Collection of 34 first and early editions of his works

Published by all published in London (except as noted below), 1870

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47 vols. 8vo & 12mo. Substantial collection of the writings of on who, as "Hazlitt said in THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE (1825) . 'improves upon acquaintance'; everyone can gain from knowing him better." (Nicholas Roe, ODNB). Comprising: Juvenalia; or, a Collection of Poems. Frontis. by Bartolozzi.London: J. Whiting, 1801. Frontispiece.With Half-title. 209 pp. T.eg., rest uncut (8-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches) Author's First Book ? Critical Essays. John Hunt, 1807. Half-title. With prospectus for The Examiner, 1 ad pp. ? The Descent of Liberty, A Mask. Gale, Curtis & Fenner, 1815. Half-title. ? The Story of Rimini, A Poem. Murray, et al., 1816. Half-title. ? Foliage. C & J Ollier, 1818. ? Amyntas, A Tale of the Woods. T & J Allman, 1820. Frontispiece. Half-title. ? The Months descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year. C & J Ollier, 1821. Half-title. ? Lord Byron and some of his Contemporaries. Colburn, 1828. 2 volumes. Frontispieces. 2d edition. ? Bacchus in Tuscany. Hunt, 1825. Half-title. 2 ad pp. ? The Poetical Works. Moxon, 1832. Half-title. 2 ad pp. ? Sir Ralph Esher. Colburn & Bentley, 1832. 3 volumes. ? The Seer; or Common-Places Refreshed. Moxon, 1840. ? A Legend of Florence. Moxon, 1840. ? The Palfrey; A Love Story of Old Times. How & Parsons, 1842. ? Imagination and Fancy. Smith, Elder, 1844. ? The Poetical Works. Moxon, 1844. ? Stories from the Italian Poets. Chapman & Hall, 1846. 2 volumes. ? Wit and Humour. Smith, Elder, 1846. Half-title. ? Men, Women, and Books. Smith, Elder, 1847. 2 volumes. Frontispiece. ? A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla. Smith, Elder, 1848. Illustrated by Richard Doyle including additional engraved title page. 12 ad pp. ? The Town. Smith, Elder, 1848. 2 volumes. Half-titles. 4 ad pp. (Vol 2 with narrow stain to top margin.) ? Readings for Railways. Gilpin, 1849. Publisher's catalogue present. ? A Book for a Corner. Chapman & Hall, 1849. 2 volumes. ? The Autobiography. Smith, Elder, 1850. 3 volumes. Frontispieces in each volume (one detached, one a little chipped). Half-titles. ? Table-Talk. Smith, Elder, 1851. Half-title. ? The Religion of the Heart. Chapman, 1853. Half-title. ? Stories in Verse. Routledge, 1855. Frontispiece. Half-title. ? The Old Court Suburb. Hurst & Blackett, 1855. 2 volumes. ? A Saunter through the West End. Hurst & Blackett, 1861. ? The Correspondence. Smith, Elder, 1852. 2 volumes. Photographic frontispiece. ? The Book of the Sonnet. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1867. 2 volumes. With two etched portraits by William Evarts Benjamin. Edited with S. Adams Lee. Limited edition, 1 of 100 copies. ? A Tale for a Chimney Corner. Hotten, [1867]. ? A Day by the Fire. Sampson, Low, 1870. ? Essays. Scott, 1887. Later edition. Uniformly bound in turn-of-the-20th-century full green crushed morocco, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, t.e.g., by Rivière & Son. Bookplate in each of Lowell Palmer, 1902. A few volumes with mild foxing at ends, spines evenly toned to brown and some sunning to covers, a few covers with little nicks or scrapes, but generally quite free from shelfwear, and as a whole very attractive. Bookplate of Lowell M. Palmer.…

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Title
Collection of 34 first and early editions of his works
Author
Hunt, John Henry Leigh (1784-1859)
Publisher
all published in London (except as noted below)
Publication year
1870
Binding
47 vols. 8vo & 12mo
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