AN OLD BOY

Tom Brown's School-Days

London, Macmillan. 1897. Hardcover. Ill.: Sullivan, E.J. Used, Hardcover, bound in leather and with decorated gilt printed covers and spine. Boards are worn and corners are bumped and lightly scuffed. Spine is a little loose, breaks at paste downs, pages lightly foxed. Illustrations and text are clear and clean throughout. AD. Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 516757

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Sullivan, E.J.

"OLD BOY".

Lacrosse.

Manchester: H.Rawson, 1950. With a foreword by G.P.Seed [Captain, English XII, Olympic Games, 1928]. 19cms x 12.5cms. Pp.85, 6 diagrams and plans. Blue stiff card cover, slightly rubbed to spine. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49589

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: Old Boy Laccrosse Game Sport Bottling Defence Attack Scrapping Chasing Picking Up Flipping Goalkeeping Passing Captaincy Throwing Catching Shooting 50846 Sport

An Old Boy:

Tom Brown's School Days.

London, T. Nelson & Sons, n.d. H/B maroon cloth bds, Good, gilt lettering to spine, patterned to front, approx. 4" x 6", contents fine and tight, neat name on prelim., a sound copy.

Little Owl BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3608

Keywords: Tom Brown boarding school classic literature fiction school boys Flashman

An Old Boy:

Tom Brown's School-Days.

London, S. W. Partridge, n.d. Lovely H/B decorated 'art deco' cover, VG+, spine sl. sunned, no d/w, prelim. brown and torn a little at hinge, has 12 b/w illustrations including frontis., pges browning. A very nice reading copy.

Little Owl BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 692

Keywords: art deco, classic, school boys, friendship, boarding school, boys, relationships, period, adventure, hardship, growing up.

An Old Boy (Hughes, Thomas)

Tom Brown's School Days

Cambridge, Macmillan & Co, 1858. Reprint. 9th Thousand. Hardcover. 8vo. 420. Rebound in green 1/2 leather, five raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering on spine, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Spine and top margin of front cover sunned, bottom edge of covers rubbed, corners rubbed and bumped, bookplate on front pastedown, donor's ink inscription, dated January 1858, on original ffep, some foxing. Good+.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 21882

Keywords: FICTION SCHOOL STORIES

An Old Boy (Thomas Hughes)

Tom Brown's School Days

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1911. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Augmented with the fine illustrations of W. Louis Rhead, this is a perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Big, oversized Imperial octavo hardcover copy, bound in light green cloth over boards, full color paper illustration pasted on to front cover, with rubbing to edges, tips, scuffing to spine head and foot, rubbed gilt lettering to spine. Two dozen or more fine black-and-white illustrations and a fnie full-color frontispiece. Gift inscription at first free endpaper. A justifiable classic in English children's literature.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 358863

Catalogue: Children

Keywords: Tom Brown Tom Brown's School Days British children English children children's literature

An Old Boy; [Thomas Hughes]

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

London, Macmillan and Co. 1868. Leather. A sought after signed copy of Thomas Hughes' popular children's school novel, describing Rugby School during the 1830s. Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Tho. Hughes, written for his old friend, W. H. Hooper, with all good wishes".'Tom Brown's School Days' is a charming children's work on the school life of Tom Brown whilst he is at Rugby School in the 1830s.This is a popular work that was well received when it was first published in 1857 and has remained popular ever since.Illustrated with an engraved title.The fifty-sixth thousand. Bookplate of William Harcourt Hooper to the front paste down. Hooper was an eminent wood engraver who work for the 'Illustrated London News' and the Kelmscott Press. Newspaper clipping of Hooper's obituary tipped-in to the rear paste down. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine is faded. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Newspaper clipping tipped-in to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 947P27

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: Tom Brown's School Days tom brown thomas hughes william harcourt hooper tom brown Not Stated

An Old Boy [aka Thomas Hughes]

Tom Brown's School Days

London, Blackie and Sons, 1909. Vintage reprint. Hardcover. 266p, ads. Green decorated cloth. Four b/w plates by John H. Bacon. Vintage reprint; there is no date in the book but an old school prize bookplate is dated 1909. Very good condition, covers slightly faded, bookplate else clean and tight. Classic British Boy's adventure tale. Very Good .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 300411

Catalogue: Children's

HUGHES, THOMAS [AN OLD BOY]

Tom Brown's Schooldays. Macmillan Edition. 1878

London: Macmillan & Co, 1878. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. (More images available on request). 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). xix, 360pp + ads.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: tbs02b

Catalogue: Classic Fiction

Keywords: Classic Fiction 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes]

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

London, Macmillan & Co, 1869 . Cloth. The first illustrated edition of Thomas Hughes's beloved fictionalised account of life at Rugby School, with illustrations from Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. A first edition thus, the first illustrated edition.Thomas Hughes' popular children's novel follows the exploits of the titular Tom Brown at Rugby School in the 1830s, the school attended by the author.This particular volume is the first edition to include illustrations. Illustrated throughout with fifty eight plates and vignettes from Arthur Hughes, the illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Sydney Prior Hall, and leading artist of the Victorian period.Collated, complete.Rebacked, with endpapers renewed. Former owner's inscription to a front endpaper.The most popular work from the lawyer and author. Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip laid down, and board restored. Endpapers renewed. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with losses of cloth in these regions. Further losses of cloth to head and fore edge of front board. Significant fading to fore edge of rear board. Front hinge a touch strained, but firmly held. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with handling marks to page perimeters throughout. Good . Ill.: Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hall. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 933F37

