TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS. By An Old Boy. by HUGHES, Thomas:

Cambridge: J. Palmer for Macmillan and Company. 1857. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with double-fillet blind-stamped border to the upper and lower boards and titles in gilt to the spine. Original yellow endpapers, half title. 26 pages of publisher's adverts (dated Feb. 1857) to the rear, as issued. A very good copy, the binding firm with rubbing and bumping to all edges, the spine ends and inner hinges imperceptibly strengthened, the spine a touch rolled. The cloth and gilt remains bright. The contents, a little shaken and creased with only the occasional finger mark to the margins are otherwise clean throughout. The bottom third of the last page of adverts has been torn away. An attractive example in the original cloth, seldom encountered thus. The first edition, first issue with 'nottable' for 'notable' at line 15 on page 24. A tremendously influential novel that introduced the genre of British School Stories to a much wider audience. P. G. Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett, Frank Richards, George Macdonald Fraser and J. K. Rowling have all acknowledged its influence in their own writing. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.