Leigh Hunt's London Journal. To assist the inquiring, animate the struggling, and sympathize with all
London: Charles Knight, 1834. Folio, pp. iv, 316, lxxii; old marbled boards, edged and effectively rebacked in brown electrical tape (this sounds horrid, but in fact whoever did it did it neatly); needless to say the binding is very sound and the text is fairly clean through and through. Volume I, no. 1 (April 2, 1834) through no. 40 (the first year, complete; the Journal extended to December of the following year when it was absorbed into the Printing Machine). Includes the supplement occupying the last lxxii pages, "The Streets of the Metropolis." The individual issues bear the imprint of Sparrow & Co. "One of Hunt's best-known periodicals, was his "'Leigh Hunt's London Journal' begun in 1834. ... it was a miscellany of essays, sketches, criticisms, striking passages from books... and romantic short stories of real life" (DNB). Item #33105
Price: $150.00
