions gave the volumes of the religious series - seven in all, published in 1902 and 1903 - a unity and pointedness that the earlier series on poverty and industry lacked. For the first time, Booth's evaluations were organically related to the descriptive data instead of being superimposed upon them. The two sides of Booth--the inquisitive investigator and the cautious businessman - had finally been reconciled.” (Fried and Elman, Charles Booth’s London, 1969, introduction).