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Paved with Gold; Or The Romance and Reality of the Streets of London

Paved with Gold; Or The Romance and Reality of the Streets of London

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Paved with Gold; Or The Romance and Reality of the Streets of London

by Mayhew, Augustus

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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.

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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
64292
Title
Paved with Gold; Or The Romance and Reality of the Streets of London
Author
Mayhew, Augustus
Illustrator
Phiz [ Hablot Knight Browne ]
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Downey & Co. Ltd. 1899
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1899
Size
8vo.Illustrated
Keywords
Hablot Knight Browne ,Phiz,London,Mayhew
Bookseller catalogs
London; Illustrated;

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Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tail
The heel of the spine.
Top Edge Gilt
Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...

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