Poems and Ballads

POEMS AND BALLADSBYALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A NEW EDITION LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1902 DESCRIPTION (ii) + 338 + (ii) Book measures 195mm x 130mm approximately. Beautifully bound by Hatchards in half blue / green calf over cloth covered boards. Spine with five raised gilt-dotted bands with gilt boxed motifs to compartments and title, author and date in gilt.… Read more about this item

NY: R. Worthington. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. First American Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, bevelled boards, gilt. With outer wear, clean chocolate brown endpapers, scattered pencil notations. Sound and square.; 7 3/8" tall; 296 pages .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1907. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Very good. half hard grain morocco leather,green cloth, gilt lettering and design, one raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt 338, 240,181 pp (3 vol.), leather partially faded, light foxing, previous owner's inscription to end paper of vol. 1 Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking)… Read more about this item

Handling wear to the cover, bumping to the corners and spine and foxing to the end-papers. The pages are lightly tanned, but remain clean and free from markings or inscriptions.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1903. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Eighth edition. Boards are lightly marked, scored and worn. Upper leading corners and spine head are bumped. Rear spine side is slightly sunned. Page block and rough-cut pages are foxed. Sticker on rear pastedown. Creases throughout pages. Text remains clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Good. Used.

London: Edward Moxon & Co.,, 1866. The rare first issue - "Established Swinburne as not only the leading new poet of the day but an international icon for progressive thinkers" First edition, first issue (with Moxon imprint), first state with Wise's textual errors uncorrected, of the most sensationally controversial book of English poetry of its century, its contents being… Read more about this item

London: John Camden Hotten, 1866. Second edition. (T.J. Wise, Ashley Library Vol. VI, page 60). Octavo. Eight pages of advertisements bound in front, viii, 344 pages. Dedicated to Edward Burne-Jones. Green cloth beveled boards with blind-stamped rules on covers and titles in gilt on spine. Boards lightly rubbed, minor soiling, spine crease at head; rear hinge cracked, small holograph… Read more about this item

London: John Camden Hotten. Very Good. 1866. Second Edition. Hardcover. Later (likely early twentieth century) full light brown morocco leather with five bands and six compartments on the spine. Ruled gilt edges to the front and rear. Ruled pastedowns and marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. Some minor scattered foxing through some of the pages, although it… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1910. Leather. 240p. A 3/4 brown leather, red linen cloth board hardcover book in very good condition. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Otherwise clean and tight. A collection of poems by the 19th-century English playwright and poet. Marbled endpapers. Gilt decor and five raised bands on spine. Stated on title page as "A New Impression.… Read more about this item

London : Chatto & Windus, 1899. 6th edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii, 181, [1] p., 1 l. Subjects: English poetry 19th century. English Poetry. 19th century. Poetry.

London.: William Heinemann., 1917. xxxvii, 296pp. Original dark blue flexible leather, gilt. The Golden Pine Edition.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London : Chatto & Winduss, 1906. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A leather bound copy of the poems and ballads of Algernon Charles Swinburne. A new impression copy of the Poems and Ballads of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. This volume of works contains A Ballad of Life, A Ballad… Read more about this item

London : Chatto & Windus, 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Small hole to spine cloth. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii, 181p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English literature and poetry.

William Heinemann, 1922. Hardcover. Good. 1922. First Edition Thus. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1922. Hardcover. Good. 1922. Reprinted. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is… Read more about this item

Heinemann, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 1924. Reprinted. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 181. Name on end paper, one hinge tender, cover little worn at ends of spine, o/w VG.

London : Chatto and Windus, 1903. 8th Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 181p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English poetry and songs.

London.: Chatto & Windus., 1917. Hard. Good. 12mo. 7 3/4".. Good. Bound in red half calf. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Fine binding. Leather bound.

R. Worthington, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Brown cloth with titling and decoration in black and gilt; cloth rubbed and edgeworn, with minor points of fraying to spine foot and bottom fore-edge corners. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, if issued. Gilted textblock edges. Bookplate at front paste down, a prior owner's name inked at FFEP and rear paste down,… Read more about this item