Laus Veneris, and other Poems and Ballads
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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- Condition
- Original burnt orange, blue edges. Shelfweat to head and foot of spine. Internally Fine
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About This Item
New York: Carleton, Publishers, 413 Braodway. London: Moxon & Co, 1866. First American edition, marked "Author's Edition"on verso of title. viii, 328 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original burnt orange, blue edges. Shelfweat to head and foot of spine. Internally Fine. First American edition, marked "Author's Edition"on verso of title. viii, 328 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This book was suppressed by Moxon, the English publisher, but still has their name on this American Issue. With a small printed review slip quoting the London Examiner, laid in. Wise 32, "Why the book was published under the above title is difficult to say. Possibly...the publisher looked to excite a larger sale of the book by distinctly showing that the most notorious poem was not excluded..."
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- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61327
- Title
- Laus Veneris, and other Poems and Ballads
- Author
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles
- Format/Binding
- Viii, 328 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original burnt orange, blue edges. Shelfweat to head and foot of spine. Internally Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition, marked "Author's Edition"on verso of tit
- Publisher
- Carleton, Publishers, 413 Braodway. London: Moxon & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- British | Poetry | Private Press | Algernon Charles Swinburne
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