1890 - Tom Brown’s School Days|Gifted as School Prize

By An Old Boy

Illustrated By Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall

Published 1890
Macmillan and Co., Publishers

Hardcover. Full blue calf leather. Gilt detail/school crest to front board with gilt borer detail to both boards. Raised bands. Floral gilt tooling to spine. Red leather label to spine with gilt lettering. Gilt dentelle detail. Marbled edges to all sides. Matching marbled endpapers. Paste down to front endpaper noting this was given as a school gift/prize from the headmaster from King Edward VI School in Retford, England, which was a historical institution. Frontispiece. Numerous illustrations. Binding tight. Clean pages. 308pp.

 The King Edward VI Grammar School in Retford, Nottinghamshire, was a distinguished educational institution with a history spanning over 450 years. Founded in 1551 under a Royal Charter from King Edward VI, it was established to provide grammar education to the youth of East Retford.

Tom Brown’s School Days (1857) by Thomas Hughes is a classic Victorian novel set at Rugby School, one of England’s prestigious public schools. The story follows the moral and physical development of Tom Brown as he navigates school life, friendship, and challenges under the mentorship of the real-life headmaster Dr. Thomas Arnold. A blend of adventure, coming-of-age, and social commentary, the novel helped shape the ideal of the English gentleman and left a lasting legacy on school fiction.

Condition: Near Fine

Size: 5” x 7 1/4”

A fine prize-bound edition, gifted in recognition of academic achievement—a lasting symbol of honor and tradition