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The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood with Memoir and Notes, The American News Company, New York, c.1870, Illustrated. Condition: Fine. 7.5"×5.5"×1.5", xv,544pp., Fine Victorian half calf over marbled boards, 5 band spine with ornate gilt tooling, gilt titles on black label, gilt page edges on all sides, very minor rubbing to corners. Binding is solid and tight. Marbled endpapers, hinges are sound. Pages are crisp, clean, bright and tight with no markings. This copy is in exceptional condition showing little signs of use. Beautifully bound Victorian edition of The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood, including memoir and editorial notes. This edition is richly illustrated with fine engravings and includes the full range of Hood’s verse—serious poems, humorous ballads, sonnets, odes, and addresses. Issued by The American News Company of New York (39 & 41 Chambers Street), this copy is likely from the 1870s–1880s.