£100
Hood (Robin, pseudonym), Archery and Archness, sole edition, London: T. Hurst, 1834, comic wood-engraved title-page vignette, the entire preface 'rubricated'/printed in red, complete: 216pp; collating: [a⁶], A², B-S⁶; lacking the blank leaf, A, as with other traced copies, pages 127-141 an anonymous literary spoof homage to Frankenstein, titled: 'Frankensteinism; or, the Modern Pygmalion. A Fragment. - Dedicated to Mrs. Shelley', loosely-inserted letter from The British Museum viz. the unknown identity of the author, original publisher's cloth (chipped, slight wear, and twist), mid-19th century ink MS ownership inscription to ffep, 12mo in 6s.
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