Author: Austin Dobson
Title: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this charming collection of poetry by Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with a decorative design to the front board in gilt. A beautiful collection of eighteenth century verses from poet and essayist Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. With 'For Old Sake's Sake' as the dedicatory poem to Lady Bowen. With fifty illustrations by Irish illustrator Hugh Thomson, who was best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and J. M. Barrie. Collated, complete.Bookplate to the front paste down, without name. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and to the spine. Slight rubbing, mainly to the spine, causing loss to the gilt decoration. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the occasional light spotting. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .
Keywords: poetry Illustrated first edition Austin Dobson Illustrated Hugh Thomson
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Title: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this charming collection of poetry by Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with a decorative design to the front board in gilt. A beautiful collection of eighteenth century verses from poet and essayist Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. With 'For Old Sake's Sake' as the dedicatory poem to Lady Bowen. With fifty illustrations by Irish illustrator Hugh Thomson, who was best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and J. M. Barrie. Collated, complete.Bookplate to the front paste down, without name. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and to the spine. Slight rubbing, mainly to the spine, causing loss to the gilt decoration. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the occasional light spotting. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .
Keywords: poetry Illustrated first edition Austin Dobson Illustrated Hugh Thomson
Price: GBP 70.00 = appr. US$ 99.96 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 878Q9
- Book number: 878Q9
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