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The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood with Gustav Dore illustrations
1873310New York: George Routledge and Sons 1873. Contemporary 1/2 morocco fine binding. Very Good. Gustav Dore. Romantic English poet and humorist that William Michael Rossetti deemed him the finest English poet between the generations of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Tennyson. Illustrated by Gustav Dore.<br /> <br /> Condition: VG<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> Published in 1873 by George Routledge and Sons in New York. Early compilation of the poet's work. Illustrated by Gustav Dore. Finely bound in contemporary 1/2 chocolate morocco. Board marbled paper ruled with two gilt fillets. Spine with gilt tooled raised bands separating compartments richly tooled and ruled in gilt. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Octavo 7" x 5". Collated: xxi 1 400 pp. Includes half-title page. Frontispiece and second engraved title page. Facsimile plate of Hood's writing five additional steel engraved plates by Dore. Vignette head- and tail-pieces. <br /> <br /> ABOUT THE POET<br /> <br /> Thomas Hood 1799 – 1845 was an English poet author and humorist best known for poems such as The Bridge of Sighs and The Song of the Shirt. Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine Athenaeum and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works. Hood never robust had lapsed into invalidism by the age of 41 and died at the age of 45. Hood was the father of the playwright and humorist Tom Hood 1835–1874 and the children's writer Frances Freeling Broderip 1830–1878.<br /> <br /> <br /> <p>Hood wrote humorously on many contemporary issues. One of the main ones was grave robbing and selling of corpses to anatomists see West Port murders. On this serious and perhaps cruel issue he wrote wryly</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>Don't go to weep upon my grave<br /> And think that there I be.<br /> They haven't left an atom there<br /> Of my anatomie.<br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> The book is in Very Good condition.<br /> </p> <br /> <p>Firm hinges and joints tight pages sharp corners. Rubbed leather and boards. Scuffs. Spots of soiling. Some scratches to the spine. Top edge darkened per usual. Interior pages are generally clean and bright and lightly toned. Gift inscription dated 1875 on front blank. Some spots of foxing on blanks and a few other spots. Minimal signs of handling. A very nice copy.</p> <br /> <br /> . George Routledge and Sons unknown
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