Cecil Home [Augusta Webster] — Blanche Lisle and Other Poems

London, Macmillan and Co. 1860. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poems by Augusta Webster, the first edition. First edition of this scarce collection of poems by Augusta Webster under pen name Cecil Home. Containing poem in four parts 'Blanche Lisle', as well as further verses concerning truth, nature, hope, and love among other themes. This was the author's first published collection of poetry.Augusta Webster was an English poet, dramatist and translator in the nineteenth century, popular in her lifetime; before her death, her work was acclaimed by the likes of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In the twentieth century she received critical attention from various scholars. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip darkened. Professional repair to minor loss to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .