Alexander Pope; Henry S. Sands (illus.)
The Rape of the Lock: An Hero-Comical Poem, (1944)
Birmingham: City of Birmingham School of Printing
2331
Quarto. 43pp. Six full-page illustrations throughout echo the Decadent stylings of Aubrey Beardsley, a suitable affiliation for Pope's comic, and euphemistic, poem. Printed in black and teal. Bound in full...
Quarto. 43pp. Six full-page illustrations throughout echo the Decadent stylings of Aubrey Beardsley, a suitable affiliation for Pope's comic, and euphemistic, poem. Printed in black and teal. Bound in full red cloth over boards stamped in gilt. Mild fading to extremities, else a near fine example of the Birmingham Arts & Crafts movement.
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