Fine Set of Illustrated Volumes by H. Thompson [Hugh Thomps...

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Fine Set of Illustrated Volumes by H. Thompson

[Hugh Thompson]Illustrator. A set of 10 volumes as follows:

1. Goldsmith (O.) The Vicar of Wakefield, preface by A. Dobson. Sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1890.
2. Gaskell (Mrs.) Cranford, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1891.
3. The Spectator, Reprint, Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1892
4. Dobson (Austin) The Ballad of Beau Brocade, sm. folio Lond. (Kegan, Paul French Trubner & Co.) 1892. Lim. Edn. No. 260 of 450 Copies Only. L.P.
5. Hood (T.) Humorous Poems,  sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1893. Lim. Edn. 250 on Large Paper.
6. Mitford (M. Russell) Our Village, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1893. Lim. Edn. 470 Copies on Large Paper. 
7. Jacobs (Joseph)ed. The Fables of Aesop, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1894. Illus. by Rich. Heighway. Lim. Edn. 100 Copies only on Large Paper.
8. Various Sources -  Coridon's Song and other Verses, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1894.
9. Sheridan (Rich. Brinsley) The School for Scandal and The Rivals, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1896. 
10. Reade (Chas.)  Peg Woffington, sm. folio Lond. (Geo. Allan) 1899. Lim. Edn. 200 Copies Only on Large Paper. 
Together 10 volumes, all but one illustrated by Hugh Thompson, all uncut, mostly unopened, marble ends and fine uniform cont. hf. dark blue mor. marble sides by Zaensdork, spines in overlaid now in 3 marbled slip cases, flowers in red mor. panels. V. good. (10)