Hood, Thomas

Hood, Thomas. WHIMS AND ODDITIES, in Prose and Verse; with Forty Original Designs [ First and Second Series]. London: Lupton Relfe [and Charles Tilt] 1826-1827. Sm. 8vo. 2 vols. bound in 1. xii,146;viii,150pp. Each vol. with 36 woodcut plates. Title pages with woodcut vignettes. Later half calf (circa 1900), gilt, lightly rubbed, over marbled boards, black calf spine label. One leaf in Vol. I with a closed tear. One plate in Vol. II with a paper repair on verso. Occasional soiling and numerous amateurish pencil sketches (& 1 in ink) in blank areas (done in a style imitative of the woodcuts).