A Taste of Horton - A selection of items from the Horton Collection of Children's Material
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| Call. No | HOR C HOO |
| Author | HOOD, Thomas |
| Title | The Headlong Career and Woful Ending of Precocious Piggy, by the late Thomas Hood. Illustrated by his son. |
| Imprint | London: Griffith and Farran, 1859 |
| Page Size | 235 x 180 mm |
| Collation | t.p, fols [1], 5-20, [2] p. |
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| Illustrations | 9 pages with coloured woodblock vignettes (inc. t.p.) and 9 plates after Thomas Hood. |
| Binding | Pink paper; framed in rule enclosing wood engraving entitled 'The tail-piece' on back cover; framed in rule enclosing title, author, illustrator, imprint and wood engraving entitled 'Piggy at gis toilet', on front cover ; rebacked with blue cloth ; new e.p. inserted over original lavender tinted paper. |
| Annotation | Printed on one side of sheet only. |
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| Contents | Preface [by Frances
Freeling Broderip, dated 1858] [8 short verses] [Advertisement] |
| Tracings | HOOD, Thomas HOOD, Thomas GRIFFITH & FARRAN BRODERIP, Frances Freeling |
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