Poems on Several Occasions, 1895, 2 vols. one of 50 copies signed by artists & Dobson
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1895. Hardcover. Two volumes, 'new edition, revised and enlarged' no. 11 of 50 copies with various original pencil signatures of author and illustrators; with etchings in two states, signed in pencil by artists and one frontispiece also signed by Austin Dobson. Frontispieces in Vol. I by William Strang, both signed, in two states; plus several etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, also in two states, the first of each of which is signed by Lalauze, who also supplied the frontispiece, which is signed, for the second volume. Cloth-backed boards in rare original dust jackets, books very good, bindings a little soiled especially to edges and spine ends with some foxing to deckled fore edges, contents fine with decorated endpapers, text printed on, thick cream japanese vellum paper, some pages unopened, uncut; dust jackets show slight soil and toning, darkening to spines, light wear to spine ends, one volume with chip to spine, and both dust jackets a good half inch shorter than the books — probably made that way, one of the fashions of that early period in modern dust jacket production. A distinctly uncommon set in the limited signed edition, with no recent copies at auction. Dobson was a modernist and a pioneer in adapting French verse forms -- the villanelle, rondel, rondeau, ballade, etc. -- for use in the English language. Very Good / very good. Item #H4417
Price: $300.00