A Walk in Sydney Streets on the Shady Side

Sydney: Nelson P. Whitelocke, 1885.
First Edition.

39cm x 29cm. 23 lithographed plates, 22 leaves of text. Three quarter leather, original gilt lettered cloth boards.

20 Sketches. Drawn, Lithographed and Published by Nelson P. Whitelocke. A series of lithographed studies of Sydney street life in the 1880s focusing on the working and marginal figures of the city, including sex workers, the drunk, the infirm, street performers, a Chinese vegetable seller, and others. Comprising 20 lithographed plates with cream backgrounds, each accompanied by a page of descriptive text on the facing leaf, together with 2 preliminary lithographed plates (dedication and title), a Finis plate, and 2 leaves of text (advertisement and list of plates). FERGUSON 18490.

Old sympathetic reback. Lacking the tissue guards. Minor wear to boards. Minor foxing. Very Good Condition.

AU$2,500