Erechtheus: A Tragedy.
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles. [WITH A LETTER FROM THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON - SWINBURNE'S PUBLISHER]
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- Hardcover
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Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1876.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 105pp. In the original teal cloth binding, gilt fillet border on upper cover. Shelf wear, some miniscule tears at the top and bottom of spine. Corners bumped. With a two-page letter from Watts-Dunton, to Edith C. Pollock, who used the pseudonym 'Thorn Ismay,' and wrote children's books, in reference to a work by Swinburne and his - Watts-Dunton, that is - intent to visit her. A nice item bringing together three British writers of the late nineteenth-century. In its original stamped envelope addressed in Watts-Dunton's hand.
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- Bookseller
- Sam Gatteno Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121
- Title
- Erechtheus: A Tragedy.
- Author
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles. [WITH A LETTER FROM THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON - SWINBURNE'S PUBLISHER]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Chatto & Windus, 1876.
- Keywords
- 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE, AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS, ENGLISH POETRY First Editions
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- First Editions;
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