OUR VILLAGE. With an Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and One Hundred Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.

MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL. RITCHIE, ANNE THACKERAY, edited by. THOMSON, HUGH, illustrated by

Published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1893

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8vo. 7.25 x 5 inches. lx + 236 pp. Bound in original dark green cloth, gilt, with floral gilt blocks. All edges gilt. Some minor wear to extremities, including corners, hinges starting to crack and foxing of flyleaves and preliminaries; otherwise a very good copy. 1895 gift inscription and 1963 signatures on recto of endpaper. Illustrated throughout in pen and ink, including frontispiece and chapter headings. Decorated by initials and by publisher's device on verso of half title. Attractive illustrated edition of Our Village, the most famous work of Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), handsomely bound with a long introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837-1919), eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, herself a novelist, short story and children's writer. The complete work was published in five volumes (1824, 26, 28, 30 and 32). Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), who also designed the binding, Irish born artist famous for his pen and ink work in editions of the classics. The author provides an account of village life and characters based on her residence in Three Mile Cross, south of Reading. ILLUSTRATED RURAL LIFE VILLAGES 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED FINE BINDING ILLUSTRATED.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: OUR VILLAGE. With an Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and One Hundred Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
• Publisher: Macmillan and Co., London
• Publication Date: 1893