Macmillan & Co., London, 1898. Profusely illustrated by author & Sydney Prior Hall. Frontis w/transparency (intact). Red-brown faux leather, embossed binding, decorative end-papers, speckled fore-edges, gilt letters. Spine bumping, hd & ft; corners have metal ends. A couple of tiny splits at hd & ft of spine. P.O. signature, top inside of front board. Top headband is loose from mishandling. Book is canted, but still solidly bound. A bit of rub here & there. 308 pages + 2 laid-in folded maps + pages of ads.
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Very nice copy of this 19th Century classic, by the founder of Rugby, Tennessee.
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According to HenryAltemus.com, this English publisher established its American branch, Macmillan and Company in New York on Bleeker Street in 1869. The firm published books in numerous categories. In 1896, the name changed to The Macmillan Company
Macmillan published the first editions of 'Tom Brown's School Days' & 'Tom Brown At Oxford' in England. Its first American titles were published in 1870. Throughout the years, Macmillan published the Tom Brown titles in series and as non-series books.
