Author: Austin Dobson
Title: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892. Cloth. A well illustrated poetical work by Austin Dobson, complete with fifty illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A well-presented work of poetry by the English poet and essayist Henry Austin Dobson. Within 'The Ballad of Beau Brocade', Dobson was said to revive the spirit of the eighteenth century. Poems include 'A Gentleman of the Old School', 'A Dead Letter', and 'The Old Sedan Chair&apos.Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, an Irish illustrator who was well-known for his pen-and-ink illustrations. Thomson's drawings in this work include a frontispiece and fifty illustrations, including plates and heading titles. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Cloth is bright with gilt illustration on front board. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine and to the extremities has resulted in a little loss to the spine. Some spotting to fore edge. Front hinge is starting but firm. Some discolouration to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a few scattered spots, particularly to the first and last few pages. Pages xiii and the following leaf are unopened to the fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .
Keywords: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVII Century Austin Dobson illustrations Hugh Thomson Austin Dobson poetry A Gentleman of the Old School Hugh Thomson
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Title: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892. Cloth. A well illustrated poetical work by Austin Dobson, complete with fifty illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A well-presented work of poetry by the English poet and essayist Henry Austin Dobson. Within 'The Ballad of Beau Brocade', Dobson was said to revive the spirit of the eighteenth century. Poems include 'A Gentleman of the Old School', 'A Dead Letter', and 'The Old Sedan Chair&apos.Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, an Irish illustrator who was well-known for his pen-and-ink illustrations. Thomson's drawings in this work include a frontispiece and fifty illustrations, including plates and heading titles. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Cloth is bright with gilt illustration on front board. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine and to the extremities has resulted in a little loss to the spine. Some spotting to fore edge. Front hinge is starting but firm. Some discolouration to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a few scattered spots, particularly to the first and last few pages. Pages xiii and the following leaf are unopened to the fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .
Keywords: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVII Century Austin Dobson illustrations Hugh Thomson Austin Dobson poetry A Gentleman of the Old School Hugh Thomson
Price: GBP 65.00 = appr. US$ 92.82 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 803D10
- Book number: 803D10
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