Edward Thomas — Oxford

London, A. & C. Black, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated limited edition de luxe of this narrative history of the city of Oxford. A limited edition de luxe, published alongside the first trade edition, being one of three hundred copies signed by the publisher, of which this is number fifty-four.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and fifty-eight colour plates. Collated, bound without plate four, to face page 12. A charming work exploring the beauty and the history of Oxford, descriptions penned by the war poet Edward Thomas, who studied in Oxford.This work explores the city from ancient history up to the turn of the century, and provides an interesting narrative on the students of the University.Richly illustrated in colour by John Fulleylove.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light age-toning and marks to the cloth, as is usual to see with white cloth. Tear to the rear joint. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with loss to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots, heavier to the first and last few pages. Bound without one plate. Good . Ill.: John Fulleylove. Good .