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Title: Four volumes illustrated by Hugh Thomson Author: Place: London Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Date: Various dates Description: 3 volumes. Includes: Barrie, J. M. Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with 22 tipped-in color plates. (4to), original purple cloth ornately decorated in gilt. [1901]. Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. With 40 tipped-in color plates by Hugh Thomson (4to), this copy finely bound in three quarter red leather and red cloth, gilt stamped spine. [1910]. Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. With 40 tipped-in color plates by Hugh Thomson (4to), this copy finely bound in three quarter blue morocco and cloth, gilt stamped spine. [1910]. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. With 25 tipped-in color plates, b&w illustrations by Thomson. (4to), original brown cloth ornately decorated in red and blue, spine stamped in gilt; housed in rare original two part box with decorative cover label. Box with a fair amount of wear and darkening, edges reinforced with cloth tape, splitting to numerous edges. [1911]. Four classic volumes with numerous color plates by Hugh Thomson best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and J. M. Barrie. Includes finely bound editions of Shakespeare's As You Like it an The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan's School for Scandal in rare original two part box. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to bindings with light rubbing to extremities; occasional bits of light foxing to interiors; all volumes very good. Item number: 287277