IN DARKEST ENGLAND AND THE WAY OUT

285pp + appendix. Retains the large multi-panel colored lithographic fold-out frontispiece chart. Publisher's original black cloth with bright gilt titles to the front cover and spine. Shows wear to the cover along edges and corners and spine cloth, including a slight split at the top of the spine paper. Some tape residue present on fep. Browning to first few pages. Internally, the pages are clean and bright and the binding remains firm .

General William Booth’s monumental, foundational social manifesto that established the organizational blueprint for modern institutional social work. This copy features magnificent, crisp historical association stamps on the title page tracking it to early Johannesburg: "Captain L. Prinsloo / Commissioner St. / 131 / Johannesburg". Further inscribed on the front flyleaf by the family line: "Loaned by Capt. Leslie Prinsloo, 17/5/63". An exceptional piece of early Transvaal social history.