Author: Austin Dobson
Title: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A decoratively-bound collection of eighteenth-century poems from Austin Dobson, with lovely illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A first edition, later issue of this work in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. All edges gilt. A beautiful first edition of this collection of eighteenth century verses from poet and essayist Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. With 'Life's journey lengthens' rather than 'The long day lengthens' in the dedicatory poem. 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. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart, except for a small section of damp staining to the lower corner of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the occasional tidemark to the lower corner of the pages. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .
Keywords: Poetry Austin Dobson Hugh Thomson Austin Dobson 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. Limited, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A decoratively-bound collection of eighteenth-century poems from Austin Dobson, with lovely illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A first edition, later issue of this work in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. All edges gilt. A beautiful first edition of this collection of eighteenth century verses from poet and essayist Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. With 'Life's journey lengthens' rather than 'The long day lengthens' in the dedicatory poem. 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. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart, except for a small section of damp staining to the lower corner of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the occasional tidemark to the lower corner of the pages. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .
Keywords: Poetry Austin Dobson Hugh Thomson Austin Dobson Hugh Thomson
Price: GBP 65.00 = appr. US$ 92.82 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 948M18
- Book number: 948M18
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