The Story of Rosina Austin Dobson illus Hugh Thompson First Edition Antique Book

Wonderful and decorative - first edition antique book illustrated by the esteemed Hugh Thomson, most famous for his illustrations of works by Jane Austen. The poetry is by Austin Dobson, and this is the second book of Dobson's illustrated by Thomson; the first being 'The ballad of Beau Brocade'.

The contents include:

The story of Rosina
Une Marquise
An Autumn Idyll
A Garden Idyll
Dorothy
Pot Pourri
The Sundial
Cupid's Alley
Love in Winter
The Cure's Progress
At the Convent Gate
The Misogynist
A Virtuoso

This volume of poetry is overwhelmingly romantic in mood and deliciously quaint, taking you back to a lost era of love, chivalry and romance.

ILLUSTRATIONS: Black and White Line Drawings

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hardback
• Illustrated
• Collectable
• Antique
• First Edition
• Vintage Book

BOOK ERA:

• 1900's Antique Books

This vintage book has been specially selected by Kitty for good quality and its individual appeal.

AUTHOR: Austin Dobson.

Austin Dobson (1840-1921) an English poet and essayist, was famed for his witty and elegant writing style. Born in Plymouth, Devon, he spent most of his life in London working as a civil servant in the Board of Trade. Dobson began to write poetry, essays, and biographies, becoming a popular figure in literary circles.

Dobson is mush renowned for his light and witty verse, delightfully depicting life in eighteenth-century England and France. His most famous poem, "The Ballad of Beau Brocade," is a thrilling story of a dashing highwayman that became highly popular at the turn of the last century.

Austin Dobson was also quite a skilled illustrator many of his works being illustrated with his own drawings and he was a member of the Royal Society of Literature being awarded a knighthood for his contributions to literature in 1911.

ILLUSTRATED BY: by Hugh Thomson.

Hugh Thomson was a prominent and highly popular British illustrator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Thomson was born in Ireland on June 1st 1860 although he spent most of his youth in London. After studying at the Royal Academy, he began his career as an illustrator, working for various English publishers and periodicals of the era.

Thomson's detailed and elegant illustrations became very much loved helping to define the elegant and romantic visual style of the Edwardian era.

Hugh Thomson is particularly known for his work on classic novels such as Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility," as well as J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens." Thomson continued to work as an illustrator throughout his life, until he died on October 7th 1920, in London.

Publisher: Kegan Paul, French, Trubner & Co.
Date: 1895
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket: N/A
ISBN: N/A
SKU: KT-Sto-341AB371

VERY GOOD:

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This is fresh from the attic in very good antique condition .

The deep scarlet red boards are the tiniest bit rubbed at and faded at the corners with slight bumping.

All the pages are firm with no messy graffiti of any kind except for the neat gift inscription and date on the inner front board.

Pages deckle edged and slightly tanned to extremities with some mild scattered occasional foxing throughout. Not badly foxed or musty still a very pleasant antique book just with slight and unavoidable signs of age in a book now over 125 years old.

Spine Intact with attractively embossed gilt titles visible with just a little fading to the cloth.

Exquisitely illustrated.

Please remember this vintage book has been loved before and is not new condition is graded taking this into consideration.

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SIZE: Height 19.5 cms x Width 13.5 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 120

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