Mary Russell Mitford — Our Village

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1910. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated edition of Mary Russell Mitford's best known work, 'Our Village&apos. '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. 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 a coloured frontispiece, a further fifteen coloured plates, and numerous in-text illustrations throughout. The in-text illustrations are by Hugh Thomson, and the coloured plates are by Alfred Rawlings. Bookplate to the front pastedown, belonging to a Vice Admiral Noel J. F. Digby. Blind stamp to the front endpaper, 'A. Rawlings Stationary and Artists Stores, The Arcade Reading&apos. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light fading to the spine, head of the boards, and to the joints. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Blind stamp to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound, though lightly strained in places.Pages are bright with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hugh Thomson; Alfred Rawlings. Very Good Indeed .