Author: Thomas Hughes
Title: Scouring of the White Horse, or the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk
Description: Cambridge and London, Macmillan and Co. 1859 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the first edition of this beautifully illustrated children's novel by Thomas Hughes. First edition of Scouring of the White Horse, or The Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk by Thomas Hughes in the original publisher's cloth binding. In beautifully decorated blue cloth with gilt. Illustrated throughout with in-text illustrations by Robert Doyle, as well as a vignette title page and frontispiece. With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.  In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some wear to the cloth in these areas. The hinges are starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. The first free endpaper and half title are loose. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Good . Ill.: Richard Doyle. Good .

Keywords: Thomas Hughes Scouring of the White Horse Children's Fiction Gilt Scouring of the White Horse Robert Doyle Richard Doyle


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