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Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1861. 3 volumes. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spines and with the covers ruled in blind at the borders. xii, 319 [23]; vii, 338 [1]; vii, 309 pp. A very nice set, internally clean, the bindings quite pleasing and a surprisingly well preserved, the cloth showing just a bit of age and light wear, the hinges in good order and the text-blocks crisp. A FIRST EDITION SET IN PLEASING CONDITION. This is the second of the famous Tom Brown books written by Thomas Hughes. These semi-autobiographical novels are based on the experiences of Hughes and his two brothers at Rugby and Oxford. Tom Brown has been tremendously influential to the genre of British school novels from Bunter’s Greyfriars to Mr. Chips to Howgarths