Paved with Gold or, The Romance and Reality of the London Streets / Augustus Mayhew
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.16
Description
480 pages.
First edition in book form. "The descriptions of boy-life in the streets, the habits and customs of donkey-drivers, the peculiarities of tramp-dom and vagrancy, have all resulted from long and patient enquiries among the individuals themselves. They are actual records of the earnings and conditions of these peculiar classes among the uncivilised of London." A series of mini biographies of London's poorest in the second half of the 19th century.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
English fiction., 1850s
Dimensions
Height
9 in
Width
6 in
Book Details
Author
Augustus Mayhew
Illustrator
Hablot Knight Browne
Edition
First
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Place Published
City
London
Country
England
Date Published
1858
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Notes
Bound in green pebbled cloth with blind stamped multiple borders. Elaborate gilt stamping titles and figures to spine. Steel-engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and 24 plates.The plate from p.128 is placed as frontispiece. Grey stone endpapers.
