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The AUTOBIOGRAPHY Of LEIGH HUNT With Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries. In Two Volumes by Hunt, Leigh [1784 - 1859] - 1850

by Hunt, Leigh [1784 - 1859]

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The AUTOBIOGRAPHY Of LEIGH HUNT With Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries. In Two Volumes by Hunt, Leigh [1784 - 1859] - 1850

The AUTOBIOGRAPHY Of LEIGH HUNT With Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries. In Two Volumes

by Hunt, Leigh [1784 - 1859]

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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1850. 1st US edition. Cf NCBEL III, 1218. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow eps. Square & tight. Spines sunned. Bookplate. Presentation inscription. Usual bit of foxing. Withal, a solid VG set.. 2 volumes: xii, [13] - 299, [1 (blank)]; viii, [9] - 332, [4 (adverts)] pp. Portrait frontis in Vol I. 12mo. 8" x 5-1/8"

Hunt initially a somewhat close friend of Dickens, though the friendship cooled a bit as Dickens' fame waxed and Hunts' waned. Hunt was the inspiration for Dickens' 'Bleak House' character, Harold Skimpole, which, to say the least, Hunt found less than flattering.
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  • Edition 1st US edition. Cf NCBEL III, 1218
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  • Publisher Harper & Brothers, Publishers
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1850
  • Keywords Dickens

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The autobiography of Leigh Hunt / edited and with an introduction and notes by J. E. Morpurgo

The autobiography of Leigh Hunt / edited and with an introduction and notes by J. E. Morpurgo

by Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859). Morpurgo, J. E

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London : Cresset Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked cloth boards. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 512 p. : 21 cm. Subject; Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859). Genre; Biography.
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