Search Results: paved with gold or the romance by augustus mayhew

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London: Downey & Co Ltd. Good/No DJ. 1899. First Edition. Hard 8VO. 8vo Red cloth boards with gilt titling on spine. Slightly discoloured. Bumped. No ownership marks. Tissue guarded frontis. 26 etchings by Phiz. 416 pages clean and tight. .

London: Chapman and Hall, 1858. Hardcover. Good. Gold cloth boards, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has rubbing and soil to boards and spine, corners and spine ends worn, binding tight, text has smudgy soil and foxing, a few foredge tears have been taped shut.

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George Routledge & Sons, 1872. Hardcover. Poor. covers and spine separated from binding, and pre-title page almost separated; apart from frayed top to spine, covers and spine good in red with black and gilt decorations; owner name and 1874 date on blank facing page; good complete text

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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London an New York, Routledge 1872.. 4 Bl. Titelei, 408 S., mit 25 Tafelabb. von H. K. Browne, OHLdr. m. gldgepr. Rückenschildch., Leder stärker beschabt, Einband leicht berieb., an den Kanten tlw. etw. zerschlissen, Rotschnitt. In Englisch.

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Downey & Co. Ltd. 1899. 8vo.Illustrated. viii, 416. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt, edges uncut. Wear to the head and tail of the spine and to the corners of the boards. Darkening to the spine and boards, clean and bright internally. Complete set of 26 steel engraving illustrations by Phiz the prominent Victorian illustrator; a tear to the edge of the plate opposite page 113 and the plate opposite page 153 is slightly loose. Former owners name to front endpapers. Written by journalist and author Augustus Mayhew who was brother to the noted social reformer Henry Mayhew. . Good. Cloth. 1899.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Routledge, 1872. Fourth Edition. . Hardback. Good. H.K.Browne (Phiz). Green half leather, with red title label, gilt decoration and raised bands to spine, marbled boards, matching marbled page edges and marbled endpapers. B&w frontispiece and full-page illustrations by H.K.Browne aka Phiz. Preface dated 1858 indicates that some material will be included in soon-to-be-published concluding volume of 'Londan Labour, London Poor'. Externally, corners and edges bumped and scuffed, but gilt still bright. Inside, tissue guard to frontis is foxed and tissue guards are missing to some internal illustrations, loose on some. Occasional light foxing. Otherwsie a good+ tight copy.

London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1872. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Illustrations by H. K. Brown [Phiz]. Half-red leather to matching marbled boards and endpages; top edge gilt. Five raised spine bands with titles and decorations. 25 plates plus the frontispiece by H. K. Brown. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with rubbed corners and spine tips; small stain/spot on front fore edge of the text block. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; 408 pages. 4th Edition, originally published in 1852.. A tale of London life in the mid-Victorian era focusing on street life in the manner of Lamb and Dickens. The expressed goal of this book is to "write a truthful account of the miseries of criminal life" (from the preface). Thus, this book tells the story of Philip, a child who grew up in the workhouse until running away to navigate the streets of London on his own. Paved With Gold, or the Romance and Reality of the London… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.