School Boy Days, Signed (3 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1888. First edition. Octavo brick-red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Illustrated with full-page and vignette line drawings by F.G. Attwood. The frontispiece is of baseball players and is captioned, "Haseltine's Triple Play". Spine tips lightly rubbed and very light occasional finger soil, else a fine, bright copy. Laid in is a TWO-PAGE ALS FROM THE AUTHOR, declining an invitation on the behalf of his wife. In part, "I was on the point of coming myself, when I suddenly recalled that my dress suit went this morning to the tailor's and I am temporarily hors de concours, which I suppose is the French for "out of the crush". PPP page 87. Signed by Author.

First Edition. This copy with an autograph letter from the author, refusing what is evidently an offer from another publisher. He concludes: "I] am of course bound to give Macmillan the refusal of anything I may have time to write hereafter" 8vo, handsomely bound in full green crushed morocco, the spines with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully gilt decorated, two red morocco lettering labels gilt, the covers with triple gilt fillet rules at the borders, maroon endleaves, turnovers gilt rolled, op edge gilt, viii, 420, [2ads] pp. A very handsome and well preserved copy, the gilt is bright and strong, the binding strong, clean and showing very little evidence of wear. FIRST EDITION WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. "Tom Brown's School Days is an 1857 novel by English lawyer, author, and politician Thomas Hughes. It takes place in the 1830s at a public school for young men, Rugby School, where Hughes himself studied between 1834 and 1842. Based loosely on Hughes' real experiences at Rugby School, the novel follows Tom Brown, a student whom Hughes modeled after his brother, George. A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, Tom Brown's School Days deals with Brown's development as an individual as he moves schools and homes, encounters bullies, deals with sickness, and makes friends. As soon as Brown starts classes at Rugby School, a classmate named Harry East, or "Scud," takes him under his wing. His friendship with Scud helps him deal with a vicious bully who goes by Flashman. Flashman's antagonism only increases during the term. Their nemesis relationship culminates when Flashman orders Brown to fork over a winning sweepstake entry for a horse race. Flashman seeks retribution by burning Brown next to a fire pit during a social event. Ultimately, Brown and East band together with an older friend named Diggs to defeat Flashman. They succeed, allowing Brown to finally feel safe at school. The novel has been adapted into several films and plays. It is succeeded by the novel Tom Brown at Oxford.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. US bin22-1: This copy is rebound in full leather. Previous owner's name "Montgomery H. Rochester, Jan 6, 1896" is on the front pastedown. The 1870 edition starts w a tissue protected title page Signed "Th Hughes, with all good wishes to the owner, Toronto, Oct. 12, 1880."Mounted on the last page is a b&w glossy photo of Hughes, by Geo. W. Morgan, Harriman Tenn. The book booklet is complete with part 2, to The End at page 135. Followed by 8 pages of ads. Title page states, New Edition with illustrations by Arthur Hughes and Sidney Prior Hall. Signed by Author(s).