The Age of Reason

1st Edition of this collection of eleven narrative poems by AD Hope, all set in the 18th Century, and composed in heroic couplets; themes include a race in Kew Gardens between King George III and Fanny Burney, and John Wesley’s imaginary interview with the Devil; includes Hope’s own introduction, notes to the poems, and references and sources; three-quarter cloth over vinyl; foxing to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed, tanned around edges and spine (prominent to rear panel), worn strip top front, worn spots (worn through in places) front panel.