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1873008730New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1873. Printed and bound by Poole & MacLauchlan New York. Four volumes finely bound in two half polished blue calf over marbled boards gilt backs end papers and edges marbled. The Prose volume with 250 engravings in wood in text. Very Good Plus the spines sunned to grey light rubbing to corners period prior owner name in pencil. SCARCE in this edition and contemporary American fine binding. . People's Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
1970WN4065New Haven: Yale Univ. Press 1970. Original beige grey linen cloth with silver and black lettered spine. Extensively illustrated works in outstanding condition. Black slipcase with paper label titling piece on spine. Slipcase has considerable white rubbing on lower edge from shelfwear. The contents list the Garvin and other collections in the Yale University Art Gallery. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slipcase Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalogue. Yale Univ. Press Hardcover books
1832613091832. Hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" mat. Hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" mat. "Give Me My Seals and Be Off!" Hood Thomas Presumed Author. Ejection & Symptoms of Rejection!. No. 4. London: Published by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly c. 1832-34. 15-1/2" x 11-1/2" hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" hinged matte. Light soiling to matte white areas lightly toned colors vivid. $350. Possibly the work of a Thomas Hood this print is in the style of John Doyle 1797-1868 the leading English caricaturist of the 1830s to 1850s. It is commentary on the work of the 1832 Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws which drafted the Poor Law Amendment Act. Passed in 1834 it created the system of laws and workhouses described by Dickens. unknown books
197013696New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1970. Hardcover. VG Slipcase may be scuffed; books themselves are great. 2 vols. Cream cloth with black title blocks on spines and in black board slipcase with cream title block on spine. 644 pp. Hundreds of bw plates. A terrific two-volume set outlining these representative examples of American silver. A two-page introduction on the history of the collection by Graham Hood precedes sections covering pieces from the following states: Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire Maine Vermont New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia South Carolina Kentucky Alabama Louisiana and California. Also includes an extensive section of reproductions of marks as well as a section on unknown makers and European silver used in America. Nice! Yale University Press hardcover books
1930260715New York: Derrydale Press. Printed at The Harbor Press with typography by John S. Fass 1930. No. 258 of 490 copies. Hand-colored Illustrations from engravings after the designs of George Cruikshank. 33 unnumbered pages. 1 vols. 12mo. White parchment spine over peach colored boards spine and cover labels unopened. Fine. Half crimson morocco dropbox with leather label on upper cover. Cruikshank George. No. 258 of 490 copies. Hand-colored Illustrations from engravings after the designs of George Cruikshank. 33 unnumbered pages. 1 vols. 12mo. "A truly delightful little book." Frazier. Siegel 36; Frazier H-19-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 193-94 Derrydale Press. Printed at The Harbor Press with typography by John S. Fass unknown books
1863WRCAM30378Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas 1863. ix3268pp. plus folding map and twenty illustrations including nine tinted lithographs. Frontis. Half title. Contemporary brown pebbled cloth gilt-lettered spine. Slight wear to extremities half of rear cover faded and bubbled front free endpaper lacking. Minor foxing contemporary pencil annotations on list of illustrations else internally bright and clean. Very good. A charming and descriptive narrative of a tour of most of the major islands of the western Pacific including Aukland New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji Samoa Norfolk and the Isle of Pines with a lengthy segment on the Pitcairn Islands. Hood writes extensively on the habits of the numerous native peoples he encountered including thoughts on anthropology polygamy cannibalism religion child rearing and relations with whites. "An informative work with an interesting description of the Bounty mutineers' descendants at Norfolk Island. Scarce" - Angus & Robertson. FERGUSON 10528. TAYLOR pp.213261. HOLMES p.50. ANGUS & ROBERTSON INGLETON COLLECTION 6567. AUSTRALASIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY p.188. Edmonston and Douglas hardcover books
