Mary Russell Mitford; Anne Thackeray Ritchie — Our Village

London, Macmillan and Co, 1893. Cloth. Hugh Thomson's beautifully illustrated edition of the charming topographical study of the English countryside by Mary Russell Mitford. Presentation copy, with a blind stamp to the title page.'Our Village' is a collection of rural sketches, showing life in the British countryside. The series is based upon life in Three Mile Cross, a small hamlet where the author, Mary Russell Mitford, lived.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations throughout.Mary Russell Mitford was best known for her 'Our Village' series. Despite her success, her income wasn't enough to support her and her father, who she supported. She also wrote poetry, publishing 'Narrative Poems on the female Character', as well as plays, writing 'Charles the First: A Historical Tragedy', and 'Rienzi: A Tragedy&apos. With an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie, the daughter of the prolific author William Makepeace Thackeray. Anne was also an author, with her novels putting her in high regard of Victorian society. Her novels include 'The Village on the Cliff', 'Old Kensington', and 'Five Old Friends&apos.With in-text illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Thomson was an Irish illustrator, who did pen-and-ink illustrations for editions of works by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie. In a full cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light rubbing and very minor marks to the boards and spine. Rubbing and loss to the spine label. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional spot. Blind stamp to the title page. Pages unopened to the top edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good Indeed .