HOOD (Thomas, the Younger) and BRODERIP (Frances Freeling): Excursions into Puzzledom. A Book of Charades, Acrostics, Enigmas, Conundrums, &c. by the late Tom Hood and his sister. With one hundred and eighty illustrations. , London: Strahan and Company Limited, 1879;

1st ed., pp. 420 + 4 advs. Orig. blue pict. cloth dec. black and gilt. Inner fr. hinge cracked but still tight. Some small bleached marks down front edge of spine and minor wear (no loss) at head and tail of spine, o/w a very good copy. Thomas Hood the Younger was not as prolific as his father and had died in 1874. His sister Frances died in 1878. They had previously written jointly the Memorials of Thomas Hood, their father, published in 1860. Their publisher has provided a handsome dedication to both. (Book ref. 3815)  £80.00

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