Collected Illustrated Works of Hugh Thomson (printed 1886-1903) (11 volumes)

Hugh Thomson; Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell; Joseph Addison, Richard Steele; Austin Dobson; Oliver Goldsmith; James Lane Allen; Fanny Burney; various

Macmillan; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner; George Allen, 1886

[Gorgeously Gilt Victorian Fine Bindings illustrated by Hugh Thomson] 11 volume set. All volumes bound in hardcover, in original publisher's gilt-decorated cloth. Most volumes in Thomson's signature style, "crown octavo with three edges gilt, bound in dark green cloth, front and spine heavily stamped in gold". Good bindings and covers.  Thomson's illustrations are mostly pen and ink.  Thomson (1860-1920) was an Irish illustrator whose popular illustrative style

Contents: 1. Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, Macmillan, 1886; 2. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the 18th century, Austin Dobson,  K. Paul, Trench, 1892; 3. Vicar of Wakefield; Oliver Goldsmith, Macmillan, 1892; 4. Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, Macmillan, 1892; 5. Our village, Mitford, Mary Russell, 1893; 6. Coridon's Song and other verses, Macmillan, 1894; 7. The story of Rosina, and other verses; Austin Dobson; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1895; 8. Cranford, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, 1898; 9. Peg Woffington, George Allen, 1899; 10. A Kentucky cardinal : and Aftermath, James Lane Allen, Macmillan, 1901; 11. Evelina; or The history of a young lady's entrance into the world, Fanny Burney, Macmillan, 1903.