Poems on Several Occasions
by Austin Dobson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
P O E M S
ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS
By AUSTIN DOBSON
LONDON
KEGAN, PAUL, TRENCH, TRUENER & CO, LTD
MDCCCXC
DESCRIPTION
Two Volumes
(iv) + 252 + (iv)
(iv) + 251 + (iv)
Books measure 160mm x 105mm approximately.
Beautifully bound in full dark brown grained calf. Spine with five raised bands with title, volume and date in gilt to compartments. Plain end-papers and paste-downs. Tissue-guarded engraving to title page verso of each volume. Top page edges in gilt, remainder uncut.
CONDITION
In very good condition. The bindings are both extremely firm indeed. There are only a few very light surface scratches to boards. Internally the pages are incredibly clean and bright throughout. Just some minor shadowing to end-papers and paste-downs.
Overall, a beautifully bound set of volumes in very good condition.
INTERESTING
Henry Austin Dobson (1840 to 1921), commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist. His official career was uneventful, but as a poet and biographer he was distinguished. Those who study his work are struck by its maturity. It 1864 he turned his attention to writing original prose and verse, and some of his earliest works were his best. By the autumn of 1873 Dobson had produced enough verse for a volume, and published Vignettes in Rhyme, which quickly went through three editions. During the period of their appearance in the magazine the poems had received unusual attention, George Eliot, among others, encouraging the anonymous author. The little book immediately introduced him to a larger public. After 1885 Dobson was engaged mainly in critical and biographical prose, by which he added considerably to the general knowledge of his favourite 18th century.
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- Bookseller
- Melmoth Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MB0032
- Title
- Poems on Several Occasions
- Author
- Austin Dobson
- Format/Binding
- Fine Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul Trench Truener & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Austin Dobson Poems Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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