Thomas Harold Illus (6 results)

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Edition Unstated. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Hinge cracked, with binding remaining secure. Reader inscription to front free endpaper. Accompanying slip-case is in good condition, rubbed and somewhat dust-toned along the edges. A well-preserved example overall. Date is suggested. Physical description; 428 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, frontispiece ; 16 cm. Subjects; Boarding schools--England--Juvenile fiction. School stories. 3 Kg.

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Edition Unstated. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Hinge cracked, with binding remaining secure. Reader inscription to front free endpaper. Accompanying slip-case is in good condition, rubbed and somewhat dust-toned along the edges. A well-preserved example overall. Date is suggested. Physical description; 428 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, frontispiece ; 16 cm. Subjects; Boarding schools--England--Juvenile fiction. School stories. 1 Kg.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. 8vo, 279 pp. 8 color plates. Navy cloth with illustrated plate to upper board, gilt decoration and lettering to backstrip. A very good copy with light rubbing to the board corners. ß Riverside Bookshelf series. First published in 1870, Aldrich's semi-autobiographical novel follows the mischievous adventures of Tom Bailey, a young boy growing up in a fictional New England town during the mid-1800s. The book was a pioneer in "bad boy" literature, which rejected the overly moralistic tone of its predecessors and attempted a more humorous and realistic portrayal of childhood. Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer followed.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . . . . Signed, ltd. edition: no. 14 of 250. Advance copy of the 1st ptg, bound in grey cloak cloth. . Vg condition. Grey cloth wrapper is oversized, so a bit wrinkled around edges as expected, w/ a few tiny holes; gilt title lettering nearly rubbed away at spine, but visible on front; cloth & contents quite clean, binding firm. 463 p., color frontis., 5 plates, publisher's list in rear. Signed.