Our Village

London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1824. 1824 second edition of this rare, collectible volume. The first of five books in a series by the author "of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters was based upon life in (the village of) Three Mile Cross" where she lived near Berkshire, England. Her Wikipedia biography describes "Her writing has all… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan and Co, 1893. Finely Bound Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Attractive half blue grained morocco with five spine bands. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even expected toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and 100 black & white illustrations by Hugh Thomson.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan and Co, 1893. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [5], viii-lx, [3], 4-256 pp. Green publisher's cloth with bright gilt lettering and decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Green coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with full-page and in-text drawings by Hugh Thomson. Part of Macmillan's Cranford series: books which contained classic… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Belfords, Clarke and Company, 1880. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good. First American edition of Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford, arranged and engraved by James D. Cooper.. Octavo, 206pp. Publisher's blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, decorative gilt illustrations on cover. All edges gilt. Bookplate on front endpaper. Rubbing to boards, light sunning to the… Saber más sobre este artículo

This lovely recollection of English country life by Mary Mitford has 100 line drawings by Hugh Thomson and 16 colored plates that are tipped in from drawings by Alfred Rawlings. Condition very good; tight with no marks or tears and just a little wear on the spine. There is small inscription on front endpaper, dated 1910.

New York: Prentice Hall Direct/Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Shirley Felts. Type: Hardback First Prentice Hall Direct Printing, 1987. Hardcover Bookand Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Original illustrations by Shirley Felts. Wrap-around cover art: 'Picking Flowers in a Valley', by George Turner, (1843-1910). A magnificently illustrated edition of… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Dent, 1904. First Edition Thus . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. C E Brock. 1st Edition Thus 1904 New Illustrated Edition including the rare wrapper. London, J.M.Dent and Co. Brock colour illustrated edition. 255pp. 25 full page colour plates including frontispiece and vignette title page with tissue guard.Top edge gilt.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hardback. Good.

LONDON : MACKMILLAN AND CO, 1910 Green Cloth Boards with gilt titles and floral dec. to spine and shepherd, sheep dog and flock to front board. 255 x 185 mm approx. lx + 256 pp. One hundred b/w line illustrations by Hugh Thomson and sixteen coloured plates by Alfred Rawlings with captioned tissue guards mounted on heavy brown card paper… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. [7]-lx, [3], 4-256pp. Contemporary full morocco by Riviere, raised bands, spine in six panels, title and author lettered directly to second panel, remaining panels with central lozenge volute tool and volute corner pieces, covers with central arabesque surrounded by elaborate roll, a double fillet frame, a circle and star roll, another double fillet frame and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan and Co, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth with printed paper spine label. Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Some pages unopened at top edges and foxed, spine ends chipped with one inch tear on spine tail, else very good.

London: Macmillan and Co. , 1893. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Hugh Thomson. A beautifully bound copy of Hugh Thomson's illustrated edition of Our Village by Mary Mitford. The first Hugh Thomson edition, second impression. In a signed straight grain morocco binding by Truslove and Hanson. Profusely… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dent, London 1904, hb, no dw, small 8vo, with 25 coloured illustrations by Brock, elaborate gilt-decorated front board and spine, though spine is fading, corners bumped, top edge gilt, some internal brown-spotting, good plus.

Navy leather spine with raised banding and gilt title. Blue and tan marbled boards. A Near Fine copy overall, charmingly illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Our Village, by Mary Russell Mitford, was one of the first books written which show the poetry of everyday life in the country; and Miss Mitford may fairly be called the founder of the school of village… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Walter Scott, 1883. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition 1883. Original Victorian Decorative cloth. Illustrated with black and white plates. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. Small name to endpaper. More images can be taken upon request. ref18408

Written Published by J.M. Dent & Sons LTD in London and EP Dutton & Co in New York. Inside back cover printed by Turnbull & Spears at Edinburg in Great Britain. Clean copy with only a small green tag for Dennen's Book Shop Detroit inside front cover. Decorated endpapers. The cover has a tan cloth spine and the remainder of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1893. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Green cloth decorated in gilt. Previous owner's signature on the half title else a fine copy.

Pall Mall; London, 1961. Presumed first edition. . Soft. Good ++. 12mo; 64pp. Colour and black and white photographs.. Good++. Paperback. Mild wear to extremities; edges scuffed, one or two creases. Foxing and page discolouration throughout, but mostly to outer pages.

Prentice Hall PTR, 1987. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.