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: tom brownw Thomas hughes Rugby School public school Thomas hughes Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hall

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes]

Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days

London, Macmillan and Co. 1902. Leather. A lovely copy of Thomas Hughes' popular children's novel, in a full calf prize binding. The second reprint of the 1896 edition, in a full calf prize binding, with a gilt crest to the front board with the motto 'Esse Quam Videri&apos. Blind-stamping to the square, and marbling to the end papers and edges. Ink inscription to the verso of the front free end paper, presenting the volume as a Fifth Form prize in 1909. Originally published in 1857, this novel is set at Rugby School, a public school in the midlands that the author attended himself. The novel's protagonist is believed to be based on Thomas Hughes' brother George. Hughes's children's book greatly influenced the genre of British school novels in the nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout by Edmund J. Sullivan, with two folding colour maps to the rear. In a full calf prize binding. Externally bright , though slightly faded to the spine. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities, with splitting to the leather to the head and tail of the front joint. Front hinge is slightly strained but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the occasional spot. Good . Ill.: Edmund J. Sullivan. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 861M30

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Tom Brown Thomas Hughes Children's literature Children's fiction Thomas Hughes Edmund J. Sullivan

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes]

Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days

London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press, 1907. Leather. A charming illustrated edition of this schoolboy novel by Thomas Hughes, bound in half calf. A new edition. Bound in half calf, with cloth boards and marbled endpapers. Thomas Hughes' popular children's novel follows the exploits of the titular Tom Brown at Rugby School in the 1830s, the school attended by the author.Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842, with much of the novel based on his experiences (Tom Brown is largely based on the author's brother George Hughes).This edition is illustrated with a frontispiece, four monochrome plates of photographs, seven full page drawings and two in-text illustrations. Collated, complete  Bound in half calf, with cloth boards and marbled endpapers. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with occasional spots, most concentrated to the first and last few leaves. Contemporary prize inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: H. M. Brock. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 960Y52

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: Tom Brown's School-Days Thomas Hughes Illustrated Novel Thomas Hughes H. M. Brock

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes]

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

London, Macmillan & Co. 1890. Leather. An illustrated copy of Thomas Hughes' novel set at Rugby School. With newspapers clippings related to the people certain characters are based on A charmingly illustrated copy of Tom Brown's School Days. Originally published in 1857, this novel is set at Rugby School, a public school in the midlands that the author attended himself. The novel's protagonist is believed to be based on Thomas Hughes' brother George. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. The former was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, whilst the latter was one of the leading reportage artists of the later Victorian Period. With a plastic wallet containing early 20th century newspaper clippings tucked in. The clippings are predominantly related to Thomas Hughes and the great fight between Tom Brown and Slogger Williams. Includes an image of Thomas Hughes' Statue at Rugby School, and an obituary of Reverend Bulkley Owen Jones, the real 'Slogger Williams&apos. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Egerton Parker&apos. Parker was a history teacher at Hereford Cathedral School. Ink inscription to rear free endpaper. Reads 'Dr Arnold was born in Lowes 1795. Head master of Rugby from 1828 to 1842&apos. The novel features Dr Thomas Arnold and the work is dedicated to his wife. Rebound in a quarter calf binding over hard boards. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, with some light wear to the extremities and the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned but clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hill. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 848N25

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Tom Brown's School Days Thomas Hughes Sydney Prior Hall Arthur Hughes Thomas Hughes Illustrated Newspaper clippings Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hill

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes]

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

London, Macmillan and Co, 1869. Leather. The first illustrated edition of this charming novel by Thomas Hughes, set in the 1830s at Rugby School. The first illustrated edition of this work. Bound in full polished calf, with decorative gilt to the spine. Illustrated throughout with fifty-eight vignettes and plates, drawn by Arthur Hughes, the illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Sydney Prior Hall, leading artist of the Victorian period. Collated, complete. Thomas Hughes' popular children's novel follows the exploits of the titular Tom Brown at Rugby School in the 1830s, the school attended by the author.Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842, with much of the novel based on his experiences (Tom Brown is largely based on the author's brother George Hughes). Bound in full polished calf, with decorative gilt to the spine. Externally, with slight cracking to the joints and rubbing to the extremities, notably to the spine. Marks to the boards and slight fading to the calf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots to the endpapers. Previous owner's name ink stamped to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hall. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 943Y50

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: Tom Brown's School Days Thomas Hughes Novel Rugby School Thomas Hughes Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hall

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes]

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

London, Macmillan and Co, 1894 . Leather. A lovely prize-bound edition of Thomas Hughes's beloved fictionalised account of life at Rugby School, with illustrations from Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. Thomas Hughes' popular children's novel follows the exploits of the titular Tom Brown at Rugby School in the 1830s, the school attended by the author.Illustrated throughout with fifty eight plates and vignettes from Arthur Hughes, the illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Sydney Prior Hall, and leading artist of the Victorian period.Collated, complete.In a full calf Scots College prize binding from Angus Robertson.The most popular work from the lawyer and author. In a full calf signed prize binding. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints, with tide mark to tail of fore edge of front board. Otherwise, externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Closed tear to frontispiece fore edge. Pages bright, with foxing to first and last few leaves, and plate perimeters, and the odd further spot throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hall. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 955F12

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: Thomas hughes Rugby School tom brown angus Robertson Rugby School Arthur Hughes; Sydney Prior Hall