The Works of Francis Thompson.

THOMPSON, Francis.

Published by Burns & Oates, London., 1913

About this Item

First edition. Edited by Wilfrid Meynell. Octavo. Three volumes: Poems, Book 1, [xii], 226; Poems, Book 2, [x], 228, [4], viii adverts; Prose, Book 3, [x], 291, [5], viii adverts. Frontispiece portraits. Brown buckram covers with gilt wreath design on each front, bevelled edges. Top edges gilt.Presentation copy from Wilfrid Meynell, inscribed on the first blank: ''To one editor of Thompson from another: - to Charles Lewis Hind with the affection of Wilfrid Meynell. June 1913''. Wilfrid Meynell was the founder and editor of the magazine Merry England in which Francis Thompson first published his poems. Charles Lewis Hind published some of Thompson's literary criticism in his magazine The Academy.A few small dents to edges of covers of first volume. A very good set indeed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of Francis Thompson.
• Publisher: Burns & Oates, London.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)