First edition. 4to. 141, (3) pp. Publisher's cloth backed pictorial boards, dust jacket replicating the same design, 32 photographic illustrations. Publisher's original decorative boards in original dust jacket matching the design. A beautiful book with one colour plate and 32 mounted photogravures with explanatory text of each type of person, each encompassing their life, professions, families and more, with many often laced with a sense of sadness and distant hope. Very good in very good dust jacket, unclipped (15/- net) with some loss at the spine and further small chips, creases, rubbing and small tears along several edges.