Thomas Hood — The Epping Hunt

London, George Tilt, 1829. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of this hunting poem by Thomas Wood, illustrated by George Cruikshank. First edition. Illustrated with six engravings on wood, with tissue guards for plates. Collated complete. An exciting poem about hunting, intended to entertain the reader. Written by Thomas Hood, an English poet, author and humorist, who wrote regularly for The London Magazine, Athenaeum, and Punch. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. Original wraps are bound in. Bound in half green crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally, very smart with minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light scattered spotting to the plates. Near Fine . Ill.: George Cruikshank. Near Fine .