Complete in three volumes. [1913, dated from preface]. Uniformly bound in tan buckram cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Bevelled edges. Top edges gilt. Title pages printed in red and black, with tissue guarded portrait frontispieces. 8vos. Cloth a little worn and marked, gently rubbed on edges in places. Text block edges a little toned. Volume One has some inert damp marks to frontispiece only. All three volumes have hints of faint and occasional spotting else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A lovely set containing the poems and prose writing of the Preston-born Francis Thompson. Thompson (1859-1907) was a poet and Catholic mystic. Medically trained he abandoned his profession to pursue writing, ending up a homeless opium addict on the streets of London. He was rescued by an elderly couple enamored with his poetry, who encouraged him to publish.
