THE BALLAD OF BEAU BROCADE AND OTHER POEMS OF THE XVIIIth CENTURY.
by Dobson, Austin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. Book. Illus. by Hugh Thomson. Good. Hardcover. 1892, third edition, small 8vo, 89pp, with 50 illustrations by Hugh Thomson, top edge gilt. Front inner hinge neatly reinforced, one inch narrow stain at top edge of front cover, and darkened half-inch-wide strip extends nearly to the bottom edge, extremities lightly worn. Inserted card from publisher notes: "This copy of Beau Brocade is part of the English edition. In deference to the wishes of collectors it is issued with the English imprint solely, but it is published in United States by arrangement with the author and English publishers by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York." In addition to the titled poem, includes A Gentleman of the Old School; A Gentlewoman of the Old School; A Dead Letter; The Old Sedan Chair; The Ladies of St. Jame's; Molly Trefusis; and A Chapter of Froissart..
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- Bookseller
- Legacy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00845
- Title
- THE BALLAD OF BEAU BROCADE AND OTHER POEMS OF THE XVIIIth CENTURY.
- Author
- Dobson, Austin
- Illustrator
- Hugh Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- POETRY
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