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HOOD,THOMAS (1799-1845) PREFACE BY FRANCES F. BRODERIP (1830-1878) THE HEADLONG CAREER AND WOFUL ENDING OF PRECOCIOUS PIGGY By The Late Thomas Hood. Illustrated by his Son.London, Griffith and Farran first edition 1859 Hand-colored plates printed one side only (8 full page + 10 surrounding text all hand-colored by Tom Hood junior (1835-1874). . 245x190mm pink pictorial boards (newer cloth spine, tips worn some fingering, corner loss at lower hinge, names "S A Gulston 1858" & "Horatia Gulston her book" at top of cover & titlepage) 20pp + Tail-Piece + publisher's catalogue. Gutter corners of most pages nibbled away (max 1") but nowhere near printed area. Pages printed on one side only, the hand coloring is well done and bright. Preface by Hood's daughter Frances Freeling Broderip dated August 1858: "The following story of the 'Precocious Pig' was originally related by our dear father, when the writer of these lines was a little girl, much inclined to cry over poor Piggy's tragical fate; and the artist who illustrates it so appropriately, was a little fat boy, who chuckled over Piggy's misdeeds with intense enjoyment ..".
Offered for GBP 98.00 = appr. US$ 160.33 by: Abbey Antiquarian Books - Book number: J71179
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