An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes] — Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

London, Macmillan & Co, 1869 . Cloth. The first illustrated edition of Thomas Hughes's beloved fictionalised account of life at Rugby School, with illustrations from Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. A first edition thus, the first illustrated edition.Thomas Hughes' popular children's novel follows the exploits of the titular Tom Brown at Rugby School in the 1830s, the school attended by the author.This particular volume is the first edition to include illustrations. Illustrated throughout with fifty eight plates and vignettes from Arthur Hughes, the illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Sydney Prior Hall, and leading artist of the Victorian period.Collated, complete.Rebacked, with endpapers renewed. Former owner's inscription to a front endpaper.The most popular work from the lawyer and author. Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip laid down, and board restored. Endpapers renewed. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with losses of cloth in these regions. Further losses of cloth to head and fore edge of front board. Significant fading to fore edge of rear board. Front hinge a touch strained, but firmly held. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with handling marks to page perimeters throughout. Good . Ill.: Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hall. Good .