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Paved with Gold Or The Romance and Reality of the London Streets
by Augustus Mayhew
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$411.61NZ$370.45
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1858. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". H. K. Browne. A first edition copy of Augustus Mayhew's novel 'Paved with Gold', with numerous illustrated plates by the renowned artist H. K. Browne. Augustus Septimus Mayhew was a renowned English journalist and author, best known for his works produced in collaboration with his brother Henry Mayhew. Divided into three parts, this is a tale of London life in the mid-Victorian era. This copy has been rebound in a half polished calf signed 'Whitmore' binding, with marbled paper over boards and a bookbinder's label tipped to the front pastedown. With an illustrated title page and twenty five plates by Hablot Knight Browne (or Phiz), a well-known artist and illustrator renowned for his illustrations in the works of Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, and Harrison Ainsworth. Whilst there is no frontispiece plate to this work, this copy is complete with the plate '"Phil" Tries a New Walk in Life' bound to page 128, that is often bound as the frontispiece in other first edition copies. With plate 'The Great 100 Rat March' misbound facing page 193. Rebound in a half polished calf signed 'Whitmore' binding with marbled paper over boards. Externally generally smart with rubbing to extremities and joints and boards. The odd mark to boards, with small sections of loss to marbled paper boards. Hinges split and tender, but reasonably firm. Bookbinder's label tipped to front pastedown. Slight creasing to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned to extremities but very bright and clean. Light scattered spots to fore edge of the occasional plate. With light offsetting to reverse of plates. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 653M10
- Title
- Paved with Gold Or The Romance and Reality of the London Streets
- Author
- Augustus Mayhew
- Illustrator
- H. K. Browne
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Fiction First Edition Illustrated Phiz First Edition Mayhew
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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