HUGHES, Thomas.

£875 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Tom Brown's School Days. Sixth edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title, "For the Infants of Chester with all good wishes, 1884, Thom[as]. Hughes". Hughes moved to Chester around 1882, shortly after his appointment as a county court judge.Loosely inserted is a small slip of paper inscribed "Yours very truly, Tho. Hughes". Apparently unrelated and originally pasted onto a different object, it was married with this copy at a later date.Provenance: Stephen C. Massey.

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