Austin, Alfred Golden age London 1871
Austin, Alfred. The golden age: a satire. London: Chapman and Hall, 1871. xi(1), 126 pp. + an erratum slip. 8vo, original brown cloth (slight rubbing). First edition. A long poem on politics, government, foreign policy, etc., with excursions into such odd subjects as infanticide; with numerous footnotes. Alfred Austin became poet laureate in 1896; his appointment was widely greeted with ridicule, and his reputation has never recovered. A very good copy. CBEL III, 608; CBEL (3) IV, 700.
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