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HAYWARD, William Stephens.
London by Night.
Ultra rare survival of a mid-Victorian novel about "Soiled Doves", "the Frail Sisterhood", and Ladies of the Town", i.e. prostitutes. Hayward was a Victorian novelist whose earliest novel appeared in 1862. Before this publication, Hayward had a reputation as being somewhat of a rogue - in his twenties, he was constantly in court for minor offences and frequently moved address to keep one step ahead of his many creditors.
- Published
- London: William Oliver, 3 Amen Corner, E.C. (c1867)
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: William Oliver, 3 Amen Corner, E.C. (c1867)
- Ref
- 1275
8vo. Half black leather over marbled boards, with exquisite gilt tooling to the spine, comprised of six separate compartments. Titled in gilt to the second compartment. Gilt top edge and raised bands. Marvelous marbled endpapers. SCARCE. Hand-coloured frontispiece, title page, eight plates, and one folding plate, mostly of louche London 'night spots'. The very last illustration shows the drowned body of an unfortunate young woman illuminated by the torches of two London Policemen. "A life of indigent virtue is not attractive to women, and until some lucrative employment for the female part of our population is discovered, there will always be many girls who are compelled to traffic in their honour in order to support life." Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. "Lost." 2. Title page. 3. "The Argyll." 4. "Waterloo Place." 5. "Cremorne." 6. "The Holborn." 7. "Scotts." 8. The Alhambra Canteen (folding plate). 9. The Crystal Palace "Fireworks." 10. Rose Young's. 11. Ratcliffe Highway "Paddy Goose." 12. "Found."
