{"product_id":"the-scouring-of-the-white-horse-thomas-hughes-first-edition","title":"The Scouring of the White Horse... Thomas Hughes — First Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\" id=\"p-rc_646e9404d4be57b2-1159\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"6,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1257\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1257 citation-end-1257\"\u003e Cambridge \u0026amp; London, Macmillan and Co., 1859\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"6,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\" id=\"p-rc_646e9404d4be57b2-1175\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1256 citation-end-1256\"\u003e Square 8vo, pp. xi, 228.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\" id=\"p-rc_646e9404d4be57b2-1160\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"18\"\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e The publisher's original blue cloth binding remains square and sturdy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,2\"\u003e. The elaborate gilt tooling designed by Richard Doyle on the front board is exceptionally bright and unoxidised, retaining a highly attractive mid-Victorian luster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,4\"\u003e, while the blind-stamped motif on the rear board remains sharp and clearly defined\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,5\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,6\"\u003e. There is some expected shelf-wear, primarily presenting as minor rubbing and gentle fraying to the cloth at the extreme head and tail of the spine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,7\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,8\"\u003e. The text block is solid, and the fully gilt edges remain remarkably bright and unmarred. Internally, the preliminary leaves exhibit only very faint, scattered foxing, leaving the title page and imprint page clean\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,9\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,10\"\u003e. Overall, this is a highly attractive copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\" id=\"p-rc_646e9404d4be57b2-1161\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-1255 citation-end-1255\"\u003eFirst edition of Thomas Hughes’s celebrated novel, dated 1859\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1254 citation-end-1254\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The text is beautifully complemented by the work of renowned Victorian artist Richard Doyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,4\"\u003e, featuring a beautifully detailed double-page illustrated title alongside numerous in-text wood-engraved vignettes. Printed by R. Clay in London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,5\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,6\"\u003e, this edition was distributed widely through specific regional agents in Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford, and Reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,7\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,8\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\" id=\"p-rc_646e9404d4be57b2-1162\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1253 citation-end-1253\"\u003eThe volume is presented in its original blue cloth binding, famously decorated with Doyle's intricate gilt design of the Uffington White Horse surrounded by figures from English folklore\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1252 citation-end-1252\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The front endpaper remains entirely free of historical ownership signatures or bookplates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,4\"\u003e. While first editions of this work occasionally surface on the open market, finding a copy with such remarkably untarnished gilt-work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,5\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,6\"\u003e is increasingly uncommon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\" id=\"p-rc_646e9404d4be57b2-1163\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"11,0\"\u003eA charming mid-Victorian novel detailing a London clerk's summer holiday participating in the traditional \"scouring\" (cleaning) of the Bronze Age Uffington White Horse in Berkshire. Part travelogue, part history, and part social commentary, Hughes's text is wonderfully brought to life by Richard Doyle's whimsical illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"11,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"11,2\"\u003e, capturing the enduring spirit of rural English festivities and folklore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54142474289491,"sku":"4381","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260619_122422_1.jpg?v=1782820083","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-scouring-of-the-white-horse-thomas-hughes-first-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}