{"product_id":"before-the-dawn-poems-legendary-and-lyrical-hugh-ianson-fausset","title":"Before the Dawn: Poems Legendary and Lyrical, Hugh I'Anson Fausset","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore the Dawn: Poems Legendary and Lyrical, Hugh I'Anson Fausset — 1st Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"81\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, J. M. Dent \u0026amp; Sons Ltd., 1924\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"131\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [viii], [144]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The original textured tan cloth binding remains firm, square, and structurally sound, with the printed paper spine label entirely intact and sharply legible, showing only the faintest rubbing to the extremities. The text block is tight; the edges exhibit moderate, uniform age-toning and mild scattered foxing typical of the era's paper stock. Internally, the leaves are generally bright and clean, though some expected localised foxing is present, primarily relegated to the preliminary pages and margins. The exceptionally scarce original dust jacket remains remarkably well-preserved for its vintage, and correctly retains the original \"5\/- NET\" price to the spine. The jacket exhibits mild overall darkening and light surface dust-soiling, particularly along the spine panel, with minor edge-wear and shallow nicking to the head and tail, but remains a highly attractive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e A handsome first edition of Hugh I'Anson Fausset's early poetic works, complete with the exceptionally scarce original dust wrapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eWhile Fausset (1895–1965) is predominantly remembered today for his perceptive literary criticism and biographical studies of figures such as Keats, Coleridge, and Donne, his early creative output offers a fascinating, tactile glimpse into the post-Edwardian literary landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eThe survival of the fragile paper dust jacket, complete with its original pricing and contemporary publisher's reviews for Fausset's \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"133\"\u003eStudies in Idealism\u003c\/i\u003e on the rear panel, elevates this copy significantly. Unjacketed copies occasionally surface, but examples retaining their original 1920s wrappers are genuinely scarce on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eBefore the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical and reflective collection of verse by Hugh I'Anson Fausset. Balancing legendary motifs with deeply personal introspection, the poems explore themes of spiritual yearning, the rhythms of the natural world, and the transient beauty of human experience. Written with a rhythmic sensibility that echoes the great Romantics to whom Fausset dedicated much of his scholarly career, this early collection serves as both an aesthetic achievement and a thematic precursor to his later philosophical writings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55347534266707,"sku":"6111","price":37.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261012_103546.jpg?v=1791889506","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/before-the-dawn-poems-legendary-and-lyrical-hugh-ianson-fausset","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}