184631795Boston: Wilkins Carter & Co 1846. 1st edition American Imprints 46-3422. Original publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Spine sun-tanned. PO pencil annotations to eps. Usual sporadic foxing. A VG copy of a book somewhat uncommon in the first edition. vii 8 - 252 6 pp. "List of works published before 1800": pp. 170 - 178. Index at rear. 3 pages of Testimonials at rear. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Wilkins Carter & Co hardcover books
36254HOOD Thomas. MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG. London: E. Moxon 1871. 4to. Publisher's decorated cloth. vi 150 2 pages. Second edition. One of the Moxon's Popular Poets series this volume with sixty illustrations Thomas S. Seccombe. A very good to fine copy. unknown books
1829246398London: Charles Tilt 1829. First edition. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full polished brown calf with single gilt fillet borders spine gilt with urns t.e.g. by Morrell successors to Hayday. Cruikshank George. First edition. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine 'Epping Hunt'. Interesting note from binders. Cohn 406; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 193-94 Charles Tilt unknown books
187223144London: Moxon 1872. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece and 43 other mounted India proof steel engravings by Foster. 4to contemporary gilt decorated dark green morocco; a.e.g.; one hinge repaired. London 1872. Very good .<br/><br/> Moxon unknown books
1829021033Londn: Charles Tilt 1829. First Edition. 12moin 6s. 29pp. illustrated with six full page wood engraved plates after George Cruikshank by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams. Bound in 3/4 tan polished calf two raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated red morocco spine lablel gilt top edge gilt gray endpapers. A poem by Thomas Hood who was a poet humorist and wrote for several magazines including Punch. A very nice copy. Charles Tilt unknown books
1896140938854New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1896. First Thus. Near Fine. First thus. Original green rubbed cloth with gilt decorations cream stamping to front board all edges gilt. Near Fine with wear at head tips exposed; date written on front free endpaper front hinge a little overopened. Bright gilt a very clean copy. An illustrated edition of one of the 19th century English poet's more popular poems uncommon in such nice shape. Frederick A. Stokes unknown books
186246420London: Edward Moxon & Co 1862. 7 volumes 8vo; edited by his son Thomas Hood in chronological order; minor spotting light wear to extremities spines darkened spine ends lightly frayed else very good in original blue pebble grain cloth decorated in blind gilt-stamped vignette on upper cover spine decorated and lettered in gilt. <br/><br/> Edward Moxon & Co hardcover books
18725210London. E. Moxon Son and Company. 1872. Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated buckram.a.e.g. Thick 4to. Illustrated with full page plate engravings after drawings by Birket Foster. A sumptuous gilt decorated High Victorian binding encases as collection of Foster's wonderfully subdued engravings. Nostalgic and beautiful. A prime example of mid 18th century book design. Some mild darkening to covers some scattered light foxing else Very good. A sensational jewel. E. Moxon, Son and Company. hardcover books
1970WRCLIT53555New Haven & London: Published for the Yale University Art Gallery by the Yale University Press 1970. Two volumes. xviii344;xii300pp. Quarto. Cloth. Photographs. Spines a trifle darkened otherwise a very good set in slightly marked slipcase. First edition. The substantial annotated catalogue of one of the finest collections of American silver and an essential reference in the field. Published for the Yale University Art Gallery by the Yale University Press hardcover books
182719729London: William H. Ainsworth 1827 1827. First edition. NCBEL III 359; not in Wolff. Some foxing and slight stains; very good copy in a handsome binding. 2 vols 12mo 19th century red quarter morocco marbled paper boards gilt decorations and lettering. Eight engraved plates by T. Dighton one bound out of order. One page of publisher's ads in volume two. ¶ A series of short sketches modeled on the popular tales by Washington Irving and others of that style and an early work by Thomas Hood 1799-1845 published by the future novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. <br/><br/> London: William H. Ainsworth, 1827 unknown books
