Andromeda and Other Poems

KINGSLEY, Charles

Published by London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858

About this Item

First edition. 8vo. viii, 169, (5) pp. Contemporary tan full calf by Nutt of Cambridge, recently rebacked in a close matching leather, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red and green labels and with a gilt device to the other panels, endpapers and all edges marbled, inscribed by Kingsley "Dr [James] Hunt fr., C.K" at the head of the title page, the later pencilled inscription of one of Hunt's descendants on the front flyleaf. Some light wear to the boards, else very good. James Hunt (1833-69) was a speech therapist who, like his father Thomas, was concerned with the study and treatment of stammering. In 1854 he published "Treatise on the Cure of Stammering" which, with revisions and under slightly different titles, was reissued another six times up to 1870. Hunt's clients included life-long stammerers such as Lewis Carroll and Charles Kingsley. Hunt and Kingsley clearly became quite close, with Hunt dedicating a later work - "A Manual of the Philosophy of Voice and Speech, Especially in Relation to the English Language and the Art of Public Speaking" (1859) to him. The British Library also holds an archive of fifty one letters from Kingsley to Hunt written between 1855 and 1869. Seller Inventory # 47536

Bibliographic Details

Title: Andromeda and Other Poems

Publisher: London: John W. Parker and Son

Publication Date: 1858