Antique Illustrated Books 3 Volumes Hoods Works the Prose Works of Thomas Hood Vol I and Vol Ii the Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Vol Ii C 1870

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Antique books, 3 volumes, Hoods Works, The Prose Works of Thomas Hood Vol I and Vol II, and The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Vol II, no copyright notice, however I was told these are from 1870.

Each book measures 7.5 inches tall, 5.5 inches wide.

The Prose Works of Thomas Hood Vol I:

400 pages. Beautiful, clean pages.

Contents: Memoir, preface to Hoods Own, the pugsley papers, an autograph, prospectus of Hoods magazine, black white and brown, drawn for a soldier, the portrait, literary reminiscences, my apology, literary reminiscences number 1-4, the great conflagration, an undertaker, boz in america, copyright and copywrong, domestic mesmerism, the lay of the laborer, life in the sick room, Hoods own, miss norman, letter from a parish clerk in barbadoes to one in hampsire with an enclosure, a letter from a market gardener to the secretary of the horticultural society, the parish revolution, the discovery, rhyme and reason, the double knock, the quakers conversazione, our village, the life of zimmerman, johnsoniana, the scrape book, the island, the abstraction, a zoological report, the domestic dilemma, the ocean, sketches on the road, the furlough.

The Prose Works of Thomas Hood Vol II:

336 pages. Pencil markings on one of the first blank pages, some creasing on pages, otherwise nice clean pages.

Contents: preface, whimsicalities, notes on Shakespeare, the schoolmistress abroad and extravaganza, a ballad singer, the tower of lahneck a romance, a spent ball, the defaulter an owre true tale, a blind man, the earth quakers, anecdote of her present majesty, the grimsby ghost, new harmony, a tale of terror, mrs. Gardener a horticultural romance, hydropathy or the cold water cure, Mr. Chubb a piscatory romance, a very so so character, anecdote of his royal highness prince albert, the happiest man in england a sketch on the road, horse and foot, a hard lease, whims and oddities, dedication to the reviewers, prefatory address, the prayse of ignorance, my son sir, on the popular cupid, the spoiled child, the ballad of sally brown and ben the carpenter, a complaint against greatness, fancies on a teacup, she is far from the land, walton redivivus a new river eclogue, a new life preserver, love me love my dog, a dream, fancy portraits, the morning call, a school for adults, sally holt and the death of john hayloft, the decline of mrs. shakerley, banditti, an affair of honour, nothing but hearts, pythagorean fancies, an absentee, a marriage procession, a mad dog, a may day, the fresh horse, an intercepted despatch.

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Vol II:

320 pages. Few pencil markings, creasing on some pages. Nice clean pages.

Contents: Miss Kilmansegg and her precious leg, a tale of a trumpet, the lost heir, no, sonnet "the world is with me, and its many cares", a black job, the flower, epigram: The superiority of machinery, a custom house breeze, december and may, moral reflections on the cross of st. pauls, a valentine, a recipe for civilization, love, please to ring the belle, the mermaid of margate, a fairy tale, equestrian courtship, the stag eyed lady, the sea spell, faithless nelly gray, a legend of navarre, the progress of art, the demon ship, a true story, the monkey martyr a fable, craniology, a parthian glance, the wee man, a sailors apology for bow legs, Dont you smell fire?, the widow, ode to the cameleopard, ode to Dr. Hahnemann, over the way, domestic asides or truth in parenthesis, poem from the polish, epicurean reminiscences of a sentimentalist, french and english, a true story, the carelesse nurse mayd, to fanny, poems by a poor gentleman, the compass with variations, paird not matchd, the duel a serious ballad, theres no romance in that, a waterloo ballad, the boy at the nore, lines to a lady on her departure for India, sonnet to a scotch girl washing linen, pain in a pleasure boat, ode to perry, number one, the drowning ducks, love and lunacy, the comet an astronomical anecdote, my son and heir, the sausage makers ghost, ode to Dr. Kitchener, john trott, spring.