Austin Dobson — Poems on Several Occasions

New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1889. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon complete set of Poems on Several Occasions by Austin Dobson. With notes to rear of each volume. First edition. In two volumes complete. Henry Austin Dobson (1840 - 1921), commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist. As a poet and biographer he was distinguished. Those who study his work are struck by its maturity. It was about 1864 that he turned his attention to writing original prose and verse, and some of his earliest work was his best. In paper covered bindings. Externally, generally smart but with slight bumping and wear to extremities and marks to boards, age toning to spine. Foxing to endpapers. Light spotting to the fore edge. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. Pages are generally clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .