‎HUGHES (Thomas) ‎
‎Tom Brown's school days, by an old boy. New edition with illustrations by Arthur Hughes and Sidney Prior Hall.‎

‎London, Macmillan, London, Macmillan1869 ; petit in-4°, veau blond, encadrements filets dorés, dos richement orné, tranche dorée, dentelles intérieures dorées, couverture et dos conservés. (Rivière) - PREMIERE EDITION ILLUSTREE de l'un des plus célèbres livres pour adolescents anglais du XIX° s. "" Hughes became an active member of that group of muscular Christians and Christian Socialists, wich included Charles Kingsley, who founded The Working Men's College... Hughes novel was based on recollections of his experiences as a school-boy at Rugby "" Percy Muir 114 - 115. Exemplaire exceptionnellement beau, très luxueursement relié par Rivière qui a conservé à la fin la jolie couverture bleue et dorée. Infimes rousseurs."‎

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