London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1891. Hardcover. Stated third edition (1891) of Swinburne's poetry collection. With 32 page list of other titles by Chatto & Windus at rear of volume. --- In dark green (extra-smooth) cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling & publisher's device; fillet in gilt to cover. Deckled textblock top edge; dark brown endpapers. --- Leaves lightly browned and a little brittle, with penciled name to half title, scratch to cloth at spine; otherwise a sound, unmarked, tightly-bound copy.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); (8), 135, 32 (ads) pages .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 82559
Title: Songs of the Springtides
Author: SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1891
Bookseller catalogs: >>Poetry;

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...