Philip James Bailey — The Age; a Colloquial Satire

London, Chapman and Hall, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this book of satirical poetry by Philip James Bailey, in decorative cloth binding. James Philip Bailey was a member of the so-called 'Spasmodic Poets', or poetry heavily favouring drama in verse, the protagonist often of which is a poet, characterized by unwieldy soliloquies and considered egotistical and somewhat inferior. An interesting and uncommon title by Bailey (whose best work was 'Festus'), a satire in poetic form with the chief characters being 'critic,' 'young author,' and 'mutual friend&apos.Bound in lovely and bright blue decorative cloth with gilt stamping to the spine. Bound in decorative blue cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some rubbing to the joints and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Slight sunning to the spine. Internally, binding slightly tender in places but firm. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good .