William Hazlitt; Charles Whibley — A Reply to Z

London, The First Edition Club, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first limited edition of this work In the publisher's original quarter red cloth binding with dark cloth boards.This volume is a first limited edition of this work, being copy number two hundred and twenty one of three hundred copies printed in Baskerville type on hand-made paper.This edition contains William Hazlitt"s previously unpublished reply to an anonymous letter titled "Hazlitt Cross-Questioned," which appeared in Blackwood"s Magazine in August 1818. The letter, signed "An Old Friend with a New Face," is widely attributed to the critic John Wilson, though this remains unproven. The reply makes for a scathing and fascinating read. Hazlitt declares: "If I were in the habit of using the words, Liar, Coxcomb, Hypocrite, Scoundrel, Black-guards, etc. I should apply them to you, but this would be degrading them still lower unnecessarily, for it is quite as easy to prove you the things as you call the names." In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Slight fading to extremities. One or two very slight handling marks to boards. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Dust wrapper, smart. The odd chip and closed tear to extremities. The odd minor handling mark to wraps. Tape repair to spine. Slight offsetting to inside wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.