Author: Austin Dobson
Title: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1903. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of eighteenth-century-style poetry from English writer Henry Austin Dobson. Illustrated throughout. A collection of poetry by Henry Austin Dobson, commonly Austin Dobson, an English poet and essayist. With verses written in the style of the period and the spirit of the eighteenth century, such as "The Ballad of Beau Brocade", "The Old Sedan Chair" and "The Ladies of St. James's" as nowhere else in modern English poetry. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, an Irish Illustrator. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages with minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Ballad Beau Brocade Poems Beau Dobson Thomson Hugh Thomson


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