Mary Russell Mitford — Our Village

London and New York, Macmillan and Co. 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first illustrated edition, second impression of Mary Russel Mitford's collection of literary sketches with illustrations by Hugh Thomson. The first illustrated edition, second impression of Our Village by Mary Russel Mitford in the original publisher's cloth binding. With one hundred illustrations by Hugh Thomson throughout the text including a frontispiece with a tissue guard.Also includes an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. The book is a collection of one hundred literary sketches about rural life. It is based on Three Mile Cross in Reading, Berkshire. With beautiful decorative gilt across the front board and spine.Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown. 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 light wear to the gilt. The hinges are strained. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .