Thomson, Hugh (Illustrator).

The Admirable Crichton.

      London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. First edition thus 235 pages. 33 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 75 of 500 signed by Hugh Thomson. Twenty tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards, plus additional black and white illustrations in the text. GORDON RAY p181, said Thomson "was properly regarded as the`chef d'ecole' for his prodigiious output of drawings for the gift book trade." Solid copy without the usual covering bowing, elaborate front cover design motif -- palm trees plus gilt pictorial illustration of an interior plate, framed by gilt and blue boarder panels -- backstrip illustrated and lettered in gilt, interior contents clean, very slight spine darkening, front cover admirably bright, lacking cloth ties. Orig. full vellum gilt. Teg. Very good or better.