Paved With Gold Or The Romance & Reality of The London Streets

London: Chapman & Hall, 1858. First edition. Hardcover. Printed tan paper wrappers. Very good in very good in clam shell box. H.K. Browne. 22 x 14 cm. Each part of 32 pages and two engraved plates by H.K. Brown. The publisher's 32 page "Catalogue Of Books" bound in Vol. I. And with numerous other ads and slips inserted throughout. A complete run in thirteen monthly installments, a novel concerning Victorian London's underclass. Henry is best known for his noted survey on urban poverty, "London Labor and the London Poor." General or moderate wear to wrapper, mostly at corners and spines, and with slight splits. Some faint toning and staining. All plates with tissue guards. Publisher round ink stamp to upper cover of No. XI. Housed in a beige box with brown leather spine label lettered in gilt. The interior (marbled paper) contains a color bookplate of Henry Alken alias Ben Tally O -- the Joel Spitz collection. (Inventory #: 24498)