19063370<p>Henry Frowde London Edinburgh 1906. An octavo 773 pages beautifully bound in three-quarter vellum over marbled boards. Ornamental spine in the Art Nouveau style with gilt twining stem and flowers accompanying smooth calf title and publisher labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endleaves matching the paper used on the binding. Portrait frontispiece. An exquisite example of what has become a scarce series of Art Nouveau period bindings of English Literature with the poems of Thomas Hood being more elusive than other authors. Edited with notes by Walter Jerrold.</p> Henry Frowde hardcover books
1844152720London: Henry Colburn 1844. First. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. With numerous illustrations from designs by Leech. 300 312pp. 8vo bound in 19th century 1/2 leather over marbled boards well-rubbed overall but still sound and attractive. London: Henry Colburn 1844. First Edition. Scarce. Very good.<br/><br/> Henry Colburn unknown books
180216304London: Vernor and Hood 1802. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary tree calf rebacked. Very good/Near Fine. 128 and 219 pages. 21 x 13 cm. First title with five copper-plate engravings two folding.; second has two folding plates Divisions of the Linnaean System Characters of the Genera of British Plants English-Latin Dictionary of Botanical Terms and Index to the British Genera. First part carries month by month guide for the Farmer. Scattered light foxing generally bright. Vernor and Hood unknown books
182722194London: Longman et. al 1827. First Edition. 8vo pp. 222 1. Bound in original boards uncut with later paper backing and worn paper label. A very good copy. CBEL III p. 224. The son of a bookseller Hood 1799-1845 was a sub-editor of "The London Magazine" from 1821-23 and made the acquaintance of Lamb Hazlitt and DeQuincey. He edited a number of literary periodicals as well as his well-known "Hood's Magazine." He wrote this volume and several others that were well respected even if he is best remembered as a humorist. Longman, et. al unknown books
18603182.1London: Moxon 1860. 1st edition. Qtr leather with marbled boards. Marbled edges. VG spines sunned/bpt. 2 volumes. Illustrated with copies from his own sketches. 8vo. <br/><br/>Hood a minor 19th century literary luminary and close friend of Dickens during his early career Hood died in 1845. "I have the greates tenderness for the memory of Hood as I had for himself." So spoke Dickens as quoted in Shore's "CD and His Friends." Moxon hardcover books
187180035London: E. Moxon 1871. hardcover. very good. Birket Foster. Illustrated by Birket Foster. 22 steel engraved plates on mounted India paper protected with tissue. 109 pages. 4to original burgundy cloth with ornate gilt-stamped cover and spine a.e.g. London: E. Moxon Son & Co. 1871. Spine ends a bit soft still a very good clean copy.<br/><br/> E. Moxon unknown books
1855001833London: Edward Moxon 1855. Cover gilt devices in fillets and circles. Inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Inscription in neat ink hand on a front preliminary page dated 1857. Spine panels in gilt floral designs. Bust portrait of the poet on frontispiece. Light foxing on the first few pages front and back. Light rubbing to corners. A very pleasing binding signed by the binder Maclehose of Glasgow. 388pp. Eighth Edition. Full Brown Morocco. Edward Moxon Hardcover books
1880157462Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1880. 1880s. Softcover. Good- with wrinkling and a corner fold to front cover and general light soiling to contents. No extraneous marks. Name/Date in blue ink at top of front cover. Good clear illustrations. Treated cloth covers with bw illus. lettering and borders. 16 treated cloth pages. Spine held together with a straight pin. A nice copy of this children's classic about Precocious Piggy. In this tale Piggy goes out to see the world goes driving does landscape gardening takes to drinking goes to the grand ball and the fair gets a wig and. Scarce. J.B. Lippincott & Co paperback books
1825WRCLIT18913London: Printed for Baldwin Cradock & Joy 1825. 136pp. Full tan calf gilt extra by Zaehnsdorf without half-title and ads. Upper joint quite rubbed free binder's endsheet detached at gutter otherwise very good. First edition of Thomas Hood's first book albeit a collaborative venture with Reynolds. TINKER 1231. NCBEL III:359. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy unknown books