Thomas Hood — The Comic Annual for 1842

London, Henry Colburn, 1842. Cloth. Thomas Hood and John Leech's comical volume of poems and stories, an annual for the year 1842. The 1842 edition for 'The Comic Annual&apos.Much of this volume is dedicated to 'Miss Kilmansegg And Her Precious Leg', a satire poem about Miss Kilmansegg, a spoilt daughter of a banker, who insists on having an artificial limb made out of gold, after losing one of her legs in a riding accident.Thomas Hood was a poet and humorist, who regularly contributed to 'The London Magazine' and 'Punch&apos. Though Hood occasionally published serious works, his successes were from his humorous poems. 'Comic Annual' was a publication that Hood ran from 1830, publishing caricatures of modern day, with a serious malice, and incessant puns.Illustrated with eleven plates, and twenty-four in-text illustrations, by John Leech.Collated, bound without one plate, to face page 96.Fourteen pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. in the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Fading to the spine and to the extremities of the boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Plate facing page 252 is working loose. Very Good . Ill.: John Leech. Very Good .