By Thomas Love Peacock; H. F. B. Brett-Smith; C. E. Jones
London; New York   Constable & Co. Ltd.; Gabriel Wells
9" by 6" [6], ccxii, 213, [3]; [2], xi, 456, [4]; [12], 179, [1]; [4], xiii, 214, [2]; [2], xvi, 383, [1]; [2], x, 383, [1]; [2], xv, 548; [4], viii, 550, [2]; [6], vii, 458, [2]; [10], 328, [4]pp.
Limited Halliford edition of the complete works of Thomas Love Peacock.
By Thomas Love Peacock; H. F. B. Brett-Smith; C. E. Jones

1934; 1924; 1924; 1924; 1927; 1931; 1934; 1926; 1926. Volume One: Biographical Introduction and Headlong Hall; Volume Two: Melincourt; Volume Three: Nightmare Abbey and Maid Marian; Volume Four: The Misfortunes of Elphin and Crotchet Castle; Volume Five: Gryll Grange; Volume Six: Poems; Volume Seven: Poems and Plays; Volume Eight: Essays, Memoirs, Letters & Unfinished Novels; Volume Nine: Critical & Other Essays; Volume Ten: Dramatic Criticisms and Translations & Other Essays.

London; New York   Constable & Co. Ltd.; Gabriel Wells
9" by 6" [6], ccxii, 213, [3]; [2], xi, 456, [4]; [12], 179, [1]; [4], xiii, 214, [2]; [2], xvi, 383, [1]; [2], x, 383, [1]; [2], xv, 548; [4], viii, 550, [2]; [6], vii, 458, [2]; [10], 328, [4]pp.
Limited Halliford edition of the complete works of Thomas Love Peacock.
£390.00
: 8kgs / : 987b17

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Description

First edition of this 10-volume "Halliford" collection. Limited to 675 sets.

Complete in 10 volumes, featuring:
Volume One: Biographical Introduction and Headlong Hall;
Volume Two: Melincourt;
Volume Three: Nightmare Abbey and Maid Marian;
Volume Four: The Misfortunes of Elphin and Crotchet Castle;
Volume Five: Gryll Grange;
Volume Six: Poems;
Volume Seven: Poems and Plays;
Volume Eight: Essays, Memoirs, Letters & Unfinished Novels;
Volume Nine: Critical & Other Essays;
Volume Ten: Dramatic Criticisms and Translations & Other Essays.

In the publisher's original red cloth binding.

With a frontispiece to each volume, three of which are in colour, and additional illustrations such as a facsimile plate to Volume Seven and two illustrated plates, one monochrome and one colour, to Volume Six. Collated, complete.

Edited by H. F. B. Brett-Smith and C. E. Jones. A collection from leading Romantic figure, Thomas Love Peacock. Poet, critic and satirical novelist, Love Peacock was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and official of the East India Company. 


Condition

In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with slight shelf wear, including marking to boards and rubbing to title pieces. The occasional tipped-in newspaper article, namely to the rear of volumes one and eight and pasted to the rear of the title page of Volume Three. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with minor spotting concentrated towards the first and last few pages.

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