Author: Austin Dobson
Title: The Story of Rosina
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful collection of poetry from Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. The beautiful first edition this volume of verses from poet and essayist Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout with the vignette illustrations of Hugh Thomson.Irish illustrator Thomson was best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and J. M. Barrie. Thomson inaugurated the 'Cranford School' of illustration with the publication of his 1891 Macmillan edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Cranford&apos.With a former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1913 In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding somewhat strained to centre of text block, but holding firm. Pages generally clean and bright, with scattered light spots. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .

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