1876 The Choice Works of Thomas Hood, in Prose and Verse Including the Cream of the Comic Annuals Book

The Choice Works of Thomas Hood, In Prose and Verse Including the Cream of the Comic Annuals. London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly. 1876.

The full title reads:

The Choice Works of Thomas Hood, In Prose and Verse Including the Cream of the Comic Annuals. With Life of the Author, Portrait, and Over Two Hundred Illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly. 1876.

The volume is paginated as follows: xvi, 1 – 775 p.

Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 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. William Michael Rossetti in 1903 called him “the finest English poet” between the generations of Shelley and Tennyson.[1] Hood was the father of the playwright and humorist Tom Hood (1835–1874)[2] and the children’s writer Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878).

The Book is in Good preloved condition with some signs of age. There are no rips, tears or creases in the pages. The cover is in Very Good condition.

The volume measures about 7.675 in. (19.5 cm.) by 5.375 in. (13.65 cm.) by 2 in. (5.08 cm.).

Each leaf measures about 188 mm. by 125 mm.

The Book weighs 1 pound 12.5 ounces or 28.47 ounces or 807 grams.