William Charles HoodBiblio.com
Hood, ThomasBiblio.com
THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS HOOD. With Some Account of the Author. 4 volumes. From the series: The British Poets
18560000548Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1856-1857. vols. I-II 1857; vols. III-IV 1856. Four volumes issued as part of the series "The British Poets" and with the spine titles thus but complete in and of themselves. 16mo. lvi 320 iv 344 283 1 and v 280 pages plus frontispiece portrait in vol. I. 4-page ads in vol. I before front free endpaper. Original dark brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 17.4 cm. Chips and wear to spine ends; corners bumped and a little worn. Name on front pastedowns. Frontispiece and first title page foxed and some scattered foxing elsewhere; last forty or so pages in vol. I with corner creases. Good plus. Reprints. A made-up set using different printings but one apparently assembled many years ago with the same early owner's name and notations on the endpapers. The bindings are of uniform design with a trifling difference in the shade of the cloth on the third and fourth volumes. Thomas 1799-1845 was a poet known for his humorous verses and for his later topical poems including The Song of the Shirt "The Workhouse Clock" The Lay of the Labourer" and The Bridge of Sighs. Little, Brown, & Co. hardcover
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