Select Poems of Thomas Hood, c.1870, [Illustrated by Gustave Dore]

A richly illustrated Victorian edition of Hood’s selected poetry, enhanced by Gustave Doré’s dramatic and expressive plates, all present. Doré’s illustrations lend visual weight to Hood’s range of satirical, lyrical, and melancholic verse. A handsome example of nineteenth-century illustrated poetry, combining literary merit with one of the period’s most celebrated illustrators.

Good/Fair Condition. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding is firm and pages are clean. More pronounced tanning to end papers. Boards have light wear to corners and spine ends causing some minor fraying. Notable marking to boards with white staining to rear board and dapple of white markings to front board.