Matthew Arnold; A. C. Benson — Poems

London, John Lane, 1900. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of the poems of Matthew Arnold, with an introduction by English essayist Arthur Christopher Benson. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of the poetry of Matthew Arnold, an English poet and cultural critic. With titles including: Cromwell, The Sick King in Bakhara, and A Modern Sappho, amongst others. With an introduction by Arthur Christopher Benson, an English essayist, poet and academic. Illustrated by Henry Ospovat, a British visual artist and illustrator. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning and further spotting to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Henry Ospovat. Very Good .