1866 POEMS OF WIT & HUMOUR THOMAS HOOD RED LEATHER RARE

POEMS OF

WIT AND HUMOUR

Thomas Hood; 1866; London, Edward Moxon & Co.; Leather; Sixteenth Edition; 282 Pages; 4.5"x 6.9"; Rare!!

Great for any fan of the Poet or Collector.  Perfect Gift Idea!!

Attributes:

A Charming, sleek marble cover design with a pretty ribbed red leather binding and corner design with gold labeling to spine, marble end pages, gold borders, gold tops of pages and some great Poetic Classics!!!

Some Contents Included:

A TALE OF A TRUMPET, IRISH SCHOOLMASTER, THE LAST MAN, FAITHLESS SALLY BROWN, BIANCA'S DREAM, THE DEMON-SHIP, THE FLOWER, THE SEA-SPELL, SAILOR'S APOLOGY FOR BOW-LEGS, THE BACHELOR'S DREAM, THE WEE MAN, DEATH'S RAMBLE, A BLACK JOB, THE TURTLES, A FAIRY TALE, LOVE LANE, PROGRESS OF ART, ETC.!!!

Background:

Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor.

In another annual called the Gem appeared the poem on the story of Eugene Aram. He started a magazine in his own name, for which he secured the assistance of many literary men, but which was mainly sustained by his own activity. From a sick-bed, from which he never rose, he conducted this work, and there composed well known poems, such as the "Song of the Shirt" (which appeared anonymously in the Christmas number of Punch, 1843 and was immediately reprinted in The Times and other newspapers across Europe. It was dramatised by Mark Lemon as The Sempstress, was printed on broadsheets, cotton handkerchiefs and was highly praised by many of the literary establishment, including Charles Dickens.) Likewise "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Labourer" which are translated into German by Ferdinand Freiligrath. They are plain, solemn pictures of conditions of life which appeared shortly before Hood's own death in May 1845.

Hood was associated with the Athenaeum, started in 1828 by James Silk Buckingham, and he was a regular contributor for the rest of his life. Prolonged illness brought on straitened circumstances; and application was made by a number of Hood's friends to Sir Robert Peel to place Hood's name on the pension list with which the British state rewarded literary men. Peel was known to be an admirer of Hood's work and in the last few months of Hood's life he gave Jane Hood the sum of 100 Pounds without her husband's knowledge, to alleviate the family's debts.  The pension that Peel's government had bestowed upon Hood was continued to his wife and family after his death. Jane Hood, who also suffered from poor health and had expended tremendous energy tending to her husband in his last year, died only 18 months after Hood. The pension then ceased but Lord John Russell, grandfather of the philosopher Bertrand

Condition:

Condition is Very Good.  Some wear to edges, owner' signature pencil, rubbing to boards, pages are very good, hinges/text block are very good.  Overall, for over 140 years old its in Very Good Condition!!!