£1,250.00
Author: Thomas Hughes
Publisher: Cambridge Macmillan and Co. 1857
First edition. From the library of Sir David Salomons with his bookplate. Salomons was the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London.
8vo., handsomely bound for Blackwells in full yellow polished calf, boards with double gilt line border, spine richly gilt with contrasting leather labels. Original blue cloth binding bound in at rear. Neat ink description, previous bookseller’s description tipped in. A little light foxing to prelims, otherwise a very attractive copy.
Tom Brown's Schooldays was made into a 1951 British drama film, produced by Brian Desmond Hurst, directed by Gordon Parry and starring John Howard Davies, Robert Newton and James Hayter. For this version, Rugby School was used as a filming location.