An Edinburgh Eleven

A vivid window into a bygone campus world, where pencil lines capture a moment in time as surely as any memory.An Edinburgh Eleven offers a delightful illustrated sketch collection that folds early Edwardian sensibilities into the Bildungsroman of college life. Through carefully drawn pencil portrait sketches, the volume sketches a quaint campus landscape and the friendships, ambitions, and small triumphs that haunt the margins of youth. This is more than nostalgia; it’s a crafted medley of character study, social observation, and atmospheric detail that invites readers to walk the cobbled streets of a victorian era setting and linger on every carefully observed face.Historically significant as a rare example of Barrie’s early narrative and illustration work, the book sits at a crossroads of classic literary illustrations and period piece anthology. Its Edinburgh illustrated portraits capture mood and milieu with a sincerity that modern readers and Barrie fans will recognise and relish.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today’s and future generations. It is more than a reprint-it’s a collectors edition and a cultural treasure, suited to casual readers seeking charm and to collectors seeking a genuine piece of literary heritage. A true celebration of early 20th‑century life, illustrated with care, and designed to endure.