Thomas Love Peacock — Crotchet Castle

London, T. Hookham, 1831 . First edition. Disbound. A smart first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's satirical 1831 Gothic novel. The first edition of this humorous and satirical Gothic novel from Thomas Love Peacock, with page 154 numbered 54, as called for.Peacock's sixth novel, in the work the author gathers a group of eccentrics in the titular castle, deriving humour and social satire from their various interactions and conversations.Bound without the preliminary advertisement leaf and half title.The first edition of one of the best known work of this nineteenth century novelist, a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley. In a contemporary cloth binding. Small losses of cloth to back strip head and tail and joints. Front joint starting, with board slightly tender. Internally, firmly bound. Light handling marks to preliminary leaves. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .