Sunday, 20 July 2014

Monograms of Tom Hood (1)

Wikipedia has some details of Tom Hood (1835-1874).

The copy shown below is in the book by Broderip, Frances Freeling. Funny fables for little folks. With Illustrations by her Brother, Thomas Hood. London: Griffith and Farran, Successors to Newbery & Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1860.

 A full description of the cover design is in the British Library database of bookbindings, at shelf mark 12807bb12.
 Broderip, Frances Freeling. Funny fables for little folks. With Illustrations by her Brother, Thomas Hood. London: Griffith and Farran, Successors to Newbery & Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1860.



The plate opposite page 24 has a good example of Tom Hood’s monogram. The ilustration is entitled: "The pot and the kettle".  This is reproduced below as well as a close up. On page 4 of the publisher’s titles bound at the end, this work is described as: “By Frances Freeling Broderip (Daughter of the late Thomas Hood). Illustrated by her Brother. [i.e. Tom Hood.] Super Royal 16mo. Price 2s. 6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured,  gilt edges.”  Edges speckled with red ink. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Burn./ 37 & 38/ Kirby St./" [Ball 20A.] 










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