418 pages. Illustrations, 1 tissue guarded frontis preceding the title page.
New Edition- Beautifully Illustrated.
Recounts the adventures of a young English boy at Rugby School in the early nineteenth century.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Endowed public schools (Great Britain), 1880s, Fiction
Dimensions
Height
7-1/2 in
Width
5 in
Book Details
Author
Thomas Hughes
Edition
New
Publisher
J.W. Lovell
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1880
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Binding Notes
Mustard cloth with elaborate black stamping to cover and spine of a bordered Asian-inspired leaf, branch, and flower design with a diagonal orientation. Urns with flowers, an owl, and a gilt stamped title ribbon band to the cover. Cover stamping fills the entire board. and spine. Spine has a wide title band stamped in gilt. Yellow endpapers.
