Headlong Hall . Second edition

[Peacock, Thomas Love]

Published by printed for T. Hookham, Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row, London, 1816

About this Item

12mo, pp. [4], 217, [1], [2] ads; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; some cracking along the joints, corners bumped, but generally very good and sound. On the front pastedown in ink: "Calgarth Park / 1818" and with a Calgarth Park bookplate. Calgarth Park was the home of Richard Watson (1737-1816) Bishop of Llandaff and a Whig politician. This second edition is published the same year as the first. "With this work Peacock found the true field for his literary gift in the satiric novel, interspersed with delightful lyrics, amorous, narrative, or convivial" (Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # 66949

Bibliographic Details

Title: Headlong Hall . Second edition

Publisher: printed for T. Hookham, Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row, London

Publication Date: 1816

Binding: Hardcover