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London: George Allen Ruskin House 156 Charing Cross Road, 1894. First Trade edition. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with the plates on Tissue and tipped in. xxvii, [1], 476, [1] pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 1 vols. 4to. Red polished calf, all edges gilt. Front hinge starting. Iconic Hugh Thompson cloth binding bound in at rear. Contemporary gift inscription to endpaper. Thomson, Hugh. First Trade edition. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with the plates on Tissue and tipped in. xxvii, [1], 476, [1] pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 1 vols. 4to. In the late 1880's and through the 90's, a remarkable illustrator made his appearance on the London scene: Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), perhaps the pre-eminent representative of what has come to be known as 'the Wig and Powder School' of English illustration. Thomson's delicate pen drawings of English life lent themselves perfectly to the new technique of photo-engraving (he was a pioneeer of the genre) and he was soon in popular demand for illustrations of the… Read More

London, George Allen, 1894 1st edition. Hardback, approx 7 x 5 inches. Attractive gilt peacock feather decoration on cover and spine, dark green cloth boards. Known as the Peacock edition. All page edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. In very good condition. Nice bright Spine & front board. Some very minor rubbing on edges. A few light marks rear board. Inside small name and date inscription (Amy Stewart 1895) on half title page. Inside some light foxing on early & late pages only. Frontis tissue guard tanned on edges. Else generally clean & tight. 476pp. With many B&W illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson.

London: George Allen,, 1894. Ostentatious Victorian book design First fully illustrated edition, known as the "peacock edition" for the exquisite gilt cover design, one of the most celebrated examples of late Victorian pictorial cloth. It is the first edition to have illustrations accompany the text: the 1813 first edition was unillustrated, and Bentley's 1833 edition and subsequent printings had only a frontispiece. The illustrator, Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), "was in constant demand, particularly for the classics with their opportunities for historical subject treatment" (Peppin & Micklethwait, p. 299). His "light touch and feeling for period manners provide a charming and accessible gloss to the author's work" (ODNB). The trade edition was issued in two formats: with top edge gilt and others untrimmed; or with all edges trimmed and gilt, in a slightly smaller case, as here. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered and elaborately blocked with peacock design in gilt, green coated… Read More