LES MISERABLES Victor Hugo, 1865 Fifth Ed., WH Smith & Son 186 Strand, London

Description: LES MISERABLES by Victor Hugo, 1865 Fifth Edition, London, England. This is stamped by the W.H. Smith & Sons, 186 Strand, London; famous bookstall of the 19th century. Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables. Authorized, copyright, English translation. Fifth edition, revised. [Device of Hurst & Blackett, printed as a monogram.] In one volume. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough Street, [1865]. [London;] John Childe and Son, printers. [4], 486p. 1 plate. With fourteen pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. The frontispiece is entitled: “Cosette. (page 319)" London: Hurst & Blackett, Feb 12 1864.” It is signed “J. E. Millais R. A.” and “John Saddler”. The illustration is signed with Millais’s monogram and the date of 1863. Binding: Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Blue wave diagonal-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically on the borders and on the corners in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked on the outer border, one thick the inner thin, Inside this, a broad repeating pattern of ‘three pointed leaves, f diamonds and of zig-zag’ is blocked in relief. The inner rectangle of each cover is formed by four fillets, blocked in blind. The central mandorla is formed by two fillets blocke din blind. On the lower cover, at the head and at the tail of the mandorla, the groups of three five-pointed leaves and stems and four flower buds are blocked in blind; on the centre of the mandorla, a lozenge is blocked in blind. On the upper cover, the groups of leaves, stems and buds are blocked in gold. The centre of the mandorla on the upper cover, has the title: “/ Les/ Miserables/ by Victor/ Hugo/” blocked in relief within four rectangular gold lettering-pieces, each of which has a fillet blocked in relief on its borders. The lettering-pieces are surrounded by leaves, curling stems and flower buds blocked in gold. The Spine is blocked in gold. At the head and the tail, two filets are blocked in gold across the spine. Near the head the title and author: “/ Les/ Miserables/ by Victor/ Hugo/” blocked in relief within four rectangular gold lettering-pieces, each of which has a fillet blocked in relief on its borders. The lettering-pieces are surrounded by leaves, curling stems and flower buds blocked in gold. A small decorative device is blocked in gold below the title. Near the tail, the series words: “/ Hurst & Blackett’s/ Standard Library./” are blocked in gold within a rectangle formed by two gold fillets, the inner is thick, the outer is thin. Above this, a small decorative device is blocked in gold. Producer name After: John Everett Millais Block cut by: John Saddler Printed by: John Childe and Son Published by: Hurst & Blackett School/style British Production date 1865 About Smith & Sons, 186 Strand, London: By 1860 Smith’s bookstalls were to be seen on all main lines and many secondary ones. It was a cultural revolution, as well as a commercial one: The Times reported ‘a wholesome change in railway bookstalls. Famous Charring Cross Rail Station opened in January 1864 at Strand intersection.

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