Thomas Hughes — Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

London, Macmillan and Co. 1979. Cloth. A lovely new edition in unclipped dust wrapper of Thomas Hughes' popular children's school novel, with illustrations in text. A popular children's story by Thomas Hughes, illustrative of a student's life at Rugby School in the 1830s, an English public school. The novel is largely based on the author's own experiences, who attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842. The story develops around the character of Tom Brown: energetic, stubborn, and kind-natured boy. A popular story, it was adapted for films and television and greatly influenced the genre of British school novels.  With illustrations in text by Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. The dust wrapper is excellent, unclipped with minor shelf wear only, light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Numerous illustrations in text. Fine . Ill.: Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. Fine/Fine.