Item #000011208 Our Village. Mary Russell Mitford.

Our Village

London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], viii-lx, [3], 4-256 pp. Green publisher's cloth with bright gilt lettering and decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Green coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with full-page and in-text drawings by Hugh Thomson. Part of Macmillan's Cranford series: books which contained classic works of English literature in stylized, attractive publisher's bindings. With an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Houfe 328. Oxford DNB, Martin Garrett, "Mitford, Mary Russell (1787–1855)". Ray 181-2. These stories first appeared in the British publication, the Ladies Magazine, from 1822-1824. They launched Mitford to fame as her readership thoroughly enjoyed her exciting descriptions of life in rural England, as it was experienced by common people. Very Good. Item #000011208

Corners and spine ends show traces of rubbing, half-title has two contemporary names.

Price: $125.00

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