The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook

Hook, Theodore

Published by London: John Camden Hotten

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # 29807

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
• Publisher: London: John Camden Hotten
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Essays / Belles-lettres
  • European History: Modern
  • Fiction / Literature