Theodore Hook, First Edition (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published approximately 1870; 1st edition thus. Minor rubbing & wear to blue cloth binding; corners lightly bumped; inner hinges starting; else VG. B&W illustrations. 583 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contains bookplate; endpaper is cleanly excised. Marbled endpapers and gilt top. Illustrated with photo frontispiece. Binding is cloth boards.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover 1st Ed in black & gilt-stamped royal blue cloth, n.d. (c. 1872), original Camden Hotten issue which precedes the later Chatto & Windus issue, with Memoir of Hook, portraits, caricatures and facsimiles, no markings, NOT ex-lib, light shelf wear & softening to spine ends, foxing to prelims & page block edges (pages clean), small 1-inch by 1/4-inch rectangle cut from front endpaper (name removal?), else solid nice copy; stout 8vo; viii + 583pp indexed & illus + large illus ad section dated 1872; portrait frontispiece; Due to its size and/or weight, overseas delivery of this book may require an additional shipping charge beyond our default rates.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean, large format hardback bound in green quarter cloth with decorated paper boards which are worn & marked, cloth rubbed & worn with short split at top of spine/front cover and a 4.5 inch split at top of spine/back board, no inscriptions. Unpaginated, 52 (of 53) illustrations on plates. 'Christopher suprised by Rockey' from Christopher Tadplole is missing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (3 preliminary pages), 381 pages, frontispiece portrait plate, fine condition in marbled paper covered boards and cloth spine, top edge gilt.

1st edition. Poor copy in the original title and gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine loosening from text block, but all remains complete. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Physical description; 583 p., 32 p. (advertisements) , 9 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Contents; Memoir of Theodore Hook.--The Ramsbottom papers.--Political songs and squibs.--Tentamen; or, An essay towards the history of Whittington.--Miscellanies, in verse and prose.--Anecdotes, hoaxes, and jests. Subjects; 19th century literature. 19th century caricatures. Humour writing, England. Humour writing 19th century. Puns history. Hoaxes, history. Adventures 19th century literature. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1928. First edition. viii,379,[1]pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Slight wear to lower corners, endpapers a little browned. A very good copy.

1st edition. Poor copy in the original title and gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine loosening from text block, but all remains complete. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Physical description; 583 p., 32 p. (advertisements) , 9 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Contents; Memoir of Theodore Hook.--The Ramsbottom papers.--Political songs and squibs.--Tentamen; or, An essay towards the history of Whittington.--Miscellanies, in verse and prose.--Anecdotes, hoaxes, and jests. Subjects; 19th century literature. 19th century caricatures. Humour writing, England. Humour writing 19th century. Puns history. Hoaxes, history. Adventures 19th century literature. 1 Kg.

Condition: Sehr gut. First Edition. Part The First. Part The Second. Two Volumes. 22 x 14 cm. Part The First: iv, 580 pages weith seven Plates / Part The Second: iv, 572 pages with five Plates. Uniform cloth. Two hard covers. Very good condition. Bindings worn and weakened. Some pages protruding or lose. Spine labels missing. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally dust dulled and occasionally stained. Plates show browning / foxing. See images. Remains a very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st ed. [4], 508p, illus. A fine copy in fine jacket. Excellent bibliography, handsomely produced.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and signed Letter Headed Paper by Composer Writer Theodore Edward Hook. Undated. A long letter to a writer thanking him for his two volumes of poetry, discusses money, publication of an article and other things. Theodore Edward Hook 1788 - 1841 was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1809. The world's first postcard was received by Hook in 1840; he likely posted it to himself. Hook founded a very successful journal, John Bull, through which he gained a great reputation as a Tory satirist. Several novels followed, racy and semi-autobiographical, making Hook the best-selling British novelist prior to Charles Dickens. Size 185mm x 110mm. In good condition. Light folding creases. Age toning. Ref18812. Signed by Author(s).

'Life & Remains of Theodore Hook' by his friend Rev. R H D Barham London : R. Bentley, 1849. First Edition. Physical description; 2 vols., Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; v. 1. Life. -- v. 2. Remains of Theodore E. Hook: Political songs, etc. Ramsbottom letters. Reviews: Miscellanies. Subjects; Hook, Theodore Edward 1788-1841. Authors, English 19th century Biography. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. bright, clean and strong. Beautifully leather bound. Description: Fronts: foxing to author portrait, Vol.I; spotting to f.e.ps, fronts & final pages, both vols. Contemp. Full tan calf, gilt borders, aspine gilt in compartments, red & blue morocco labels; v.sl.marked & rubbed. Bookplate of Edward Cunard on leading pastedowns. A handsome set. Will be dispatched within 48 hours of ordering.

1st ed. Port frontis, [4], 381p. Attractive quarter cloth over marbled boards; teg. A near fine copy.

First Edition. Poor set bound in quarter leather over marble boards with gilt titles to the spines. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Some of the pages are detached but loosely inserted. Provenance; from the H. Bradford's Circulating Library, Thame with the owner's bookplate and a book stamp from E. J. Kenney. Physical description; two volumes only: vols. II & III. Subjects; English literature 19th century. Genres; English fiction - 19th century. Fiction. Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Original White Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Grotesques By Audrey Beardsley (illustrator). First Edition. Top edge gilt; outer edge uncut. Covers with a little, barely perceptible soiling; ownership notation on half-title: Julia Savit, 1844; endpapers darkened.

First Edition. Poor set bound in quarter leather over marble boards with gilt titles to the spines. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Some of the pages are detached but loosely inserted. Provenance; from the H. Bradford's Circulating Library, Thame with the owner's bookplate and a book stamp from E. J. Kenney. Physical description; two volumes only: vols. II & III. Subjects; English literature 19th century. Genres; English fiction - 19th century. Fiction. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 2 vols. Original cloth, sl. worn at spine ends. Foxing to both frontispieces. Sl. wear to outside edges of one gathering in vol. 1 which is sl. proud of the book block.

FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 12mo. Fronts & plates by 'Phiz'; plates browned. Contemp. quarter brown calf, purple glazed cloth boards; sl. rubbed. The 'greater portion' of the work first appeared in The New Monthly Magazine.